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Chapter 6 Configuring Radio Settings
Configuring Location-Based Services
on the location information that it receives from the LBS-enabled access points. If your network has a
WLSE, the location server can query the WLSE for the status of LBS-enabled access points. Figure 6-2
shows the basic parts of an LBS-enabled network.
Figure 6-2 Basic LBS Network Configuration
LBS access point
LBS access point
WLSE
LBS
location
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LBS access pointLBS access point
The access points that you configure for LBS should be in the same vicinity. If only one or two access
points report messages from a tag, the location server can report that the location of the tag is somewhere
in the coverage area of the two reporting access points. Consult the documentation for your LBS tags
and location server for additional configuration details.
Configuring LBS on Access Points
Use the CLI to configure LBS on your access point. Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these
steps to configure LBS:
Command Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
dot11 lbs profile-name Create an LBS profile for the access point and enter LBS
configuration mode.
Step 3
server-address ip-address port port Enter the IP address of the location server and the port on the
server to which the access point sends UDP packets that
contain location information.
Step 4
method {rssi} (Optional) Select the location method that the access point uses
when reporting location information to the location server. In
this release, rssi (in which the access point measures the
location packet RSSI) is the only option and is also the default.