Parameter Description
Spectrum
Monitoring
Issue this command to turn APs in ap-mode into a hybrid AP. An AP in hybrid AP mode
will continue to serve clients as an access point while it scans and analyzes spectrum
analysis data for a single radio channel.
For further details on using hybrid APs and spectrum monitors to examine the radio
frequency (RF) environment in which the Wi-Fi network is operating, refer to the
Spectrum Analysis chapter of the AOS-W User Guide.
For a list of APs that can be converted into a spectrum monitor or hybrid AP, refer to
the Spectrum Analysis chapter of the AOS-W 6.5.3.x User Guide.
Smart Antenna The OAW-AP335 access point supports the smart antenna feature, which optimizes
the selection of antenna polarization values based on data collected from the training
of polarization pattern combinations. This feature identifies the clients most likely to
benefit from smart antenna polarization, based upon the average RSSI of the
received frames, and the number of streams. This feature uses frame-based antenna
training, which allows the AP to cycle through training combinations for training and
collect statistics without any impact on the client. At the end of training sequence, the
AP selects the best antenna polarization based upon these collected statistics.
The Smart Antenna feature does not support optimized antenna polarization for
clients using Single-User (SU) or Multi-User (MU) transmit beamforming, and will use
default polarization values for these clients.
Advertise 802.11d
and 802.11h
Capabilities
Enable the radio to advertise its 802.11d (Country Information) and 802.11h (Transmit
Power Control) capabilities. This option is disabled by default.
Spectrum Load
Balancing
The Spectrum Load Balancing feature helps optimize network resources by balancing
clients across channels, regardless of whether the AP or the switch is responding to
the wireless clients' probe requests.
If enabled, the switch compares whether or not an AP has more clients than its
neighboring APs on other channels. If an AP’s client load is at or over a predetermined
threshold as compared to its immediate neighbors, or if a neighboring Alcatel-Lucent
AP on another channel does not have any clients, load balancing will be enabled on
that AP. This feature is disabled by default. For details, see Spectrum Load Balancing
on page 471.
Beacon Period Beacon Period for the AP in msec. The range is 60-2000 msec, and the default value
is 100 msec.
Beacon Regulate Enable this setting to introduce randomness in the beacon generation so that multiple
APs on the same channel do not send beacons at the same time.
Advertised
Regulatory Max
EIRP
Work around a known issue on Cisco 7921G telephones by specifying a cap for a
radio’s maximum equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP). When you enable this
parameter, even if the regulatory approved maximum for a given channel is higher
than this EIRP cap, the AP radio using this profile will advertise only this capped
maximum EIRP in its radio beacons.
The supported range is 1-31dBm.
ARM/WIDS Override If selected, this option disables Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) and Wireless IDS
functions and slightly increases packet processing performance. If a radio is
configured to operate in Air Monitor mode, then the ARM/WIDS functions are always
enabled, regardless of whether or not this check box is selected.
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