Designing the Wireless LAN ................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Planning Channel Usage ....................................................................................................................................................................... 26
5 GHz (802.11a) ................................................................................................................................................................................ 26
2.4 GHz (802.11b/g) .......................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Signal Strength and Coverage ........................................................................................................................................................... 29
Configuring Data Rates ......................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Call Capacity ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Video Calls ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 33
Rugged Environments ............................................................................................................................................................................ 34
Multipath ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Verification with Site Survey Tools ....................................................................................................................................................... 36
Cisco 9971 Site Survey ..................................................................................................................................................................... 37
Phone Button Templates ........................................................................................................................................................................ 39
Security Profiles .................................................................................................................................................................................... 40
G.722 and iSAC Advertisement ............................................................................................................................................................. 41
Common Settings ................................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Audio and Video Bit Rates ..................................................................................................................................................................... 42
SSID / WLAN Settings ........................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Controller Settings ................................................................................................................................................................................. 62
802.11 Network Settings ........................................................................................................................................................................ 64
Beamforming (ClientLink) ................................................................................................................................................................ 65
Auto RF (RRM) ................................................................................................................................................................................ 66
Client Roaming ................................................................................................................................................................................. 68
Call Admission Control ..................................................................................................................................................................... 68
EDCA Parameters ............................................................................................................................................................................. 72
DFS (802.11h) ................................................................................................................................................................................... 72
CleanAir ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 73
AP Groups ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 74
RF Profiles ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 75
FlexConnect Groups .............................................................................................................................................................................. 77
Multicast Direct ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 77
QoS Profiles ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 78
QoS Basic Service Set (QBSS) ............................................................................................................................................................... 82
CCKM Timestamp Tolerance ................................................................................................................................................................ 83
Auto-Immune ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 84
Proxy ARP ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 86
TKIP Countermeasure Holdoff Time ..................................................................................................................................................... 86
Cisco Unified IP Phone 9971 Wireless LAN Deployment Guide
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