Testing this because see this option (above) and wonder if a moving SM is a vehicle doing a pit stop from Point 1 (AP1) to Point 2 (AP2) where their signals overlap. Can SM get transfer connection with less than 1 minutes and without rebooting or turn off the AP. same as roaming in Wi-Fi
You may find this article useful for your testing.
Thanks.
Not really help, because we don’t want it to connect back to primary AP, we want if the SM signal to AP reaches certain RSSi SM will look for another AP with good RSSI. same consept as roaming, since if SM move to AP1 to AP2, its better to connect to AP2 than AP1, if we enable the Reconnect to Primary AP, then it will go back to AP1, which we try a lab test and set it to 5 minutes to go back to Primary AP (AP1) and move the SM to AP1 and the RSSI at AP2 was already at -70
since this is a Lab test and we set it as below at both AP …on site when we use this setting whenever the SM RSSI was higher that set, it will not connected to AP
why is it it still connected to AP2 when the RSSI already reach over -40?
all 3 radios already used 4.7.1
I don’t believe that the configuration you’re asking for is supported by ePMP for a few reasons. While multiple preferred AP’s are now supported, there isn’t any provisions in the SM for monitoring RSSI thresholds that would force it to disconnect and try to register to a different AP. Yes, there is a Network Entry RSSI and SnR threshold, but as its name implies, it’s only for initial network entry. After it’s connected, that value is no longer monitored. Because the only way for an SM to drop would be for its RSSI to drop so low that it could no longer maintain registration, this would also mean that client traffic over the SM would get gradually worse and worse until the drop occurs, after which there will be packet loss until the SM registers to an AP that meets the network entry threshold criteria. You could minimize packet loss on re-registration by locking down the channel and channel width used, but there would still be some loss during the transition.
The feature that you’re referring to does not set an SM RSSI entry or drop threshold, it defines the maximum EIRP SM’s are allowed to transmit at. This is to keep SM’s that have high gain antennas and/or are physically close to the AP from using too much TX power when talking back to the AP. The default value for this feature is -60dBm. Higher values like -40dBm are not recommended and can severely reduce AP and adjacent AP performance.
Ah thank you for the explaination. So its risky to use a multiple AP to 1 SM for a solution unless user can agree to manually reboot SM when nearest to an AP to have better connection.
I think you’d be much better off with an enterprise WiFi solution that supports roaming protocols OR something like private LTE.
don’t think Wi-Fi solution is the solution for PTP /PMP …but thank u, just testing the method since the setting is there, might as well test it.
Need stability connection since user equipment is connect directly to the SM.
