The DESCRIPTION here is only the terse label Request Type, but combined with its siblings in the same row, this object functions as the request-type code a management station sets to tell the wireless controller what kind of statistics collection operation it is requesting. An NMS would set a specific numeric code here to specify which stats operation, such as start, poll, or stop, it wants performed, though the exact code meanings are not documented in this MIB itself. For example, setting wlsxStatsReqType to a particular value might request the controller begin an interval-based stats sample, paired with the wlsxStatsInterval object.