What’s New in Ekahau AI Pro Online: The Future of Multi-Technology Network Design
Modern wireless infrastructure is no longer centered solely around Wi-Fi. As organizations accelerate their digital transformation initiatives, today’s environments require a combination of Radio Frequency (RF) technologies to enable automation, real-time location tracking, IoT, and mission-critical communications. This introduces a key challenge: how to plan, visualize, and optimize multiple wireless technologies within the same environment.
To address this need, Ekahau AI Pro Online introduces Multi-Technology Wireless Network Planning, along with a series of innovations that redefine how wireless networks are designed. These include advanced 3D visualization capabilities, a more accurate signal propagation model, and enhanced tools for multi-story buildings.
In this blog, we break down what’s new and why these enhancements matter for professionals designing and operating mission-critical networks.
A Unified Approach to Designing Multiple Wireless Technologies
Modern environments integrate Wi-Fi, Private 4G/5G, BLE, Zigbee, and UWB to support increasingly complex operations. Until now, each technology was typically planned separately, leading to fragmented workflows and inconsistent models.
With Multi-Technology Wireless Network Planning, Ekahau enables you to design all these technologies within a single project using the same trusted tool Wi-Fi professionals already rely on. This not only streamlines workflows—it ensures consistency across prediction, deployment, and operations for the entire RF infrastructure.
Highlight: Private 4G/5G Network Design
The adoption of Private 4G/5G is accelerating across industries like manufacturing, aviation, logistics, and retail, where networks require:
- Ultra-low latency
- High availability
- Support for thousands of devices
- Connectivity for robots, AGVs, and automated systems
Ekahau AI Pro Online now offers dedicated tools to model these networks with precision, helping ensure that private cellular deployments are reliable from day one.
Now Also Supported: IoT and RTLS Technologies
The multitechnology approach also includes support for:
- BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy): Ideal for indoor location services and low-power sensors.
- Zigbee: A strong choice for dense mesh networks of stationary sensors.
- UWB (Ultra-Wideband): A highly precise RTLS technology capable of centimeter-level accuracy for tracking assets and personnel.
All of this is managed within the same project, supported by dedicated visualizations to analyze each technology layer.
Advanced 3D Modeling for a More Realistic Environment
Another major enhancement is the improved 3D modeling and visualization, which allows users to represent complex spaces with much greater detail:
- Elevated surfaces: mezzanines, platforms, and intermediate floors.
- Lowered or underground areas: basements, depressed zones, and data centers.
- Vertical openings: staircases, atriums, and elevator shafts.
These capabilities are especially valuable in environments such as stadiums, cruise ships, theaters, and multi-level warehouses, where height variations significantly impact signal propagation.
A more realistic 3D model translates into more accurate predictions and better-informed design decisions.
New Accuracy with an Improved Signal Propagation Model
Ekahau AI Pro Online now includes a new propagation model with built-in diffraction, enabling the software to more accurately account for how RF signals bend around obstacles like walls, columns, and furniture.
Why does this matter?
In environments with non-line-of-sight paths—such as compartmentalized offices or warehouses with tall shelving—diffraction plays a major role in real-world signal behavior. With this new model:
- Predictions are more realistic
- AP placement becomes more precise
- Dead zones and low-performance areas are reduced
In short, you get a more reliable design from the very first draft.
Clearer Planning for Multi-Story Buildings
Designing networks across multiple floors is now much easier thanks to enhanced visualization tools:
- Single-floor view: for detailed decisions and fine-tuned placement
- Multi-floor view: to understand vertical interactions such as signal leakage and floor-to-floor alignment
These improvements help ensure a consistent, well-performing network across the entire building, not just individual floors.
Cleaner Presentations with Automatic White Space Removal
Ekahau also simplifies presentation and documentation by allowing automatic trimming of white space around floor plans. This makes reports cleaner, more professional, and easier for stakeholders to interpret.
Conclusion
With these new capabilities, Ekahau AI Pro Online positions itself as the most comprehensive tool for multi-technology wireless network design—from Wi-Fi to private cellular and advanced real-time location systems. Enhanced 3D modeling, improved propagation accuracy, and better tools for multi-story environments enable more precise predictions, smarter design decisions, and more efficient deployments.
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