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Agenda
• Foundry Key Differentiators
• Business Value
• Product Overview
• Questions
Poor
Performance
Slow Roaming
DIFFICULT
END-
USERS
Enterprise Wireless – What are the REAL Operational Issues???
… Is the wireless LAN ready?
High Utilization = Low Throughput
Issue #1 – Poor Performance
High Utilization = Low Throughput
RESOLUTION: Over-the-Air QoS & Contention Free Access
High Utilization & High Throughput
• High performance• High scalability• High density• Enterprise WLAN ready
Issue #2 – Deployment Limited Non-Overlapping Channels
Channel Interference
Add 3-Dimensions (Multiple Floors) to this and the Problem Magnifies.Automatic Radio Management or Pico-Cells for Performance and Density?
Channel Coordination
• Easy to deploy
• Easy to manage
• Easy to expand• Enterprise WLAN ready
RESOLUTION: Single-Channel Deployment
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Issue #3 – Slow Roaming or No Roaming
Clients require 200 ms to 5 seconds to roam
Microsoft adds a level of complexity to this issue.Proprietary Solutions and Protocols help, but do not completely resolve the issue.
200ms – 5 sec between APs
Traditional APs
< 3 msec between APs
BSSID = ZZ BSSID = ZZ
00:00
BSSID = XX BSSID = YY
01:00
Channel 1 Channel 1
AP200
NETWORKS
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AP200
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Virtual Cell ArchitectureSingle BSSID
Channel 1 Channel 6
RESOLUTION: Seamless Roaming,Single BSSID – Virtual Cell
• No roaming packet loss
• No roaming delay
• No roaming latency
• Enterprise WLAN ready
Foundry Key DifferentiatorsThe VALUE…
• With all other Wireless features and functions the same…
Foundry Offers:
• Over the Air QoS and Contention Free Access• Increases Density of End-Stations per AP
• 75 to 150 Users per AP• 20 to 30 VoIP over WiFi Users per AP
• Single Channel Deployment• Minimizes Pre & Post Site Survey Requirements• Makes Adding AP’s Easy
• Eliminates Redeployment Issues
• Single BSSID – Virtual Cell Architecture• Removes the End-Station negotiation with the AP
• Makes the WiFi Network similar to the Cellular Network
Foundry’s Product Overview – IPM
• Controller Based Wireless Architecture• From 5 AP’s to 1000 AP’s per Controller• Field Upgradeable Controllers• High Availability Options
• Access Points• Single Radio or Dual Radio Options• A/B/G and/or N – Supported by All Controllers• Software Upgradeable “N” options
• All Features supported on all Controllers & APs
Foundry’s IronPoint Mobility Series – Mobility Controller Product Line
MC5000
MC3000
MC1000
MC500
PERFORMANCE
SCALABILITY
25-150 APs2Gbps
15-30 APs2Gbps
5 APs200Mbps
200-1000 APs10Gbps
Foundry’s IronPoint Mobility Series – Access Point Product Line
AP320
AP310 AP311AP302
AP208AP201
RS4000
AP150
Full 802.11n Draft 2.0
Single Radio Full 802.11n
Dual Radios Full 802.11n
Upgradeable 802.11n Draft 2.0
Upgradeable to 802.11nDual 802.11a/b/g Radios
Upgradeable to 802.11nSingle 802.11a/b/g RadioSingle 802.11n Radio
Converged Voice/Data 802.11a/b/g
Single 802.11a/b/g/ Radio Dual 802.11a/b/g Radios
Classic Enterprise 802.11a/b/g
Single 802.11b/g RadioSingle 802.11a Radio
Dual 802.11b/g RadiosDual 802.11a Radios
Foundry’s IronPoint Mobility Series – AP300 802.11n Access Points
• Designed for any deployment scenario, migration plan & budget• 802.11n Draft 2.0 dual band AP320 & single band AP310 • Upgradeable, cost-effective 802.11a/b/g AP311 & AP302
• Supports 802.3af PoE and new 802.3at PoE+• Investment protection for legacy switches and seamless
transition to new standards
• Closes the 802.11n rogue AP security gap• Detects, alerts & monitors 802.11n rogue APs
• Maintains performance leadership for highest scalability & ease of deployment• Advanced reservation-based QoS allows 64 users per radio with no
performance loss due to contention. • No more wasteful Pico-cells to manage high density networks
• Single-channel advantage eliminates complex RF planning & need for special adaptive radios. Greater coverage with fewer access points.
• Unpredictable channel access, latency, jitter
• AP gets proportional share of channel as one of the clients
No over-the-air QoS
• Predictable channel access, latency, jitter
• AP gets the right amount of channel access (50%)
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5.36 5.38 5.4 5.44 5.46 5.48 5.5 5.52 5.545.42
Channel Access with Mobility Series AP
Time (Sec)
Over-the-air QoS
5.46 5.48 5.5 5.52 5.54 5.56Time (Sec)
Channel Access with Today’s 802.11 APChannel Access with Today’s 802.11 AP
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5.36 5.38 5.4 5.445.42
Air Traffic Control Technology – Over-the-air QoS with Near Deterministic Channel Access
AP200
NETWORKS
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Foundry’s Switch-like Fairness (Example for 802.11b AP)
1 IronPoint Mobility Series AP Test - 20 Clients: Total aggregate through-put 6.1Mbps
1 3rd Gen AP Test - 20 Clients: Total aggregate through-put 3.6Mbps: 2 clients completely starved
Today’s APProprietary Client
Today’s APStandard Client
Mobility Series APStandard Client
Dynamic mix of voiceand data on same channels
Typically on separatechannels/network
30+
7-10< 5
5X5X
AP
No over-the-air
QoS Wired QoS
Wired QoS
Over-the-air QoS
IronPoint MobilitySeries AP
AP200
NETWORKS
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Air Traffic Control Technology – 5x QoS Voice Calls per Access Point
• Traditional WLAN• To minimize interference power levels are
lower so cell size is smaller– requires more Access Points, cable drops, and labor
• Recurring site surveys• Adds/moves/ changes require channel
reassignment
Foundry WLAN• Single channel eliminates interference so full
power can be used, larger areas covered so fewer devices required
• Access Points can be added to increase capacity as needed without a channel planning survey
To survey or not to survey….. No deployment complexity!
Expanding aFDRY/Meru WLAN
Expanding a Traditional WLAN
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Foundry’s channel spans preserve RF resources
Conventional WLAN channel plan consumes RF resources
Add capacity where you need it…Multi-channel Layering
All RF channels are consumed to provide a single channel of
capacity per region
Ch. 11Ch. 6Ch. 1
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Ch. 6Channel Span
Channel Span
Multiple channels can be layered to add capacity per region
Add capacity by layering channel spans
Ch. 11Channel Span
