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Cisco Mobility Services Advertisement Protocol (MSAP) provides requirements for MSAP clients and servers and describes the message exchanges between them. Mobile devices can retrieve service advertisements from an MSAP server over Wi-Fi infrastructure using MSAP. MSAP is introduced in this release of the mobility services engine (MSE) and provides server functionality.
MSAP is used by the mobile devices that have been configured with a set of policies for establishing network connectivity. MSAP facilitates mobile devices to discover network-based services available in a local network or services that are enabled through service providers. MSAP provides service advertisements that describe available services to mobile devices. Once the mobile device receives the service advertisements, it displays their icon and data on its user interface. You can launch the advertised service by clicking the displayed icon.
Note The MSAP is available only in the root virtual domain from 7.3 Release.
This chapter contains the following sections:
•Provisioning MSAP Service Advertisements
•Deleting Service Advertisements
•Applying Service Advertisements to a Venue
•Viewing the Configured Service Advertisements per MSE
•Viewing the MSE Summary Page for MSAP License Information
•Viewing Service Advertisements Synchronization Status
The MSAP license is based on the number of service advertisements supported by the MSE. There is only an evaluation license available for MSAP with a limit of 1000 service advertisement clicks.
To add new MSAP advertisements, follow these steps:
Note The Services > MSAP page is available only in root virtual domain.
Step 1 Choose Services > MSAP.
Step 2 From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Add Service Advertisements, and click Go.
The Service Advertisement Details page appears.
Step 3 Enter the service provider name in the Provider Name text box. This is the name of the provider who wants to provide advertisements to the client.
Step 4 Select an icon that is associated with the service provider by clicking Choose File. This is the icon that is displayed on the client handset.
Note You can also apply service advertisements to a venue by choosing Services > MASP. See the "Applying Service Advertisements to a Venue" section for more information on how to apply service advertisements.
Step 5 Click Add Venue to specify at which venues you want the advertisements to be broadcasted.
The Add/Edit Venue page appears.
Step 6 Enter the venue name in the Venue Name text box.
Step 7 From the Area Type drop-down list, choose the area type where you want to display the service advertisements. The possible values are Floor Area and Outdoor area.
Step 8 From the Campus drop-down list, choose the campus name where you want to display the service advertisements.
Step 9 From the Building drop-down list, choose the building name where you want the advertisements to appear.
Step 10 From the Floor drop-down list, choose the floor type.
Note Depending on what floor you choose, the information in the Display near selected APs information changes.
Step 11 From the Coverage area drop-down list, choose the coverage area with the floor.
Step 12 From the SSID drop-down list, choose the SSIDs on which you want to broadcast the service advertisements. You can choose multiple SSIDs.
Step 13 Select the Display Rule radio button. You can select either the Display everywhere or Display near selected APs radio button. By default, Display everywhere is selected.
If you select Display everywhere, then it searches for all the MSAP-supported controllers that provide these SSIDs and assigns these controllers to the MSE.
If you select Display near selected APs, then you can configure the following parameters:
•AP—Select those APs on which you want the advertisements to broadcast.
•Radio—Select the radio frequency on which you want the advertisements to be broadcasted. The service advertisement is displayed when the mobile device is near the radio band that you have selected. The possible values are 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz.
•min RSSI—Enter a value for RSSI at which you want the service advertisements to be displayed on the user interface.
Step 14 Click Save to add the venue. The venue is added to the list of venues in the Service Advertisement Details page.
Step 15 Click Add Advertisement.
The Add/Edit Advertisement page appears.
Step 16 From the Advertisement Type drop-down list, choose the type of advertisement you want to display.
Step 17 Enter the name that you want to display on the handset in the Friendly Name text box.
Step 18 Enter the service description in the Friendly Description text box.
Step 19 Enter the URL for each type of handset. The URL identifies the location at which the service can be retrieved. You can add multiple URLs by clicking Add More URL.
Step 20 Click Save. This information is applied to the MSE and the synchronization happens automatically.
To add service advertisements to a coverage area within the floor map, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose Monitor > Site Maps.
The Site Maps page is displayed.
Step 2 Choose the appropriate floor location link from the list.
A map appears showing the placement of all installed access points, client, and tags and their relative signal strength.
Step 3 Click on Services icon on the floor map page.
The Venue dialog box to associate service advertisement to that particular venue is displayed.
Step 4 Click on Show/Associate Services link to open the Add/Edit MSAP Services.
The list of all the available service advertisements are displayed and you can associate service advertisements by selecting them.
Step 5 To associate a service advertisement, you can do the following:
•You can select an advertisement by filtering based on either provider name or friendly name by selecting them from the Filter By drop down list.
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•You can click on Associate check box to associate that particular service advertisement.
Step 6 Click OK.
To create service advertisements from the floor map, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose Monitor > Site Maps.
The Site Maps page is displayed.
Step 2 Choose the appropriate floor location link from the list.
A map appears showing the placement of all installed access points, client, and tags and their relative signal strength.
Step 3 Click on Services icon on the floor map page.
The Venue dialog box to associate service advertisement to that particular venue is displayed.
Step 4 Click on Show/Associate Services link to open the Add/Edit MSAP Services.
The list of all the available service advertisements are displayed and you can associate service advertisements by selecting them.
Step 5 Click Create MSAP Service to create service advertisements.
It redirects you to Service > MSAP > Add Service Advertisements page.
Step 6 Follow steps given in Provisioning MSAP Service Advertisements to create service advertisements.
To delete a service advertisement, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose Services > MSAP.
The MSAP page appears.
Step 2 Select the check box of the service advertisement that you want to delete.
Step 3 From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Delete Service Advertisement, and click Go, or Click Delete in the MSAP page.
Step 4 Click OK to confirm the deletion.
To apply service advertisements to a venue, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose Services > MSAP.
Step 2 Select the check box of the service advertisement that you to apply to a venue.
Step 3 From the Select a command drop-down list, choose Apply to Venue(s).
Step 4 Click Go.
Step 5 Follow Step 6 through Step 14 in the "Provisioning MSAP Service Advertisements" section.
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Click Apply to Venues in the MSAP page and follow Step 6 through Step 14 in the "Provisioning MSAP Service Advertisements" section.
To view the configured service advertisements per MSE, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose Services > Mobility Services Engine.
Step 2 Click Device Name to view its properties.
The General Properties page appears.
Step 3 Choose MSAP Service > Advertisements from the left sidebar menu.
The following information appears in the MSAP Service page:
•Icon—Displays an icon associated with the service provider.
•Provide Name—Displays the service providers name.
•Venue Name—Displays the venue name.
•Advertisements
–Friendly Name—Friendly name that is displayed on the handset.
–Advertisement Type—Type of advertisement that is displayed on the handset.
To view MSAP statistics, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose Services > Mobility Services Engine.
Step 2 Click Device Name to view its properties.
The General Properties page appears.
Step 3 Choose MSAP Service > Statistics from the left sidebar menu.
The following information appears in the MSAP Service page:
•Top 5 Active Mobile MAC addresses—Displays information about the most active mobiles in a given venue.
•Top 5 Service URIs—Displays information about the usage of the services across a given venue or provider.
For more information about MSE licensing, see the Mobility Services Engine (MSE) License Summary section in the Cisco Prime Infrastructure Configuration Guide.
To view service advertisements synchronization status, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose Services > Synchronize Services.
Step 2 Choose Service Advertisements from the left sidebar menu. The following information appears in the Service Advertisements page.
•Provider Name—Shows the name of the service provider.
•Service—Shows the type of service that a particular advertisement is using.
•MSE—Shows whether the service advertisement is synchronized with the MSE or not.
•Sync Status—Shows the synchronization status. A green two-arrow icon indicates that its corresponding element is synchronized with the given server such as MSE. A gray two-arrow icon with a red circle indicates that its corresponding item is not synchronized with a given server.
•Message—Shows any message related to the advertisement synchronization failure.
This section describes how to create the MSAP reports and contains the following topics:
Click Mobile MAC Statistics from the Report Launch Pad to open the Mobile MAC Statistics Reports page. In this page, you can enable, disable, delete, or run currently saved report templates.
To create a new report, click New in the Report Launch Pad page or in the Mobile MAC Statistics Reports page. See the "Configuring a Mobile MAC Statistics Report" section for more information.
This section describes how to configure an Mobile MAC Statistics report.
Settings
•Report Title—If you want to save this report template, enter a report name.
•Report by
–Mobile MAC by MSAP Server—Choose this option if you want to generate a report on mobile MACs based on MSAP servers.
–Mobile MAC by Venue—Choose this option if you want to generate a report on mobile MACs based on venue.
•Report Criteria—The report criteria differs based on the Report By option selected. Click Edit and choose the required filter criteria.
Note In the Report Criteria page, click Select to confirm your filter criteria or Close to return to the previous page.
•Reporting Period
–Last—Select the Last radio button and choose a period of time from the drop-down list.
–From—Select the From radio button and enter the From and To dates and times. You can type a date in the text box, or click the calendar icon to choose a date. Choose the hours and minutes from the drop-down lists.
Note The reporting period is based on the alarm last seen time. The times are in the UTC time zone.
Note Fixed columns appear in blue font and cannot be moved to the Available columns.
The Mobile MAC Statistics report results contain the following:
•Mobile MAC
•Click Count
Note This report provides Most Active Mobile MACs based on click count by MSE and/or by venue. If multiple MSEs are selected, top Mobile MACs are grouped by each MSE in the selected sorting order.
Click Service URI Statistics in the Report Launch Pad page to open the Service URI Statistics Reports page. In this page, you can enable, disable, delete, or run currently saved report templates.
To create a new report, click New from the Report Launch Pad or from the Mobile MAC Statistics Reports page. See the "Configuring a Service URI Statistics Report" section for more information.
This section describes how to configure an Service URI Statistics report.
Settings
•Report Title—If you plan to save this report template, enter a report name.
•Report by
–Service URI by MSAP Server—Choose this option if you want to generate a report on mobile MACs based on MSAP servers.
–Service URI by Venue—Choose this option if you want to generate a report on the Service URIs based on Venue.
–Service URI by Mobile MAC—Choose this option if you want to generate a report on the Service URIs based on Mobile MAC.
–Service URI by Provider—Choose this option if you want to generate a report on the Service URIs based on Provider.
•Report Criteria—The report criteria differs based on the Report By option selected. Click Edit and choose the required filter criteria.
Note In the Report Criteria page, click Select to confirm your filter criteria or Close to return to the previous page.
•Reporting Period
–Last—Select the Last radio button and choose a period of time from the drop-down list.
–From—Select the From radio button and enter the From and To dates and times. You can type a date in the text box, or click the calendar icon to choose a date. Choose the hours and minutes from the drop-down lists.
Note The reporting period is based on the alarm last seen time. The times are in the UTC time zone.
Note Fixed columns appear in blue font and cannot be moved to the Available columns.
The Service URI Statistics report results contain the following:
•Service URI
•Mobile MAC
•Click Count
•This report provides Top Service URIs based on click count by MSE and/or by venue. If the multiple MSEs are selected, top Service URIs are grouped by each MSE in the selected sorting order.