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Table 39 Mesh Radio Profile Configuration Parameters
Parameter Description
Mesh radio profile Select an existing radio profile to modify or create a new radio profile.
The radio profile can have a maximum of 32 characters.
Default: Mesh radio profile named “default.”
Maximum Children Indicates the maximum number of children a mesh node can accept.
Default: 64 children. The range is 1–64.
Maximum Hop
Count
Indicates the maximum hop count from the mesh portal.
Default: 8 hops. The range is 1–32.
Heartbeat
threshold
Indicates the maximum number of heartbeat messages that can be lost between neighboring mesh nodes.
Default: 10 missed heartbeats. The range is 1–255.
Link Threshold Use this setting to optimize operation of the link metric algorithm.
Indicates the minimal RSSI value. If the RSSI value is below this threshold, the link may be considered a
sub-threshold link. A sub-threshold link is one whose average RSSI value falls below the configured link
threshold.
If this occurs, the mesh node may try to find a better link on the same channel and cluster (only neighbors
on the same channel are considered).
Default: 12. The supported threshold is hardware dependent, with a practical range of 10–90.
Metric algorithm Use this setting to optimize operation of the link metric algorithm.
Specifies the algorithm used by a mesh node to select its parent.
Available options are:
z best-link-rssi—Selects the parent with the strongest RSSI, regardless of the number of children a
potential parent has.
z distributed-tree-rssi—Selects the parent based on link-RSSI and node cost based on the number of
children.
This option evenly distributes the mesh points over high quality uplinks. Low quality uplinks are selected as
a last resort.
NOTE: Dell recommends using the default value.
Default: distributed-tree-rssi.