Enterprise Mobility with Smarter Wi-Fi Wi-Fi as Ubiquitous Utility to access your Data Martin Šmrha Product Manager, DNS
Agenda 1. Introducing Ruckus 2. The Issues with WiFi 3. Technologies 4. Products 5. Questions 2
Introducing Ruckus Wireless About Ruckus Formed in June 2004 HQ in Sunnyvale, California with worldwide presence 250+ employees Business We make standards based Wi-Fi simple, reliable and fast Shipment >2 million Ruckus Wi-Fi systems deployed 3
What s the Problem(s)? 1. Wi-Fi is undependable, signal strength erratic 2. Signals don t reach, coverage is spotty 3. Wireless LAN systems are costly, cumbersome and complex 4. Performance is inconsistent 4
What s Smart Wi-Fi? (our claim to fame) Interference Patented technology that combines Smart antenna arrays Best path selection algorithms Advanced quality of service engine Smart mesh RF routing Centralized Wi-Fi management Adapts to real-time changes in environmental conditions Extends signal range (Wi-Fi coverage) 2 to 4 times with fewer APs Delivers predictable performance Radically simplifies deployment and administration 5
Consistent Performance All the Time Unmatched 802.11n Reliability Enables New Multimedia Applications 200 Mbps Packet loss mitigated Jitter/delay minimized Interference rejected B A N D W I D T H Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi Conventional 802.11n T I M E 6
Technology Taking Wi-Fi New Places
Smart Wi-Fi Technology Breakthroughs Adaptive beam-steering smart antenna Precision per-user per-traffic class QoS Advanced per-user security Self-provisioning self-optimizing high speed wireless backbone = simple, pluggable deployment = reliable, extensive coverage = consistent, high performance = seamless secure mobility 8
BeamFlex provides Adaptive Wi-Fi Control Directional, highgain smart antenna Continually picks the best signal path to clients Adaptive beam forming and steering 9
10 Dynamic Beamforming
The Ultimate Benefit More Consistent Performance, Better Range Top-Tier Enterprise AP 200 ft Source: Test Location: Ruckus AP 200 ft Ruckus Customer Commercial high rise building in Canada 125 ft Upper Floor 125 ft AP 200 ft 200 ft 125 ft Lower Floor 125 ft 11 20-22 Mbps 15-20 Mbps 10-15 Mbps 5-10 Mbps AP on upper floor
802.11n Speed Technologies Spatial Multiplexing uses multiple antennas/radios to simultaneously transmit different data streams Significantly improves performance and also improves reach/reliability due to antenna diversity 40Mhz Channel combines 2x 20Mhz channels By having a wider data carrier frequency available, performance can be improved by ~2x Frame Aggregation of data into jumbo frames to improve efficiency Block Acknowledgement of a group of packets rather than individual packets to reduce overhead Variable Guard Interval reduces the Inter Packet Gap Improves performance by ~10% 12
802.11n - The Promise Spatial multiplexing, channel aggregation, block ack, frame aggregation, etc. Top Physical Rate: 300 Mbps (2 radios) 802.11n AP 13
802.11n - The Reality mbps Omni-directional antennas provide no control of the RF environment & so 802.11n performance can be hit or miss 14 11n AP with omni antennas
BeamFlex - Keeping the 11n Promise Spatial Stream #1 at 40mhz Spatial Stream #2 at 40mhz Ruckus 11N AP with Smart-N adaptive antenna system Dual Polarized, 12 elements; 4,000+ unique beam patterns, 3x3 Accurate RF diversity and up to 18dBi of interference rejection facilitate usage of spatial multiplexing and channel bonding and other 11n techniques (frame aggregation, block Ack & reduced guard interval) RF parameters automatically optimised on a per end station basis to ensure each client gets greatest benefit 15
Smart Wireless LAN Products Smart Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n Access Points and Bridges Smart Wi-Fi Controllers Smart Wi-Fi Centralized Management ZoneFlex Smart Wi-Fi access points and bridges for enterprises and broadband providers ZoneDirector Smart WLAN managed systems for enterprises FlexMaster Remote Wi-Fi management for service providers and enterprises 16
The ZoneDirector Enterprise Controller Configuration, monitoring/event management & authentication Appliance based hardware with 2 models: ZD1000 licenses to support 6, 12, 25 and 50 AP s ( 50 x 11n APs = 10gbps of throughput) ZD3000 - license to support 25, 50, 100, 250 AP s (more in the future!) ( 500 x 11n APs = 100gbps Throughput) Rogue Device detection Automatic RF management Dynamic-PSK generation Internal authentication DB -seamless AD, LDAP & RADIUS integration Customisable captive portal for business & guest user access Graphical Map view featuring Heat Map & Rogue Device display Client monitoring and control SmartMesh topology management 17
ZoneFlex Indoor APs FEATURE ZF 7343 ZF 7363 ZF 2942 ZF 7962 Deployment Wall, Ceiling Wall, Ceiling Wall, Ceiling Wall, Ceiling RF Band 2.4GHz 2.4/5GHz 2.4GHz 2.4/5GHz Performance Entry-level Mid-range Entry Level Best-in-class 802.11n chains/streams 2x2:2 2x2:2 B/G 3x3:2 Antenna elements 8 14 12 19 Antenna combinations 256 300+ 4000+ 4000+ Antenna polarization Horizontal Horizontal Horizontal/Vertical Horizontal/Vertical Antenna gain/rejection 4dBi / -10dB 4dBi / -10dB 9dBi / -17dB 7dBi / -15dB SmartMesh support Ethernet ports 3 3 2 2 PoE (802.3af) Lifetime Warranty Price US $499 US $599 US $399 US $999 Note: Indicative US $ list pricing 18
ZoneFlex Outdoor APs and Bridges Note: Indicative US $ list pricing 19
FlexMaster Enterprise Class Centralised Management of ZD s or standalone AP s NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER TR-69 over HTTPS Hotel Internet or Private IP Network Cafe Enterprise Office Note: FlexMaster is application software. The customer needs to supply their own Linux (Redhat Enterprise v4 or greater) based host server 20
How Our AP s Stacks Up Mbps ZoneFlex AP s delivers up to 60% performance gains over high and low end competitive dual-band 802.11n gear at a fraction of the cost Ruckus 7962 Ruckus 7363 Aruba 105 Aruba 125 Cisco 1252 Ruckus 7962 Ruckus 7363 Aruba 105 Aruba 125 Cisco 1252 T E S T B E D ZAP UDP 5GHz downlink with Intel 5300-based laptops 192 181 137 111 140 143 127 101 103 100 70 44 16 33 LOS 1 wall 21 2 walls
High 22 Comparing Price/Performance* PERFORMANCE High Low Cisco 1140 $1,299 98 Mbps Cisco 1250 $1,299 110 Mbps ZoneFlex 7962 $999 188 Mbps PRICE Aruba 125 $995 98 Mbps Aruba 105 $695 106 Mbps ZoneFlex 7363 $599 156 Mbps ZoneFlex** 7343 $499 90 Mbps * ZAP 5GHz UDP throughput testing at 50 feet (open source tool developed by Ruckus) ** A single-band (2.4GHz) product. Test results for this product are for comparisons purposes. Bottom Line Ruckus Smart APs are designed to deliver better Wi-Fi performance at a lower cost ZoneFlex 7363 outperforms competitors high end dual-band 802.11n Adds 4x extended range and increased reliability Low
Twice the Performance (for dual-band 802.11n) Independent Open Air Wireless Testing Tells a Complete Story 2.4GHz 2.4GHz Video Grade Data Grade 5GHz 5GHz Video Grade Data Grade 23
Wireless LANs: What Matters Most Reliability Cost Security Easy integration Management Scalability n/a Don't know 0 10 20 30 40 24
What We Have That Others Don t Reliability And What the Middle Market Cares About the Most BeamFlex Smart Antenna Extend reliability & eliminate spotty coverage Cost Security Easy integration Fewer APs and Wireless without Wires Extended range and Smart Meshing SmartSec D-PSK, Client Isolation, L2 L4 ACLs, etc Plug & Play deployment Deploy and Configure in next to no time 25
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