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Release Note
Release Note Version: 1 Document Owner: Technical Documentation Team

Product Name: HiPath Wireless Standalone AP 2630/2640

Product-Version: V1R3
SW Release is identified by SW Version: V1R3.10504.0 Fix Release 5

Major Release (Upgrade to a new Product-Version, relevant for manufacturing)

Minor Release (Feature enhancements, relevant for manufacturing) (Upgrade or Update, depending
upon new licensed features required. Upgrade only if license extension required)
Fix Release (Update, Error Corrections only, relevant for manufacturing )
Hotfix Release (Update, Error Corrections only, restricted to Service Level 2)

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DECLARATION DATE: February 20, 2009

DECLARED BY: David Smith, General Project Manager
DELIVERABLES: Full Release: Delta Release:

Abstract:
These Release Notes provide general information about the release, generics, and other relevant notes for
the corresponding product and its correction versions. These Release Notes also list and describe the known
problems, restrictions and workarounds.

Release Notes Template Version: 1.3; 2007-04-30

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 Table of Contents

1 DOCUMENTATION REFERENCE ..................................................................................................................... 3

2 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY........................................................................................ 4

2.1 HARDWARE REVISIONS SUPPORTED: .................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 SOFTWARE REVISIONS SUPPORTED: ..................................................................................................................... 4
2.3 COMPLIANT HIPATH PRODUCTS .......................................................................................................................... 4
2.4 WEB BROWSERS .................................................................................................................................................. 4
2.5 802.11 CLIENT CARDS COMPATIBILITY ............................................................................................................... 4
Driver support for Macintosh ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Driver support for Linux ............................................................................................................................................. 6
2.6 VOIP SYSTEMS USED IN TESTING ...................................................................................................................... 7
3 RELEASE V1R3 FEATURES ................................................................................................................................ 8
3.1 NEW FEATURES IN V1R3.10504.0 FIX RELEASE 5 .......................................................................................... 8
3.1.1 Updated Country Support List .................................................................................................................... 8
3.2 NEW FEATURES IN V1R3.10404.0 FIX RELEASE 4 .......................................................................................... 8
3.3 NEW FEATURES IN V1R3.3.4 (GP3) RELEASE ................................................................................................. 8
3.3.1 VLAN Trunking Support ............................................................................................................................. 9
3.3.2 Multiple SSID Support ................................................................................................................................ 9
3.3.3 Conversion of HiPath Wireless Standalone AP into HiPath Wireless Controller supported AP and vice
versa 9
3.3.4 Protocol Enhancement ................................................................................................................................ 9
3.3.5 Cluster Size ............................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3.6 QoS Enhancements ................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3.7 Tx/Rx Diversity Enhancement ................................................................................................................... 10
3.3.8 DHCP/Default IP Address ........................................................................................................................ 10
3.3.9 Enhanced Transmit Power settings via GUI for support of external antennas ........................................ 10
3.3.10 The following external antennas are certified, an updated antenna support policy is available: ............ 11
3.4 AP2630/2640-AP2610/2620 CONVERSION INSTRUCTION ................................................................................. 11
3.4.1 Convert AP2630/2640 to AP2610/2620 .................................................................................................... 11
3.4.2 Convert AP2610/2620 to AP2630/2640 .................................................................................................... 13
3.5 NEW FEATURES IN V1R3.2.6 (GP2) RELEASE ............................................................................................... 15
3.5.1 ‘A’ Radio Support ..................................................................................................................................... 15
3.5.2 Enhanced Rate Control ............................................................................................................................. 15
3.5.3 Multi-rate Retries ...................................................................................................................................... 16
3.5.4 Turbo Voice .............................................................................................................................................. 16
3.5.5 Changes to DSCP/AC Mapping ................................................................................................................ 16
3.6 NEW FEATURES IN R1.0 ................................................................................................................................... 17
3.6.1 WMM Support ........................................................................................................................................... 17
3.6.2 Clustering and SIAPP Support ................................................................................................................. 18
3.6.3 Restore to Factory Defaults ...................................................................................................................... 19
3.6.4 Logging ..................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.6.5 Web User Interface ................................................................................................................................... 20
3.7 LED CONTROL ................................................................................................................................................. 21
4 UPGRADING THE HIPATH WIRELESS CONVERGENCE SOFTWARE TO V1R3 RELEASE ............ 21

5 ERROR CORRECTIONS & CHANGE REQUESTS ....................................................................................... 23

5.1 ERROR CORRECTIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 23
5.2 CHANGE REQUESTS ........................................................................................................................................... 23
6 DEPLOYMENT ADVICE .................................................................................................................................... 24

7 ATTACHMENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 25
7.1 SYSTEM SET-UP, INSTALLATION & TROBLESHOOTING (THIS SECTION IS FOR GVS INTERNAL USE ONLY) ... 25
7.1.1 Crash Report ............................................................................................................................................. 25
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1 DOCUMENTATION REFERENCE
The following table lists the technical manuals for the HiPath Wireless Convergence Software
V1R3. In addition, the table describes the content of each manual.

Note: Click on the document title to download.

Documents – English Documents – German Description

HiPath Wireless Standalone AP Describes how to how to install, configure,
2630/2640 Instruction Manual and manage the HiPath Wireless
Standalone Access Point.

HiPath Wireless Standalone AP Describes how to perform the initial

2630/2640 Quick Start Guide installation and configuration of the HiPath
Wireless 2630/2640 AP.

Note: Only the Siemens personnel can access the documents via the links given in the above
table. Siemens customers should contact their Siemens’ sales representative for the
documents.

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2 Hardware and Software Compatibility

2.1 Hardware revisions supported:

Product Description
HiPath Wireless 2630 AP HiPath Wireless Standalone Access Point with Internal Antenna
HiPath Wireless 2640 AP HiPath Wireless Standalone Access Point with External Antenna

2.2 Software revisions supported:

Product Image
Wireless AP2630 AP203-V1R3.10504.0.img

Wireless AP3640 AP203-V1R3.10504.0.img

2.3 Compliant HiPath Products

Product Version
HiPath 2000 V1.0 05.387
optiPoint WL2 professional 50-002-25*

2.4 Web Browsers

The following web browsers were tested for interoperability.
• Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2
• Netscape 7.1 on Windows XP SP2

2.5 802.11 Client Cards Compatibility

Note: Not all features have been tested on all client cards listed below. For full interoperability
compliance of client adapters, please ensure that the client adapter displays the WiFi Alliance logo.

Radio
Manufacturer Model # Driver Version
Covered
3Com 3CDAG675 7.3.2 a/b/g

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Apple PowerBook G4 with 3.4.3F1 b/g
AirPort Extreme
Dlink DWL-AG520 2.4.0.73 a/b/g
Proxim Orinoco 8480-WD Gold 2.3.0.75 a/b/g
Netgear WAG a/b/g 3.1.1.754 a/b/g
Orinoco Gold, 8480-WD a/b/g 3.1.2.19 a/b/g
combo card
Proxim Corporation ORiNOCO 802.11abg 3.1.2.19 a/b/g
ComboCard Gold
Microsoft MN-720 3.60.7.0 b
SMC Network Inc. SMC2336W-AG v2 2.4.1.32 a/b/g
NETGEAR WAG511 WildPackets Driver a/b/g
3.0.0.111
Orinoco PC24E-11-FC/R Agere V7.82.0.354 802.11B
Orinoco S26391-F2515-L200 Agere V7.82.0.354 802.11B
Netgear wg511 1.0.6.3 b/g
wg511icb
Intel 21003b 1.1.5.0 b
w70n51
Proxim Atheros Wireless 3.1.1.54 b/g
Adapter
Broadcom 802.11 Multiband 3.62.13.0 and a/b/g
4.10.36.0
Intel PRO/Wireless 9.0.4.13 a/b/g
2915ABG
Atheros AR5002X 0.0.9.97 a/b/g
RealTek Realtek RTL8185 5.101.1109.2004 a/b/g
Wireless LAN Mini PCI
Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 1.2.2.9 b
2100 3B Mini PCI
SIEMENS CP 7515 3.0.0.4321
Netgear WAG511 802.11a/b/g 3.1.1.754 a/b/g
Dual Band
AutoCell Version:
1.1.0.39
Smart Wireless
Version: 3.1.2.0
D-Link Wireless PCI DWL- Driver Version: 1.0.0 a/b/g
AG520
Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 9.0.4.13 b/g
2915ABG
9.0.4.13
D-Ling AirPremier DWL- 4.1.2.72 b/g

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 AG530 Wireless PCI
Siemens Gigaset PC card 108 3.3.2.15 b/g
Intel 2200BG 9.0.3.9 b/g
MMC WaveCast MW-50000CB 3.1.1.28
PRISM 3886 Conexant 3.3.28.0 a/b/g
Broadcom 802.11g 4.10.36.0 g
CiscoAironet a/b/g Chipset Atheros 2.5.0.22 a/b/g
AR5212
Broadcom a/b/g U-APSD enable 4.10.36.0 a/b/g PCMCIA
NETGEAR WAG311 802.11a/g 3.0.0.43 a/g
Wireless PCI
NETGEAR WAG511 802.11a/b/g 4.0.0.5097 and a/b/g
Dual Band Wireless 4.0.0.6

** Note that the power save mode can cause poor performance. It is recommended to set the
power save mode to maximum performance.

Driver support for Macintosh

Manufacturer Model
Apple PowerBook G4 with AirPort
Extreme

Driver support for Linux

Manufacturer Model
D-link Wireless AR5212 11 abg

PDA
Manufacturer Model NIC
HP iPAQ2410 Netgear MA701
HP iPAQ2410 embedded wireless card

Supplicants
Manufacturer Supplicant Comment

Microsoft Wi-Fi Protected This is an update to support the

Access 2 WPA2 on Windows XP – SP2 is
(WPA2)/Wireless required
Provisioning Services
Information Element
(WPS IE)

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 Funk Odyssey Multi-platform
client

2.6 VoIP Systems used in testing

The following is a list of VoIP systems used in system test.

Vendor Model Version Notes

Spectralink Netlink i640/e340 89.118
Siemens WL2 build 20 and build 22

Gateway Information:
Vendor Model Version Notes
Siemens HiPath 4000 Version 2
Siemens HiPath 3000 Version 5
Spectralink NetLink 150 Gateway Ver. 099, .100
Spectralink SVP NetLink Server Ver. 173.012

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3 Release V1R3 Features
3.1 New Features in V1R3.10504.0 Fix Release 5

There are no new features introduced in Fix Release 5.

3.1.1 Updated Country Support List

The following countries are added in this release.

11 b/g Band 1 11a Band 1 11a Band 2 11a Band 3 11a Band 4
Spectrum 2.4-2.472/ 5.15-5.35 5.25-5.35 5.47-5.725 5.725-5.825/
2.4835 GHz GHz GHz GHz 5.850 GHz
100, 104,
108,
112, 116, 149, 153,
Channel # 1-11/13 36, 40, 44, 48 52, 56, 60, 64 120, 157,
124, 128, 161, (165)
132,
136, 140
Not Not Not Not
Thailand 1 to 13
Supported Supported Supported Supported
Not Not Not Not
Vietnam 1 to 13
Supported Supported Supported Supported
Not Not Not Not
Demo 6,11
Supported Supported Supported Supported

3.2 New Features in V1R3.10404.0 Fix Release 4

There are no new features introduced in Fix Release 4.

3.3 New Features in V1R3.3.4 (GP3) Release

VLAN Trunking support

Multiple SSID/VLAN Support

Conversion of HiPath Wireless Standalone AP into HiPath Wireless Controller supported AP

and vice versa

Protocol Enhancements (802.11e, 802.11d, 802.11h, TSPEC, U-APSD)

Cluster Size, project specific support of up to 10 AP in one cluster

Voice QoS Enhancements

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Tx/Rx Diversity Enhancement

DHCP/Default IP address Switching

Support for 3rd party external antennas

3.3.1 VLAN Trunking Support

Support VLAN Trunking on AP’s Ethernet port

The AP supports multiple VLAN’s and can be connected directly to the trunking port of a
switch

Support VLAN tagging for the management port

The user can now isolate the management traffic from the user data traffic by means of
VLAN’s

The management traffic can be placed in tagged VLAN and does not need to use the default
VLAN

3.3.2 Multiple SSID Support

Up to 8 SSID’s, each SSID can be supported on one radio or both radios

Each SSID can be assigned a different VLAN tag for traffic separation

3.3.3 Conversion of HiPath Wireless Standalone AP into HiPath Wireless Controller

supported AP and vice versa
This feature supports the conversion of a HiPath Wireless Standalone AP into a HiPath Wireless
Controller supported AP (AP2610/2620 AP) via software upgrade.
Also the conversion of a HiPath Wireless Controller supported AP (AP2610/2620 AP) into a HiPath
Wireless Standalone AP via software upgrade is possible.

Note: the current regulatory domain activated in the controller based solution will be used to
generate the country settings for a conversion into HiPath Wireless Standalone AP. Through this
mechanism e.g. an AP on a controller with US regulatory domain settings can be converted into a
HiPath Wireless Standalone AP with US settings.

3.3.4 Protocol Enhancement

802.11e: QoS Enhancements - this is the 802.11 equivalent of WMM
Enables advanced features in certain clients (e.g. WL2)
802.11h: Adds support for the non-mandatory TPC components
Allows clients to adjust their power correctly
802.11d: Adds support for 802.11d client request
Allows the client to request information from AP
U-APSD : Enhanced power-save mechanism for voice and video applications
Provides: reduced overhead, more voice calls per AP
TSPEC: Admission Control – supported in combination with WMM and 802.11e
Provides: call admission and bandwidth control
Protects existing calls against AP overload
QBSS load IE: Assists compatible client to perform smart roaming

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 All of the above features require the corresponding support from client devices.

3.3.5 Cluster Size

It is now possible to support up to 10 AP in one cluster.

3.3.6 QoS Enhancements

More flexible configuration:

Legacy DL (“downlink”) classification, WMM, 802.11e can be enabled/disabled
independently

Turbo Voice and Priority override are now independent features

Configurable L3 classification (IP DSCP ◊ L2 UP mapping)

Configurable L2 override

Classification and prioritization of Broadcast/Multicast Packet

Classification and prioritization of unicast packets delivered via legacy PS-Poll – improved
voice on optiPoint WL2 professional

New smart internal queuing prevents starvation under intense traffic

3.3.7 Tx/Rx Diversity Enhancement

Allows Tx diversity and Rx diversity to be configured independently

Best

Left

Right
with the following applications:

User can connect only one external antenna ◊ diversity set to Left or Right on both radios,
Tx and Rx

User can connect one antenna for 2.4GHz and another for 5GHz ◊ diversity set to Left for
one radio and Right for the other, Tx and Rx

Normal operation ◊ diversity set to Best on both radios, Tx and Rx

Some clients have problems with Tx diversity ◊ diversity set to Left for Tx, Best for Rx

3.3.8 DHCP/Default IP Address

AP obtains now IP address via DHCP by default ◊ easy to deploy

If DHCP fails (e.g. server is not available) AP cycles between DHCP and default IP address
(192.168.1.20)

This allowes the user to http into AP via default IP address in case the DHCP fails and
modify the AP configuration.

3.3.9 Enhanced Transmit Power settings via GUI for support of external antennas
“Max Tx Power” setting in Wireless/Advanced 802.11b/g and Wireless/Advanced 11a pages allows
the user to set the max power to any value between :

0 and 18dBm for the 11a radio

8 and 18dBm for the 11b/g radio,
with a resolution of 1dBm.

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3.3.10 The following external antennas are certified, an updated antenna support policy is
available:
ETSI domain: Huber+Suhner Antennas (http://www.hubersuhner.com/):

SOA2454/360/7/20/DF

SOA2400/360/4/0/DS

SWA0859/360/4/10/V

SPA2400/80/9/0/DS

SWA2459/360/4/45/V

SPA2456/75/9/DF

SPA2400/40/14/0/DS
FCC/IC domain:

Cushcraft (http://www.cushcraft.com/)

SR2405135Dxxxxxx

S24493DSxxxxx

SL24513Pxxxxxx

S24497Pxxxxxx

Hyperlink (http://www.hyperlinktech.com/) – HG2458CUxxx

Maxrad (http://www.maxrad.com/) – MDO24005PTxxxxxx

3.4 AP2630/2640-AP2610/2620 Conversion Instruction

In order to perform the convert between the AP2630/2640 and AP2610/2620 AP, the following builds
should be available:

AP2630/2640 AP (Standalone AP) build V1R3.3.4.

AP2610/2620 AP (Siemens AP) build V4R1.1.11 or up.

HiPath Wirelesss Controller with build V4R1.1.11 or up.

The AP2610/2620 AP must be connected to the HiPath Wireless Controller.

3.4.1 Convert AP2630/2640 to AP2610/2620

Steps to convert the AP2630/2640 (Standalone AP) into AP2610/2620:

Logon to Standalone GUI and access the page under Tools then Firmware/Language:

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 Use the “Browse” button to locate the AP2610/2620 image stored on the local directory. For build
V4R1.1.11, the image name is AP200-V4R1.1.11.img. It can be retrieved from software server under
the product AP2610/2620.

Click the “Download and Reboot” button. The AP image will be downloaded and the AP will
automatically reboot after that. After the reboot, the AP will be converted to the AP2610/2620 and
the configuration will be reset to the AP2610/2620 default configuration.

The model name for the AP will remain unchanged.

Note: the AP2610/2620 image AP200-V4R1.1.11.img can be retrieved from software server under
the product AP2610/2620 as the following:

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3.4.2 Convert AP2610/2620 to AP2630/2640
Steps to convert the AP2610/2620 into AP2630/2640 (Standalone AP):

Logon HiPath Wireless Controller GUI and access the page under Wireless APs/AP maintenance.

Upload using the following page the AP2630/2640 (Standalone AP) image from the FTP server:

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 After the image is uploaded onto the HiPath Wireless Controller, use the Controller Upgrade page as
below to select the AP2610/2620 that is going to be converted to AP2630/2640 and select the
AP2630/2640 image (AP203-V1R3.3.4.img) from the drop down list.

Use the “Apply AP image version” to apply the selected AP2630/2640 image to the selected
AP2610/2620 and then press “Upgrade Now”

The AP image will be downloaded and the AP will automatically reboot after that. After the reboot,
the AP will be converted to the AP2630/2640 and the configuration will be reset to the AP2630/2640
default configuration.

Note that the model name for the AP will remain unchanged. Also the AP2630/2640 will remain as
the same regulatory domain as the HiPath Wireless Controller is licensed to.

Note: make sure that the selection of the particular AP to be converted AP2630/2640 should be
reset by selecting “No Upgrade” under the step drop down menu and use the “Apply AP image
version” to clear up the AP2610/2620 to AP2630/2640 conversion for this AP. If this selection is not
cleared, this AP will be continuously converted into the AP2630/2640 as soon as it is connected to
the HWC as an AP2610/2620 later.

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3.5 New Features in V1R3.2.6 (GP2) Release

• ‘A’ radio support

• Enhanced Rate Control
• Multi-rate Retries
• Version Number Changes - The format of the version is changed to conform to the new standard:
VMRm.p.q, where M is a major revision, m is a minor revision, and p and q are patch and build
numbers respectively.
• Reset button – Support for reset button available on ROHS6 platform is implemented in this
release. If button is pressed for less then 4 seconds box will reset. If it is pressed for more then 4
seconds box will first set factory defaults and then reset.
• Turbo Voice
• Changes to the DSCP/AC mapping

3.5.1 ‘A’ Radio Support

Support for ‘a’radio has been implemented in release V1R3.2.6. For configuration details please refer to the
User Guide.

Note that with the inclusion of DFS feature on the ‘a’ radio feature DFS capability is enabled as a mechanism
for radar detection and avoidance. While AP is in radar scan mode if user tries to change configuration on
“wireless basic” or “advanced 802.11a” radio pages, configuration changes will be rejected with following
error message presented on the screen: “Channel configuration in progress. Users are temporarily not
allowed to modify the configuration on this page.”

Moreover, the "save"/ “factory defaults" button will be hashed out. If the user is changing the channel and
selects channel 52 or above the AP will then try to check for radar interference. In that case, it will take ~1
minute to configure the channel. During this time if the user refreshes the page, the message will still show
up. After ~1 minute, if radar is not present on the selected channel, the "save"/ "factory defaults" button will
be unhashed and message is gone when user refreshes again. Otherwise the AP will be rebooted. After it
boots up again, AP is in auto channel select mode for the ‘a’ radio. During this time, the “wireless basic”
page and the “advanced 802.11a” page will again display this message. After a channel has been
automatically selected, the web page will go back to normal operation again.

3.5.2 Enhanced Rate Control

This feature provides a way to improve roaming behavior of the clients that do not perform background
scanning. It is interesting to note that most of the currently available clients (laptops, PDA’s) behave this
way. Such clients, would start scanning for a new access point only when the connection with the current
access point degrades so much that there is no actual connectivity even with the minimum rate (1Mbps for
11b/g or 6Mbps for 11a), hence the epithet “sticky”. A “sticky” client may stay associated with a remote AP at
the minimum rate even if it is brought centimeters close to another fully operational AP. This affects the
performance not only for that client but also for other clients because of the poor use of the shared wireless
bandwidth.

The solution is to allow the user to select the minimum, maximum and operational allowed rates. For
configuration details please refer to the user guide.

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3.5.3 Multi-rate Retries
Five drop-down list boxes each are added to the “Advanced 802.11b/g” and “Advanced 802.11a” screens.
The names and defaults of these boxes are shown in the following table (in order).

Name Values (in order) Default

No. of Retries Background BK adaptive (multi-rate) 4

1-10

No. of Retries Best Effort BE adaptive (multi-rate) 4

1-10

No. of Retries Video VI adaptive (multi-rate) 4

1-10

No. of Retries Voice VO adaptive (multi-rate) 1

1-10

No. of Retries Turbo Voice TVO adaptive (multi-rate) 1

1-10

3.5.4 Turbo Voice

When any of the QoS modes is enabled, a check-box called Turbo Voice is allowed. If the Turbo Voice is
enabled, all the downlink traffic that is classified to the Voice (VO) AC is transmitted by the AP via a queue
called Turbo Voice (TVO) instead of the normal Voice (VO) queue. The TVO queue is specially tailored in
terms of contention parameters and number of retries to maximize voice quality and voice capacity.

3.5.5 Changes to DSCP/AC Mapping

In GP2 release DSCP to UP Mapping has been more detailed to take into account all 6 bits of DSCP, i.e. all
64 DSCP values:

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 Name Abbreviation 802.1p AC queues
(UP)
Default Forwarding RFC 2474 DE 0 AC1
Class Selector RFC 2474 CS0 0 AC1
CS1 1 AC0
CS2 2 AC0
CS3 3 AC1
CS4 4 AC2
CS5 5 AC2
CS6 6 AC3/AC4*
CS7 7 AC3/AC4*
Assured Forwarding RFC 2597 AF11 0 AC1
AF12 0 AC1
AF13 0 AC1
AF21 3 AC1
AF22 3 AC1
AF23 3 AC1
AF31 4 AC2
AF32 4 AC2
AF33 4 AC2
AF41 5 AC2
AF42 5 AC2
AF43 5 AC2
Expedite Forwarding RFC 2598 EF 6 AC3/AC4*
Any Other value is mapped by default to xxxx 1 AC0
BK, i..e. UP=1.

*AC4 if Turbo Voice enabled, AC3 otherwise

3.6 New features in R1.0

Release 1.0 is the first release for HiPath Wireless Standalone AP. Below are listed main features:

• WMM Support
• Clustering and SIAPP Support
• Restore to Factory Defaults
• Web User Interface

3.6.1 WMM Support

The HiPath Wireless Standalone AP implements the following WMM features:
• WMM priority and pre-WMM priority based on EDCA with four priority levels - Access Categories
(AC’s). WMM priority is based on the 802.11e/WMM standard and provides downlink priority for
WMM compatible clients using wireless frames with the new QoS format. Pre- WMM priority
provides downlink priority for pre-WMM clients using wireless frames with the legacy format. Both
WMM and pre-WMM priorities use the DSCP/TOS to AC mapping descried below and can be
enabled/disabled separately. Pre-WMM priority can be safely used to support legacy voice clients
like Spectralink in parallel with WMM clients like WL2.

• Mapping of DSCP/TOS bits into 802.1D User Priority (UP) and WMM AC for the downlink packets.

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 • Separate detection and handling of Spectralink voice traffic is implemented. This because
Spectralink does not use DSCP tags compatible with the table above. The traffic shall be detected
by matching the IP Protocol filed in the IP header with the Spectralink specific code 0x77. The traffic
shall be assigned UP=7 and shall be assigned to the VO AC.

• The four queues should implement the default contention parameters as defined by the WiFi WMM
standard. For reference, the parameters are listed below.

TXOP TXOP Limit

AC CWmin CWmax AIFSN Limit(802.11b
) (802.11a/g)

AC_BK 15 1023 7 0 0
AC_BE 15 63 3 0 0
188 94
AC_VI 7 15 1
6.016ms 3.008ms
102 47
AC_VO 3 7 1
3.264ms 1.504ms

TI Power Save
The HiPath Wireless Standalone AP supports the TI-modified legacy power-save mode in which the
client is allowed to use PS-Poll multiple times and at any time between DTIM beacons.

3.6.2 Clustering and SIAPP Support

The Siemens inter access point protocol (SIAPP) is a protocol somehow similar to the Inter AP
Protocol (IAPP) defined in the IEEE 802.11f Recommended Practice. The SIAPP has two main
functions:
• Cluster management = creation and maintenance of the roaming cluster, i.e. of the group of AP’s
within which the handover of mobile clients is supported. This function is completely new, does not
exist in IAPP.
• Handover support = ensuring fast handover of mobile clients within the roaming cluster. This SIAPP
function overlaps with the IAPP scope but it is very different being tailored to the HiPath Wireless
Standalone AP specifics.

Cluster management
The cluster management (creation and maintenance of the roaming cluster) in SIAPP is used to
build cluster information in each AP and to provision (limit) the maximum number of AP’s in a cluster
to 5. In the HiPath Wireless Standalone AP release 1.0, all AP’s in the same roaming cluster must
be on the same subnet. The cluster name is the SSID. Multiple clusters can coexist on same subnet
provided that they use different names, i.e. serve different SSID’s. In a roaming cluster, one AP is
master and the others are slaves. A slave is considered registered (i.e. member of the cluster) if it is
listed by the master in its periodic multicast SIAPP update message. A slave is considered un-
registered if there is no master listing it in the SIAPP update message.

Handover support
The SIAPP handover management shares some principles with IAPP but is very different in the
following aspects:
• Radius authentication is not used in HiPath Wireless Standalone AP release 1.0

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 • The SIAPP does not build the roaming cache because it has the more powerful cluster information.
Hence, the SIAPP does not implement equivalents of the IAPP-CACHE primitives and packets.
• Pro-active keying (also called opportunistic keying) is not implemented. Hence, there is and there
will be no context transfer in the 802.11f sense (passing master key from one AP to another).
• The SIAPP uses only UDP.

Multicast versus broadcast

In order to provide for future compatibility, the HiPath Wireless Standalone AP SIAPP doesn’t use
broadcasts. The HiPath Wireless Standalone AP SIAPP uses multicasts because they can be
configured to propagate across subnets. HiPath Wireless Standalone AP v1.0 doesn’t implement
IGMP. Without IGMP, the L3 switches will block multicasts while L2 switches must treat the
multicasts as broadcasts. It is understood that some L2 switches may implement IGMP snooping
and that, if this feature is not properly configured, it can block the SIAPP multicasts.

SIAPP addresses
The HiPath Wireless Standalone AP SIAPP uses the same MAC, IP and port addresses as IAPP but
different version number.

Parameter SIAPP IEEE IAPP CISCO IAPP

SIAPP_MCAST_IP 224.0.1.178 224.0.1.178 224.0.1.76
SIAPP_MCAST_MAC 01 00 5E 00 01 B2 01 00 5E 00 01 B2 01 00 5E 00 01 4C
SIAPP_PORT 3517 3517 2313
SIAPP_VER 128 1 -

3.6.3 Restore to Factory Defaults

The AP boot-up sequence is modified to include a VULNERABLE_TIME interval. If the user
interrupts the AP power during the VULNERABLE_TIME interval, the next time the AP reboots it
includes also a RANDOM_DELAY interval before the VULNERABLE_TIME interval. The two
intervals are signaled to the user by flashing LED’s in a special way as described in 8.4. If the user
interrupts the AP power for 3 consecutive times during the VULNERABLE_TIME interval, the next
time the AP reboots, it will restore its factory defaults including the user passwords and the default IP
settings, etc. The restore to factory defaults event will not erase the non-volatile log which will record
the event appropriately.

The requirements for the RANDOM_DELAY and for three consecutive reboots during the
VULNERABLE_TIME are to reduce the chance that random power failures could bring the AP to
default settings. The RANDOM_DELAY should be calculated as:

RANDOM_DELAY = RANDOM_NUMBER x VULNERABLE_TIME

Parameter Value
VULNERABLE_TIME 2s
RANDOM_NUMBER 1…4

3.6.4 Logging
Please refer to the User Guide for details on logging.

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3.6.5 Web User Interface
Please refer to the User Guide for details on Web User Interface.

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3.7 LED Control
The LED control strategy for HiPath Wireless Standalone AP Rel 1.0 is outlined in the following
table. The description below assumes the software uses a timer and two phases to simulate LED
“blinking” on all three LED’s. A LED status of “X/Y” in the description below means that the LED is
colored “X” during the phase one and colored “Y” during the phase two, i.e. blinking “X/Y”. A LED
status of “X” means that the LED is solid-colored “X”. The following color abbreviations are used:
• R = red
• G = green
• O = orange (combination of green and red)
• N = none = LED turned off

LED Status
AP Status
Left Centre Right
N N N Powered-off
N G N Power-on self test (POST)
N R N Failure during POST
Random delay (state showed only after a vulnerable
G N G
reset)
Vulnerable period (AP resets to factory default if power-
G/N N/G G/N
down for 3 consecutive times during this state)
N O/G N Attempting to obtain IP address via DSCP
N N/G N Got IP address, attempting to join the cluster
(1) (2)
G G G Member of cluster, radios enabled per user settings

Notes:
1. G if 802.11b/g radio enabled, N otherwise
2. G if 802.11a radio enabled, N otherwise

In addition, the following LED pattern is used to notify the operator that the factory configuration is
restored. VALNERABLE_TIME is 2 seconds. Pattern is repeated twice:

Led Pattern: G-- for VULNERABLE_TIME/4

Led Pattern: -G- for VULNERABLE_TIME/4
Led Pattern: --G for VULNERABLE_TIME/4
Led Pattern: --- for VULNERABLE_TIME/4

4 Upgrading the HiPath Wireless Convergence

Software to V1R3 release
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 There is no restriction to upgrade the HiPath Wireless Convergence Software to V1R3.10504.0
release from any of the previous releases.

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5 Error Corrections & Change Requests

5.1 Error Corrections

The following bugs have been fixed in this release.

PR # Severity ICTS # Description

11025 1 – DFS3: disable AP model number conversion for APs
manufactured after July 2008
11023 1 – DFS3: : all new manufactured APs will receive a new model
number and new software image that will disable all DFS
affected channels in EU countries

11014 1 – AP 2630/2640 documentation AP-Software

11012 1 – U-APSD: AP crash when trying to establish a call using SIP
phones
11011 2 – DUP 412624: PS clients: AP should not send management
frame without PS-poll from client

5.2 Change Requests

The following change requests (CR) have been implemented in this release.

PR # CR # Description
11021 RQ00024509 CR - 24509/27234: Addition of "Thailand", "Vietnam" and "Demo"
countries
RQ00027234

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6 Deployment Advice
To ensure that the HiPath Wireless Standalone Access Point user interface performs optimally,
do the following:
1.Launch Internet Explorer.
2.In the Tools menu, click Internet Options. The Internet Options dialog is displayed.
3.Click the Advanced tab.
4.Clear the Do not Save encrypted Pages to disk option.
5.Click Ok.

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7 Attachments

7.1 System Set-up, Installation & Trobleshooting

(This section is for GVS internal use only)
Please refer to the User Guide for details on Set-up and Installation.

7.1.1 Crash Report

In case of an Access Point crash there is a way of obtaining crash report from the HiPath Wireless
Standalone AP via Web interface. Additional page not described in the User Guide that allows
uploading crash report from the access point to the local user machine is presented below.
In order to get to the page type:

http:/<ip address of the access point in question>/debug.htm

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