Smart RF 2

[Aviv_Kedem]

Hello Community,

1. I want to know the criteria and the time is taking to Smart RF 2 (WING 5.9.2) to shutdown the radio when it's needed.

2. Smart RF in generally doing calculation based on the sniffing the neibours, but not based on the wireless client's info was shared by the wireless clients.
Can we add the data to SMART RF calculation algorithm with enabling "radio-resource-measurement" in WLAN config ? Or it's performing some other function?

Thanks,

Aviv

[Aviv_Kedem]

Hello Abdulla,

Thank you for your reply!

What is the goal of using radio resource measurement ?

Thanks,

Aviv

[Abdulla_Hammad]

Hello Aviv,

Question 1 answer:
Select Shutdown feature run interval is set in "frequency" parameter under "select shutdown" in Smart RF policy.

There are two thresholds : "cci-high-threshold" and "cci-low-threshold" where CCI stands for Co-Channel Interference.

Every time Select Shutdown is run, the CCI interference is calculated. If it is found to be higher than the high threshold, one or more 2.4GHz radio will be mapped to SSD_Hidden. SSD_Hidden is a special wlan that users will not be able to associate to. The radio runs in the background to continue monitoring the environment. For this reason, the radio state will not show as "Off", but rather, "Hidden".

The next time Select Shutdown is run, if the RF environment situation change and the average CCI falls below the lower threshold, the algorithm considers "Awaken"ing previously hidden radios. It does so by selecting the ones that will cause the least CCI to its neighbors. It continues to do so until CCI is estimated to cross the lower threshold but not the higher threshold.

References:

https://documentation.extremenetworks.com/WiNG/5.9.2/WCSRG/WiNG/GUI_Reference/topics/t_configuring_s...
and here: page 1643:

https://documentation.extremenetworks.com/WiNG/5.9.2/CRG/9035491_WiNG_5_9_2_WC_CRG.pdf

Question 2 answer:
Smart RF is not currently utilizing radio resource measurement reports from clients.