Multipoint Wireless Support for the Cisco uBR7200 Series Universal Broadband Router

show radio flap-list

Table 3

Show radio flap-list Command Description (continued)

 

 

Insertions (Ins)

Link insertion is the process whereby a modem performs an initial maintenance procedure to establish

 

 

a link with the headend. The Ins column is the flapping modem’s insertion count and indicates the

 

 

number of times the RF link was abnormally reestablished. An abnormality is detected when the time

 

 

between link reestablishment attempts is less than the user-configurable parameter.

 

 

Normal modem activity follows the sequence below:

 

 

1.

The initial link insertion is followed by a keepalive loop between the headend and radio modem

 

 

 

and is called station maintenance.

 

 

2.

Power on

 

 

3.

Initial maintenance

 

 

4.

Station maintenance

 

 

5.

Power off

 

 

When the link is broken, initial maintenance is repeated to reestablish the link:

 

 

1.

Initial maintenance time T1

 

 

2.

Station maintenance

 

 

3.

Init maintenance at time T2

 

 

The Ins and Flap counters in the flap list are incremented whenever T2 – T1 < N, where N is the

 

 

insertion-time parameter configured by the radio flap-listinsertion-timecommand. Default value for

 

 

this parameter is 180 seconds.

 

 

A high Ins number indicates:

 

 

Intermittent downstream sync loss

 

 

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or modem registration problems

 

 

Hit and Miss

The hit and miss columns are keepalive polling statistics between the Cisco uBR7200 series and the

 

 

radio modem. The station maintenance process occurs for every modem approximately every 25

 

 

seconds. When the headend receives a response from the modem, the event is counted as a hit. If the

 

 

headend does not receive a response from the radio modem, the event is counted as a miss. A radio

 

 

modem fails to respond either because of noise or if it is down. Modems that only log misses and zero

 

 

hits are assumed to be powered off.

 

 

Misses are not desirable, because they are usually an indication of a upstream problem; however, having

 

 

a few misses is normal. The flap count is incremented if there are M consecutive misses where, M is

 

 

configured by the radio flap miss-thresholdcommand. The parameter value ranges from 1 to 12, with

 

 

a default of 6.

 

 

Ideally, the hit count should be much greater than the miss counts. If a modem has a hit count much

 

 

less than its miss count, then registration is failing. Noisy links cause the miss/hit ratio to deviate from

 

 

a nominal 1 percent or less. High miss counts can indicate:

 

 

Intermittent upstream, possibly due to noise

 

 

Too much or too little upstream attenuation

 

 

 

Cyclical

 

This statistic tracks the CRC error counter per modem. CRC errors are usually an indication of noise

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on a plant. A low count can be always be expected, but a high CRC number calls for plant

(CRC)

 

troubleshooting. The CRC counter indicates:

 

 

Intermittent upstream

 

 

Impulsive noise or interference

 

 

 

 

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