URWB telemetry protocol provides real-time wireless network performance monitoring by sending structured UDP packets containing key metrics such as signal strength, latency, jitter, and packet loss.

The URWB telemetry protocol feature performs external monitoring of real-time wireless performance. This feature sends pre-defined, structured UDP packets at regular intervals, and these packets contain network metrics. Third-party and custom applications can use telemetry data. An application that receives this data can interpret it live or capture and process it later. The telemetry UDP packets includes:

signal strength and Link Error Rate,
latency,
jitter,
packet throughput,
number of transmissions and retransmissions,
modulation rate,
details of packet loss,
operating frequency of each radio, and
information about the events that record the network.

Configure URWB telemetry protocol using AP CLI

Enable or disable URWB telemetry protocol

Perform this task to manage the URWB telemetry export functionality on the device. Enabling or disabling the protocol ensures the telemetry export aligns with your network management requirements.

Procedure

Use the configure urwb telemetry export enable command to enable the URWB telemetry export.

Device#configure urwb telemetry export enable

Use the configure urwb telemetry export disable command to disable the URWB telemetry export.

Device#configure urwb telemetry export disable

Configure URWB telemetry server

Before you begin

Perform this task to configure the address and port number of the URWB telemetry server, ensuring successful communication between the device and the server.

Procedure

Use the configure urwb telemetry server address command to configure the server address.

Device#configure urwb telemetry server a.b.c.d

Use the configure urwb telemetry server address Port number command to configure port number of telemetry server.

Device#configure urwb telemetry server a.b.c.d 30000

Example:

Device#configure urwb telemetry server a.b.c.d <0-65535>

Example:

Device#configure urwb telemetry server 

  x.x.x.x  IP address of telemetry server (A.B.C.D) 

Device#configure urwb telemetry server a.b.c.d 

  <0-65535>  Port number of telemetry server (NUM) 

  <cr> 

Device#configure urwb telemetry server a.b.c.d 9 

  <cr>

Note

Port number valid range is from 0 to 65535.

Verify telemetry configuration

This task ensures that the telemetry configuration is correctly set up on the device, allowing for proper monitoring and reporting of telemetry data.

Procedure

Use the show urwb telemetry config command to view the telemetry configuration.

Example:

Device#show urwb telemetry config 

Telemetry export: disabled, current (live): disabled 

Telemetry server: 0.0.0.0 30000, current (live): 0.0.0.0 30000 

Telemetry level: default, current (live): default

Monitor URWB network information using Controller (GUI)

Complete these steps to monitor the URWB network information:

Procedure

	1.	Choose Monitoring > Wireless > URWB Monitoring to view the URWB network statistics. The URWB Network Topology page is displayed. The URWB Network Topology page displays a graphical representation of the network that includes AP nodes. The page also features the URWB Coordinator drop-down list. Note The Coordinator or mesh-end is responsible for collecting and sending the URWB network statistics to the controller.
	2.	From the URWB Coordinator drop-down list, select the coordinator AP Name to view the network topology graph associated with the selected coordinator. The page features the total number of APs connected, and the type of link used to connect to the AP nodes.
	3.	Click individual nodes or APs in the graph to view specific details, such as: Mesh ID AP Name IP Address Device Model AP Role Connected Devices Count Note The connections or links between APs could be either wired or wireless. Wireless links are represented in blue and wired links are represented in black.
	4.	Click the wireless link to view the Uplink and Downlink statistics for the link, such as: Throughput(Mbps) LER: Link Error Rate - Measurement of link errors PER: Packet Error Rate - Percentage of packets with errors RSSI: Received Signal Strength Indicator MCS \| Rate: Modulation and coding scheme The refresh interval for monitoring statistics is two seconds

Verify AP URWB information

To display the AP URWB information, use these commands:

Table 1. AP URWB commands and description
Show commands	Description
show ap name ap-name urwb coord-routes	Displays the URWB coordinator routes.
show ap name ap-name urwb fixed-links	Displays the URWB fixed links reported by the coordinator AP.
show ap name ap-name urwb mobility-links	Displays the URWB mobility links reported by the coordinator AP.
show ap name ap-name urwb network	Displays the URWB network nodes reported by the coordinator AP.
show ap name ap-name wireless-stats	Displays the URWB wireless link statistics reported by the coordinator AP.

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