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INTEROPERABILITY REPORT
Alcatel-Lucent OT8118/8128
Hewlett-Packard Unified WLAN Controllers & 425/430/460/466
Access Points
HP version 3507P26
Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8 version 5.1.30

8AL90479USAB Ed.01
September 2014

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TABLE OF CONTENT:

INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................3 
About Alcatel-Lucent................................................................................................................. 3 
Hewlett-Packard ....................................................................................................................... 3 
SITE INFORMATION ....................................................................................................................4 
Test Topology ........................................................................................................................... 4 
SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................5 
Known Issues ........................................................................................................................... 6 
Compatibility Information .......................................................................................................... 6 
General conclusion ................................................................................................................... 6 
TEST RESULTS............................................................................................................................7 
Alcatel-Lucent WLAN Infrastructure Verification – VoWiFi ....................................................... 7 
Test Areas ................................................................................................................................ 8 
APPENDIX A: TEST CONFIGURATIONS ....................................................................................9 
Hewlett-Packard 830 Unified Wired-WLAN Switch and AP 425/430/460 Access Points ......... 9 
Wireless Service/Access Service .......................................................................................... 9 
Setting up WPA2-Enterprise/802.1X ................................................................................... 11 
Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8 ........................................................................................................... 13 
APPENDIX B: DETAILED TEST RECORDS ..............................................................................16 

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INTRODUCTION

This interoperability report describes test results and optimal configuration of the Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8
handset in a HP WLAN environment.

The document should be used in conjunction with configuration guide(s) from HP and Alcatel-Lucent.

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.

Hewlett-Packard

About HP:

HP (NYSE: HPQ) creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people,
businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a
portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve
customer problems.

More information about HP Networking solutions is available at www.hp.com/go/networking.

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SITE INFORMATION

Test Site(s): Ascom Wireless HQ

Gothenburg
Sweden

Participant(s):

Henric Chronholm (Ascom HQ, SE)

Mark Nolin (Hewlett-Packard, Littleton US)

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Test Topology

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SUMMARY

Hewlett-Packard 830 Unified Wired-WLAN Switch and AP 425/460 Access Points

WLAN Controller Features

High Level Functionality Result
Association, Open with No Encryption OK
Association, WPA-PSK, TKIP Not tested
Association, WPA2-PSK, AES Encryption OK
Association, PEAP-MSCHAPv2 Auth., AES Encryption OK
Association with EAP-TLS 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*
802.11 Power-save OK
802.11e U-APSD OK
Active Mode (load test) OK
802.11e U-APSD (load test) OK

*) Enabled by default

Roaming
High Level Functionality Result
Roaming, Open with No Encryption OK
Roaming, WPA-PSK, TKIP Encryption Not tested
Roaming, WPA2-PSK, AES Encryption OK
Roaming, PEAP-MSCHAPv2 Auth, AES Encryption OK

Approximate handover times observed during validation: OPEN 20-25ms, WPA2-PSK/AES 37-55ms and
PEAP-MSCHAPv2/AES 28-35ms.

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Known Issues

 The controller frequently send unannounced data to the handset in power save mode resulting in
retransmissions, lowered transmission rates and throughput. No problem from an end user
perspective was noticed due to this in the test environment. Unclear what effect it will have in a
customer system with high load.

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

Compatibility Information

Validation at Ascom HQ in Gothenburg was carried out in an environment involving a HP830 Unified
Wired WLAN Switch that ran software version 3507P26 and 425/460 access points. As a result, this
report is applicable to controllers on the same software version and access points incorporating the same
radio chips.

The following HP hardware is supported:

Compatible Controllers
HP 830 Wired-WLAN Switch Series
HP 850 Wired-WLAN Appliance Series
HP 870 Wired-WLAN Appliance Series
HP WX500x Access Controller Series
HP 10500/7500 20G Unified Wires-WLAN module

Compatible Access Points

MSM 425
MSM 430
MSM 460
MSM 466/466-R

General conclusion

With the exception of listed “Known Issues”, all verified test areas, such as authentication, association,
handover and load tests, produced good results. The roaming experience, no matter whether employing
PSK and 802.1X, was fully acceptable from the user perspective.

As mentioned, the outcomes of load tests were satisfactory. In both active and U-APSD modes, it was
possible to maintain twelve simultaneous calls per AP without any noticeable deterioration of voice
quality. This number was not imposed by a limitation of capacity, but rather phones available at the time
of testing. Keep in mind that a baseline of ten calls per AP is quite adequate for most deployments.

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TEST RESULTS

Alcatel-Lucent WLAN Infrastructure Verification – VoWiFi

Software Versions:
 HP software v 3507P26
 Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8 v 5.1.30 or later

Configuration of WLAN System:

 Beacon Interval: 100TU (TU = 1,024 microseconds)
 DTIM Period: 5
 802.11g/n: Channel(s) 1, 6
 802.11a/n: Channel(s) 36, 40
 WMM/ U-APSD Enabled
 802.11d Regulatory Domain: SE

Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8 Configuration:

 World Mode Regulatory Domain set to World mode (802.11d)
 IP DSCP for Voice: 0x2E (46) – Expedited Forwarding 46
 IP DSCP for Signaling: 0x1A (26) – Assured Forwarding 31
 Transmit Gratuitous ARP: Enable
 Roaming Methodology: 802.11 Roaming

Note: Security options, RF 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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Test Areas

Association and Authentication: 100% pass 5/5

 WPA-PSK not tested

 Controller also supports DFS channels in 802.11 a/n mode (see Alcatel-Lucents guidelines
on p. 19)
 FreeRadius used in cases where an authentication server was needed

Power Save and QoS: 100 % pass 4/4

 DSCP for voice set to EF46
 WMM must be configured appropriately on controller (see “Appendix A”)

“Performance”: 100% pass 5/5

 12 active calls per single radio verified in active and U-APSD mode
 Load tests done with actual FTP file transfers to/from FTP server on the wireless LAN; no
noticeable deterioration of voice quality

Roaming and Handover Times: 100% pass 4/4

 Pre-Authentication not supported

 WPA-PSK not tested

Battery Lifetime: 100% pass 3/3

 >80hrs in idle mode

 >3hrs in-call in active mode
 >13hrs in-call in U-APSD mode

Stability: 100% pass 2/2

 Stable call for the duration of >60hrs in active mode

 Stable call for the duration of >60hrs in U-APSD mode

802.11n features: 100% Pass (2/2

 Channel bonding in 802.11b/g/n mode is not recommended by Alcatel-Lucent.

 A-MSDU/A-MPDU not tested

Please keep in mind that metrics do not account for “see comments” and “untested” cases.

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APPENDIX A: TEST CONFIGURATIONS

Hewlett-Packard 830 Unified Wired-WLAN Switch and AP 425/430/460 Access

Points

In the following appendix, you will find screenshots and explanations of basic settings in order to get the
HP solution operational with Alcatel-Lucents handset.

Configuration files are found at the end of each section.

Wireless Service/Access Service

Radio/Rate

The screen shots above serve as a baseline for ESSID settings with WPA2-PSK security and data rates
used during the test.

- Beacon interval set to 100TU and DTIM to 5 unless otherwise stated in the test case.

Note: Please see Alcatel-Lucent’s guidelines on p. 14 prior to deploying OT81x8 handsets in an

802.11a/n environment.

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 - Make sure that the ESSID is assigned to the appropriate radio

QoS /Wireless QoS

- Make sure that WMM is enabled

On the test system CLI command “qos trust dscp” needed to be set on Gigabit interface 1+2 and “qos
trust dot1p” on the wlan-ess interfaces to achieve correct QoS.

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Setting up WPA2-Enterprise/802.1X

- Add name and authentication/accounting key matching radius server setting

- Insert Radius IP address

Note: Both root and client certificates are required for TLS. Otherwise, only the root certificate will suffice.

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 - Configure the used Access service to use 802.1x and the set Radius profile

Please refer to HP’s documentation for additional guidance and explanations of settings in the
web GUI.

HP830 Configuration:

HP830_config.zip

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Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8

The table above summarizes the ALU OT81x8 settings using WPA2-PSK.

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Network settings for .1X authentication (PEAP-MSCHAPv2)

802.1X Authentication requires a root certificate to be uploaded to the phone by “right clicking” - > Edit
certificates. EAP-TLS will require both a root and a client certificate.

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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.

General guidelines when deploying Alcatel-Lucent OT81x8 handsets (SW version 3.4.6 or later) in
802.11a/n 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. Hence Alcatel-Lucent recommends avoiding the use of
DFS channels in VoWIFI deployments.

*) Dynamic Frequency Selection (radar detection)

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APPENDIX B: DETAILED TEST RECORDS

WLANinteroperabilityTestReport_HP_141007.zip
(See attached file ”WLANinteroperabilityTestReport_HP_141007.xls”)

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Document History

Rev Date Author Description

PA1 2014-10-07 SEHC Initial draft for review
PA2 2014-10-14 SEKMO Minor corrections after internal review
R1 2014-10-27 SEKMO Document approved. Rev 1

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