RELEASE NOTES

ePMP

System Release 5.4.1

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Contents
Contents 3

General Information 4
Version information 4

ePMP System Release 5.4.1 Information 5

Introduction 5

Features description 5

MU-MIMO in WLR mode 5

Problems Corrected, Known Issues or Limitations 7

Problems corrected 7

Known issues or limitations 8

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General Information
Version information
The following table shows the issue status of this document since it was first released:

Document version Date of issue System Release

000v006 July 2022 4.7

001V001 October 2022 4.7 Beta

001V002 October 2022 5.3

001V003 November 2022 4.7

001V004 February 2023 5.4.1 Beta

001V005 February 2023 4.7.01 Beta

001V006 March 2023 4.7.0.1-RC7 Beta S2

001V007 March 2023 4.7.0.1

001V008 June 2023 5.4.1-RC15 Beta

001V010 July 2023 5.4.1

General Information 4
ePMP System Release 5.4.1 Information
Introduction
This document provides information about the new features, additional enhancements, problems
corrected, and known issues in System Release 5.4.1.

This chapter contains the following sections:

l Features description

l Problems Corrected, Known Issues or Limitations

Features description
The following are the new features introduced in System Release 5.4.1:

l MU-MIMO in WLR mode

l ETSI DFS channels are opened for ePMP4500

MU-MIMO in WLR mode

MU-MIMO (Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output) technology is used for wireless networks which
enables multiple Subscriber Modules (SM) to receive data simultaneously from a single Access Point
(AP). It works by allowing an AP to transmit data to multiple SMs at the same time using different spatial
streams, each of which corresponds to a different antenna on the AP. This allows for greater throughput
and better efficiency in the use of wireless network resources. It enables multiple SMs to receive data at
the same time without waiting for their turn.

MU-MIMO uses a beamforming technique to direct the transmission of data to specific clients, which
helps to minimize interference and improve network efficiency. By steering the transmission to specific
SMs, the AP can reduce the amount of interference caused by overlapping signals from nearby APs or
other sources of interference. This results in a cleaner signal and better network performance.

MU-MIMO is disabled by default and is marked with Beta Quality sign in UI.

Enabling MU-MIMO can lead to significant throughput increment (upto double), but it depends on
number of SMs in the sector, distance to an AP and angle diversity.

The grouping mechanism is not fully optimized in 5.4.1 firmware and further improvements are upcoming
along with MU-MIMO statistics and indicators that are well known from ePMP 3000.

ePMP System Release 5.4.1 Information 5

 Figure 1: Enabling the MU-MIMO

The same option is available from json template in cnMaestro:

"template_props": {

"templateName": "",

"templateDescription": "",

"device_type": "",

"version": "5.4.1-RC3"

},

"device_props": {

"wlrMUMIMOEnable": "0",

The following is the CLI configuration:

E6K_4x4_f00915>config set wlrMUMIMOEnable 1
E6K_4x4_f00915>config commit

The following is the SNMP parameter to enable/disable MU-MIMO:

wlrMUMIMOEnable OBJECT-TYPE

SYNTAX Integer32(0|1)
MAX-ACCESS read-write
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION "Control parameter of MU-MIMO in WLR mode:
0 - MU-MIMO is off
1 - MU-MIMO is on
Applicable for: AX devices in WLR mode
Device Allocation: AP"

DEFVAL { 0 }
::= { wlr 1 }

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Problems Corrected, Known Issues or Limitations
Problems corrected
Problems corrected in System Release 5.4.1 are listed below:

Table 1: Problems corrected in System Release 5.4.1

Tracking ID Products Description

AXG-5714 All PPPoE traffic was not passing through the link when DPI was enabled
on AP.

AXG-5747 All Tx Power on SM could be 3-4 dBm which is lower than expected.

AXG-5788 All DHCP server configured on ePMP device did not respond to DHCP
Discovery requests.

AXG-5824 All Ethernet Port disable/enable option was not working.

AXG-5911 All When a RADAR was detected on SM side, FCC SM was getting
disconnected from AP.

AXG-5934 All Significant performance degradation was noticed when DPI(Deep

Packet Inspection) was enabled.

AXG-6103 All The MU-MIMO gain could not be achieved with TCP or UDP bi-
directional traffic.

AXG-6149 All Traffic was passing to only one SM when Wireless Link Test started to
two SMs.

AXG-6199 All Ping Tool was not working.

AXG-6200 All Traceroute Tool was not working.

AXG-6324 All Channel bandwidth was disrespected after RADAR detection and
switching to the alternate channel.

AXG-6381 Force Error appeared during the software upgrade through URL on Force
4525L 4525L.

AXG-6386 All MAC-Telnet feature was disabled by default.

AXG-6404 All If more than four SMs were connected and MU-MIMO was disabled,
then the total throughput over AP was fluctuating significantly.

AXG-6463 All There was a packet loss in SM on the receiver side if ePMP Force 4626
operates as an AP with the maximal Tx power.

AXG-6520 All Subscriber Module (SM) in WLR mode did not obtain IP address from
DHCP server after a lease time expires.

AXG-6624 All DHCP option 82 did not operate in ePTP mode.

AXG-6660 All The SMs were disconnecting from AP under high load and if the MU-
MIMO was enabled.

AXG-6829 All All ePMP ac/ax Subscriber Module platforms are restricted to be used
in AP PMP role for the following SKUs:

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Tracking ID Products Description

l 53504 - 5 GHz Force 425 (ROW)

l 53505 - 5 GHz Force 400C (ROW)

l 53512 - 5 GHz Force 425 (FCC)

l 53513 - 5 GHz Force 400C (FCC)

l 53520 - 6 GHz Force 4600C (ROW/FCC)

l 53536 - 5 GHz Force 4516 (ROW)

l 53537 - 5 GHz Force 4525 (ROW)

l 53538 - 5 GHz Force 4525L (ROW)

l 53544 - 5 GHz Force 4516 (FCC)

l 53545 - 5 GHz Force 4525 (FCC)

l 53552 - 6 GHz Force 4616 (ROW)

l 53553 - 6 GHz Force 4625 (ROW)

l 53560 - 6 GHz Force 4616 USB GPS Radio (FCC)

l 53561 - 6 GHz Force 4625 USB GPS Radio (FCC)

AXG-6843 All When DPI was enabled, a significant throughput degradation was
observed.

AXG-6885 All Access Points (AP) UIs were not working if more than 25 Subscriber
Modules (SM) were connected in WLR mode.

Known issues or limitations

Limitation
l NAT mode on SMs does not operate when SM is connected through SFP+ port.

l ePMP Force 4525 and ePMP Force 4525L are not accessible from Ethernet interface if the devices
are switched to Spectrum Analyzer mode and the scanning is in progress. The access is restored
after the scanning is complete.

ePMP System Release 5.4.1 Information 8

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