RUCKUS AI Updates

This section outlines the changes introduced in RUCKUS AI over time.

August 2026

  • AI-Driven RRM now includes a new graph-based machine learning Transmit Power Optimization Algorithm that works alongside the graph-based Channel Planning Algorithm. Unlike the previous approach, which primarily reduced cell size after narrowing channel width to 20 MHz, the new algorithm can intelligently reduce or increase AP Transmit Power at the current channel width to optimize both interference and coverage. This delivers significantly improved RF performance and enables more effective per-AP RF optimization.
  • AI-Driven RRM now exposes administrator-configurable transmit power adjustment limits. By default, the algorithm can reduce AP transmit power by up to 15 dBm below the maximum allowed transmit power for the AP. Administrators can customize these limits to align with deployment-specific coverage and performance requirements, while AI-Driven RRM ensures all recommendations remain within the configured guard rails and supported AP capabilities.
  • AI-Driven RRM now provides configurable minimum and maximum channel width settings, allowing administrators to define the range of channel widths that the AI engine can use. Default values are derived from the AP models present in the network. This enables deployments to operate within specific channel width ranges, such as 40–80 MHz, or enforce a fixed channel width across the entire network. All AI-Driven RRM recommendations honor the configured channel width guardrails and AP model capabilities.
  • AI-Driven RRM has been enhanced to provide an improved first-time activation experience. When AI-Driven RRM is applied for the first time and Intent Status is already in a Verified state, the system now performs an immediate RF optimization and application cycle. Previously, optimization could be delayed until CCIR (Co-Channel Interference Ratio) thresholds were exceeded, leading to confusion when ChannelFly remained active and AI-Driven RRM visualizations were not available. This enhancement ensures AI-Driven RRM takes control immediately, applies the best available RF plan, and enables RRM analytics and visibility from day one.
  • AI-Driven RRM has been enhanced to perform periodic RF re-optimization every 15 days. AI-Driven RRM continuously collects RF telemetry and computes CCIR metrics on a daily basis. When CCIR remains within the configured threshold, the network is considered to be operating within an acceptable RF experience range, and no new RF plan is generated or applied. With this enhancement, if no RF plan has been generated and applied during the previous 15 days due to CCIR thresholds not being breached, AI-Driven RRM will automatically force-generate and force-apply a fresh RF plan, including channel, channel width, and transmit power settings. This ensures periodic RF re-validation and optimization, keeps AI-Driven RRM visualizations and analytics current, and enables the system to capture incremental RF improvements that may not be reflected in deployment-wide CCIR averages.
  • IntentAI is now accessible to users with the Administrator role across all Resource Groups, enabling network administrators to view and act on AI-driven insights without requiring Prime Administrator privileges.
  • Data Studio has been enhanced with performance and usability improvements, including new guardrails for dashboards, charts, queries, and scheduled reports.
    • Data Studio Dashboards are now limited to 40 charts with tiered performance warnings and incremental batch loading to improve load times. Timeout error messages have also been made clearer and more actionable.
    • Table Chart now supports a maximum of 500 rows when pagination is disabled.
    • The maximum query time window for data retrieval and visualization is limited to 1 month.
    • A maximum limit of 6 dimensions is enforced across Charts to prevent performance degradation.
    • The minimum supported granularity for Schedules has been updated and depends on the selected time range:
      • Up to 1 day: 15 minutes
      • More than 1 day and up to 1 month: 1 hour

      Existing Schedules created before the introduction of this feature enhancement continue to run with the previously configured granularity. However, if such a schedule is edited and saved, unsupported granularity values are automatically updated to the nearest supported value. For example, a weekly schedule configured with 15-minute granularity is updated to hourly granularity when it is edited and saved.

  • The legacy Service Validation: Network Health and Video Call QoE menu and sub-pages have been removed from the RUCKUS AI Classic UI, as equivalent pages with an improved user experience are available in the new UI.

July 2026

  • The legacy Reports menu and all sub-pages have been removed from the RUCKUS AI Classic UI.

June 2026

  • The report page names and key metrics have been updated to improve clarity and better reflect historical, aggregated data. This enhancement introduces clearer naming for reports, distinguishes current and time-range-based metrics, and adds time-range labels to aggregated widgets for improved data interpretation.
  • In Data Studio Schedules, the new Send Now option enables schedule owners to send a test email from the configuration screen to validate recipients, content, filters, date range, and attachments without affecting the scheduled report delivery.

May 2026

  • AI Incidents have been enhanced to give customers greater control and visibility, including severity overrides, selective notifications, and full transparency into what AI is monitoring 24×7 behind the scenes. The updates add more control and transparency without increasing alert noise.
    Following are the key enhancements:
    • Enable/Disable AI Incidents: Network Administrators can turn individual incident types on or off based on relevance to their environment.
    • Override Incident Severity: Change AI-assigned Dynamic severity to a user-defined P1–P4 level when business context differs from AI analysis.
    • Targeted Notifications:
      • Configure email notifications only for incidents that matter most.
      • Reduces noise while keeping focus on high impact issues.
    • 24×7 Monitoring Transparency: Network Administrators can now view the full list of all incident types that RUCKUS AI is continuously monitoring in the background, even if no incident is currently triggered. This provides greater transparency into ongoing background analysis.
  • Business Insights backend has been significantly enhanced with a major upgrade, improving the overall analytics experience, performance, and platform robustness. This backend powers several pre‑built reports as well as Data Studio capabilities, including Charts, Dashboards, and the Gallery. The upgrade enables improved analytics interactions such as cross‑filtering across Charts, consistent color representation for the same data fields across visualizations, and includes important backend security enhancements. All existing Data Studio Charts and Dashboards have been automatically migrated and are fully compatible with the new backend version, ensuring continuity without requiring any customer action.

    In Data Studio table charts, disabling pagination limits the display to a maximum of 500 rows.

April 2026

  • The Health page includes the Switch Reachability KPI for wired networks. This KPI measures switch accessibility to the controller and displays the percentage of switches that are reachable. Switch reachability is determined based on whether switches are online and connected to the controller. This metric provides an overall view of switch connectivity and indicates potential connectivity issues.
  • Reports in PDF format across Business Insights no longer include a cover page background image. The first page now uses a plain white background with black text.

March 2026

  • In Wireless Network Health, the AP Capacity metric has been renamed to AP Downlink Throughput to represent the downlink throughput performance of AP radios more accurately while maintaining the same monitoring and SLA compliance functionality.

February 2026

  • The Health page includes Wired AI Infrastructure Health – Table Compliance KPIs for wired networks, including IPv4 Unicast Table Compliance, IPv6 Unicast Table Compliance, IPv4 Multicast Table Compliance, IPv6 Multicast Table Compliance, ARP Table Compliance, and MAC Table Compliance. These KPIs enable you to measure network compliance against SLA goals, with drill-down capability by network segment and time for detailed analysis. Support for these KPIs requires switches upgraded to FastIron firmware version 10.0.10h_cd1 or later.
  • Introduced Intent Settings, a capability that allows administrators to selectively enable or disable AI-driven features in the IntentAI automation framework, providing flexible control over which features participate in automated evaluation and management. When an Intent is disabled, it is excluded from AI processing, ensuring that only relevant Intents are actively managed.
  • The RUCKUS AI product logo has been updated across the UI to align with the latest RUCKUS Networks branding.

January 2026

  • Introduced Energy Saving (Beta), an AI-driven feature within the IntentAI framework that optimizes AP power consumption by dynamically transitioning eligible APs into PowerSave mode during low-usage periods, while neighboring APs continue to deliver uninterrupted Wi‑Fi service. The feature analyzes real-time and historical client activity to reduce energy usage and continuously adapts to maintain consistent network performance.
  • Introduced Energy Saving Report (Beta), which provides a tenant-level report of power usage and projected savings across all zones, including metrics such as Energy Saving status, engaged APs, power consumption, and estimated monthly savings.