After CBRS Multigrant conversion, some SM's constantly connecting and disconnecting

I have submitted a ticket on this, but was curious if anyone else here had any similar experiences.

We got all our CBRS SM’s and AP’s on 20.2.1 beta and proceeded to convert all grants to multigrant.

For the most part it all went as expected, but I have a handful of SM’s that are exhibiting strange behavior, they are on 20.2.1, they attach to the AP, and get their 4 grants authorized;

"04/26/2021 : 11:07:00 MST : Initiating CBSD registration
04/26/2021 : 11:07:00 MST : Sent Registration Request
04/26/2021 : 11:07:01 MST : Received Registration Response
04/26/2021 : 11:07:01 MST : CBSD Registration information clear sent
04/26/2021 : 11:07:01 MST : Attempting 4 grants in multi grant mode
04/26/2021 : 11:07:01 MST : Grant pull Acknowledgement received from SM
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received grant expiry = 2022-04-26T18:07:08Z
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received grant heartbeat duration = 60
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received channel type : GAA
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received grant expiry = 2022-04-26T18:07:03Z
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received grant heartbeat duration = 60
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received channel type : GAA
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received grant expiry = 2022-04-26T18:07:06Z
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received grant heartbeat duration = 60
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received channel type : GAA
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received grant expiry = 2022-04-26T18:07:07Z
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received grant heartbeat duration = 60
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Received channel type : GAA
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Grant Information sent to SM
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Grant pull Acknowledgement received from SM
04/26/2021 : 11:07:09 MST : Enabling session for SM"

They stay connected for about 2 minutes 30 seconds, and then they drop offline with errors in the CBRS log;

"04/26/2021 : 11:09:16 MST : CBRS request with invalid value.
04/26/2021 : 11:09:16 MST : Error data received from SAS : ["cbsdId"]
04/26/2021 : 11:09:16 MST : SAS Error : Invalid value in field: cbsdId
04/26/2021 : 11:09:16 MST : CBSD with invalid ID, assuming deregistered.
04/26/2021 : 11:09:16 MST : CBSD Registration information clear sent"

At this point the SM gets it’s “de-register” box checked in the AP automatically.

They then just seem to go through this same process every 5 minutes or so.

We have tried clearing its grants and registration from the cnMaestro CBRS tool, and letting the AP sort things out, leaving it de-registered in the AP and then attempting to register and grant it in the CBRS tool, etc, nothing seems to fix this issue.

Not really sure what is going on here, I feel like it is something of a simple fix that we are just missing.

When I leave the SM’s “de-register” boxes checked in the AP, and clear out the SM’s grant from cnMaestro CBRS tool, and then re-enter the info and run the tool, the CBRS tool shows a single wide grant as authorized for a few minutes, and then goes into HALT with the same error that was reported from the AP.

Any one else have similar behavior and have some ideas while I wait to hear back on my ticket?

Things seem to be awfully quiet around here regarding all these recent changes, we sure have had our share of hiccups throughout the process.

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We got to the bottom of this with the help of some fine Cambium techs.

In case anyone runs in to similar issues, it appears this problem related back to a previous instance of cnMaestro running on a different IP and somehow interfering with the grants on the new instance.

Perhaps someone at Cambium would like to elaborate further.

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Hello Jameth,

We are currently using 172.31.XXX for Maestro and the APS and using 192.168.XXX for Maestro as well. Previously we were with Federated and now Google. The one constant item is the below messages. Does this resemble something you have seen?

  • 0430 12:02:17: The device is in AUTHORIZED state and currently heartbeating.
  • 0430 12:05:04: The device suddenly on “GRANTED” state
  • 0430 12:05:38: The device is in AUTHORIZED state and currently heartbeating.