K) Ap Load Balancing - 4IPNET WHG315 User Manual

k) AP Load Balancing

This is a function to prevent managed APs from overloading. When the system detects the occurrence of APs'
associated-client numbers exceeding a predefined threshold and other APs in the same group are still below the
threshold, the balancing function will be activated to decrease the overloading APs' transmit power and increase
other available APs' transmit power; this will allow other available APs to have more chance of being associated.
The system can divide the managed APs into groups; define the group threshold, and a time interval which will
trigger the AP load balancing.
Wide Area AP Management feature also supports the grouping of various managed APs and perform transmit
power management to spread the network load as evenly as possible among APs of the same group.
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WAPM Load Balancing: This configuration item enables the administrator to specify the criteria under
which AP load balancing feature will be enforced.
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AP Distance: This parameter allows the administrator to specify the distance which will be used as a
measure of grouping managed APs. The unit is in meters, the administrator can configure an integer
ranging from 0 ~ 999 where 0 signifies that the function is Disabled. APs which are distanced within the
configured distance from one another will be regarded as the same group.
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Interval: This parameter allows the administrator to specify a time interval when the controller will check
the loading of each APs in the same group and initiate load balancing if necessary.
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Threshold: This parameter allows the administrator to select between client loading Number of Client
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