3Com WX2200 3CRWX220095A, WXR100 3CRWXR10095A, WX4400 3CRWX440095A manual Configuring RF Load

11	CONFIGURING RF LOAD
	BALANCING FOR MAPS

This section describes the following configuration tasks:

„Disabling or re-enabling RF load balancing

„Assigning radios to load balancing groups

„Specifying band preference for RF load balancing

„Setting strictness for RF load balancing

„Exempting an SSID from RF load balancing

RF Load Balancing RF load balancing is the ability to reduce network congestion over an area

Overviewby distributing client sessions across the MAP with overlapping coverage in the area. It allows you to provide the same client experience as if there were one nearby MAP with sufficient capacity, even when the total demand of nearby clients exceeds the capacity of a single MAP.

For example, in an auditorium or lecture hall, there may be a substantial number of clients in a relatively small amount of space. While a single MAP may be sufficient for providing an RF signal to the entire area, more MAPs are required in order to deliver enough aggregate bandwidth for all of the clients. When additional MAPs are installed in the room, RF load balancing allows the client sessions to be spread evenly across the MAPs, increasing the available aggregate bandwidth by increasing the number of MAPs.

RF load balancing is enabled by default. In addition, RF load balancing is done on a per-radio basis, rather than a per-MAP basis. For radios that are managed by a given radio profile, MSS automatically assesses which radios have overlapping coverage in an area and balances the client load across them.