# Juniper Mist RF & RRM — Auto RF, Coverage vs Capacity & RF Templates

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Juniper Mist RF & RRM the AI-era way — pick a path, watch global vs local RRM optimise channel + power live, learn coverage-vs-capacity, RF Templates, auto-cancellation, DFS punishment and the capacity-SLE gate in 11 minutes.

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## First — the mistake almost every newcomer makes

         Day one on Mist, an engineer opens  Site → Radio Management , sees that two APs are on the same 5 GHz channel, panics, and manually pins every radio to a fixed channel and max power. "There, now it's  deterministic ." Two weeks later the help-desk drowns in "Wi-Fi slow" tickets.

         Here is what that engineer got wrong: Mist  RRM  is not a one-time wizard. It is a  living, learning system  that re-scores your RF environment continuously. The moment you hard-pin everything, you switch off the very intelligence you paid for — and you freeze the network at one bad snapshot in time.

         🧒  ELI5:  Imagine a smart thermostat. If you tape the dial at one number forever, you've made it a dumb heater again. Mist RRM is the smart thermostat for your Wi-Fi — let it adjust, just teach it the rules.

         🏛  Architect lens:  Treat RRM as a closed-loop control system whose reward function is Coverage + Capacity + Connectivity. Your job is to constrain its search space (channel list, power floor/ceiling, band plan) — not to replace it. Over-constraint and zero-constraint are both anti-patterns.

         So the right mental model is:  you set the guard-rails (RF Template), Mist drives inside them (RRM).  Let's build that model from the ground up.

             Warm-up · before we start

             Gut check: in Mist, who normally picks which 5 GHz channel an AP uses?

                   a) The admin, manually, per AP — always
                   b) RRM, automatically, within the channel list you allow
                   c) The client device decides
                   d) The ISP

              Correct: b.  RRM auto-selects channel + width + power within the guard-rails you define in the RF Template. Manual per-AP pinning is the exception (and usually a mistake), not the default.

             Warm-up · before we start

             If your Capacity  SLE  already sits at 96%, what will the nightly global RRM most likely do?

                   a) Aggressively re-shuffle every channel for fun
                   b) Reboot the APs
                   c) Make few or no changes — there's little to gain above ~90%
                   d) Increase power on all radios to max

              Correct: c.  When Capacity SLE is 90% or above, Mist judges there's not much to gain, so RRM holds steady. Stability beats churn. (We prove this in Section 4.)

             Warm-up · before we start

             A radar burst hits an AP on a 5 GHz DFS channel. Who reacts first?

                   a) Nobody until the 2 AM global run
                   b) The local on-AP RRM — instantly jumps to a new channel
                   c) The client roams to another SSID
                   d) You must phone Juniper TAC

              Correct: b.  DFS is a real-time, safety-of-life requirement — the AP's  local  RRM moves channels immediately. The cloud only  learns  from it later. That global/local split is the heart of this lesson.

## ① The two-tier brain — global cloud vs local AP RRM

         Mist runs RRM as  two cooperating layers . Miss this and everything else stays fuzzy.

          Global RRM  lives in the cloud. It is a  reinforcement-learning  agent that crunches up to  30 days  of long-term trend data per site. It runs  once a day, around 2:00–3:00 AM local time  (the exact minute is automatic and not configurable), and only pushes channel/power baselines down if a change is actually warranted.

          Local RRM  runs  on each AP, in real time . It handles the acute events the cloud can't wait for. There are exactly three local triggers worth memorising — they show up on the JNCIA-MistAI blueprint:

                Mist cloud (global)
                Access Point (local)
                RF change applied
                Healthy / no change

                 Global cloud RRM running once nightly on 30-day trends, feeding channel and power baselines down to access points, while each access point runs local RRM in real time for DFS, interference and neighbour-offline events, sending telemetry back up.

                 ☁ Global RRM — Mist Cloud
                 Reinforcement learning · 30-day trend baseline
                 Runs once/day · ~2:00–3:00 AM local

                 channel + power baselines ↓

                 telemetry + radar events ↑

                     AP45 · Floor 1
                     AP45 · Floor 2
                     AP24 · Lobby

                     ⚙ Local RRM (real-time)
                     ⚙ Local RRM (real-time)
                     ⚙ Local RRM (real-time)

                     • DFS radar → jump channel
                     • Wi-Fi / non-Wi-Fi noise
                     • Neighbour AP offline →
                     boost power (self-heal)
                     • DFS radar → jump channel
                     • Wi-Fi / non-Wi-Fi noise
                     • Neighbour AP offline →
                     boost power (self-heal)
                     • DFS radar → jump channel
                     • Wi-Fi / non-Wi-Fi noise
                     • Neighbour AP offline →
                     boost power (self-heal)

                     ch 36/80 · 14 dBm
                     ch 149/80 · 14 dBm
                     ch 6/20 · 8 dBm

                 Cloud sets the long game · each AP defends the moment.

             Figure 1 — Mist's two-tier RRM: global cloud (strategy, nightly) + local on-AP (tactics, instant).

             Sneha at Infosys
            Sneha runs a 4-floor campus on AP45s. At 6 PM a radar source nearby trips DFS on channel 100. The  local  RRM on the affected AP jumps to channel 36 within a second — users barely blink. That radar event is bundled into the AP's daily telemetry. At 2 AM,  global  RRM notices that AP has seen radar three nights running and quietly stops handing it DFS channels altogether. Two layers, one outcome: stable Wi-Fi.

### What RRM is actually allowed to change

         Whether global or local, RRM only has  five knobs . Know them and you know the whole system.

                      📻
 Channel
 tap to flip

                      Automatic Channel Selection picks a cleaner channel within your allowed list — and remembers past co-channel interference, not just the current snapshot.

                      📶
 TX Power
 tap to flip

                      Raises or lowers transmit power — but  only lowers power if coverage isn't hurt . The whole coverage-vs-capacity dance lives here.

                      ↔️
 Channel width
 tap to flip

                      2.4 GHz = 20 MHz only. 5 GHz = 20/40/80. 6 GHz = 20/40/80/160/320 (country-dependent). Wider = faster but fewer non-overlapping channels.

                      🎨
 BSS color + band
 tap to flip

                      On 802.11ax APs, RRM tunes  BSS color  to reduce co-channel collisions, and can steer clients between 2.4 and 5 GHz bands.

             Pause &amp; Predict

             It's 11 AM and you change the channel list in your RF Template, removing channel 100. When does that take effect on the radios?

             Reveal answer
              RF-template changes (like a new channel list or channel width) push down fairly quickly — they don't wait for the 2 AM run.  The nightly global pass is for  optimisation  based on long-term trends; an explicit config change to the template is applied as a config event. So expect the radios to honour the new list shortly after commit, not 15 hours later. (DFS and interference reactions are even faster — those are local.)

             Quick check · Q1 of 10

             Sneha sees an AP change channel at 6:14 PM after a radar hit, but the dashboard shows the "RRM optimization" timestamp as 2:30 AM. How do you reconcile this?

                   a) The 6:14 PM move was  local  RRM (real-time DFS); the 2:30 AM stamp is the  global  nightly optimisation. Both are normal.
                   b) The dashboard clock is wrong
                   c) The AP rebooted at 6:14 PM
                   d) Global RRM ran twice that day

              Correct: a.  Real-time channel jumps (DFS, interference, neighbour-offline) are local RRM and happen any time of day. The once-daily 2-3 AM stamp is the cloud's strategic baseline. Seeing both is exactly how a healthy site behaves.

## ② Coverage vs Capacity — the one trade-off behind every knob

         Every RF decision is the same tug-of-war. Turn power  up  and each AP covers more area (great coverage) — but cells overlap, clients hear two APs on the same channel, and you get  co-channel interference  (bad capacity). Turn power  down  and cells shrink, overlap drops, capacity rises — but push too far and you punch  coverage holes .

         This is why Mist's power default is  Automatic , with a configurable  min/max power range . You're not setting a fixed dBm — you're handing RRM a sandbox: "stay between this floor and this ceiling, optimise inside it." In a typical Indian office on 5 GHz you might allow, say,  min 8 dBm  to  max 15 dBm  and let RRM choose per-radio.

         🧒  ELI5:  Power is like how loudly each teacher speaks. Too loud and two classrooms hear each other and get confused. Too soft and the back row hears nothing. Mist finds the "just right" volume per room.

         🏛  Architect lens:  Coverage is a per-cell SNR floor; capacity is an aggregate airtime function. They conflict because both scale with cell size. Design the band plan for the dominant client density: carpeted office → capacity-led (5/6 GHz, lower power, 20/40 MHz); warehouse/outdoor → coverage-led (higher power, 2.4 GHz retained).

                 A balance comparing high transmit power and wide channels which favour coverage but cause co-channel interference, against lower power and narrower channels which favour capacity but risk coverage holes, with Mist auto power sitting in the optimised middle.

                 One knob, two pulls

                 ⬆ More COVERAGE
                 High TX power · wider channels

                 ⚠ cells overlap → co-channel interference
                 fewer dead spots, lower per-client throughput

                 ⬆ More CAPACITY
                 Lower TX power · narrower channels

                 ✓ tight cells → more reuse, more airtime
                 higher throughput, but watch for holes

                 AUTO

                 Mist Automatic power balances both inside your min/max range

             Figure 2 — Coverage vs capacity: the trade-off RRM resolves automatically within your power range.

             Rahul at TCS
            Rahul inherits a TCS floor where a previous admin set every AP to max power "for strong signal". Throughput is awful. He opens the RF Template, sets 5 GHz power to  Automatic  with  max 14 dBm , and lets the next nightly run trim it. Co-channel overlap drops, airtime frees up, Capacity SLE climbs from 71% to 92%. He changed almost nothing — he just  stopped fighting RRM .

### Channel width — the other capacity lever

         Wider channels are faster per client but cost you non-overlapping channels. On 5 GHz in a dense Indian office,  40 MHz is usually the sweet spot ; 80 MHz only if you have enough clean spectrum; 160 MHz almost never in carpeted high-density (too few channels, too much overlap). On 6 GHz you finally have the room for 80/160 MHz. On 2.4 GHz you have no choice —  20 MHz only , because there are barely three non-overlapping channels (1, 6, 11) to begin with.

             Quick check · Q2 of 10

             Priya at HCL runs 5 GHz at 160 MHz width in a packed open-plan floor with 40 APs. Capacity SLE is stuck at 68%. What's the most likely capacity killer?

                   a) 160 MHz leaves too few non-overlapping channels for 40 APs → heavy co-channel interference. Drop to 40 MHz.
                   b) The APs are too new
                   c) 160 MHz always increases capacity, so it must be a cabling fault
                   d) She must enable 2.4 GHz at 160 MHz too

              Correct: a.  Wider channel = higher per-client speed but fewer channels to reuse. With 40 APs packed together, 160 MHz forces massive co-channel overlap. Narrowing to 40 MHz multiplies the reuse pattern and lifts capacity. (And d is nonsense — 2.4 GHz is 20 MHz only.)

## ③ RF Templates — your guard-rails, set once, reused everywhere

         An  RF Template  is where you draw the sandbox RRM plays in. Critically, you build it  at the organization level  ( Organization → Wireless → RF Templates ) and then  apply it at the site level . One template, many sites — change it once, every assigned site inherits it.

         The killer feature: a single RF Template can carry  per-AP-model settings . For example, disable the 6 GHz radio on every AP24 (which doesn't need it) while leaving 6 GHz enabled on every AP45 — all in one template.

                 Configuration flows from organization-level RF Template down to site, then device profile, then per-AP device-specific override, with the most specific setting winning.

                 Who wins? Most specific override wins

                 Organization → Wireless → RF Template
                 band plan · channel list · power range · width · per-AP-model

                 Site — apply the template
                 inherits org settings · can override per-site

                 Device Profile (group of APs)
                 override for a sub-set of APs

                 Per-AP Device-Specific override
                 strongest · use sparingly
                 Override channel at AP level? Override power too — or you'll create an imbalance.

             Figure 3 — RF config hierarchy: org template → site → device profile → per-AP. The most specific override wins.

### Auto-cancellation & auto-conversion (Dual 5 GHz)

         Here's where Mist gets clever in dense offices. Two RRM features built on the  Dual Band Radio Settings  (options:  2.4 GHz ,  5 GHz , or  Auto ):

- Auto-cancellation — RRM disables surplus 2.4 GHz radios where neighbour coverage already blankets 2.4 GHz. Less 2.4 GHz noise, cleaner band.

- Auto-conversion (Dual 5 GHz) — on AP43 / AP45 / AP63, RRM converts the dual-band radio to a second 5 GHz radio , so one AP serves two 5 GHz cells. Pure capacity win for high-density carpeted offices.

         You enable the behaviour by setting  Band Enabled → Auto  on the 2.4 GHz settings in the RF Template. RRM then decides per-AP whether to keep 2.4 GHz, kill it, or convert it.

                 Before, an access point has one 2.4 GHz radio and one 5 GHz radio. After auto conversion on a high-density office, the surplus 2.4 GHz radio becomes a second 5 GHz radio, doubling 5 GHz capacity.

                 Auto-conversion: 2.4 GHz radio → 2nd 5 GHz radio

                 BEFORE (default)

                 AP45

                 Radio 0 · 2.4 GHz

                 Radio 1 · 5 GHz
                 1 × 5 GHz cell

                 RRM Auto

                 AFTER (Dual 5 GHz)

                 AP45

                 Radio 0 · 5 GHz (low)

                 Radio 1 · 5 GHz (high)
                 2 × 5 GHz cells = 2× capacity
                 Only do this where 5 GHz client coverage is already blanket-strong and 2.4-only devices are rare.

             Figure 4 — Auto-conversion turns a surplus 2.4 GHz radio into a second 5 GHz radio, doubling 5 GHz capacity.

             Pause &amp; Predict

             A warehouse has rugged barcode scanners that only support 2.4 GHz. Should you enable auto-conversion (Dual 5 GHz) there?

             Reveal answer
              No.  Auto-conversion removes 2.4 GHz capacity to add 5 GHz. If you have legacy 2.4-GHz-only clients (scanners, IoT sensors, old printers), killing 2.4 GHz radios will strand them. Auto-conversion is for carpeted offices where almost every device is dual-band. In the warehouse, keep 2.4 GHz — and probably lead with coverage, not capacity.

             Quick check · Q3 of 10

             You want 6 GHz off on AP24s but on for AP45s, across 30 sites, changed in one place. What's the right tool?

                   a) Manually edit each of the AP24s on all 30 sites
                   b) You can't mix AP models in one template
                   c) One org-level RF Template with per-AP-model settings, applied to all 30 sites
                   d) Reboot the org

              Correct: c.  RF Templates are org-level and hold per-AP-model settings. Disable 6 GHz on AP24, keep it on AP45, in one template, applied to all sites. Change once, propagate everywhere — exactly the design intent.

## ④ "RRM won't move my radio" — the playbook

         The most common Mist RRM ticket isn't a crash — it's confusion. "I expected RRM to change the channel and it didn't." Nine times out of ten, RRM is working correctly and the engineer's mental model is off. Walk this ladder.

### ▶ Watch the nightly global RRM decision

             Click  Play . Each stage lights up as the cloud decides whether to touch your radios.

                 ① COLLECT
                Each AP scans all channels all day, scoring interference, client count + usage. Telemetry → Mist cloud.

             ▼

                 ② NIGHTLY RUN
                ~ 2:00–3:00 AM local  · RL agent rebuilds the 30-day baseline for the site.

             ▼

                 ③ SLE GATE
                Is Capacity SLE ≥  90% ?  If yes → make NO changes  (little to gain). If no → continue.

             ▼

                 ④ DFS LEARNING
                Restrict APs that see the most radar from their worst channels ( DFS punishment ).

             ▼

                 ⑤ DECIDE
                Within your allowed channel list + power range, pick the channel/width/power that maximises Coverage+Capacity+Connectivity.

             ▼

                 ⑥ PUSH + WATCH
                Apply  new baseline  to APs · then keep monitoring the Capacity SLE to confirm the change actually helped.

             Press  Play  to step through a nightly global RRM cycle. Each  Next  advances one stage.

                 ▶ Play
                 Next ▶
                 ↺ Reset

             The #1 "RRM won't move" cause

              Symptom you see:  you stare at Radio Management for an hour and the channels never change, even though two APs look like neighbours.  Cause:  your  Capacity SLE is already ≥ 90% . RRM judged there's nothing to gain and deliberately held steady — that's correct behaviour, not a bug. Stop expecting churn from a healthy site.

             The #2 cause — you pinned it yourself

              Symptom you see:  one AP never re-tunes while its neighbours do.  Cause:  a leftover  per-AP device-specific channel/power override  from a past troubleshooting session. A manual pin disables RRM for that radio. Clear the override and let it rejoin the auto pool. (And if you must pin channel, pin power too — Figure 3.)

         When you genuinely need RRM to act  now  — say after moving furniture or adding APs — don't wait for 2 AM. Go to  Site → Radio Management , select the site and band, and click the  Optimize  button at the top-right to run RRM on demand.

             Where to look in the dashboard (no CLI needed on Mist)
 Site &gt; Radio Management
  Site:  Lucknow-HQ            Band: [ 5 GHz ▾ ]
  AP45-Floor2   10.20.5.42     ch 149/80   14 dBm   neighbors: 2.6
  AP45-Floor3   10.20.5.43     ch 36/80    13 dBm   neighbors: 1.8
  [ Optimize ▸ ]   ← run RRM on demand for this site + band

             Expected output (after Optimize)
 RRM run queued for site Lucknow-HQ (5 GHz)
  AP45-Floor2  ch 149 -&gt; 161   (co-channel reduced)
  AP45-Floor3  ch 36  -&gt; 36    (no change needed)
  Capacity SLE: 84% -&gt; monitoring for improvement...
  3 AP events logged · global baseline updates at next 2-3 AM run

             Pro tips that separate L2 from L3

              1.  Don't pin channels to "fix" a one-off — let RRM learn the trend instead.  2.  Set a sane power  ceiling  (e.g. 14 dBm on 5 GHz) so RRM can't shout over itself in dense areas.  3.  Keep 160 MHz off in carpeted high-density; reserve it for 6 GHz or low-density.  4.  Only enable auto-conversion where 2.4-GHz-only clients are truly absent.  5.  If one AP keeps losing DFS channels, that's DFS punishment doing its job — investigate the radar source, don't fight the punishment.

             Pause &amp; Predict

             You click Optimize and RRM still doesn't change a particular AP's channel. The other APs moved. What's your first suspect?

             Reveal answer
              A per-AP device-specific override on that radio.  A manual channel/power pin takes the AP out of RRM's control, so Optimize can't touch it. Check the AP's device-specific config, clear the override, then Optimize again. (Second suspect: that AP is on a DFS-punished channel set and its only "better" options are also restricted.)

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                 Global vs local RRM — what's the difference?
                 What is DFS punishment?
                 When should I use auto-conversion / Dual 5 GHz?
                 Why won't RRM change my channels?
                 RF Template vs Device Profile — which wins?
                 What channel width should I pick?

             Pre-curated from Juniper Mist docs + community Q&amp;A. For live prod issues, share your Radio Management snapshot + Capacity SLE timeline at chat.techclick.in.

## 📝 Wrap-up — six more

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                     Q4 · Remember

                     At roughly what time does Mist's global (cloud) RRM run its daily optimisation?

                           a) Every 5 minutes, all day
                           b) Once a day, around 2:00–3:00 AM local time
                           c) Only when you click Optimize
                           d) Once a week on Sundays

                      Correct: b.  Global RRM runs once daily, around 2-3 AM local time (exact minute auto, non-configurable), using the 30-day trend baseline. Real-time reactions are the separate  local  RRM layer; Optimize is a manual on-demand extra.

                     Q5 · Apply

                     A carpeted Bengaluru office is all dual-band laptops/phones, no 2.4-GHz-only gear, and Capacity SLE is dragging. Which RF Template change gives the biggest capacity lift?

                           a) Set 2.4 GHz Band Enabled → Auto, allowing auto-cancellation / auto-conversion to Dual 5 GHz
                           b) Force all radios to 2.4 GHz
                           c) Set 5 GHz to 160 MHz everywhere
                           d) Pin every AP to channel 6

                      Correct: a.  With no 2.4-only clients, letting RRM cancel surplus 2.4 GHz radios and convert some to a second 5 GHz radio (Dual 5 GHz on AP43/45/63) adds 5 GHz cells — pure capacity. 160 MHz everywhere would backfire (too few channels); 2.4-only and single-channel pins are nonsense.

                     Q6 · Apply

                     You need 6 GHz disabled on AP24s but enabled on AP45s across 25 sites, managed from one place. What do you configure?

                           a) Per-AP device-specific overrides on every AP24
                           b) One org-level RF Template with per-AP-model band settings, applied to all 25 sites
                           c) A WLAN template
                           d) Switch every AP to manual RRM

                      Correct: b.  RF Templates are org-scoped and carry per-AP-model settings. Disable 6 GHz on AP24, enable on AP45, in one template, applied to all sites. WLAN templates handle SSID/policy, not radios; per-AP overrides don't scale.

                     Q7 · Analyze

                     An AP keeps getting moved off DFS channels by RRM and lands on crowded non-DFS channels. Logs show frequent radar hits on that AP. What's happening?

                           a) A firmware bug — open a TAC case immediately
                           b) The AP is faulty and must be replaced
                           c) The client devices are causing the radar
                           d) DFS punishment — RRM learned this AP sees the most radar and restricts it off those channels; the crowding is the trade-off. Investigate the radar source.

                      Correct: d.  DFS punishment is intentional: RRM tracks which APs/channels see the most radar and steers the worst offenders away from them. Some crowding results — that's the lesser evil vs constant DFS channel jumps. The fix is to find/eliminate the radar source, not to fight RRM.

                     Q8 · Analyze

                     A previous admin set all 5 GHz radios to fixed max power "for stronger signal". Coverage is fine but throughput is poor and clients report stalls in open areas. Most likely root cause?

                           a) Max power inflated every cell → heavy overlap → co-channel interference → low capacity. Switch power to Automatic with a sensible ceiling.
                           b) The APs need more power, not less
                           c) It's a DNS problem
                           d) 2.4 GHz is disabled

                      Correct: a.  Cranking power maximises coverage but destroys capacity — overlapping cells share airtime and collide. Returning power to Automatic with a ceiling lets RRM shrink cells to reduce overlap, raising throughput. Classic coverage-vs-capacity inversion.

                     Q9 · Evaluate

                     A vendor proposes "disable RRM entirely and manually pin every channel + power for full control". For a 600-AP multi-site enterprise, is this sound?

                           a) Yes — manual is always more reliable
                           b) No — you'd freeze the RF at one snapshot, lose DFS/interference/self-heal reactions, and create an unmaintainable config; constrain RRM via RF Template guard-rails instead
                           c) Yes — but only if you also disable Capacity SLE
                           d) Yes — pinning improves the SLE automatically

                      Correct: b.  Full manual pinning kills the adaptive layer: no automatic DFS escape, no interference re-tune, no neighbour-offline self-heal, plus 600 hand-tuned radios to maintain. The professional pattern is guard-rails (RF Template: channel list, power range, band plan) + let RRM optimise inside them.

                     Q10 · Evaluate

                     Management asks: "RRM hasn't changed anything in 4 days — is it broken?" Capacity SLE has been steady at 95%. What's the most defensible answer?

                           a) Yes, it's broken — force-reboot all APs
                           b) Yes — RRM must change something daily or it's failed
                           c) No — at ≥90% Capacity SLE, RRM intentionally makes few/no changes because there's little to gain; "no change" on a healthy site is a feature, not a fault
                           d) Disable RRM to "wake it up"

                      Correct: c.  RRM optimises toward an outcome, not toward activity. Above ~90% Capacity SLE it deliberately holds steady — churn would risk client disruption for negligible gain. A quiet, healthy site is success. (You can still click Optimize after a physical change if you want a fresh pass.)

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### 🧠 Lock it in — explain it back

             In one or two sentences, explain to a teammate  why pinning every radio to max power often makes Wi-Fi worse, not better.  Teaching it is the fastest way to remember it.

                 Remind me
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### 📖 Glossary — say these like an L3

                 RRM  Radio Resource Management — the automated channel/width/power optimiser.
                 Global RRM  Cloud layer, reinforcement learning, runs once daily ~2-3 AM on 30-day trends.
                 Local RRM  On-AP layer, real-time, handles DFS, interference, neighbour-offline self-heal.
                 Capacity SLE  Mist's measured capacity score; at ≥90% RRM makes little/no change.
                 DFS punishment  RRM restricting radar-prone APs off the channels they see most radar on.
                 Auto-cancellation  RRM disabling surplus 2.4 GHz radios where neighbours already cover 2.4 GHz.
                 Auto-conversion  RRM converting a 2.4 GHz radio into a 2nd 5 GHz radio (Dual 5 GHz) on AP43/45/63.
                 BSS color  802.11ax tag that lets radios ignore same-coloured co-channel traffic, cutting collisions.

#### 📚 Sources

- Juniper Networks Docs — Radio Resource Management (RRM) (Mist Wireless): global vs local RRM, the five knobs, capacity-SLE 90% gate, DFS punishment. juniper.net/documentation

- Mist Documentation — RF Templates : org-level config, site application, per-AP-model settings. mist.com/documentation

- Mist Documentation — RRM: Auto Cancellation, Auto Conversion, and Dual 5 GHz . mist.com/documentation

- Juniper Networks Docs — RRM Configuration Options & RRM Usage Examples (dual-band): Band Enabled → Auto, channel widths per band. juniper.net/documentation

- Juniper Networks Docs — Radio Management : Site → Radio Management dashboard + on-demand Optimize button. juniper.net/documentation

- Juniper Certification — Mist AI, Associate (JNCIA-MistAI / JN0-252) & JNCIS-MistAI-Wireless blueprints (RRM change types + timing). juniper.net/training/certification

- DCLessons — Juniper Mist's Radio Resource Management (two-tier model field write-up). dclessons.com

### What's next?

             Now that the radios are tuned, we move up the stack to who gets to use them. Next lesson: building WLANs and WxLAN policy in Mist — templates, WPA3, labels and micro-segmentation done the cloud-native way.

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