Plan-assisted wireless access point configuration

A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium including program instructions to be implemented by a device connected to a communication network, the program instructions for:

• selecting, from a plurality of wireless access points, a configuring subset of wireless access points and a different compensating subset of wireless access points, wherein the plurality of wireless access points are connected to the communication network;
• causing new settings to be applied to the compensating subset of wireless access points, wherein the new settings change a physical coverage of wireless communication provided by the compensating subset of wireless access points to at least partially compensate for a disabling of wireless communication provided by the configuring subset of wireless access points;
• causing the disabling of wireless communication provided by the configuring subset of wireless access points;
• and
• causing a configuration of the disabled configuring subset of wireless access points to be performed.

A device comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor operative to access the memory and perform operations comprising:
• selecting, from a plurality of wireless access points, a configuring subset of wireless access points and a different compensating subset of wireless access points, wherein the plurality of wireless access points are connected to a communication network;
• causing new settings to be applied to the compensating subset of wireless access points, wherein the new settings change a physical coverage of wireless communication provided by the compensating subset of wireless access points to at least partially compensate for a disabling of wireless communication provided by the configuring subset of wireless access points;
• causing the disabling of wireless communication provided by the configuring subset of wireless access points;
• and
• causing a configuration of the disabled configuring subset of wireless access points to be performed.