Reference Guide

1312 | wlan dot11k-profile Dell PowerConnect W-Series ArubaOS 6.1 CLI | Reference Guide
Usage Guidelines
In a 802.11k network, if the AP with the strongest signal is reaches its maximum capacity, clients may connect to
an under utilized AP with a weaker signal. A 802.11k profile can assigned to each virtual AP.
Example
The following command enables the 802.11k feature on the 802.11k profile and configures the beacon
measurement mode and specifies the time interval for beacon, link, and transmit stream measurement requests.
(host) (config) #wlan dot11k-profile default
(host) (802.11K Profile "default") #dot11k-enable
(host) (802.11K Profile "default") #bcn-measurement-mode beacon-table
(host) (802.11K Profile "default") #bcn-req-time 60
(host) (802.11K Profile "default") #lm-req-time 60
(host) (802.11K Profile "default") #tsm-req-time 90
The following command enables the handover-trigger process if the best WiFi signal strength reported by a voice
client is -60dbm or lesser.
(host) (802.11K Profile "default") #handover-trigger
(host) (802.11K Profile "default") #handover-threshold 60
Command History
This command was introduced in ArubaOS 3.4.
tsm-req-time This option configures the time duration between two consecutive transmit
stream measurement requests sent to a dot11K client. By default, the transmit
stream measurement requests are sent to a dot11K client every 90 seconds.
However, you can use the tsm-req time option to specify a different time
interval.
This permits values in the range from 10 seconds to 200 seconds.
90 seconds
channel-enable A Beacon Request sent to a client contains a "Channel" field. By default, this
field contains one of the following values:
 0: Indicates a request to make iterative measurements for all supported
channels in the regulatory class where the measurement is permitted on
the channel and the channel is valid for the current regulatory domain.
 255: Indicates a request to make iterative measurements for all supported
channels in the current regulatory class listed in the latest AP channel
Report received from the serving AP.
 <any-other-value>: The channel on which the AP is currently active
bcn-req-chan-11a This value is sent in the 'Channel' field of the beacon requests on the 'A' radio.
You can specify values in the range 34 to 165.
bcn-req-chan-11bg This value is sent in the 'Channel' field of the Beacon Requests on the 'BG'
radio. You can specify values in the range 1 to 14.
handover-threshold The threshold value is the best signal strength (dbm) of a WiFi signal received
by a voice client from all the APs. You can specify a threshold value to trigger
the handover process if the signal strength is equal to or lesser than the
threshold value. Threshold values can be specified in the range 20 to 70.
50
handover-trigger If this parameter is enabled, the controller will initiate the handover of a voice
client (for example: dual mode handsets) roaming at the edge of WiFi coverage
to an alternate carrier or connection. The handover trigger is initiated if the
WiFi signal strength reported by the voice client (received from all APs ) is
equal to or less than the threshold value.
You must enable dot11k before using this command.
no Negates or removes any configured parameter
Parameter Description Default