Wireless Sensor Networks Installation, Deployment, Maintenance, and Operation

A wireless network installation method, comprising:

• loading a map file of a physical premises environment in a memory of a computing device;
• displaying a map interface of the physical premises environment on the computing device based on the map file loaded in the memory;
• from a user receiving a selected location in the map interface;
• prompting the user to install a wireless tag at a real-world location corresponding to the selected map interface location;
• scanning the wireless tag to obtain an identifier of the wireless tag;
• loading a selected firmware type in a memory of the wireless tag;
• and
• associating the selected location in the map interface with the identifier of the wireless tag.

A wireless network installation method, comprising:

• loading a map file of a physical premises environment in a memory of a computing device;
• loading one or more requirements in the memory of the computing device for an installation of wireless tags in the physical premises environment;
• executing, by the computing device, a wireless tag installation simulation application program operable to automatically configure rooms and other defined spaces in the map interface of the physical premises environment according to the one or more requirements, wherein the wireless tag installation simulation application program proposes a configuration of wireless tags in the physical premises environment;
• performing, by the wireless tag installation simulation application program, one or more design rules checks on the proposed configuration of wireless tags in the physical premises environment;
• and
• detecting, by the wireless tag installation simulation application program, any warnings, errors, or failures in the proposed installation;
• responsive to a detected error in the proposed installation, editing the proposed installation by the wireless tag installation simulation application program executing on the computing device;
• and
• responsive to a failure of the wireless tag installation simulation application program to detect any error in the proposed installation, presenting the proposed configuration of the wireless tag installation as ready to be deployed in the physical premises environment.