338| Virtual APs DellPowerConnect W- Series ArubaOS 6.2 | User Guide
Parameter Description
isset to either 'P assive'or 'Active-Allchannels') - 0 (when Measurement Mode i s setto 'Bea-
conTabl e')- 255 (when Measurement Mode is set to 'Active-Channel Report')
Randomization Interval Thisvalue i sused to set the Randomization Interval field in the Beacon Report Request
frame. The Randomization Interval is used to specifythe desired maximum randomdel ayi n
themeasurement start time. It is expressed in units of TUs(Time Units). A Randomiz ation
Intervalof 0 in a measurement request indicates that no random delay is to be used. This
field can be given a value in the range (0,65535). The default value is 0.
MeasurementDuration This value is used to set theMeasurement Duration field in the Beacon Report Request
frame. The MeasurementDuration is set to the duration of the requestedm easurement. Itis
expressedin units of TUs. This field can be given a value in the range (0, 65535).The default
valuei s 0.
MeasurementMode for
BeaconReports
Click the Measurement Mode for Beacon Reports drop-down list and specify one of the
following measurement modes:
lactive—Enablesactive beacon measurement mode. In this mode, the cli entsends a
proberequest to the broadcast destination addresson al l supportedchannel s, setsa
measurementduration tim er, and, at the end ofthe measurement duration, com piles all
receivedbeacons or probe response with the requested SSID and BSSID into a
measurementreport.
lbeacon-table—Enablesbeacon-table beacon m easurementm ode. In thism ode, the
client measuresbeacons and returns a report with stored beacon information for any
supportedchannel wi ththe requested SSID and BSSID. The client does not perform any
additional measurements.
lpassive—Enablespassive beacon measurement mode. In this mode, the client sets a
measurementduration tim er, and, at the end ofthe measurement duration, com piles all
receivedbeacons or probe response with the requested SSID and BSSID into a
measurementreport.
NOTE:If a station doesn't support the selected measurement mode, itreturns a Beacon
MeasurementReport wi ththe Incapable bit set in the Measurement Report Mode field.
DefaultMode: beacon-table
ReportingC ondition Thisoption i sused to indicate the value for the "Reporting Condition" field i n theBeacon
ReportingInformation sub-elem entpresent in the Beacon Report Request frame. It can have
arange from 0 to 255. The default value is 0.
ESSIDname Thisoption i sused to indicate the value for the "SSID" field in the Beacon Report Request
frame. Itcorresponds to the SSID Name for which the Beacon Report Request frame needs
tobe generated. It is a string with a minim um length of 1and a m aximum length of 32.
ReportingDetail Thisoption i sused to indicate the value for the "Detail" field in the Reporting Detail sub-ele-
mentpresent in the Beacon Report Request frame. It is set to "Disabled" bydefault.
MeasurementDuration
Mandatory
Thisvalue isused to set the "Duration Mandatory" bit of the Measurement Request Mode
field of the Beacon Report Request frame. The default value is "Disabled".
RequestInformation
values
Thisoption i sused to indicate the contents of the Request InformationIE that could be
presentin the Beacon Report Request frame. The Request Information IE is present foral l
MeasurementModes except the 'Beacon Table' m ode. It consistsof a listof Element IDs that
shouldbe i ncluded by thecl ient in the responseframe.
To select the information to be sent in beacon report requestsusi ngthe command-line interface, access the CLIinconfig mode and issue the followingco mmands.
wlan bcn-rpt-req-profile <profile>
channel <channel>
clone <profile>
interface <interface>
measure-dur-mandatory