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Wi-NG 5 How-To Guide

Smart RF

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Contents
1. Introduction:........................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1.1 1.1.2 2. Failures Covered by Smart-RF WING 5.0: ........................................................................... 5 New Additions & Changes .................................................................................................... 5

Key Concepts ........................................................................................................................................ 6 2.1.1 2.1.2 Wi-NG 5 Key Concepts ......................................................................................................... 6 Smart-RF Key concepts ........................................................................................................ 7

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Smart-RF Operation .............................................................................................................................. 7 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 Smart-RF Calibration: ........................................................................................................... 7 Advantages of a separate calibration phase ......................................................................... 8 Calibration Sequence of Events ............................................................................................ 8 Smart-RF monitoring phase: ................................................................................................. 9

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Self-Healing Features ......................................................................................................................... 10 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 4.1.4 Interference recovery .......................................................................................................... 11 Neighbor Recovery.............................................................................................................. 12 Coverage-hole recovery ...................................................................................................... 13 Smart-RF on newly adopted APs ........................................................................................ 14

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Pre-Requisites: .................................................................................................................................... 14 5.1.1 5.1.2 Requirements: ..................................................................................................................... 14 Components Used:.............................................................................................................. 15

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Configuration: ...................................................................................................................................... 15 6.1.1 6.1.2 6.1.3 6.1.4 6.1.5 6.1.6 6.1.7 6.1.8 Smart RF Settings: .............................................................................................................. 15 Smart-RF Policy show context include-factory ................................................................ 16 Smart RF Global Commands .............................................................................................. 19 Configurable Parameters .................................................................................................... 20 Show commands ................................................................................................................. 21 Service commands .............................................................................................................. 21 Interactive Calibration ......................................................................................................... 21 Manual Calibration .............................................................................................................. 22

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Verification:.......................................................................................................................................... 23 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.1.3 Channel distribution ............................................................................................................ 23 Neighbor Radio Failure: ...................................................................................................... 23 Interference: ........................................................................................................................ 24

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Configurations used: ........................................................................................................................... 24 8.1.1 RFS Configuration ............................................................................................................... 24

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Network Topology ............................................................................................................................... 30

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1. Introduction:
Self-Monitoring At Run Time RF Management (Smart RF) can dramatically reduce the time and cost of new deployments by scanning the RF environment and automatically determining the best channel and transmit power for Access Points (AP). Smart-RF has the following benefits:

Figure 1 Smart RF Benefits

1.1.1 Failures Covered by Smart-RF WING 5.0:

AP failure Radio is not transmitting or is defective. Covered by neighbor recovery mechanism. Antenna fall off would result in signal change, it is detected and fixed by neighbor recovery. Changes in environment, such as metal rack would result in signal change. It is detected and fixed by neighbor recovery and coverage hole recovery. Changes in external radio interference covered by interference recovery AP-to-AP interference results in excessive retries and covered by neighbor recovery and interference recovery Static interference from microwave or radio jammer covered by interference recovery Coverage holes in the network, detected and fixed by coverage hole recovery.

1.1.2 New Additions & Changes

Previous versions were dependent on a Motorola RFS series controller. Wi-NG 5 pushes this service to the edge for remote and standalone deployments. This approach provides a competitive advantage in: Small deployments where: o No controller is physically onsite, o Standalone AP deployments Medium or large deployments where: o APs are distributed between multiple floors, o APs are managed by multiple RF Switches o APs are managed remotely. Smart RF is supported on all Wi-NG 5 devices: RFS4000, RFS6000, RFS7000 Series RF-Switches AP650 Series, AP7131 Series and AP6511 APs in standalone or clustered environments

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Smart RF in Wi-NG 5 has these additional enhancements: Smart-RF Master is no longer restricted to an RFS series switch it can now be a site survivable AP New off-channel-scan mode where the AP can go off channel AP radios calculate interference & noise on each channel and send information to the SmartMaster Smart-RF no longer waits for a scheduled calibration to solve problems like an antenna falling off or excessive interference Smart-RF no longer needs dedicated detectors in place for Smart-RF with Motorolas new off channel scan mode The calibration phase is no longer absolutely required as of Wing 5.0 if RFS based WIPS and Rogue AP services will not be running The calibration phase reduces the time taken to arrive at the most optimum RF settings Smart-RF can effectively perform with as few as 1 AP o Neighbor Recovery requires 4 or more APs Multiple Smart-RF policies can be created and run

A proper site survey is always recommended for best results. Physics cannot be ignored nor the realities of scheduling and resources therefor Smart-RF hopes to compensate when no site survey is available. Smart RF cannot compensate for a poorly planned design or deployments where APs that have been incorrectly placed.

2. Key Concepts
2.1.1 Wi-NG 5 Key Concepts
All APs whether thick or thin are adaptive, the services they provide can be done without constant communication to the RFS (Motorola Radio Frequency Switch often referred to in the industry as a controller). All APs can bridge traffic locally All APs can provide services at the edge independent of the controller. o Only one service is dependent on an RFS which is the Advanced WIPS function. Basic WIPS is capable of functioning on all other deployment models independent of a RFS o All other services are capable of running on an AP thick or thin. Cisco and Aruba both claim services at the edge but in reality can only provide local bridging and may require a license to be deployed remotely. Call them out and disconnect their controller and watch all of their services fail. Whether or not the AP is thick or thin is irrelevant when it comes to services the AP is capable of providing independent of the RFS The difference between a Thick and Thin AP is whether it can be deployed independent of the RFS. The traditional Thick AP can be deployed independent of the controller and will be able to provide the same services the RFS can provide in a limited deployment. Management will be provided by ADSP in larger deployments. The traditional Thick AP will all have L2 adoption capabilities as well as being able to operate without an IP address. They will all be adoptable to an RFS. They will all be capable of running as a Virtual controller. Thin APs cannot be deployed independent of the controller. Some SKUs are not site survivable in the event of loss of connectivity to the RFS. Some SKUs will be site survivable.

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They can now: Perform services without constant communication to an RFS Bridge traffic locally Have their own configuration and can be connected to directly via SSH and telnet. If it has been deployed without an IP address there are still mechanisms to connect to the APs CLI directly via the RFS.

2.1.2 Smart-RF Key concepts

Smart-RF will always have a Master per RF-domain Smart-Master The Smart-Master aggregates data and makes decisions for Smart- Clients For Smart-RF, there is always one and only one master device in a cluster of Wi-NG 5 devices in an RFdomain. Each time the cluster changes, there will be a master selection in the newly established cluster. In Wi-NG 5 APs now have the ability to become a virtual controller and are capable of performing the role of Master device in an RF-domain and as such you could temporarily have a cluster consisting of APs providing the APs are of a site survivable SKU. The newly selected master would not have the same information as the old master. For this reason, the calibrated RF parameters are always saved on its corresponding Smart-Clients. In a remote deployment of APs if connectivity to an RFS is lost an election will take place and one of the APs will be elected the Smart-Master. Smart-Client (this will be a Wi-NG 5 device with a radio interface module(RIM) Smart-Clients process data and send the information up to the Smart-Master Smart-Clients use off channel scanning to collect information about the RF environment, they then send the information to the Smart-Master. The Smart-Master then calculates best power and channel for the given radio and updates the Smart-Client. The Smart-Client reports three things to the Smart-Master. Maximum received RSSI value from his Neighbors An external interference report for each channel A noise report for each channel The work flow for the Smart-RF is as follows: User selects to do a Smart-RF calibration (either manually or automatically when first configured). The Smart-Master device receives this request and clears the old Smart-RF configuration data. The Smart-Master does a data collection via the Smart-Clients and makes new assignments. The Smart-Master device pushes the assignment result to the Smart-Clients. Each Smart-Client saves the RF parameters and makes the necessary configurations for its radios. Smart-RF Management consists of two main phases: Smart-RF calibration phase Smart-RF monitoring phase

3. Smart-RF Operation
3.1.1 Smart-RF Calibration:
Smart-RF calibration can be initiated by the network admin during the initial deployment or can be run any time a recalibration of the network is required. Generally manual calibration is not needed. Calibration is triggered initially when enabled. Manual calibration may be desired when a major network change has occurred such as a large number of APs being introduced. It can be instructed to run on the entire network or run on a specified subset of radios adopted by the cluster. It instructs all adopted AP radios to scan all the legal channels and measures the signal strength from each AP radio as well as the signal strength from the environment which in turn will:

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Automatically choose AP radios to be detectors for WIPS and Rogue-AP. Automatically assign channels to AP radios to avoid channel overlap and avoid interference from external RF sources. Automatically assign transmit power of AP radios.

Figure 2 - Calibration During calibration the network is only collecting data for the purpose of selecting WIPS and Rogue AP sensors and the best possible power and channel combinations for AP radios. The calibration phase is no longer required as of Wing 5.0 if WIPS and Rogue AP services will not be running as the WIPS and Rogue AP detectors offer minimum benefit to Smart-RF. The algorithms applied to arrive at optimal power and channel selection are the same as the monitoring phase.

3.1.2 Advantages of a separate calibration phase

Allows user to calibrate and arrive at best power and channel assignments at will. Monitoring can take many minutes to arrive at the optimum RF parameters, whereas with calibration it can be arrived at in seconds. This can be vital when first initializing your network especially if there had been no proper site survey or after changes like massive addition or deletion of APs Allows Smart-RF to decide on dedicated WIPS / Rogue AP detectors. The assignment of detectors is only possible during the calibration phase and not during monitoring phase Allows users for a one time calibration of the network and disabling monitoring if they choose to do so. Allows users to simulate calibration and compare the current smart-rf configuration and apply it if they choose to do so.

3.1.3 Calibration Sequence of Events

3.1.3.1 Data collection phase The Smart-Master decides the list of channels and power on which calibration has to be done based on the configuration of channel scan selection. The Smart-Master sends a Start calibration message to all Smart-Clients with details on: o Start time o Channel list o Dwell time (the duration for which collection has to happen on a particular channel) o Guard interval (interval to stop all processing before a channel switch) o Start and end power (Power to begin and end calibration) All Smart-Clients start calibrating at the synchronized start time then switch to different channels and power. Smart-Clients process the collected proximity report and find the maximum receive

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RSSI strength and channel of each neighbor. It also collects information about external interference and noise on each channel.

Figure 3 - Calibration The Smart-Client sends processed information to the Smart-Master. The Smart-Client restores to previous working RF set. The total time taken for calibration will be based on the number of configured channels to scan and number of Smart-Clients The Smart-Master assigns o WIPS and Rogue AP sensors if enabled The smart-rf sensor assignment works on the assumption that radios with the highest number of neighbors and higher associability usually make the best sensors. A single sensor can take care of covering both 2.4 and 5 GHz bands and handles the area covered by its neighboring radios. Sensors are assigned to make sure all radios are covered efficiently o Channel and Power Assignments include optimal channel & power for all radios and sensor assignment if enabled. The Smart-Master sends the configuration to all Smart-Clients. The Smart-Clients apply the new configuration; update neighbor list and proximity entries.

3.1.4 Smart-RF monitoring phase:

If enabled the Smart-RF Monitor phase is always running. It starts with the following monitoring activities: Monitors the attenuation of neighboring radios at a given radio and adjusts power levels as required to ensure best possible coverage with the least possible interference. Monitors for interference o External interference from: non 802.11 sources 802.11 from neighboring networks o Internal interference from:

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Neighboring radios belonging to our network, Noise on all allowed Smart-RF channels and assigns the best possible channel at run time. Monitors coverage holes by tracking MUs signal to noise ratio o Fixes coverage holes by increasing transmit power of the radio to which the MU is associated to keep the MU under the desired coverage rate.

Once the Smart-Master pushes the configuration down to the Smart-Clients all radios are reconfigured with the new information. Smart-Clients manage all radios for monitoring purposes. All radios periodically go off-channel based on configuration. As soon as the radio goes off channel it transmits a special Smart-RF probe request with a Motorola specific element which has details on: o Current channel, o Transmitted channel and master mint address o This probe will be received by neighbors and they can keep track of current signal strength from the particular radio thereby monitoring that radio. The radios also start collecting the Smart-RF probes received from other Moto APs in the same RF Domain, beacons, data heard on the channel currently being scanned. Noise readings are also taken at that channel. Smart-Clients send information obtained during off-channel-scan to the Smart-Master. The data sent is: o A neighbor list with: heard signal strength Interference on each channel, Noise on each channel, No of MUs associated. The Smart-Master periodically processes the runtime information that Smart-Clients send, The Smart-Master detects anomalies and takes actions such as increasing / decreasing power and switching channels. The Smart-ocs-monitoring feature supports: PSP (Power Save Polling): a mechanism of power save used by MUs (mobile units: any wireless client) Voice awareness. Based on the user configuration smart-ocs-monitoring may choose not to switch channels. When configured to be in strict mode, psp awareness prevents on demand scanning when any psp client is associated with the radio. Voice awareness prevents on demand scanning when a Wi-Fi phone is associated. When the configuration is set to dynamic mode, voice awareness kicks in only when a voice call is in progress. Similarly psp awareness kicks in only when data to be sent has been queued for the wireless client. Psp/voice awareness features can be completely turned off if necessary. Note: Smart-ocs-monitoring can be turned off if required from the smart-rf-policy configuration. When smart-ocs-monitoring is turned off, neighbor recovery and interference recovery features can no longer function. Coverage hole recovery is independent of smart-ocs-monitoring and will continue to function unless explicitly turned off.

4. Self-Healing Features
The Self-Healing features of Smart-RF are: Interference Recovery Neighbor Recovery o Requires 4 or more APs

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Coverage Hole Recovery

4.1.1 Interference recovery

4.1.1.1 Scope Channel selection 4.1.1.2 Goal

The goal of the interference recovery mechanism is to choose the channel with the least amount of interference for any given radio. 4.1.1.3 Operation

All Smart-Clients report: Their neighbors attenuation, External interference sources Noise on all possible smart-rf channels The Smart-Master arrives at the energy graph for each radio based on this information. The cumulative energy perceived by the radio at a given channel consists of: Interference due to neighbors (Neighbor power and attenuation factor into this calculation) Interference due to external APs (RSSI of beacons from neighbors factor into this calculation) Interference due to non-Wi-Fi signals The channel with the least cumulative energy perceived by the radio is chosen as the best possible channel during calibration. During run time operations, the same data is collected and only if the difference between energy perceived at the current channel and the best possible channel exceeds a user configurable channel-switch value, does a channel change happen. The Smart-Master channel assignment algorithm also takes into account the number of neighboring radios on the same channel. Even when a particular channel is the best choice, it may not be chosen based on the number of corresponding neighbors on that particular channel. A tie breaker algorithm kicks in when too many neighboring radios end up in the same channel to choose a different channel which has the next least interference possible. The Interference recovery mechanism also keeps track of the number of wireless clients associated to a given radio and based on a user configurable value a channel switch is avoided if too many wireless clients are connected to the respective radio. Interference recovery ensures that the channels assigned only belong to the assignable channel list specified in the smart-rf-policy configuration. It also makes sure that the given channel is valid in the country in which the device is being operated before being assigned. The channel width setting is also assigned based on user preference of single width (20Mhz), dual width (40Mhz) or auto selection channel width mode (20 / 40Mhz based on whichever is optimal).

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Figure 4 Interference Recovery

4.1.2 Neighbor Recovery

4.1.2.1 4.1.2.2

4 or more APs are required for Neighbor Recovery to function.

Note 4 or more APs is required for AP Neighbor Recovery to operate. Scope

Power - Neighboring APs loss of antenna, complete failure or blocked signal due to physical obstruction Goal

The goal of the neighbor recovery mechanism is to arrive at the optimal power settings for any given radio. 4.1.2.3 Operation

The Smart-Master relies upon the maximum RSSI of each neighbor radio from a given radio which is reported by the Smart-Client. The Smart-Master then calculates the attenuation of all neighbors for a given radio. Based on the power-threshold configured for that radio band, it arrives at the optimum power Neighbor recovery always increases power immediately when necessary but reduction of power is done gradually in steps of 3dBm (Half the current radio power). When a power increase is necessary, it takes effect only if a power change of 3dBm or more is required. The power settings chosen by neighbor recovery mechanism ensure that the chosen power is within the limits bound by the Smart-RF policy minimum and maximum power settings. It also is bound by the regulatory specified maximum powers. Antenna gain is another configuration item that is considered while setting power for a given radio. After the optimum power is arrived, the antenna gain is factored before applying the new power. For example, if the power arrived after neighbor recovery calculation is 17dBm and the antenna gain is 3dB. The final power applied on the radio is 14dBm.

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Figure 5 - Neighbor Recovery

4.1.3 Coverage-hole recovery

4.1.3.1 Scope Power - Wireless Clients 4.1.3.2 Goal

The goal of coverage hole recovery mechanism is to change power when necessary to make sure all wireless clients can hear the radio at optimal signal strength. 4.1.3.3 Operation

Coverage-hole recovery is performed by the Smart-Client based on the SNR of all wireless clients associated to the Smart-Client Coverage-hole recovery increases or decreases power only in steps of 3dBm or more. Coverage hole recovery never decreases power below the power mandated by neighbor recovery. It can go above the power specified by neighbor recovery if necessary to perform recovery.

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Figure 6 - Coverage Hole Recovery

4.1.4 Smart-RF on newly adopted APs

In Wi-NG 5.0, Smart-RF no longer needs a recalibration in order to account for newly adopted APs. APs can be added and removed from the network at will without any calibration. The newly added APs will be accounted for during the next extended scan interval. When Smart-RF is enabled and the Smart-Client does not have saved rf parameters, it sets its radios to the maximum power and chooses the default channel for the country code it is operating on. Smart-Clients always scan on the default channels looking for newly adopted APs. The newly adopted Smart-Client also scans all allowed smart-rf channels and sends reports about neighbors found to the Smart-Master. The Smart-Master builds a neighbor table for the newly adopted AP and informs all its neighbors about the presence of a new AP. The newly adopted AP ends up in the neighbor list, of all neighboring APs during the next extended scan interval. Similarly when an AP is unadopted and is no longer in use, it is aged out from the neighbor lists of all APs, and power is adjusted among its neighbors to fix coverage issues if any.

5. Pre-Requisites:
5.1.1 Requirements:
The following requirements must be met prior to attempting this configuration: One (or more) RF Switches are installed and operational on the network. A Windows XP or higher workstation is available with Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox to perform Web UI configuration. A telnet, ssh or terminal emulation client is installed on the workstation An RFS or Standalone AP is configured with an RF-Domain and WLAN and is reachable via an IP address.

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5.1.2 Components Used:

The information in this document is based on the following Motorola hardware and software versions: 1 RFS4000 Version 5.0 1 or more AP650s 4 or more AP650s if you want Neighbor recovery Registered users may download the latest software and firmware from the Motorola Technical Support Site http://support.symbol.com. Type wing 5 in the search field and click GO>

6. Configuration:
The following steps will be performed on the RF Switches to configure and enable Smart RF: 1. Create a Smart-RF policy 2. Assign the Smart-RF policy to the default RF-Domain 3. Commit the changes to the running-config and save the configuration to the startup-config

6.1.1 Smart RF Settings:

The following steps will demonstrate how to view and modify Smart RF settings using the CLI:

1. In the CLI issue the enable command. rfs4000-22E0B0>enable 2. Enter the global configuration context by issuing the configure terminal command. rfs4000-22E0B0#configure terminal 3. Create a Smart-rf-policy by typing the keyword smart-rf-policy <smart-rf-policyname> rfs4000-22E0B0(config)#smart-rf-policy smartrfhowto 4. Enable the Smart-RF-policy by typing enable rfs4000-22E0B0(config-smart-rf-policy-smartrfhowto)#enable 5. Exit the Smart-RF policy by typing exit rfs4000-22E0B0(config-smart-rf-policy-smartrfhowto)#exit

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6. Next assign the smart-rf-policy to an rf-domain policy. Enter the rf-domain context by typing rf-domain default rfs4000-22E0B0(config)#rf-domain default 7. Tell the default rf-domain to use the newly created smart-rf-policy with the use command use smart-rf-policy <smart-rf-policy-name> rfs4000-22E0B0(config-rf-domain-default)# use smart-rf-policy smartrfhowto 8. Verify your settings with the show context command rfs4000-22E0B0(config-rf-domain-default)#show context rf-domain default location San\ Jose\ Ca contact John\ Sellin timezone America/Los_Angeles country-code us use smart-rf-policy smartrfhowto sensor-server 1 ip 192.168.1.250 The rf-domain profile default is using the smart-rf-policy smartrfhowto as indicated by the bolded text

6.1.2 Smart-RF Policy show context include-factory

Default values of the Smart-RF policy can be seen by issuing the command show context include-factory from within the smart-rf-policy smartrfhowto
rfs4000-22E0B0#conf t rfs4000-22E0B0(config)#smart-rf-policy smartrfhowto rfs4000-22E0B0(config-smart-rf-policy-smartrfhowto)#show context include-factory

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smart-rf-policy smartrfhowto enable no group-by building no group-by floor no auto-assign-sensor sensitivity medium assignable-power 5GHz min 4 assignable-power 5GHz max 17 assignable-power 2.4GHz min 4 assignable-power 2.4GHz max 17 channel-list 5GHz 36,40,44,48,52,56,60,64,100,104,108,112,116,120,124,128,132,136,140,149,153,157,161,165 channel-list 2.4GHz 1,6,11 channel-width 5GHz 40MHz channel-width 2.4GHz 20MHz smart-ocs-monitoring smart-ocs-monitoring off-channel-duration 5GHz 50 smart-ocs-monitoring off-channel-duration 2.4GHz 50 smart-ocs-monitoring frequency 5GHz 6 smart-ocs-monitoring frequency 2.4GHz 6 smart-ocs-monitoring sample-count 5GHz 5 smart-ocs-monitoring sample-count 2.4GHz 5 smart-ocs-monitoring extended-scan-frequency 5GHz 5 smart-ocs-monitoring extended-scan-frequency 2.4GHz 5 smart-ocs-monitoring power-save-aware 5GHz dynamic smart-ocs-monitoring power-save-aware 2.4GHz dynamic smart-ocs-monitoring voice-aware 5GHz dynamic smart-ocs-monitoring voice-aware 2.4GHz dynamic

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interference-recovery interference-recovery noise interference-recovery interference interference-recovery client-threshold 50 interference-recovery channel-switch-delta 5GHz 20 interference-recovery channel-switch-delta 2.4GHz 20 neighbor-recovery neighbor-recovery power-threshold 5GHz -70 neighbor-recovery power-threshold 2.4GHz -70 coverage-hole-recovery coverage-hole-recovery interval 5GHz 30 coverage-hole-recovery interval 2.4GHz 30 coverage-hole-recovery coverage-interval 5GHz 10 coverage-hole-recovery coverage-interval 2.4GHz 10 coverage-hole-recovery snr-threshold 5GHz 20 coverage-hole-recovery snr-threshold 2.4GHz 20 coverage-hole-recovery client-threshold 5GHz 1 coverage-hole-recovery client-threshold 2.4GHz 1 interference-recovery channel-hold-time 3600 neighbor-recovery power-hold-time 0 The output shows all available settings and their default values. The show context command when coupled with include factory is a useful way to learn all available commands along with their default values in any given context.

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6.1.3 Smart RF Global Commands Smart RF Global Commands Command

assignable-power

Description
Specify the assignable power during powerassignment

auto-assign-sensor

Allow smart-rf to select optimal sensor radios for wips and unauthorized ap detection

channel-list channel-width coverage-hole-recovery Enable group-by interference-recovery

Select channel list for smart-rf Select channel width for smart-rf Recover from coverage hole Enable this smart-rf policy Configure grouping parameters Recover issues due to excessive noise and interference

neighbor-recovery No Sensitivity

Recover issues due to faulty neighbor radios Negate a command or set its defaults Configure smart-rf sensitivity (Modifies various other smart-rf configuration items)

smart-ocs-monitoring Clrscr Commit End Exit Help Revert Service Show Write

Smart off channel scanning Clears the display screen Commit all changes made in this session End current mode and change to EXEC mode End current mode and down to previous mode Description of the interactive help system Revert changes Service Commands Show running system information Write running configuration to memory or terminal

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6.1.4 Configurable Parameters Parameter Ranges and Limits

Parameter
Max-Assignable-Power Automatic sensor assignment Channel-width 5Ghz Channel-width 2.4Ghz Smart-ocs-monitoring smart-ocs-monitoring Off-channelduration smart-ocs-monitoring frequency smart-ocs-monitoring sample-count smart-ocs-monitoring extended scan frequency smart-ocs-monitoring Power-saveawareness smart-ocs-monitoring voiceawareness Interference recovery Interference-recovery noise Interference-recovery interference Interference recovery clientthreshold Interference recovery channelswitch-delta Interference recovery channel-holdtime Neighbor recovery neighbor-recovery power-threshold neighbor-recovery power hold time Coverage hole recovery coverage-hole-recovery interval coverage-hole-recovery coverage interval coverage-hole-recovery snr75 1 20 Enable -55 3600 Enable 120 120 Disable -85 0 Disable 1 1 Enable -70 0 Enabled 30 10 86400 0 3600 35 5 20 Enable Enable Enable 255 Disable Disable Disable 1 Enable Enable Enable 50 Strict Off Dynamic Strict Off Dynamic 120 15 50 1 1 0 6 5 5

Upper Limit
20 Enable Auto Auto Enable 150

Lower Limit
4 Disable 20Mhz 20Mhz Disable 20

Default Value
17 Disable 40Mhz 20Mhz Enable 50

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threshold coverage-hole-recovery clientthreshold 255 1 1

6.1.5 Show commands

Type show smart-rf ? rfs4000-22E0B0#show smart-rf ? calibration-status channel-distribution history interactive-calibration-config radio rfs4000-22E0B0#show smart-rf radio ? AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF Radio Mac address in AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF format, all radios if this entry is omitted Activity Number of power / channel / coverage hole related changes all-11an all-11bgn energy neighbors on All 11a radios currently in configuration All 11bg radios currently in configuration Display radio energy All neighbors of a given radio On RF-Domain Display smart-rf calibration status Display smart-rf channel distribution Display smart-rf history Interactive calibration configuration Radio related commands

6.1.6 Service commands

#service smart-rf clear-config clear-history interactive-calibration interactive-calibration-result run-calibration stop-calibration Clear smart-rf configuration in all devices Clear smart-rf historyuration in all devices Interactive Smart-RF calibration Interactive Smart-RF calibration result Start a new Smart-RF calibration Stop calibration that is currently in progress

6.1.7 Interactive Calibration

If a Site survey has already been performed the administrator could configure AP radios with a fixed configuration. If both the channel and power are set to fixed smart-ocs-monitoring ceases to function. If the environment were to go through changes such as a number of APs were added or removed or stock in a warehouse was added or removed the RF characteristics since the last site survey may no longer be valid.

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An administrator could perform an interactive calibration. To perform an interactive calibration. rfs4000-22E0B0#service smart-rf interactive-calibration Calibration initiated. Must take approximately 143 seconds to complete NOTE: All wireless clients will remain disconnected during calibration. To view the results of the interactive-calibration rfs4000-22E0B0#show smart-rf interactive-calibration-config
AP RADIO-MAC NEW POW TYPE STATE ASSIGNED SENSOR OLD CH NEW CH OLD POW

ap650-315D28 00-23-68-30-E3-C0 11an normal no 149+ 149+ ap650-315DF8 00-23-68-30-98-E0 11bgn normal no 6 6 ap650-315DF8 00-23-68-30-98-00 11an normal no 157+ 157+ ap650-313DE4 00-23-68-2F-75-E0 11bgn normal no 11 11 ap650-315D28 00-23-68-30-E9-E0 11bgn normal no 1 1 ap650-313DE4 00-23-68-2F-76-A0 11an normal no 36+ 36+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total number of radios displayed: 6 To test the settings:

17 17 17 17 17 17

17 17 17 17 17 17

rfs4000-22E0B0#service smart-rf interactive-calibration-result replace-current-config If the new configuration is desirable and you would like to lock settings in place. This writes the channel and power settings to the configuration and locks them in place, replacing the setting smart with actual values. rfs4000-22E0B0#service smart-rf interactive-calibration-result write-to-configuration If the new configuration was not desirable rfs4000-22E0B0#service smart-rf interactive-calibration-result discard Calibration result discarded

6.1.8 Manual Calibration

To run a manual calibration rfs4000-22E0B0#service smart-rf run-calibration
Calibration initiated. Must take approximately 143 seconds to complete NOTE: All wireless clients will remain disconnected during calibration. rfs4000-22E0B0#show smart-rf calibration-status Calibration in progress. Waiting for results from radios 00-23-68-30-98-00 00-23-68-30-E3-C0 00-23-68-2F-76-A0 00-23-68-2F-75-E0 00-23-68-30-E9-E0 00-23-68-30-98-E0 rfs4000-22E0B0#show smart-rf history ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TIME EVENT DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Calibration Done Calibration Started

Calibration complete Calibration expected to complete in 113 secs

To stop a calibration in progress rfs4000-22E0B0#service smart-rf stop-calibration

Calibration stopped

7. Verification:
This section demonstrates some steps that can be performed to verify that Channel distribution and the self-healing functions are working correctly.

7.1.1 Channel distribution

rfs4000-22E0B0#show smart-rf channel-distribution 2.4GHz channel distribution for 3 radios ------------------------------------CHANNEL NUM RADIOS DISTRIBUTION (%) ------------------------------------1 1 33.33 6 1 33.33 11 1 33.33 ------------------------------------5GHz channel distribution for 3 radios ------------------------------------CHANNEL NUM RADIOS DISTRIBUTION (%) ------------------------------------36+ 1 33.33 149+ 1 33.33 157+ 1 33.33 -------------------------------------

7.1.2 Neighbor Radio Failure:

rfs4000-22E0B0#show smart-rf radio on default -------------------------------------------------------------------------------AP RADIO-MAC TYPE STATE CHANNEL POWER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------ap650-315D28 00-23-68-30-E3-C0 11an normal 149+ 17 ap650-315DF8 00-23-68-30-98-E0 11bgn normal 6 17 ap650-315DF8 00-23-68-30-98-00 11an normal 157+ 17 ap650-313DE4 00-23-68-2F-75-E0 11bgn normal 11 17 ap650-315D28 00-23-68-30-E9-E0 11bgn normal 1 17 ap650-313DE4 00-23-68-2F-76-A0 11an normal 36+ 17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total number of radios displayed: 6 Place an AP in an isolation chamber or a large anti-static bag such as one from a mother board if no isolation chamber is available. Note: Anti-static bags make wonderful attenuators for roam testing. If testing in a very small area with APs in very close proximity to each other unplug one AP. Show smart-rf history

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12:24:2010 10:03:31 PST Neighbor Recovery Radio ap650-315D28:R2 (00-23-68-30-E3-C0) power changed from 4 to 17 12:24:2010 10:03:15 PST Neighbor Recovery Radio ap650-313DE4:R2 (00-23-68-2F-76-A0) power changed from 4 to 17 12:24:2010 10:03:12 PST Neighbor Recovery Radio ap650-315DF8:R2 (00-23-68-30-98-00) power changed from 4 to 17 12:24:2010 10:00:52 PST Neighbor Recovery Radio ap650-313DE4:R1 (00-23-68-2F-75-E0) power changed from 4 to 17 12:24:2010 10:00:43 PST Neighbor Recovery Radio ap650-315D28:R1 (00-23-68-30-E9-E0) power changed from 4 to 17 12:24:2010 10:00:43 PST Interference Recovery Radio ap650-315D28:R1 (00-23-68-30-E9-E0) channel changed from 11 to 1 12:24:2010 10:00:43 PST Neighbor Recovery Radio ap650-315DF8:R1 (00-23-68-30-98-E0) power changed from 4 to 17 12:24:2010 09:59:37 PST Radio Removed Radio ap650-313DD4:R2 (00-23-68-2F-75-A0) removed 12:24:2010 09:59:37 PST Radio Removed Radio ap650-313DD4:R1 (00-23-68-2F-75-F0) removed 12:24:2010 09:59:37 PST AP Unadopted AP ap650-313DD4 unadopted

7.1.3 Interference:
Introduce interference with a signal jammer. A 2.4 or 5ghz cordless phone a baby monitor all will work well for this. rfs4000-22E0B0#show smart-rf history ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TIME EVENT DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12:24:2010 13:48:22 PST Interference Recovery Radio ap650-315D28:R2 (00-23-68-30-E3-C0) channel changed from 44+ to 149+ 12:24:2010 12:41:58 PST Interference Recovery Radio ap650-315D28:R2 (00-23-68-30-E3-C0) channel changed from 149+ to 44+

8. Configurations used:
8.1.1 RFS Configuration
! ! Configuration of RFS4000 version 5.0.0.0-107R ! ! version 2.0 ! ! smart-rf-policy smartrfhowto enable group-by building ! wlan-qos-policy default qos trust dscp qos trust wmm ! radio-qos-policy default !

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ip access-list BROADCAST-MULTICAST-CONTROL permit tcp any any rule-precedence 10 permit udp any eq 67 any eq bootpc rule-precedence 11 deny udp any range 137 138 any range 137 138 rule-precedence 20 deny ip any 224.0.0.0/4 rule-precedence 21 deny ip any host 255.255.255.255 rule-precedence 22 permit ip any any rule-precedence 100 ! mac access-list PERMIT-ARP-AND-IPv4 permit any any type arp rule-precedence 10 permit any any type ip rule-precedence 20 ! wlan smartrfhowto description wlan for Smart RF how to ssid smartrfhowto vlan 1 encryption-type ccmp authentication-type none inactivity-timeout 86400 wpa-wpa2 psk 0 smartrfhowto wpa-wpa2 exclude-wpa2-tkip wpa-wpa2 key-rotation unicast 30 wpa-wpa2 key-rotation broadcast 30 motorola-extensions wmm-load-information client-load-balancing ip arp trust ! management-policy default http server https server no ftp ssh user admin password 1 xoxoSmartrfhowtoInterestingHashedPasswordisntit?Smartrfhowtoxoxo role superuser access all user operator password 1 xoxoSmartrfhowtoInterestingHashedPasswordisntit?Smartrfhowtoxoxo role monitor access all user jsellin password 1 xoxoSmartrfhowtoInterestingHashedPasswordisntit?Smartrfhowtoxoxo role superuser access all no snmp-server manager v2 snmp-server community public ro snmp-server user snmptrap v3 encrypted des auth md5 0 motorola snmp-server user snmpoperator v3 encrypted des auth md5 0 operator snmp-server user snmpmanager v3 encrypted des auth md5 0 motorola ! firewall-policy default ! igmp-snoop-policy default no igmp-snooping no querier

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unknown-multicast-fwd ! mint-security-policy the_policy ! role-policy sdf ! ! profile ap650 default-ap650 ip name-server 192.168.1.1 interface radio1 data-rates gn wlan smartrfhowto bss 1 primary aggregation amsdu tx-rx rifs tx-rx antenna-mode 2x2 dynamic-chain-selection interface radio2 data-rates an wlan smartrfhowto bss 1 primary aggregation amsdu tx-rx rifs tx-rx antenna-mode 2x2 dynamic-chain-selection interface ge1 ip dhcp trust qos trust dscp qos trust 802.1p interface vlan1 ip address dhcp ip dhcp client request options all use management-policy default use firewall-policy default logging on use bridging-policy smartrfhowto ! profile ap7131 default-ap7131 interface radio1 interface radio2 interface radio3 interface ge1 ip dhcp trust qos trust dscp qos trust 802.1p interface ge2 ip dhcp trust qos trust dscp qos trust 802.1p interface vlan1 ip address dhcp ip dhcp client request options all use firewall-policy default logging on

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use bridging-policy default ! profile rfs4000 default-rfs4000 autoinstall configuration autoinstall firmware crypto isakmp policy default crypto ipsec transform-set default esp-aes-256 esp-sha-hmac interface radio1 interface radio2 interface up1 ip dhcp trust qos trust dscp qos trust 802.1p interface ge1 ip dhcp trust qos trust dscp qos trust 802.1p interface ge2 ip dhcp trust qos trust dscp qos trust 802.1p interface ge3 ip dhcp trust qos trust dscp qos trust 802.1p interface ge4 ip dhcp trust qos trust dscp qos trust 802.1p interface ge5 ip dhcp trust qos trust dscp qos trust 802.1p use firewall-policy default logging on use bridging-policy default ! rf-domain default location San\ Jose\ Ca contact John\ Sellin timezone America/Los_Angeles stats open-window 1 sample-interval 5 size 3 country-code us use smart-rf-policy smartrfhowto sensor-server 1 ip 192.168.1.250 ! rfs4000 00-23-68-22-E0-B0 radio-count 0 use profile default-rfs4000 use rf-domain default hostname rfs4000-22E0B0 building home

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floor 1 license AP RFS4000_DEFAULT_AP_LICENSE license ADSEC RFS4000_DEFAULT_ADVANCED_SECURITY_LICENSE trustpoint https homenet no trustpoint radius-ca trustpoint radius-server default-trustpoint rsa-key ssh homenet sensor-server 1 ip 192.168.1.250 ip route 0.0.0.0/0 172.16.1.1 interface up1 interface ge1 interface ge3 switchport mode access switchport access vlan 3000 interface ge5 switchport mode access switchport access vlan 4000 interface vlan1 ip address 172.16.1.25/24 ip dhcp client request options all interface vlan3000 interface vlan4000 use management-policy default logging on logging console warnings logging buffered warnings ! ap650 00-23-68-31-3D-D4 radio-count 2 use profile default-ap650 use rf-domain default hostname ap650-313DD4 building home floor 1 trustpoint https default-trustpoint no trustpoint radius-ca trustpoint radius-server default-trustpoint rsa-key ssh default_rsa_key ! ap650 00-23-68-31-3D-E4 radio-count 2 use profile default-ap650 use rf-domain default hostname ap650-313DE4 building home floor 1 trustpoint https default-trustpoint no trustpoint radius-ca trustpoint radius-server default-trustpoint rsa-key ssh default_rsa_key ! ap650 00-23-68-31-5D-28

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radio-count 2 use profile default-ap650 use rf-domain default hostname ap650-315D28 building home floor 1 trustpoint https default-trustpoint no trustpoint radius-ca trustpoint radius-server default-trustpoint rsa-key ssh default_rsa_key ! ap650 00-23-68-31-5D-F8 radio-count 2 use profile default-ap650 use rf-domain default hostname ap650-315DF8 building home floor 1 trustpoint https default-trustpoint no trustpoint radius-ca trustpoint radius-server default-trustpoint rsa-key ssh default_rsa_key ! bridging-policy default no access-point local-bridging ! bridging-policy smartrfhowto extended-vlan 1 no access-point local-bridging ! bridging-policy smartrfhowtoo extended-vlan 1 no access-point local-bridging ! ! end

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9. Network Topology