To maintainseamless client roamingin enterprise-grade Wi-Fi environments,RUCKUS recommends 20–25% signal overlapbetween adjacent AP coverage cells.
According toRUCKUS One Online Help – Roaming and Coverage Design Guidelines, this overlap ensures clients maintain an adequate RSSI and SNR threshold during roaming events without coverage gaps.
RUCKUS Analytics 3.5 User Guide – Client Mobility Analysisconfirms that insufficient overlap often leads to disconnects or sticky-client behavior, while excessive overlap increases co-channel interference.
This guideline applies across 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz deployments, ensuring smooth transitions for 802.11r/k/v-enabled clients.
[References:, RUCKUS One Online Help – Wi-Fi Roaming and AP Overlap Design Principles, RUCKUS Analytics 3.5 User Guide – Client Roaming and RF Optimization, RUCKUS AI Documentation – Roaming Performance and Cell Overlap Best Practices, ]
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