Alcatel-Lucent AOS-W 6.5.3.x - Traffic Steering

3. Under the Advanced tab on the Profile Details pane, select the Proportional BW Allocation parameter
and follow the steps given in the Table 108.
4. Click Apply.
Using the CLI
You can configure the traffic management profile using the following command:
(host)(config) #wlan traffic-management-profile <profile>
Traffic Steering
ARM’s traffic steering feature encourages clients that support both Wi-Fi and 3G/4G cellular connections to
move from a Wi-Fi connection to a cellular connection when the device moves out of a Wi-Fi coverage area, or
when the Wi-Fi connection supports lower data rates than the cellular connection.
Use this feature in deployments where a single operator provides both Wi-Fi and cellular networks, and the
user onboarding and accounting for both network types is managed by a common RADIUS server. This feature
is disabled by default, and must be enabled for each SSID via the WLAN SSID profile.
Wi-Fi and 3G/4G-compatible devices are steered to a different connection type based upon data in the ARM
Client Match client reports from the APs on the network. When client match is enabled for an AP, that
APreceives and collects information about the RFhealth of clients in its neighborhood, and periodically sends
this information to the WLAN switch. The WLAN switch reports the corresponding estimated throughput value
to the cellular switch using the RADIUS accounting messages. If the cellular switch determines that the device's
WLANconnection throughput has fallen below a threshold, the cellular switch tells the WLAN switch to
disassociate the device from the network and prevent it from reassociating for a customizable blackout
interval.
Configuration Requirements
This feature requires that client match is enabled through the ARMprofile for your access points (client match
is enabled by default). Although the default client match settings are recommended for most users, advanced
client match settings for communication intervals and quality thresholds can be configured using the rf arm-
profile command in the command-line interface.
Each RADIUS authentication server profile on the WLANswitch includes a called-station-id parameter, which
is sent with the RADIUS attribute Called Station ID for authentication and accounting requests. By default, the
called-station-id parameter is the switch MAC address. If your deployment uses the traffic steering feature,
do not change the called-station-idparameter to any other supported value type (such as an APgroup or
VLAN ID).
Enabling Traffic Steering
Band steering is configured in a WLAN SSID profile. Use the following procedures to enable or disable traffic
steering using the WebUI or command-line interface.
In the WebUI
1. Select Configuration > Advanced Services > All Profiles. The All Profile Management window opens.
2. Expand the Wireless LAN section.
3. Select SSID to expand the SSID Profile section.
4. Select the name of the Virtual AP profile for which you want to enable band steering.
(To create a new SSID AP profile, enter a name for a new profile in the Profile Details window, then click
Add. The new profile will appear in the Profiles list. Select that profile to open the Profile Details pane.)
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