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l Handover Trigger profile: configure a handover trigger profile to ensure QoS for voice calls for APs with
the 802.11k feature enabled. For more details, see Enabling Wi-Fi Edge Detection and Handover for Voice
Clients on page 922
l RRM IEprofile:configure a Radio Resource Management Information Element (RRMIE)profile to define
the information elements advertised by an AP with 802.11k support enabled. For more details, see
Configuring Radio Resource Management Information Elements on page 406
l Beacon Report Request Profile: APs with the 802.11k feature enabled use request messages to solicit
measurements. This profile defines the information an AP can send in beacon report requests. For details,
see Understanding AP Configuration Profiles on page 488
l 802.11r profile: APs with the 802.11r (Fast BSS Transition) feature enabled minimize the delay when a
client transitions from one BSS to another within the same ESS. For more details, see Fast BSS Transition (
802.11r) on page 412
l TSMReport Request Profile: APs with the 802.11k feature enabled use request messages to solicit
measurements. This profile defines the information an AP can send in traffic stream measurement reports.
For more details, see Understanding AP Configuration Profiles on page 488
l SSID profile: Configures network authentication and encryption types. This profile also includes references
to the EDCA (enhanced distributed channel access) Parameters Station Profile, the EDCA Parameters AP
Profile and a High-throughput SSID profile.
Use this profile to configure basic settings such as 802.11 authentication and encryption settings, or
advanced settings such as DTIM (delivery traffic indication message) intervals, 802.11a/802.11g basic and
transmit rates, DHCP settings and WEP keys. The advanced SSID profile settings allows you to deny
broadcast probes and hide the SSID. For details on configuring an SSID profile, see SSIDProfiles on page
414.
Beacon rates for 802.11a and 802.11g beacons should only be configured on APs with Distributed Antenna Systems
(DAS). Configuring beacon rates during normal operation may cause connectivity problems.
l High-throughput SSID profile: high-throughput APs support additional settings not available in legacy
APs. A High-throughput SSID profile enables/disables high-throughput (802.11n) features with 40 MHz
channel usage, and define values for aggregated MAC protocol data units (MDPUs) and Modulation and
Coding Scheme (MCS) ranges. If you modify a currently provisioned and running high-throughput SSID
profile, your changes take effect immediately; rebooting is not required. For details on configuring a high-
throughput SSID profile, see High-Throughput Virtual APs on page 424.
l Virtual AP profile: this profile defines your WLAN by enabling or disabling the band steering, fast roaming
and DoS prevention features. It defines radio band, forwarding mode and blacklisting parameters, and
includes references to an AAA Profile, 802.11K Profile, and a High-throughput SSID profile. You can apply
multiple virtual AP profiles to an AP group or to an individual AP; for most other profiles, you can apply only
one instance of the profile to an AP group or AP at a time. For details on configuring a Virtual AP profile, see
Virtual AP Profiles on page 395.
l VIA Client WLAN profile:the VIA client WLAN profile settings are similar to the authentication settings
used to set up a wireless network. For details and examples, see Configure VIA Client WLAN Profiles on page
691.
l AAA profile: This defines authentication settings for the WLAN users, including the role for
unauthenticated users, and the different roles that should be assigned to users authenticated via 802.1x,
MAC or SIP authentication. This profile includes references to:
l MAC Authentication Profile
l MAC Authentication Server Group
l 802.1X Authentication Profile
l 802.1X Authentication Server Group
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