Mesh Neighbors, Parents, And Children - Cisco Mesh Access Points Deployment Manual

Adaptive Wireless Path Protocol
can be passed from each Ethernet interface on the mesh network and does not have to be mapped to an interface
on the controller (see
Figure 19: Logical Bridge and WLAN Mapping

Mesh Neighbors, Parents, and Children

Relationships among mesh access points are as a parent, child, or neighbor (see
Neighbor Access Points, on page
• A parent access point offers the best route back to the RAP based on its ease values. A parent can be
either the RAP itself or another MAP.
• A child access point selects the parent access point as its best route back to the RAP.
• A neighbor access point is within RF range of another access point but is not selected as its parent or a
child because its ease values are lower than that of the parent.
Figure 20: Parent, Child, and Neighbor Access Points
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Figure 19: Logical Bridge and WLAN Mapping, on page
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◦ Ease is calculated using the SNR and link hop value of each neighbor. Given multiple choices,
generally an access point with a higher ease value is selected.
Mesh Network Components
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Figure 20: Parent, Child, and
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