Smart Rf Policy - Motorola AP-6511 Reference Manual

6.6 Smart RF Policy

Self Monitoring At Run Time RF Management (Smart RF) is a Motorola innovation designed to simplify RF
configurations for new deployments, while (over time) providing on-going deployment optimization radio
performance improvements.
A Smart RF policy can reduce deployment costs by scanning the RF environment to determine the best
channel and transmit power configuration for each managed radio.
Smart RF centralizes the decision process and makes intelligent RF configuration decisions using information
obtained from the RF environment. Smart RF helps reduce ongoing management and maintenance costs
through the periodic re-calibration of the network. Re-calibration can be initiated manually or can be
automatically scheduled to ensure the RF configuration is optimized to factor for RF environment changes
(such as new sources of interference, or neighboring APs).
Smart RF also provides self-healing functions by monitoring the network in real-time and provides automatic
mitigation from potentially problematic events such as radio interference, coverage holes and radio failures.
Smart RF employs self-healing to enable a WLAN to better maintain wireless client performance and site
coverage during dynamic RF environment changes, which typically require manual reconfiguration to resolve.
NOTE: RF planning must be performed to ensure overlapping coverage exists at a
deployment site for Smart RF to be a viable network performance tool. Smart RF can only
provide recovery when Access Points are deployed appropriately. Smart RF is not a
solution, it's a temporary measure. Administrators need to determine the root cause of
RF deterioration and fix it. Smart RF history/events can assist.
To define a Smart RF policy:
1. Select Configuration
The Smart RF screen lists those Smart RF policies created thus far. Any of these policies can be selected
and applied.
The user has the option of displaying the configurations of each Smart RF Policy defined thus far, or
referring to the Smart RF
> Wireless > Smart RF Policy
Browser.
to display existing Smart RF policies.
Wireless Configuration
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