Patent ID: 8364742

Claim:
A computer-implemented visualization tool for establishing a correlation between a wireless mesh network comprised of a plurality of devices and physical space occupied by the wireless mesh network, the visualization tool stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium executed by a processor to implement modules of the visualization tool, the visualization tool comprising: a plot plan module that receives as input an image representing the physical space occupied by the wireless mesh network and displays the image to a user; a scale module that receives input from a user representing a scale associated with the physical space defined by the received image, wherein the scale is associated with the physical space defined by the plot plan module; a device module that displays one or more devices and receives input indicating placement of each device within the image representing the physical space occupied by the wireless mesh network, the locations dictating a layout of the wireless mesh network with respect to the physical space occupied by the network; and a display module that displays the layout of the wireless mesh network with respect to the physical space occupied by the wireless mesh network.