INTEROPERABILITY REPORT

Alcatel-Lucent OT8118/8128
Ruckus wireless ZF7962, 7363, 7341, 7343, 7372, 7982 and R300
AP’s
Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8 version 5.1.30
Ruckus wireless version 9.7.1.0.17

8AL90483USAB Ed.01
July 2014

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TABLE OF CONTENT:

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 3 
About Alcatel-Lucent................................................................................................................. 3 
About Ruckus Wireless ............................................................................................................. 3 
SITE INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 4 
SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................... 5 
Known issues............................................................................................................................ 6 
Compatibility information .......................................................................................................... 6 
General conclusion ................................................................................................................... 6 
TEST RESULTS............................................................................................................................ 7 
APPENDIX A: TEST CONFIGURATIONS .................................................................................... 8 
Ruckus Wireless ZD 3000 version 9.7.0.220............................................................................ 8 
Security settings (PSK) ......................................................................................................... 8 
Security settings (802.1X / PEAP-MSCHAPv2) .................................................................. 10 
General settings (QoS, Radio) ............................................................................................ 14 
CLI commands .................................................................................................................... 16 
Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8........................................................................................................ 17 
APPENDIX B: DETAILED TEST RECORDS .............................................................................. 19 

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INTRODUCTION

This document describes necessary steps and guidelines to optimally configure Ruckus wireless platform
with Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8 WLAN handsets.

The guide should be used in conjunction with both Ruckus and Alcatel-Lucent’s configuration guide(s).

About Alcatel-Lucent

The Alcatel-Lucent OmniTouch 8118/8128 WLAN handsets offer a sleeker design, high-resolution color
TFT display (OT8128), IP44 compliant construction, and longer battery time. OT 8118/8128 handsets
can be managed over-the-air (OTA) and are designed to interoperate within a Wi-Fi network. With the
OT 8118/8128 WLAN handsets, users get a mobile device for voice conversations, text messaging and
alarms from Alcatel-Lucent Call Servers and third party Alarm servers.

About Ruckus Wireless

The Ruckus ZoneFlex system is a centrally managed WLAN system comprising of controllers and a
variety of 802.11 a/b/g/n APs. There are two unique features in the ZoneFlex product that enhance voice
communications. One is BeamFlex, our smart beamforming antennas, and the second is SmartCast, our
traffic management engine. Combining a compact internal antenna array with expert control software,
BeamFlex continuously ranks the antenna configurations for each receiving device and reconfigures itself
in real-time to bypass interference and physical barriers. SmartCast provides automatic flow
classification, software pre-queuing per station and per packet scheduling of traffic over the smart
antenna array. It applies heuristics to automatically classify voice packets and place them in the right
queue.

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SITE INFORMATION

Test Site:
Ascom US
598 Airport Blvd, Suite 300
Morrisville, NC, US-27560
USA

Participants:
Karl-Magnus Olsson, Ascom HQ, Gothenburg Sweden

TEST TOPOLOGY

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SUMMARY

Please refer to Appendix B for detailed results.

WLAN Controller Features

High Level Functionality Result
Association, Open with No Encryption OK
Association, WPA-PSK, TKIP OK
Association, WPA2-PSK, TKIP / AES Encryption OK
Association, PEAP-MSCHAPv2 Auth., TKIP Encryption OK
Association, PEAP-MSCHAPv2 Auth., AES Encryption OK
Association with EAP-FAST authentication OK
Association, Multiple ESSIDs OK
Beacon Interval and DTIM Period OK
Preauthentication Not supported by controller
PMKSA Caching OK
WPA2-opportunistic/proactive Key Caching OK
WMM Prioritization OK
Active Mode (load test) OK
802.11 Power-save mode OK
802.11e U-APSD OK
802.11e U-APSD (load test) OK

Roaming
High Level Functionality Result
Roaming, Open with No Encryption OK
Roaming, WPA-PSK, TKIP Encryption OK (Typical roaming time 218ms)*
Roaming, WPA2-PSK, AES Encryption OK (Typical roaming time 245ms)*
Roaming, PEAP-MSCHAPv2 Auth, AES Encryption OK (Typical roaming time 34ms)* /**

*) Average roaming times are measured using 802.11bgn on ZF7982. Refer to Appendix B for detailed test results

* *) Measured times is with opportunistic/proactive Key Caching enabled (default enabled)

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Known issues

- Note that the “qtime” settings described in the “CLI settings” section is necessary for optimal
battery life.

For additional information regarding the known issues please contact Alcatel-Lucent technical
support.

Compatibility information

A full test round was performed on ZF7982 and ZF7372 while a less extensive test was performed on the
already known access points ZF 7962 and ZF 7363. All test were done with a ZD3000 controller. We
ensure compatibility/interoperability with all the access points and controllers listed below given that they
run the software tested.

Supported access ports with Ruckus Wireless version 9.7.1.0.17:

ZoneFlex 7962
ZoneFlex 7363
ZoneFlex 7341/7343 (Single radio versions of 7363)
ZoneFlex 7372
ZoneFlex 7982
ZoneFlex R300

Supported controller platforms with Ruckus Wireless version 9.7.1.0.17:

ZoneDirector 1100
ZoneDirector 3000
ZoneDirector 5000

General conclusion

With the exception of roaming time (WPA1/2-PSK), verified test areas, such as authentication,
association, handover and call stability tests, all produced good results. Roaming times with were in the
range of 200-250ms for both WPA2-PSK AES and WPA-PSK TKIP. However, when using .1X
authentication roaming times were a good 34ms in average.

The outcome of the load test was in general acceptable. In both active and U-APSD mode it was possible
to keep up 14 simultaneously calls per AP one single access point.

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TEST RESULTS

Alcatel Lucent Infrastructure Verification – VoWiFi

Software Versions:
 Ruckus Wireless ZD 3000 version 9.7.1.0.17
 ZF 7962 / 7363 / 7341 / 7343 / 7372 / 7983 / R300 access points
 Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8, v5.1.30 (WLAN driver 3.5.f)

Configuration of WLAN System:

 Beacon Interval: 100ms
 DTIM Period: 5
 802.11b/g/n
 802.11a/n
 WMM/ U-APSD Enabled
 802.11d Regulatory Domain: World mode

Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8 Configuration:

 World Mode Regulatory Domain set to World mode.
 IP DSCP for Voice: 0x2E (46) – Expedited Forwarding
 IP DSCP for Signaling: 0x1A (26) – Assured Forwarding 31
 Transmit Gratuitous ARP: Enable

Keep in mind that security options and power save modes were adjusted according to requirements in
individual test cases. Please refer to appendix A for information regarding device configuration.

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APPENDIX A: TEST CONFIGURATIONS

Ruckus Wireless ZD 3000 version 9.7.1.0.17

In the following chapter you will find screenshots and explanations of basic settings in order to get a
Ruckus WLAN system to operate with Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8. Please note that security settings were
modified according to requirements in individual test cases.

Security settings (PSK)

- Example of how to configure the system for PSK (WPA2-AES)

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The Advanced Options are left as default

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Security settings (802.1X / PEAP-MSCHAPv2)

Example of how to configure the system for .1X authentication

AAA server dashboard. In the example one Radius servers configured (Interop). See next picture for
configuration of the profile “Interop”.

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The IP address and the secret must correspond to the IP and the credential used by the Radius server.

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Configuration of ESS profile for utilization of 802.1X authentication. Authentication server “Interop”
corresponds to the server configured in previous step.

Note. Depending on which Authentication method used it might be necessary to add a certificate
into the OT81x8. PEAP-MSCHAPv2 requires a Root certificate and EAP-TLS requires both a Root
certificate and a client certificate. Server certificate validation can be overridden in version 4.1.12
and above per handset setting.

Note. Refer to the OT81x8 section in Appendix A for matching handset configurations.

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Make sure background scanning is set to 20s. Background scanning is used to locate access point
neighbors. That information is later on used for the PMK distribution.

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General settings (QoS, Radio)

Access points dashboard showing configured access points.

Access points dashboard showing configured access points (continued)

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Alcatel-Lucents recommended settings for 802.11b/g/n are to only use channel 1, 6 and 11.

Alcatel-Lucents recommendation is that both channel and power is statically configured.

Note that in this example the TX power have been modified in order to facilitate roaming in a small area.

General guidelines when deploying Alcatel-Lucents OT81x8 handsets (SW version 2.5.7 or later)
in 802.11a/n/ac environments:

1. Enabling more than 8 channels will degrade roaming performance. Alcatel-Lucent strongly
recommends against going above this limit.
2. Using 40 MHz channels (or “channel-bonding”) will reduce the number of non-DFS*
channels to two in ETSI regions (Europe). In FCC regions (North America), 40MHz is a
more viable option because of the availability of additional non-DFS channels. The
handset can co-exist with 40MHz stations in the same ESS.
3. Make sure that all non-DFS channel are taken before resorting to DFS channels. The
handset can cope in mixed non-DFS and DFS environments; however, due to
“unpredictability” introduced by radar detection protocols, voice quality may become
distorted and roaming delayed.

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CLI commands

DTIM

DTIM 5 value is recommended in order to allow maximum battery conservation without impacting the
quality. Using a lower DTIM value is possible but will reduce the standby time slightly.

- First find the WLAN number in your system:

get wlanlist

rkscli: get wlanlist

name status type wlanID radioID bssid
-----------------------------------------------------------
wlan0 up AP wlan0 0 00:1d:2e:02:79:09
wlan1 up AP wlan1 0 00:1d:2e:42:79:09

Then apply the setting to all voice WLANs.

set dtim-period wlan0 5

set dtim-period wlan1 5

The dtim-period setting can be done either by SSH to each access point or via the controller to all
access points with the command below.

debug#remote_ap_cli -A set dtim-period wlan0 5

debug#remote_ap_cli -A set dtim-period wlan1 5

Qtime

To increase the battery standby time Alcatel-Lucent and Ruckus recommends that the qtime parameter is
adjusted. This will increase the standby time from ~40hours to ~100hours.

- Apply setting to the desired radio (2.4/5GHz) or both:

set mq wifi0 qtime 2000 2000 4000 4000

set mq wifi1 qtime 2000 2000 4000 4000

The qtime setting can be done either by SSH to each access point or via the controller to all
access points with the command below.

debug#remote_ap_cli -A set mq wifi0 qtime 2000 2000 4000 4000

debug#remote_ap_cli -A set mq wifi1 qtime 2000 2000 4000 4000

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Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8

Recommended OT81x8 settings.

Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8 Network configurations (WPA2-PSK)

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Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8 network settings for 802.1X authentication (PEAP-MSCHAPv2)

If 802.1X Authentication is used a root certificate has to be uploaded to the phone by “right clicking” - >
Edit certificates.

Note that both a root and a client certificate are needed for TLS. Otherwise only a root certificate
is needed. Server certificate validation can be overridden in version 4.1.12 and above per handset
setting (Validate server certificate).

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APPENDIX B: DETAILED TEST RECORDS

VoWIFI

Pass 25
Fail 0
Comments 2
Untested 5
Total 33

See attached file (WLANinteroperabilityTestReport_Ruckus_9_7.xls) for detailed test results.

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Document History

Rev Date Author Description

R1 2013-04-24 SEKMO ALE revision R1
R2 2013-11-01 SEKMO Typo on front page (7963->7962). R2
R3 2014-04-29 SEKMO Updated with ZF7372/7982 and version 9.7
R3b 2014-07-22 SEKMO Updated with 9.7.1 after re-test
R3c 2014-12-02 SEKMO Added ZF R300
R3d 2015-03-12 SEKMO Minor corrections

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