Cerio PS-200N-AX User Manual page 32

ACK Timeout is best determined by distance between the radios, data rate of average
environment. The Timeout value is calculated based on round-trip time of packet with a
little tolerance, So, if experiencing re-transmissions or poor performance the ACK
Timeout could be made longer to accommodate.
Slot Time and ACK Timeout settings are for long distance links. It is important to
tweak settings to achieve the optimal result based on requirement.
Beacon Interval : Beacon Interval is in the range of 40~3500 and set in unit of
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millisecond. The default value is 100 msec.
Access Point (AP) in IEEE 802.11 will send out a special approximated 50-byte frame,
called "Beacon". Beacon is broadcast to all the stations, provides the basic information of
AP such as SSID, channel, encryption keys, signal strength, time stamp, support data
rate.
All the radio stations received beacon recognizes the existence of such AP, and may
proceed next actions if the information from AP matches the requirement. Beacon is sent
on a periodic basis, the time interval can be adjusted.
By increasing the beacon interval, you can reduce the number of beacons and associated
overhead, but that will likely delay the association and roaming process because stations
scanning for available access points may miss the beacons. You can decrease the
beacon interval, which increases the rate of beacons. This will make the association and
roaming process very responsive; however, the network will incur additional overhead
and throughput will go down.
DTIM Interval : The DTIM interval is in the range of 1~255. The default is 1.
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DTIM is defined as Delivery Traffic Indication Message. It is used to notify the wireless
stations, which support power saving mode, when to wake up to receive multicast frame.
DTIM is necessary and critical in wireless environment as a mechanism to fulfill
power-saving synchronization. A DTIM interval is a count of the number of beacon frames
that must occur before the access point sends the buffered multicast frames. For
instance, if DTIM Interval is set to 3, then the Wi-Fi clients will expect to receive a
multicast frame after receiving three Beacon frame. The higher DTIM interval will help
power saving and possibly decrease wireless throughput in multicast applications.
RTS Threshold : TRTS Threshold is in the range of 1~2347 byte. The default is 2347
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byte.
The main purpose of enabling RTS by changing RTS threshold is to reduce possible
collisions due to hidden wireless clients. RTS in AP will be enabled automatically if the
CERIO software core : cen_v3.0