Number of Sessions

The number of sessions report displays sessions per radio over time, authorized versus unauthorized clients, and session distribution per radio (2.4 GHz versus 5 GHz).

Use this report to analyze the number of devices on the network at any given time. It can be applied to network dimensioning, looking at possible revenue (for example, advertising), and so on.

When using this report, note that:
  • A user may have multiple devices on the network, for example, an iPhone and iPad. In this case, the number of sessions would be reported as 2 (devices), not 1 (user).
  • A user may have one device on the network at two different times (e.g., from 1:03pm to 1:08pm and 2:25pm to 2:45pm). In this case, the number of sessions would be reported as 2 (sessions), not 1 (user).

By applying a variety of filters, the charts can display the information for a specific period of time, by venue, by AP, by network type, and by radio settings. For more details on the filtering options, refer to Viewing and Filtering Wi-Fi Analytics Data.