Proper placement of VeeaHubs is essential for ensuring strong, stable, and efficient wireless connectivity across all supported communication technologies, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and LoRaWAN. The layout of your physical environment walls, furniture, foliage, interference sources, and use cases will all affect how well your devices communicate with each other and with the broader network.

General Guidelines on Placement

To achieve optimal performance and reliability:

• Distribute hubs evenly to ensure comprehensive coverage across the desired area.
• Map out coverage zones before installation and identify any potential dead spots in advance.
• Use mesh topologies when deploying multiple hubs to improve resilience and reduce congestion on any single unit.
• Select cool (instead of warm) environments. When possible, avoid direct sunlight (for indoor models), radiators, or stacks of equipment.
• Strong Cellular Reception. When relying on cellular for either primary or failover connectivity, and to connect to the strongest signal possible, place the Hub near a window, exterior wall, or open area when possible. A rule of thumb is: if a phone connected to the same network gets three or more bars in a certain location, the Hub will too.

Recommended Spacing

The ideal spacing between hubs will vary depending on the environment:

Open Areas (e.g., large rooms, halls, warehouses)

• Wi-Fi & Bluetooth: Hubs can be placed 15 to 20 meters (50–65 feet) apart.
• LoRaWAN: With its longer range, spacing can extend from as little as 100 meters (328 feet) to as much as 5-10 miles.  Even greater distances can be reach with no obstructions, high mounting points and higher gain antennas.
• These values assume minimal physical interference and direct line-of-sight between units.

Obstructed Areas (e.g., offices, shops, industrial spaces)

• Wi-Fi & Bluetooth: Reduce spacing to 10–12 meters (33–39 feet) or less when walls, doors, partitions, or dense objects are present.
• LoRaWAN: Performance typically remains solid at 30–50 meters (98–164 feet) with obstructions, but be cautious of metal and reinforced materials.

Location Planning and Mapping

VeeaHubs are placed in diverse environments such as commercial buildings, manufacturing facilities, farms and villages.  In addition, a combination of Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN, Bluetooth, Zigbee and Cellular may be used in any of these deployment scenarios.  Proper site surveys (both desktop and field surveys) and heat maps are important activities in determining the ideal installation locations for VeeaHubs.

Site Surveys

A site survey is a study of the area and specific locations where VeeaHubs are proposed for installation. The survey is based on the use case requirements and includes gathering the information needed to:

• Validate the proposed design

• Confirm quantities and types of units and materials

• Determine exact installation locations

• Identify mounting methods

• Verify availability of power and Internet access

• Establish correct orientation of the hubs

• Check for obstacles that could impact performance or RF coverage

Who is Involved?

Site surveys typically involve input from the following groups:

• End client’s maintenance team
  Provide local knowledge of the site, including building layouts, connection points, and required approvals.

• Installation partners
  Source materials and develop installation methods of procedure (MOPs) for the installation teams to follow.

• Veea System Integration Delivery & Support team
  Produce the survey report based on desk and/or field survey studies. These reports are essential for planning the overall project and determining what is delivered, when, and how.

Types of Surveys

The survey process usually includes two stages:

1. Desk Survey
   Conducted remotely using tools such as Google Maps, Google Earth, site photographs, and coverage checkers. This helps identify candidate locations on a map or site footprint.

   • In some cases, the desk survey alone is sufficient, and no onsite survey is required.

2. On-Site Survey
   A more detailed, in-person study to validate candidate locations. The survey examines:

   • How the VeeaHubs will be mounted

   • Use of existing infrastructure for power or Internet connections

   • RF scans to confirm coverage for both cellular and Wi-Fi (VeeaMesh) networks

Below is an example of a Desk Survey. Information is usually collected from floor plans, structural drawings or blueprints, and these documents be plotted, with associated measurements and text to help identify candidate VeeaHub locations.

Below is an example of Field Survey images collected for a residential Wi-Fi use case.

Final Recommendations

• Perform a site survey using a Wi-Fi or RF signal analyzer app to assess signal strength after placement.
• Consider using heat map software to visualize coverage and optimize placement.
• Test with real devices before finalizing placement, especially in critical or high-use zones.