{"id":709,"date":"2018-06-06T20:47:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T10:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.airxperts.net\/?p=709"},"modified":"2026-03-18T00:31:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:31:25","slug":"how-do-i-increase-airtime-let-me-count-the-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airxperts.net\/index.php\/2018\/06\/06\/how-do-i-increase-airtime-let-me-count-the-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Increase Wi-Fi Airtime? Let Me Count The Ways.."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Introduction<\/h4>\n<p>I recently attended a Certified Wireless Design Professional (CWDP) course, host by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpectroTech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spectrotech<\/a> and trained by Wi-Fi expert and CWNE #1, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DevinAkin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devin Akin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwnp.com\/certifications\/cwdp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.airxperts.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/cwnp-cwdp-100px.jpg\" alt=\"CWDP Badge\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the highlights of a week of intense training was an exercise on the last day. Devin asked the class to break into teams and each team was to come up with as many <strong>ways to increase Wi-Fi <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Air-Time is the most precious resource of a WLAN since there can be only one transmitter at a time and all transmitters must contend for access to the medium'>airtime<\/abbr><\/strong> as possible. We would then reconvene and deliver our results one-at-a-time in round-robin fashion. If one team gave an answer, the others couldn&#8217;t give the answer and had to come up with their own, until all responses had been delivered. The team with the most answers would be declared the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Well, with so many great professionals in each team, it&#8217;s no wonder that Devin managed to fill the whiteboard and then had to declare a tie.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-723\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airxperts.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-increase-airtime-crop.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-723 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.airxperts.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-increase-airtime-crop-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Ways To Increase Wi-Fi Airtime Whiteboard\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/airxperts.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-increase-airtime-crop-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/airxperts.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-increase-airtime-crop-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/airxperts.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-increase-airtime-crop-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/airxperts.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/how-to-increase-airtime-crop.jpg 1994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Whiteboard (credit: Scott Doorey)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more-->Of course winning was not the real\u00a0objective. The real aim was to get us thinking hard about this very fundamental aspect of delivering excellent Wi-Fi &#8211; increasing and preserving airtime. I<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">t was fascinating to see just how many ideas we, as a group, could come up with on this one question &#8211; 74 to be precise. The ideas ranged from the obvious to the creative to the seemingly contradictory..<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Ways To Increase Wi-Fi <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Air-Time is the most precious resource of a WLAN since there can be only one transmitter at a time and all transmitters must contend for access to the medium'>Airtime<\/abbr><\/h4>\n<p>Following is a table of the class&#8217;s responses.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve complied these from my own notes and a photo of the whiteboard generously provided by classmate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottdoorey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott<\/a> . There is overlap between many of the ideas so I&#8217;ve grouped them as seemed appropriate for easier digestion.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;table&gt;<\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: the table represents a range of views from many different Wi-Fi professionals. It is not intended as an exhaustive or authoritative list. Some of these items are actively debated among the Wi-Fi community.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can download a full version of the table, with explanations below:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-759\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airxperts.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Airxperts-Ways-To-Increase-Airtime.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-759 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.airxperts.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Airxperts-Ways-To-Increase-Airtime-thumb-300x212.png\" alt=\"Ways To Increase Wi-Fi Airtime PDF Version\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/airxperts.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Airxperts-Ways-To-Increase-Airtime-thumb-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/airxperts.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Airxperts-Ways-To-Increase-Airtime-thumb.png 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PDF Version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Conclusion<\/h4>\n<p>This exercise was a great way to apply some of the knowledge we&#8217;d been trying to absorb during the course of the training. And of course that&#8217;s a great way to retain information. I hope to see more of this kind of exercise in my next course!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction I recently attended a Certified Wireless Design Professional (CWDP) course, host by Spectrotech and trained by Wi-Fi expert and CWNE #1, Devin Akin. One of the highlights of a week of intense training was an exercise on the last day. Devin asked the class to break into teams and each team was to come &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/airxperts.net\/index.php\/2018\/06\/06\/how-do-i-increase-airtime-let-me-count-the-ways\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How Do I Increase Wi-Fi <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Air-Time is the most precious resource of a WLAN since there can be only one transmitter at a time and all transmitters must contend for access to the medium'>Airtime<\/abbr>? 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