This is the published paper about our AutoRF: https://conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2017/papers/imc17-final203.pdf   This is another doc that one of our SEs wrote based on the above paper: https://wirelesslywired.com/2019/05/08/meraki-auto-rf-explained/   As far as the question about splitting the network for each location is concerned that is the recommended best practice. AutoRF considers a lot of factors when making channel decisions and one of them is neighbor APs. There are other factors as well that may impact channel change decisions beyond neighbor AP SNR.    What we have seen is that in a high-density environment when customers have deployed multiple geographically separated areas under a single network other factors tend to cause channel changes even if a lot of traffic is not seen.    Hope this helps. ... View more