Wi-Fi 6E Standard-Power Support for Automated Frequency Coordination

 

Frequency Coordination Orchestrator (FCO) is a cloud service offered to GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. supported, standard power APs operating in the 6 GHz Gigahertz. band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. HPE Aruba Networking’s Frequency Coordination Orchestrator (FCO) solution will enable the Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) for 6 GHz Gigahertz. standard power APs in campus deployments. It is not intended to work with standalone deployments or any other deployment in campus mode that does not involve Mobility Conductors. For standard power APs to have AFC implementation and enablement of 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio, customers must to create a Green Lake account. Through this account, it is possible to create the API Application Programming Interface. Refers to a set of functions, procedures, protocols, and tools that enable users to build application software. credentials needed for the Mobility Conductor configuration.

In supported devices, an alert will appear at the top menu of the Mobility Conductor if FCO is not configured:

 

 

When the icon is clicked, the following message displays:

Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) Implementation

When an AP boots up for the first time, it sends its geo-location and other AFC required information to the AFC provider through the FCO service. When an AP receives channel and power information as part of the AFC response from the AFC provider through the FCO service, the end-to-end work flow of FCO is complete, consequently enabling the 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio. This end-to-end process and enablement of 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio might take around 17-20 minutes.

• In a scenario where an AP reboots, the AP sends its geo-location and other AFC required information to the FCO service. If the FCO service determines the GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. coordinates match with the old geo-location for this AP, an AFC response will be sent back to AP, thereby quickly enabling the 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio. In such AP reboot, the 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio will be enabled within 10 minutes of the AP coming up.

Obtaining API Credentials on GreenLake

AFC requires a Green Lake account. Through this account it is possible to create the API Application Programming Interface. Refers to a set of functions, procedures, protocols, and tools that enable users to build application software. credentials needed for the Mobility Conductor configuration.

1. Create a HPE GreenLake account. Go to https://common.cloud.hpe.com and click Sign Up at the bottom of the page. In the Create an HPE Account page, enter your email, password, name, details of your organization, your preferred language, time zone, and contact details, and click Create Account.
2. Login to the account and from the home page, navigate to Services > Services Catalog.
3. Within the catalog, select a suitable cluster that is close to your environment.
4. Provided that no services have been added to the cluster, click Provision to display the Provision Service Manager window.
   If the service has already been added, do not click Launch when is displayed. Instead click of the Provision button, since only the provisioning process is needed.
5. In Provision Service Manager, select your Deployment Region, agree to the terms of service and click Deploy. The window will close.
6. Once the provisioning process is completed, navigate back to the Service Catalog.
7. Click the Home tab and then Managed Workspace link from the Quick links section.
8. In the Managed Workspace section, click API Application Programming Interface. Refers to a set of functions, procedures, protocols, and tools that enable users to build application software..
9. Under API Application Programming Interface. Refers to a set of functions, procedures, protocols, and tools that enable users to build application software. Client Credentials, click Create Credentials. This will open the Create Credentials dialogue box.
10. Under Select Service Manager, select the service created in step 3.
11. Under Credential Name, enter a name for these API Application Programming Interface. Refers to a set of functions, procedures, protocols, and tools that enable users to build application software. credentials. Then click the Create Credentials button.
12. Both ClientID and Client Secret will be created and displayed in the Credentials Created dialogue box. Ensure you make a note of both and click Close.
    The Client Secret will only be displayed at this point. Ensure it is saved in another location before closing this window.

The ClientID is listed under the API Application Programming Interface. Refers to a set of functions, procedures, protocols, and tools that enable users to build application software. credentials name that was provided in step 12. The token URL Uniform Resource Locator. URL is a global address used for locating web resources on the Internet. is also displayed and it will be used when configuring the FCO profile in the Mobility Conductor.

Configuring the Mobility Conductor

1. Log in to the Mobility Conductor Manager.
2. From the left panel, navigate to the Mobility Conductor that will handle the campus APs Campus APs are used in private networks where APs connect over private links (LAN, WLAN, WAN or MPLS) and terminate directly on controllers. Campus APs are deployed as part of the indoor campus solution in enterprise office buildings, warehouses, hospitals, universities, and so on.,
3. Navigate to System > Profiles > Wireless LAN Local Area Network. A LAN is a network of connected devices within a distinct geographic area such as an office or a commercial establishment and share a common communications line or wireless link to a server. > FCO Agent
4. In the FCO Agent profile, configure these settings:
   1. Endpoint URL Uniform Resource Locator. URL is a global address used for locating web resources on the Internet. for obtaining FCO Access Token: Created in step 12.
   2. Endpoint URL Uniform Resource Locator. URL is a global address used for locating web resources on the Internet. for FCO.
   3. ClientID: Created in step 12.
   4. Client Secret: Created in step 12.
5. Click Submit.

   

6. From the left panel, navigate to the Managed Device that will handle the campus APs Campus APs are used in private networks where APs connect over private links (LAN, WLAN, WAN or MPLS) and terminate directly on controllers. Campus APs are deployed as part of the indoor campus solution in enterprise office buildings, warehouses, hospitals, universities, and so on..
7. Navigate to System > Profiles > AP > AP system > default > Advanced > Altitude for AP location in meters. This value can be any integer including zero. It should not be left blank.
8. Navigate to System > Profiles > AP > AP system > default > Advanced > Altitude reference point. Select between AGL, AMSL or unknown.

CLI Configuration

The fco agent-profile, gps service-profile and show ap gps commands are used to configure the various settings available for the AFC feature. The respective show commands can be used to verify the configurations.

 

Under GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. profile, ensure GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. is enabled.

The following settings can be retrieved using the show gps service-profile command:

The following CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions. commands are used to configure periodic request and response intervals on the mobility controller:

The following settings can be retrieved using the show fco agent-profile command:

Use the following commands to set the AP altitude:

The show ap gps ellipse command includes the ellipse parameter, which displays the GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. ellipse computed values. The output of show ap gps summary now displays the summarized GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. information, configuration of dynamic model and timestamp of GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. report. The show ap gps advanced shows the parsed GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. information.

The show ap gps summary includes these new sections:

• GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. Information: Refers to GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. information read from chip.
• Current Dynamic Model: Refers to the configuration for Dynamic model.
• GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. AMON Advanced Monitoring. AMON is used in Aruba WLAN deployments for improved network management, monitoring and diagnostic capabilities. Report: Refers to the last GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. report.
• GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. Sample Counter: Is a counter for GPS Global Positioning System. A satellite-based global navigation system. samples.

The following example displays the output of the show ap gps ellipse command:

The following example displays the output of the show fco status all-aps command: