beamforming enable

Function

The beamforming enable command enables Beamforming.

The undo beamforming enable command disables Beamforming.

By default, Beamforming is disabled.

This configuration is valid only for APs of V200R019C00 and earlier versions.

Format

beamforming enable

undo beamforming enable

Parameters

None

Views

2G radio profile view, 5G radio profile view

Default Level

2: Configuration level

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

Beamforming is a signal processing technique that controls signal transmission direction, and transmission and reception of radio signals. The transmit end uses weight to transmit signals. The signals are transmitted to the destination as narrow beams. Beamforming increases the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for the destination device.

Precautions

If nodes on the WDS or Mesh network are fixed and distant from each other, enable Beamforming to increase WDS or Mesh link SNR. Mobile nodes may cause low link SNR in WDS or Mesh scenarios. To prevent this problem, disable Beamforming.

Table 1 describes the support of Huawei APs for beamforming.

**Table 1** Support of APs for Beamforming
AP Model	Explicit 802.11ac Beamforming	Explicit 802.11n Beamforming		Implicit Beamforming
AP Model	Explicit 802.11ac Beamforming	2.4 GHz	5 GHz	Implicit Beamforming
AP5030DN, AP5130DN, AP2030DN, AP2030DN-S, AP3030DN, AP4030DN, AP4130DN, AP3010DN-V2, AP5030DN-S, AP9131DN, AP9132DN, AD9430DN-12 (with R230D, R240D), AD9430DN-24 (with R230D, R240D), AD9431DN-24X (with R230D, R240D), AP4030DN-E, AP4030TN, AP430-E	N	Y For AP4030TN, only the radio 0 supports this feature.	N	N
AP8030DN, AP8130DN, AP1050DN-S	N	N	N	N
AD9430DN-12 (with R250D, R251D), AD9430DN-24 (with R250D, R251D, R450D, R251D-E and R250D-E), AD9431DN-24X (with R250D, R251D, R450D, R251D-E and R250D-E), AP2050DN, AP2050DN-S, AP2050DN-E, AP2051DN, AP2051DN-E, AP2051DN-S, AP2051DN-L-S, AP4050DN-E, AP4050DN-HD, AP5050DN-S, AP6050DN, AP6150DN, AP7050DN-E, AP7050DE, AP4050DN, AP4051DN, AP4050DN-S, AP4151DN, AP4051DN-S, AP8050DN, AP8150DN, AP8050DN-S, AP6052DN, AP7052DN, AP7152DN, AP7052DE, AP8050TN-HD, AP8082DN, AP8182DN, AP7060DN, AP3050DE, AP4050DE-M, AP4050DE-M-S, AP4050DE-B-S, AP4051TN, WA375DD-CE, AP5510-W-GP, AP6750-10T, AirEngine 5760-10	Y For AP2051DN-L-S, only the 2.4G frequency band supports this feature.	N	N	Y For AP2051DN-L-S, only the 2.4G frequency band supports this feature.
AP7030DE, AP9330DN	N	N	N	Y

Example

# Enable Beamforming.

<HUAWEI> system-view
[HUAWEI] wlan 
[HUAWEI-wlan-view] radio-2g-profile name default
[HUAWEI-wlan-radio-2g-prof-default] beamforming enable