For each radio mode (or phymode)—11a, 11b, 11g, 11n, 11ac, 11ax—there are default settings for bit rate, success rate, and usage.
In most cases, the AP and client use several different rates to transmit and receive packets, changing rates as factors such as RSSI and packet loss change. To determine a common mid point to which various client scores can be compared, ExtremeCloud IQ provides three settings for each phymode:
Rate: This setting defines the transmission bit rated used by clients with healthy connectivity. For 80211a/b/g, rates are Mbps. For 802.11n, the rates are Mbps and modulation coding scheme (MCS).
Success: This setting defines the percentage of packets that you expect clients with healthy connectivity to transmit successfully (without retries) at the defined rate.
Usage: This setting defines the percentage of time that clients with healthy connectivity will transmit at the defined rate. The aggregated usage for the two bit rates must be equal to or less than 100%.
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To counter traffic congestion from clients with otherwise healthy Tx/Rx bit rates, APs can monitor client throughput and report SLA status to ExtremeCloud IQ. APs can also dynamically increase the amount of airtime for clients with a significant backlog of queued packets and improved throughput.
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