Appendix D - Increasing Location Accuracy - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Manual

Appendix D – Increasing Location Accuracy
Understand Band Steering's Impact on Location
Band steering can negatively impact location accuracy when testing in highly mobile environment. The
biggest hurdle is scanning times in 5 GHz frequency
Operating Total
Frequency Channels
2.4 GHz 11 (US)
5 GHz 24 (US)
Leveraging RTLS to Increase Accuracy
Overview
This section provides instructions for integrating the AWMS, Dell WLAN infrastructure and Dell's
RTLS feed for more accurately locating wireless clients and WiFi Tags.
Minimum Requirements
AWMS version 7.0 or higher
Dell PowerConnect ArubaOS (AOS) 6.x or higher
Deployment Topology
Figure 26 Typical Client Location
Scanninn Scanning
Frequency Time
10 seconds 110 milliseconds
10 seconds 110 milliseconds
Total Time
One Pass
121.21 seconds
242.64 seconds