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Wi-Fi Location-Based Services—Design and Deployment Considerations

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Installation and Configuration

Installing and Configuring the Location Appliance

Detailed procedures for installing and configuring the Cisco Location Appliance can be found in the

following documents:

• Release Notes for Cisco Wireless Location Appliance—

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6386/prod_release_note09186a00806b5ec7.html

• Cisco Wireless Location Appliance: Installation Guide—

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6386/products_installation_and_configuration_guide_bo

ok09186a00804fa761.html

• Cisco Wireless Location Appliance: Configuration Guide—

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6386/products_configuration_guide_book09186a00806b

5745.html

Configuring the Wireless Control System for Location Tracking

It is assumed that the reader has installed either a Windows or Linux-based version of WCS that is

licensed for location use with the Cisco Wireless Location Appliance. Detailed procedures for

configuring the Wireless Control System for location use with the Cisco Wireless Location Appliance

can be found in the following documents:

• Cisco Wireless Control System Release Notes, Release 4.0—

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6305/prod_release_note09186a00806b0811.html

• Cisco Wireless Control System Configuration Guide, Release 4.0—

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6305/products_configuration_guide_book09186a00806b

57ec.html

• Cisco Wireless Location Appliance: Deployment Guide—

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6386/prod_technical_reference09186a008059ce31.html

Configuring Location Server History Parameters

The configuration of Location Server > Administration > History Parameters is discussed in the

document entitled Cisco Wireless Location Appliance Configuration Guide: Editing History Parameters

at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6386/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a00806b5b

10.html#wp1046373.

Further clarification regarding some of these parameters is provided in the subsequent subsections.

A common misconception about the history capabilities of the location appliance is that it somehow

stores a historical record of all locations the client has ever encountered. As is discussed in the following

two sections, the location application stores history information based on the values of the archive period

and archive interval parameters. If a history record for a device is recorded at time T

and the archive

period is 30, the next history record for that device is written at T

0+30

. The device can have undergone

several changes in location between T

and T

0+30

; however, only the location states at time T

and T

0+30

are recorded in the history database.