This MIB is intended to be implemented on all those devices operating as Central Controllers (CC) that terminate the Light Weight Access Point Protocol (LWAPP) tunnel from Light-weight Access Points. Link Test is performed to learn the backhaul link quality between two mesh neighboring mesh nodes. 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The MNs communicate with the APs through the protocol defined by the 802.11 standard. The controllers and the IDS systems exchange information through Cisco proprietary event exchange mechanisms. LWAPP APs, upon bootup, discover and join one of the controllers and the controller pushes the configuration, that includes the WLAN parameters, to the LWAPP APs. The APs then encapsulate all the 802.11 frames from wireless clients inside LWAPP frames and forward the LWAPP frames to the controller. GLOSSARY Access Point ( AP ) An entity that contains an 802.11 medium access control ( MAC ) and physical layer ( PHY ) interface and provides access to the distribution services via the wireless medium for associated clients. LWAPP APs encapsulate all the 802.11 frames in LWAPP frames and sends them to the controller to which it is logically connected. Central Controller ( CC ) The central entity that terminates the LWAPP protocol tunnel from the LWAPP APs. Throughout this MIB, this entity is also referred to as 'controller'. Mobile Node ( MN ) A roaming 802.11 wireless device in a wireless network associated with an access point. Mobile Node and client are used interchangeably. Network Management System ( NMS ) The station from which the administrator manages the wired and wireless networks. Mesh Node A mesh node is defined as a physical or logical entity in the mesh network participating in forming the mesh backhaul. There are two types of mesh nodes supported in Cisco mesh network:RAP and MAP. Root AP (RAP) The AP forming the bridge between a wired and a mesh network with an Ethernet interface to the wired network and a 802.11 radio interface to the mesh network Mesh AP (MAP). The AP extending wireless coverage similar to a repeater in a mesh network and consists of a 802.11 uplink and a 802.11 downlink. On a single-radio backhaul, both uplink and downlink exist on the same radio and are logical links only. On a multi-radio backhaul, they may exist on different radios.MAP APs associates directly with RAP APs or with another MAP AP. Each association of AP (MAP-MAP or RAP-MAP) with another AP forms parent-child relationship. Mesh Network Network starting with the wireless backhaul downlink of the RAP and all the entities below except any attached network to the Ethernet link of MAPs. A mesh network below a single RAP is also referred to as a 'Mesh Sector'.A mesh network consists of mesh nodes. A single mesh network is always augmented to a single wired network. Mesh Link A logical 802.11 link between two mesh nodes. A single link is point-to-point. All point-to-multipoint links are considered as multiple mesh links. Often referred to as mesh backhaul link. Mesh Backhaul A Mesh backhaul consists of mesh nodes and mesh links terminating at a RAP. This necessarily creates a one- to-one relationship between a 'mesh network', 'mesh sector' and a 'mesh backhaul' where these terms can be used interchangeably. SNR Signal to Noise ratio on the 802.11 radio. Bridged network The bridged network is defined as the network(s) attached to the Ethernet port of any MAP. There can be multiple such networks attached to a single mesh network. TKIP TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) is an encryption protocol included as part of the IEEE 802.11i standard for wireless LANs (WLANs). It was designed to provide more secure encryption than the notoriously weak Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), the original WLAN security protocol. RSNA The Robust Security Network Association (RSNA) authentication algorithm is defined in Clause 8.4 of the IEEE 802.11i-2004 standard. If the 802.11 station supports RSNA, it must support the AES-CCMP cipher algorithm. Support for the WEP and TKIP cipher algorithms are optional for RSNA. CCMP Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (CCMP) is an encryption protocol that forms part of the 802.11i standard for wireless local area networks (WLANs), particularly those using WiMax technology. OUI Short for Organizational Unique Identifier, the first 24 bits of a MAC address for a network-connected device, which indicate the specific vendor for that device. The IEEE assigns OUIs to vendors. (The last 24 bits of the MAC address are the device??s unique serial number, assigned to the device by the manufacturer.) The OUI sometimes is referred to as the Vendor ID. REFERENCE [1] Wireless LAN Medium Access Control ( MAC ) and Physical Layer ( PHY ) Specifications. [2] Draft-obara-capwap-lwapp-00.txt, IETF Light Weight Access Point Protocol