AP/SSID
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Landslide Performance Test System – Release 24.3 September 2024

AP/SSID

The AP/SSID tab is used to define the Access Point and SSID settings associated with the Wifi Offload Gateway, AMF Nodal, MME Nodal, Non 3GPP Access GW Node, and SGW Nodal.

Access Point Options

  • Enable management Interface
  • Management Interface Graceful Shutdown
  • Send IAPP Mobility Message
  • AP Auto Restart
  • Apply Test Data File to Access Point Options
  
  • WAN DHCP Client
  • WAN Graceful Shutdown
  • WAN MTU
  • Firmware Download Emulation
  • AFTR DHCPv6 Client

SSID

  • Number of SSIDs
  • Type
  • Wifi GW Starting Address
  • Dual Stack Wifi GW Starting Address
  • Serve All SSID
  • VLAN Tag
  • Inner VLAN Tag
  • VLAN Tag Type
  • SSID Name
  • Wireless Network Access Type
  • Radio Wifi AP MAC Address

Apply Test Data File to SSIDs

Target SSID

  • Number of SSIDs
  • Type
  • Target Wifi GW Starting Address
  • VLAN Tag
  • Inner VLAN Tag
  • VLAN Tag Type
  • Target SSID Name

Failover Testing

  • Second Wifi GW Starting Address
  • Third Wifi GW Starting Address

Failover Testing Target SSID

  • Second Target Wifi GW Starting Address
  • Third Target Wifi GW Starting Address

 

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Access Point Options

Enable management Interface

When you select, the AP-Management Node is available on the Network Devices tab.  The Management Interface uses DHCP to get its IP address.  The DHCP messaging will go through the WAN’s GRE tunnel.

Parameter: MgmtEn
Management Interface Graceful Shutdown Select to cause the DHCP Release to be sent when the test is stopping. Tcl Parameter: MgmtGracefulShtdwnEn
WAN DHCP Client Select to cause the Starting IP address of the WAN Node to be inactive.  The WAN uses DHCP to obtain it’s IP address and this DHCP messaging broadcasts to any DHCP server listening.
WAN Graceful Shutdown Select to cause the WAN to issue a DHCP Release when the test case is stopping.    WAN graceful Shutnot is not available when the WAN DHCP Client is not selected. Tcl Parameter: WanGracefulShtdwnEn
Send IAPP Mobility Message The IAPP Mobility Message is a message that gets sent when we do mobility if enabled.  The message is a L2 LLC message that gets sent by the Access Point through the GRE tunnel to notify the Gateway that mobility has occurred. Tcl Parameter: SendIappMobMsgEn
AP Auto Restart Enable to Auto restart AP. Tcl Parameter: ApAutoRestartEn
WAN MTU WAN MTU is the MTU for the outer IP header.  The GRE Tunnel IP header (added by the Access Point). Tcl Parameter: WanMtu
Firmware Download Emulation

Option only available for CAPWAP Tunnel Type. Enable to simulate image download firmware and update the revision number. Per RFC 5415.

Tcl Parameter: CapWapImgDownloadEn
AFTR DHCPv6 Client

Support DS Lite tunnel, AFTR is the endpoint of the tunnel. When AP Tunnel is set to DS Lite, the Wifi GW shares the same address as AFTR.

DHCP WAN tab becomes available for input. Wifi GW Starting Address is not available for input.  

Available only when AP Tunnel Type = DS Lite.

Tcl Parameter: AftrDhcpEn
Apply Test Data File to Access Point Options

Select Apply Test Data File to Access Point Options and then click Select... to choose the file that provisions the Access Point data.

See Applying Parameter ValuesApplying Parameter Values.

See Test Data Files for further explanation and sample files. If a sample is not found for the specific TDF, you can obtain a sample file from your Technical Support representative. You may also use the following options to select an existing TDF or create/edit TDF-CSV files (TDF-CSV Editor). 

For most TDF Parameters used for Applying Parameters, each row in the file is the overridden value for a different “Session”, aka a different UE. But some TDFs are done in other dimensions, like Bearers, eNodeBs, Subscribers (2 per UE sometimes) or even Hosts, etc. Tooltips on the TDF Parameter: 

Note that the “ID” is a unique ID. Please Provide the ID when reporting issues with a TDF. For TDFs that do not apply / override Parameters, but instead are just their own configuration or data or media files you won’t see TDF ID row details.

TIP: When including large files, please be aware of memory limitations, since the TDF Editor shares memory with the Client.

NOTE: The available TDF options vary. on the L3-7 | IPSec tab > IKE with RSA Settings you may only select the Certificate TDF from TAS (these are non-CSV TDFs).

In addition, where applicable, any rules for defining TDFs are included in specific Test Cases. (For example, In MME Node test case, see MME Node - Provisioning TDF.)

From the DMF Window, press Shift+Alt+A to display the  Save DMF as Tcl window. Click the Save to File button to save as Tcl file. See additional details on Using the Tcl API.

 

Select/Create a new TDF-CSV

Allows you to create a new TDF by entering a file name that doesn’t already exist or select an existing file by entering a file name that already exists.

Click to open the Select Existing or Create window.

  • Navigate to the relevant library/folder,

  • Enter the name of the file:

  • If the file name already exists, the file is selected and applied in the test case.

  • If the file name does not exist, a message displays that says you are creating a new TDF and the embedded TDF-CSV will be launched.

    • Click Yes to launch the TDF-CSV Editor and create/save the new TDF-CSV.

    • Click No to select a different file

NOTE: If you do not have permission to save in the selected library, an error displays when you try to create a new file.
TIP: You may also navigate to the relevant library/folder and select file, and click OK.

 

Upload a New TDF to TAS

Click to import a new TDF file from your local folder and select in the test Case (instead of having to go to TDF Admin).

  • Navigate to the file on your local folder and select.
  • Then navigate to the location (library) where you want to save it on the TAS. You may rename the file, if required.  

View Edit Selected TDF in TDF-CSV Editor

Available only when you have selected a TDF on TAS. Click to open the selected file in TDF-CSV Editor (in place, that is, within the Test Case).

Edit the file and save. You may also click Save As to save the edited TDF-CSV to a different library and also rename the file, if required.

NOTE: You may also select a TDF from a library to which you do not have write permissions, edit the file as required, and save (Save As) only to a different library with the same file name or a different name.

The only options available are Save As and Cancel.

Open Selected TDF in Standalone TDF-CSV Editor

Available only when you have selected a TDF on TAS. Select to retrieve the CSV file and open it in the stand alone TDF-CSV Editor.

Generate Stub TDF-CSV

TIP: Available only when a CSV specification has been defined for in the Test Case for the TDF widget ( View TDF Actions/Options Menu)

 

Opens an example context specific test data parametersexample context specific test data parameters, which you may save as a .CSV file or open in the TDF-CSV Editor.

 

Launch Standalone TDF-CSV Editor

Click to open a blank TDF-CSV Editor.

The Launch Standalone TDF-CSV editor options handles very large TDFs that may use too much Client memory if opened within the Test Case/in the embedded editor.  You may set the standalone TDF-CSV Editor memory high to edit large TDFs.

 

See example: wifi_offload_nodal_tdf.xlsx

 

SSID

Available in Wifi Offload Gateway Nodal, MME Nodal and SGW Nodal test cases. In SGW Nodal test case, Access Point pane is available when Handoff Protocol is WiFi.

Number of SSIDs

Each test case supports multiple SSID and the maximum number depends on your test case licensed capacity.  The UEs get distributed to the SSIDs using a round robin mechanism.

Tcl Parameter: NumSsid

Type

The SSID type is either Open or Closed.   

  • Open: Indicates that SSID does not require authentication of the UE. Authentication may still be performed when you select UE Authentication on the Mobile Subscriber pane.  

  • Closed: Indicates the SSID requires authentication of the UE (implies RADIUS  authentication). Authentication is performed regardless of whether you select UE Authentication on the Mobile Subscriber pane (However, AAA tab display is dependent on the selection of UE Authentication).

NOTE: An error displays if SSID Type and Target SSID Type are of different types.

Tcl Parameter: SsidType

Wifi GW Starting Address

Indicates the destination address (IPv4/IPv6) the SSID uses for the GW.  The Wifi GW Address is automatically incremented for each SSID.

Tcl Parameter: SsidAddr

Dual Stack Wifi GW Starting Address

Available when Tunnel Type of NONE and IP Address Type is Dual Stack, which requires you to provide both IPv4 and IPv6 Wifi Gateway addresses at the same time.

Tcl Parameter: SsidAddr2

Serve All SSID

Available when you enable SSID. Allows your AC (GW) the ability to manage multiple SSID.

If you do not select Serve All SSID, all APs with the same SSID connects to the same AC (GW).

Tcl Parameter: ServeAllSSidEn

VLAN Tag

The VLAN Tag specified in the SSID is added to the UE’s Ethernet header, which is encapsulated in the GRE messages.

SGW Nodal and Wifi Offload GW Nodal supports Q-in-Q VLAN (IEEE 802.1ad or 802.1Q) over the AP WAN Node interface when the AP Tunnel Type is None. The Inner VLAN Tag (IEEE 802.1ad or 802.1Q) allows multiple VLAN headers to be inserted into a single frame.

Tcl Parameter:

InnerVlanTagEn

VlanTagType

Inner VLAN Tag

Available when you select VLAN Tag. Select Inner VLAN Tag and enter the appropriate numerical value.

Range: 1 - 4095

Default: 1

VLAN Tag Type

Available when you select Inner VLAN Tag. Select the appropriate Ethertype value in the VLAN Tag.

  • 0x8100 Tcl value = 0  (default)
  • 0x88a8 Tcl value = 1
  • 0x9100 Tcl value = 2
NOTES:
  • The Inner Tag is the Tag is closest to the Payload portion of the frame, called C-TAG (Customer tag, with ethertype 0x8100 or 0x9100 (non-standard QinQ ethertype)).
  • The outer tag is the one closer/closest to the Ethernet header; its name is S-TAG (Service tag, ethertype 0x88a8).
  • Tag 1 is the outer tag; tag 2, the second tag, is the inner tag. The tag number has nothing to do with the order in which the tags were added, and so on. It is simply a convention.
  • For a single-tagged (802.1q) frame, that tag is designated tag 1 when mixed with 802.1ad tags.
  • In frames having more than one tag, the tags are numbered 1 to N, and appear sequentially and contiguously in the frame from Ethernet header to payload. In this case the innermost tag is the C-TAG and all other tags are S-TAGs.

SSID Name

A text string used as the SSID Name. Required when (Tunnel Type =  CAPWAP), or (Tunnel Type = GRE L2 with HTTP Control) or ( UE Authentication = RADIUS and Use [AP MAC:SSID] for Called Station ID on the AAA/Radius Tab is enabled).

Legacy auto-increment syntax, e.g. 'SSID#(2)_N' is supported. Additional details in Parameter Features.

When the called Station ID is enabled on the PPP tab (when your system is licensed), the SSID Name on the Test Configuration tab is mandatory (displayed in bold).

Tcl Parameter: SsidName

Wireless Network Access Type

Available in MME Nodal when Handoff Protocol = WiFi, VoLTE is enabled and AP Tunnel Type = None.

Available in Wifi Offload Gateway Nodal when SIP VoIP and Data IPSec are enabled and RF UEs/RF AP Emulation are not enabled.

Selected Wireless Network Access Type. MAC Address on AP-WAN node (from the Network Devices Tab) becomes mandatory. Per 3GPP - TS 24.229 Release 13.  

Options: IEEE 802.11 , IEEE 802.11a , IEEE 802.11b , IEEE 802.11g , IEEE 802.11n

Default: IEEE 802.11g

Tcl Parameter: ApNetworkAccessType

Radio Wifi AP MAC Address

Available in Wifi Offload Gateway Nodal when SIP VoIP and Data IPSec are enabled and RF UEs/RF AP Emulation are not enabled.

Available in MME Nodal for Inter Techology Mobility with Handoff Protocol = WiFi with "Tunnel Type" = None and VoLTE.

Enter a properly formatted MAC address. Rather than being a hardware MAC address, this is a SIP message header field (P-ANI Header in SIP REGISTER message) that requires a default. The default value that will be applied is "ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff"

Enter a MAC address with colon or dash delimiters.

Default: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Tcl Parameter: RadioWifiApMacAddr
Apply Test Data File to SSID

Select Apply Test Data File to SSID and then click Select... to choose the file that provisions the Access Point data.

See Applying Parameter ValuesApplying Parameter Values.

See Test Data Files for further explanation and sample files. If a sample is not found for the specific TDF, you can obtain a sample file from your Technical Support representative. You may also use the following options to select an existing TDF or create/edit TDF-CSV files (TDF-CSV Editor). 

For most TDF Parameters used for Applying Parameters, each row in the file is the overridden value for a different “Session”, aka a different UE. But some TDFs are done in other dimensions, like Bearers, eNodeBs, Subscribers (2 per UE sometimes) or even Hosts, etc. Tooltips on the TDF Parameter: 

Note that the “ID” is a unique ID. Please Provide the ID when reporting issues with a TDF. For TDFs that do not apply / override Parameters, but instead are just their own configuration or data or media files you won’t see TDF ID row details.

TIP: When including large files, please be aware of memory limitations, since the TDF Editor shares memory with the Client.

NOTE: The available TDF options vary. on the L3-7 | IPSec tab > IKE with RSA Settings you may only select the Certificate TDF from TAS (these are non-CSV TDFs).

In addition, where applicable, any rules for defining TDFs are included in specific Test Cases. (For example, In MME Node test case, see MME Node - Provisioning TDF.)

From the DMF Window, press Shift+Alt+A to display the  Save DMF as Tcl window. Click the Save to File button to save as Tcl file. See additional details on Using the Tcl API.

 

Select/Create a new TDF-CSV

Allows you to create a new TDF by entering a file name that doesn’t already exist or select an existing file by entering a file name that already exists.

Click to open the Select Existing or Create window.

  • Navigate to the relevant library/folder,

  • Enter the name of the file:

  • If the file name already exists, the file is selected and applied in the test case.

  • If the file name does not exist, a message displays that says you are creating a new TDF and the embedded TDF-CSV will be launched.

    • Click Yes to launch the TDF-CSV Editor and create/save the new TDF-CSV.

    • Click No to select a different file

NOTE: If you do not have permission to save in the selected library, an error displays when you try to create a new file.
TIP: You may also navigate to the relevant library/folder and select file, and click OK.

 

Upload a New TDF to TAS

Click to import a new TDF file from your local folder and select in the test Case (instead of having to go to TDF Admin).

  • Navigate to the file on your local folder and select.
  • Then navigate to the location (library) where you want to save it on the TAS. You may rename the file, if required.  

View Edit Selected TDF in TDF-CSV Editor

Available only when you have selected a TDF on TAS. Click to open the selected file in TDF-CSV Editor (in place, that is, within the Test Case).

Edit the file and save. You may also click Save As to save the edited TDF-CSV to a different library and also rename the file, if required.

NOTE: You may also select a TDF from a library to which you do not have write permissions, edit the file as required, and save (Save As) only to a different library with the same file name or a different name.

The only options available are Save As and Cancel.

Open Selected TDF in Standalone TDF-CSV Editor

Available only when you have selected a TDF on TAS. Select to retrieve the CSV file and open it in the stand alone TDF-CSV Editor.

Generate Stub TDF-CSV

TIP: Available only when a CSV specification has been defined for in the Test Case for the TDF widget ( View TDF Actions/Options Menu)

 

Opens an example context specific test data parametersexample context specific test data parameters, which you may save as a .CSV file or open in the TDF-CSV Editor.

 

Launch Standalone TDF-CSV Editor

Click to open a blank TDF-CSV Editor.

The Launch Standalone TDF-CSV editor options handles very large TDFs that may use too much Client memory if opened within the Test Case/in the embedded editor.  You may set the standalone TDF-CSV Editor memory high to edit large TDFs.

 

See example: wifi_offload_nodal_tdf.xlsx

Target SSID

Available in WOGW Nodal test case when Test Activity is Mobility and you select Inter SSID Mobility.

Number of SSIDs

Each test case supports multiple Target SSID and the maximum number depends on the number of initiating SSIDs and your test case licensed capacity.  The UEs get distributed to the SSIDs using a round robin mechanism.

Tcl Parameter: TgtNumSsid

Type

The SSID type is either Open or Closed.   

NOTE: An error displays if SSID Type and Target SSID Type are of different types.

 

  • Open: Indicates that SSID does not require authentication of the UE.  Authentication may still be performed when you select UE Authentication on the Mobile Subscriber pane.  

  • Closed: Indicates the SSID requires authentication of the UE, so authentication is performed regardless of whether you select  UE Authentication on the Mobile Subscriber pane.

Tcl Parameter: TgtSsidType

Target Wifi GW Starting Address

Indicates the starting destination address (IPv4/IPv6) the Target SSID uses for the GW.  The Wifi GW Address is automatically incremented for each SSID.

Tcl Parameter: TgtSsidAddr

VLAN Tag

The VLAN Tag specified in the Target SSID is added to the UE’s Ethernet header, which is encapsulated in the GRE messages.

SGW Nodal and Wifi Offload GW Nodal supports Q-in-Q VLAN (IEEE 802.1ad or 802.1Q) over the AP WAN Node interface when the AP Tunnel Type is None. The Inner VLAN Tag (IEEE 802.1ad or 802.1Q) allows multiple VLAN headers to be inserted into a single frame.

Tcl Parameter:

TgtInnerVlanTagEn

TgtVlanTagType

Inner VLAN Tag

Available when you select VLAN Tag. Select Inner VLAN Tag and enter the appropriate numerical value.

Range: 1 - 4095

Default: 1

VLAN Tag Type

Available when you select Inner VLAN Tag. Select the appropriate Ethertype value in the VLAN Tag.

  • 0x8100 Tcl value = 0  (default)
  • 0x88a8 Tcl value = 1
  • 0x9100 Tcl value = 2
NOTES:
  • The Inner Tag is the Tag is closest to the Payload portion of the frame, called C-TAG (Customer tag, with ethertype 0x8100 or 0x9100 (non-standard QinQ ethertype)).
  • The outer tag is the one closer/closest to the Ethernet header; its name is S-TAG (Service tag, ethertype 0x88a8).
  • Tag 1 is the outer tag; tag 2, the second tag, is the inner tag. The tag number has nothing to do with the order in which the tags were added, and so on. It is simply a convention.
  • For a single-tagged (802.1q) frame, that tag is designated tag 1 when mixed with 802.1ad tags.
  • In frames having more than one tag, the tags are numbered 1 to N, and appear sequentially and contiguously in the frame from Ethernet header to payload. In this case the innermost tag is the C-TAG and all other tags are S-TAGs.

Target SSID Name

A text string used as the SSID Name. Required when (Tunnel Type =  CAPWAP), or (Tunnel Type = GRE L2 with HTTP Control) or ( UE Authentication = RADIUS and Use [AP MAC:SSID] for Called Station ID on the AAA/Radius Tab is enabled).

Legacy auto-increment syntax, e.g. 'SSID#(2)_N' is supported. Additional details in Parameter Features.

When the called Station ID is enabled on the PPP tab (when your system is licensed), the SSID Name on the Test Configuration tab is mandatory (displayed in bold).

Tcl Parameter: TgtSsidName

 

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Failover Testing

Available in WOGW Nodal test case when AP Tunnel Type = CAPWAP and Failover Testing is enabled.

Second Wifi GW Starting Address

Enter the second Wifi GW starting address (IPv4/IPv6) when Failover Testing is enabled.

Tcl Parameter: SsidAddr2

Third Wifi GW Starting Address

Enter the third Wifi GW starting address (IPv4/IPv6) when Failover Testing is enabled.

Tcl Parameter: SsidAddr3

Target SSID

Second Target Wifi GW Starting Address

Available when Test Activity = Mobility and Inter SSID Mobility and Failover Testing are enabled. Enter the Second Target Wifi GW starting address (IPv4/IPv6).

Tcl Parameter: TgtSsidAddr2

Target SSID

Third Target Wifi GW Starting Address

Available when Test Activity = Mobility and Inter SSID Mobility and Failover Testing are enabled. Enter the Third Target Wifi GW starting address (IPv4/IPv6).

Tcl Parameter: TgtSsidAddr3

 

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