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42 Configuring the Extricom WLAN System
The following table shows the hearing % of each AP in the diagram above:
AP Receiving APs Hearing %
1
1
20
2
2,5
40
3
3,5
40
4
4,5
40
5
2,3,4,5
80
Table 10: Hearing %
Beacon transmission prior to switch s/w v3.4 would have followed the legacy pattern below:
Bundle/Interval BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4 BC5
1
AP1
2
AP2
3
AP3
4
AP4
5
AP5
Table 11: Legacy Pattern
However, from v3.4 and later, a Smart Beacon mechanism was implemented, so that the beaconing
in the example is actually as shown below (BC rate control of 80%):
Bundle/Interval BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4 BC5
1
AP1,AP5
2
AP1,AP2
3
AP1,AP3,AP5
4
AP5,AP4
5
AP1,AP5
Table 12: Smart Beaconing