Specifications

Chapter 12: BlueSecure Access Points
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• Autochannel BG - Mark/unmark this checkbox to enable/disable the BSC to
dynamically change the 802.11b/g/n channel settings of BSAPs under its control to
achieve optimal RF performance.
• Autochannel A - Mark/unmark this checkbox to enable/disable the BSC to
dynamically change the 802.11a/n channel settings of BSAPs under its control to
achieve optimal RF performance.
• A Channel List - Enter the list of channels to which the BSC may set a BSAP’s
802.11a/n radio. Any channels that are illegal for the radio’s configured country
designation are ignored. Enter Country to allow all legal channels for the radio’s
configured country. See “Configuring Global Miscellaneous Non-Radio Settings” on
page 12-8 for information about configuring the BSAP’s 802.11a/n radio’s country
designation.
• Holddown Timer - Specify the time (in seconds) the BSC waits before adjusting the RF
power and channel settings of the BSAPs under its control when a BSAP is connected
to or disconnected from the BSC. The default setting is 300 seconds—five minutes.
• Signal Inertia - dBm value with which the BSC pads the current channel’s signal
strength reading to avoid channel flapping—an unstable situation where the BSAP
continually changes its channel to avoid co-channel interference.
• Percentage of MIMO Clients in the Network: Administrator's estimate for the
percentage of wireless client devices using MIMO cards. When Dynamic RF is doing
channel and power calculations, this percentage is used to balance the secondary
channels.
• Power Threshold Index - Index value that enables the BSC to set the RF power of
BSAPs under its control relative to the RF power levels detected in the ambient RF
environment. Higher threshold index values enable the BSC to increase the BSAPs’
power settings correspondingly. Typical index settings range from 45 to 120.
• Only consider Bluesocket APs associated to the controller when doing power
calculations: Mark this checkbox to have Dynamic RF ignore Third Party APs when
performing power calculations. This is useful in crowded RF environments, such as
densely populated metropolitan areas.
• Only consider Bluesocket APs associated to the controller when doing channel
calculations: Mark this checkbox to have Dynamic RF ignore Third Party APs when
performing channel calculations. This is useful in crowded RF environments, such as
densely populated metropolitan areas.
• Minimum RSSI Signal to Count BSAP as Adjacent: Adjust the value to filter out low
signal adjacencies. In a dense environment, it's possible that BSAPs detect distant
BSAPs at low signals and also impact the channelization.
• Minimum RSSI Signal to Count 3rd party AP as Adjacent: Adjust the value to de-
prioritize the signal of 3rd party APs when calculating channels. By giving a
minimum RSSI, you can ignore low and distant signals while still accounting for close
adjacent APs.
• Give weight to existing BSAP channels: Mark this box to use the stored channel as a
cached value when running the algorithm. This provides additional stability in the
algorithm.
• Number of predictive algorithm runs: Adjust the value to internally run the RF
algorithm more times to be sure the channels are stable
Saving the
Settings
Click Save to save the BSAP settings to the BSC database.
You may be prompted to restart the BSC. We recommend that you do not restart the BSC
until you have completely finished configuring the BSC for use in your network.