# Planning guidelines

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<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th data-type="content-ref"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="planning-guidelines/deployment-stages">deployment-stages</a></td><td>Validate the scalability of the Silvanet System using a Pilot deployment followed by a full-scale Live deployment.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="planning-guidelines/scouting">scouting</a></td><td>Dryad recommends visiting the Site prior to planning device locations to make notes about the topology and other features of the Site that might inform where to place Silvanet devices.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="planning-guidelines/gateway-ratios">gateway-ratios</a></td><td>The amount of Mesh Gateways supported by Border Gateways is variable but should not exceed on Border Gateway for every 20 Mesh Gateways.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="planning-guidelines/gateway-ranges">gateway-ranges</a></td><td><p>Ensure Border Gateways and Mesh Gateways are within specified ranges which is 2.0 km to 3.0 km.</p><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="planning-guidelines/sensor-ratios">sensor-ratios</a></td><td>Each Mesh Gateway can support up to 100 Wildfire Sensors. Each Border Gateway has no limit on the number of Wildfire Sensors in can support.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="planning-guidelines/sensor-ranges-ratios">sensor-ranges-ratios</a></td><td>Wildfire Sensors detect gases of a smoldering fire in its ultra-early stage within a range of between 80 m to 100 m around the Sensor. The maximum range between the Sensor and a Mesh Gateway is 1 km.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="planning-guidelines/sensor-density-guidelines">sensor-density-guidelines</a></td><td><p>The number of sensors per hectare is dependent on human activity in a Site as well as the presence of WUIs (Wildland Urban Interface) in a Site.</p><p><a href="https://docs.dryad.app/dryad-documentation/plan-a-site/plan-a-site"><br></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table>