Step 1

Choose Configuration > Wireless > Media Stream.

Step 2

In the General tab, check the Multicast Direct Enable check box.

Step 3

In the Session Message Config section, check the Session Announcement State check box to enable the session announcement mechanism. The wireless controller applies the new general parameters for media streaming, and and notifies clients.

Step 4

In the Session Announcement URL field, enter the URL where the client can find more information when an error occurs during the multicast media stream transmission.

Step 5

In the Session Announcement Email field, enter the email address that users can contact for assistance.

Step 6

In the Session Announcement Phone field, enter a phone number that users can call for assistance.

Step 7

In the Session Announcement Note field, enter the reason why a client cannot be served with a multicast media.

Step 8

Click Apply.

Step 1

Enter global configuration mode.

Device# configure terminal

Step 2

Enable multicast for wireless forwarding.

Device(config)# wireless multicast

Step 3

Enable IGMP snooping for each VLAN. If the global setting is disabled, all VLANs are considered disabled, regardless of their individual settings.

Device(config)# ip igmp snooping

Step 4

Enable a snooping querier on an interface when there is no multicast router in the VLAN to generate queries.

Device(config)#ip igmp snooping querier

Step 5

Configure the global multicast-direct on the controller.

Device(config)# wireless media-stream multicast-direct

Step 6

Configure the message configuration parameters, such as phone number, URL, email address, and notes.

Device(config)# wireless media-stream message

Step 7

Configure each media stream and its parameters, such as expected multicast destination addresses, stream bandwidth consumption, and stream priority parameters.

Device(config)# wireless media-stream group grp-name startIp endIp					

Step 8

Return to privileged EXEC mode. Alternatively, you can also press Ctrl-Z to exit global configuration mode.

Device(config)# end

Step 1

Enter global configuration mode.

Device# configure terminal

Step 2

Configure whether media stream (multicast to unicast) is allowed for the 802.11 band.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} media-stream multicast-direct

Step 3

(Optional) Configure the redirection of unicast video traffic to the best-effort queue.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} media-stream video-redirect

Step 4

Configure the media stream to be sent through the best-effort queue if that media stream cannot be prioritized due to bandwidth-availability limitations.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} media-stream multicast-direct admission-besteffort

Step 5

Configure the maximum number of media streams allowed per client.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} media-stream multicast-direct client-max value

Step 6

Configure the maximum number of radio streams.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} media-stream multicast-direct radio-maximum value

Step 7

Configure maximum media (voice and video) bandwidth as a percentage.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} cac multimedia max-bandwidth bandwidth

Step 8

Configure the minimum PHY rate needed for a client to send a media stream as unicast. If a client communicates below this rate, it will not receive the media stream as a unicast flow.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} cac media-stream multicast-direct min_client_rate dot11_rate

Step 9

Configure Call Admission Control (CAC) parameters for the media stream access category.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} cac media-stream

Step 10

Configure CAC parameters for media access category used for voice and video.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} cac multimedia

Step 11

Configure CAC parameters for voice access category.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} cac voice

Step 12

Return to privileged EXEC mode. Alternatively, you can also press Ctrl-Z to exit global configuration mode.

Device(config)# end 

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Wireless > WLANs > Wireless Networks.

Step 2

Select a WLAN to view the Edit WLAN window.

Step 3

Click the Advanced tab.

Step 4

Check the Media Stream Multicast-Direct check box to enable the feature.

Step 5

Click Update & Apply to Device.

Step 1

Enter global configuration mode.

Device# configure terminal

Step 2

Enter WLAN configuration mode.

Device(config)# wlan wlan_name

Step 3

Disable WLAN for configuring its parameters.

Device(config-wlan)# shutdown

Step 4

Configure the multicast-direct media stream for the WLAN.

Device(config)# media-stream multicast-direct

Step 5

Enable the WLAN.

Device(config-wlan)# no shutdown

Step 6

Return to privileged EXEC mode. Alternatively, you can also press Ctrl-Z to exit global configuration mode.

Device(config)# end

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Wireless > Media Stream.

Step 2

Click the Streams tab.

Step 3

Check the check box next to the stream name you want to delete.

Step 4

Click Delete.

Step 5

Click Yes in the confirmation window to delete the media stream.

Step 1

Enter global configuration mode.

Device# configure terminal

Step 2

Delete the media stream identified by the command.

Device(config)# no wireless media-stream group media_stream_name

Step 3

Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Device(config)# end

Step 1

Enter global configuration mode.

Device# configure terminal

Step 2

Configure each media stream and set parameters such as multicast destination addresses, bandwidth consumption, and priority.

Device(config)# wireless media-stream group groupName startIpAddr endIpAddr

Step 3

Configure the average packet size.

Device(media-stream)# avg-packet-size packetsize

Step 4

Configure the maximum expected stream bandwidth, in Kbps.

Device(media-stream)# max-bandwidth bandwidth

Step 5

Configure the media stream admission policy.

Device(media-stream)# policy {admit | deny}

Step 6

Configure the over-the-air QoS class as "video".

Device(media-stream)# qos video 

Step 7

Configure the violation mode.

Device(media-stream)# violation {drop | fallback}

Step 8

Configure Resource Reservation Control (RRC) re-evaluation admission to provide initial or periodic admission evaluation. This process occurs at intervals of 2, 4, 8, or more seconds.

Device(media-stream)# rrc-evaluation {initial | periodic}

Step 9

Set the priority value. The valid range is 1 to 8, where 1 is the lowest.

Device(media-stream)# priority priority-value

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Tags & Profiles > WLANs.

Step 2

On the WLANs page, click the name of the WLAN or click Add to create a new one.

Step 3

In the Add/Edit WLAN window that is displayed, click the Advanced tab.

Step 4

Check the Enabling a Media Stream for each WLAN check box to enable the media stream on the WLAN.

Step 5

Save the configuration.

Step 1

Enter global configuration mode.

Device# configure terminal

Step 2

Enter WLAN configuration mode.

Device(config)# wlan wlan-name

Step 3

Disable the WLAN for configuring its parameters.

Device(config-wlan)# shutdown

Step 4

Configure multicast-direct for the WLAN.

Device(config-wlan)# media-stream multicast-direct

Step 5

Enable the WLAN.

Device(config-wlan)# no shutdown

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Wireless > Media Stream.

Step 2

Check the Multicast Direct Enable check box to enable multicast direct globally on the local mode.

Step 3

In the Session Message Config section, enter values for these parameters:

Step 4

Save the configuration.

Step 1

Enter global configuration mode.

Device# configure terminal

Step 2

Configure various message configuration parameters, such as phone, URL, email, and notes.

Device(config)# wireless media-stream message {url url | email email-address | phone phone-number | notes notes}

Step 3

Enable multicast direct globally for local mode.

Device(config)# wireless media-stream multicast-direct

Step 4

Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Device(config)# exit

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Wireless > Media Stream.

Step 2

Check the Media Stream Admission Control (ACM) check box to enable multicast direct admission control.

Step 3

In the Maximum Media Stream RF bandwidth (%) field, enter the percentage of maximum bandwidth for media applications on this radio band. The valid range is 5 to 85. If your client reaches the specified value, new calls on this radio band are rejected.

Step 4

In the Maximum Media Bandwidth (%) field, enter the bandwidth. The valid range is 5 percent to 85 percent.

Step 5

From the Client Minimum Phy Rate drop-down list, select the minimum transmission data rate in kilobits per second that the client can use. If the transmission data rate is below the physical rate, video does not start or your client is classified as a bad client. The system then demotes the video for better effort quality of service (QoS) or denies it.

Step 6

In the Maximum Retry Percent (%) field, enter the percentage of maximum retries that are allowed. The default value is 80. If the value exceeds 80, video does not start or your client might be classified as a bad client. The system can demote the video for better effort QoS or deny it.

Step 7

Click Apply.

Step 1

Enter global configuration mode.

Device# configure terminal

Step 2

Disable the 802.11 network.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz } shutdown

Step 3

Configure the redirection of the unicast video traffic to the best effort queue.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} media-stream video-redirect

Step 4

Enable admission control on the media-stream access category.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} cac media-stream acm 

Step 5

Configure the maximum media bandwidth, in percent.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} cac media-stream max-bandwidth bandwidth

Step 6

Configure the maximum bandwidth allocated for media to Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) clients.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} cac multimedia max-bandwidth bandwidth

Step 7

Configure the minimum PHY rate needed for a client to receive media stream as unicast.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} cac media-stream multicast-direct min-client-rate dot11Rate

Step 8

Configure the maximum retry percent CAC parameter for multicast-direct streams.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} cac media-stream multicast-direct max-retry-percent retryPercent

Step 9

Configure the maximum number of radio streams.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} media-stream multicast-direct radio-maximum value

Step 10

Configure the maximum number of allowed media streams for each client.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} media-stream multicast-direct client-maximum value

Step 11

Configure the media stream so that it is sent through the best effort queue if it cannot be prioritized due to limited bandwidth.

Device(config)# ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} media-stream multicast-direct admission-besteffort

Step 12

Enable the 802.11 network.

Device(config)# no ap dot11 {24ghz | 5ghz} shutdown