Menus and Parameters
4.2.6.5Performance Parameters
The Performance Parameters menu enables defining a series of parameters that control the method by which traffic is transmitted through the wireless access network.
The Performance Parameters menu includes the following parameters:
RTS Threshold
Minimum Contention Window
Maximum Contention Window
Multicast Modulation Level (AU only)
Maximum Modulation Level
Average SNR Memory Factor
Number of HW Retries
Burst Mode
Adaptive Modulation Algorithm
Concatenation Parameters
4.2.6.5.1RTS Threshold
The RTS Threshold parameter defines the minimum frame size that requires an RTS/CTS (Request To Send/Clear To Send) handshake. Frames whose size is smaller than the RTS Threshold value are transmitted directly to the wireless link without being preceded with RTS frames. Setting this parameter to a value larger than the maximum frame size eliminates the RTS/CTS handshake for frames transmitted by this unit.
The available values range from 20 to 4092 bytes for units with HW revision C or higher, and 20 to 2200 for units with HW revision A or B.
The default value for SUs is 60 bytes.
For AUs with HW revision C or higher, the default is 4092, and for AUs with HW revision A or B the default is 2200. It is recommended that these values be used to ensure that RTS/CTS is never used in the AU. Minimum Contention Window
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