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NetGlide
Product Family Overview
WLAN Quickly Becoming Core Access Network
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WLAN’s purchased by more and more companies to gain advantage
over competitors, and by institutions (schools, hospitals) wanting to
offer the best service. Explosive WLAN market growth: +28% year over
year! (Dell’Oro group)
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Gartner: by the end of 2010, 1.2 billion people will carry handsets
capable of mobile commerce and other advanced applications
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WLAN ideal access technology to support this mobility revolution, but
earlier generation WLAN’s were not reliable enough.
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Allied Telesis- Netronics’s 4th generation wireless technology is built
to support the mobility revolution.
Netronics - NetGlide
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Enterprise-Class WLAN Infrastructure for Converged Voice,
Data, Video
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Global Presence
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Deep wireless technologies expertise and leadership
Strategic investors include Motorola
Recognized
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Principal offices New York, London, Tokyo,
“4th Generation WLAN”, as identified by Gartner
Leading-Edge, Patented WLAN Technology (18 patents)
Numerous industry awards
Proven
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Global customer base (US, Europe, Japan, China, South
America and Asia Pacific)
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CTO is one of the original members of IEEE 802.11 group
The Evolution to Fourth Generation WiFi
Functionality
Paradigm
1st Generation
2nd Generation
3rd Generation
4th Generation
• Consumer WiFi
• Enterprise WiFi
• Limited Security
• Centrally-Managed,
Enterprise WiFi
• Improved Security
• MultiApplication,
Ubiquitous WiFi
• Consumer-Grade
WiFi Routers
• “Fat” StandAlone APs
Major
Shortcomings
• Minimal Security
• AP's not
networked
• Security not
robust
• Thin APs, Controller
Managed
• Cell Planning
Required
• Interference Prone
• Poor VoFi Operation
• Deployment of
802.11n requires
significant changes
to network
• Portability, Not
Mobility
• Coordinated AP
transmissions
When the organization needs…
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Real-Time Mobility
Reliable, steady and predictable throughput
Wireless that survives challenging physical environments
Multiple applications without trade-offs
A less complex solution, so IT focuses on IT, not wireless
802.11n Results, Not just Hype and Promises
…Netronics delivers robust, wireless convergence that futureproofs the network and the business.
Technical background
Bandwidth Limitation Of Cell Based System
Co-Channel
Interference
• Always present
• Client transmit power
can’t be controlled
Edge Users
• Client makes decision when to roam
• Client might stick to “relatively”
good AP reducing the performance
of whole system
Roaming
• Roaming is done on
lowest data rate
• Creates interference
• Ping-pong effect
Bandwidth Limitation Of Cell Based System
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Radio channels are a scarce resource – use them wisely
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Make each channel’s bandwidth available everywhere
Interference-Free™ Architecture
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The channel blanket is formed from the aggregate coverage of all the APs
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APs operate on the same channel(s) to create the channel blanket
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The Switch completely controls the APs, preventing co-channel interference
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The AP is only a radio/antenna; no software, no configuration; no IP
address, no processing
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The Client associates with the switch, not the AP; the APs are simply
conduits between the client and the switch
Uplink in the Channel Blanket
(1)
(2)
 Uplink path diversity
 Multiple APs “hear” the client
 Switch receives multiple copies of the same transmission, and
selects the best one – making the uplink resilient to disruption on any
one individual link
 Seamless zero-latency mobility
 As the client moves, different APs receive the uplink transmission this is transparent to the client and no handoff event ever occurs
 Elimination of client balancing problem that exists in cell-based
WLAN
Netronics Wireless LAN
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Total Mobility
Robust In Any Environment
Multi-Service Convergence
True Dual-Band 802.11n
Slashes the Complexity of Wireless and Networking
A Different Picture for Radically Different Results
NetGlide
 Channel Blanket
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“Simply a Better Way to Wireless”
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Robust Connection
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Zero-Latency Mobility
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Client Consistency
 Layer Any Mix of
 Stacked Capacity
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 Built-In QoS
 Dedicated Security
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No Cell Planning Complexity
Channels, Modes and
Band, from the Same Set
of APs
Cell / Virtual Cell Based
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 Dramatic reduction in
networking complexity
The NetGlide Experience
 Guaranteed Performance
 Move from “Best-Efforts” WLAN to Guaranteed Performance
metrics
 Surprising Simplicity
 Take away the complexity of RF
 Total Mobility
 Voice demands true mobility – without it, convergence cannot
succeed
 Voice, Data, & Video Without Trade-Offs
 One infrastructure investment, many uses, serving different users
with predictable quality of service
802.11n 2.4 GHz Scenario
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Today’s 3 non-overlapping channels collapse down to 1 x 40MHz and 1
x 20MHz channel
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Ch 1
Ch 6
Ch 11
802.11n/g
40MHz width
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20MHz width
“Full-performance” ‘n’ (i.e. the 300Mbps promise) requires a 40MHzwide channel, with only ‘n’ clients
 Mixing ‘g’ clients with ‘n’ on the same channel reduces throughput
by 4X!
 20MHz wide channels provide half the data rate as 40MHz channels
Advantage Netronics in 2.4 GHz Band
Business as
Usual:
Enterprisewide 802.11n +
g/b WLAN
Blanket 1:
40MHz “pure
n” blanket
Blanket 2:
20MHz
legacy b/g
blanket
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Cell-planning is not viable
– insufficient channels for
channel planning.
b/g
Cell 1: 40MHz
n/g cell
n/g
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n/g
Cell 2: 20MHz
n/g cell
Netronics is the only
technology capable of
supporting full-performance
802.11n clients and permanent
co-existence with fullperformance 802.11b/g clients,
all in the same AP deployment.
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Mission
Impossible:
Not enough
channels for
cell planning
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Netronics 802.11n
The Channel Blanket™ Comes of Age
Any
combination
of channels,
bands,
modes, &
security
Data
2.4GHz ‘n’
2.4GHz ‘b/g’
5GHz ’n’
5GHz ‘a’ or
Rogue Monitor
Voice
Multimedia
Locationing
Multiple WLANs in One means the only disruption-free,
gradual introduction of full-performance ‘N’ in the enterprise
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Full-performance for both ‘n’ and ‘g/b’ devices in 2.4GHz
Full-performance for both ‘n’ and ‘a’ devices in 5GHz
Choice of Bands - no forced transition to and wireless redesign for 5GHz
802.3af PoE powers full-rate multi-radio n/a/b/g Access Points
The benefits of MIMO, without the side-effects
Throughput
Again and again, customers report how migration to
NetGlide’s channel blanket solved their WLAN
throughput problems.
The Channel Blanket = High Throughput
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Higher density of AP’s than microcell
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Users are closer to AP’s. Get better signal. Faster
transmit/receive.
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No ‘edge’ users
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Uplink Diversity
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No co-channel interference (the big enemy of microcell
architecture is eliminated)
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Can segregate 802.11n users from a/b/g users: 70% throughput
increase!!
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True Reuse
Robust Security
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802.11i hardware-based encryption for WPA2-TKIP/AES (CCMP)
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Authentication: RADIUS (802.11x), Captive Portal, WPA pre-shared key
(PSK), WPA2 EAP, TLS, LEAP, PEAP, MD5, MAC
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Security policy: MAC address-based ACL, per ESSID/BSSID, built-in IDS,
captive portal walled-garden, per-user dynamic VLAN assignment
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Rogue AP detection with dual-band scanning
NetGlide Products
WLAN Switches
Management & Planning
Access Points
Accessories
Continuing Our Technology
Leadership: NetGlide –UTAP3n
World’s First 3-stream Enterprise Access Point
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802.11a/b/g/n
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3 x 3 MIMO technology
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450 Mbps maximum air rate per channel blanket
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3 internal radios
Edge GbE Port Capacity
Switch cascade
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Ability to form ports switches of any number in the
range of 16-32
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Single blanket, no handoff between switches
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Requires switches direct connectivity
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Cascading can be added to existing deployments
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All traffic is uplinked to the networked from a single
switch
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Built in redundancy option
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Standalone
mode
Cascade mode
Switch Cascade High Availability
LAN
LAN
Interconnect
AP’s Distributed
in mesh.
Smaller
coverage area.
NetGlide Network Management System
 Centrally manage and monitor up to 48,000 APs / 2,000 switches
 Display floor plans with APs, geographical maps with sites
 Present faults, performance stats, inventory management,
reports, graphs
 Interface to higher level organizational management systems
NetGlide WLAN Case Studies
Our Many Customers Say It Best
A Small Sample of Our Customers
Worldwide:
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3 Case Studies
 Essa School(UK)
 Kiva Systems (USA)
 Mignot Hospital (France)
Essa-School, UK
Private, K-12 school
“Our vision was basically to form a wireless
backbone for anytime, any place learning,
that doesn’t necessarily have to take place
in the classroom.”
Abdul Chohan, Essa IT Manager
The Challenge
 Tablet PCs, iPhones, 50 wireless projectors, and an iPod Touch
for every student to leverage podcasts and vodcasts as part of
their day-to-day instruction.
 Throughput, mobility, reliability must-haves
Checked Out The Competition First
 “I was beginning to think that wireless LANs might not be a
feasible solution, because co-channel interference can severely
reduce basic network performance during high usage periods…
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Then Discovered Netronics
…Netronics seemed almost too good to be true. I hadn’t heard of
Channel Blanket technology, and couldn’t imagine wireless without
dead spots or limitations caused by interference. But we piloted the
Netronics solution onsite, saw that the performance claims were
real, and went forward immediately with it.”
Abdul Chohan, Essa IT Manager
The Result….
Networked Wireless Laptops in-use
True Mobility, High Throughput
Networked IPAD in-use
Essa WLAN Platform
 802.11a/b/g/n
 Netronics NetGlide APC-8 Controllers
 switches
 NetGlide UTAP3N Access Points
KIVA Systems, USA
Logistics and warehousing
automation
The Challenge
 How do you control a floor of
 fast-moving robots?
 High RF Noise due to
 metal building walls!
 RF ‘canyons’ (the aisles)
 Any WLAN outage will shutdown the system !!!
Answer: Netronics
 Highest RF Noise immunity (channel blanket
architecture, uplink diversity)
 Seamless mobility
 No coverage gaps
 Highly Reliable
Kiva Feedback
“Especially in the fault conditions we
looked into, Netronics performed
effortlessly compared to other
technologies. “Seamless mobility is
very important to us, and Netronics
technology is what makes that
possible.”
•Matt Verminski, Kiva Engineering
Kiva WLAN Platform
 802.11a
 NetGlide APC8
 switches
 NetGlide UTAP3N Access Points
Mignot Hospital, Versailles HS, France
800-bed hospital, part of Versailles Hospital System
The Challenge
 Bandwidth-intensive PACS
application ( 90MB files!)
 Need fast downloads, while walking
from room to room in patient areas
 Seamless mobility
 Absolute dependability!
The Choice: Netronics
“We needed real mobility without
dropped connections while downloading
Large, highly time-sensitive files……and
Netronics was the only product that offered us that.”
Herve Paris, Director of Information Technology
Versailles Hospital System
Mignot Hospital WLAN Platform
 802.11a
 NetGlide APC8
 switches
 NetGlide UTAP3N AccessPoints
Thank you
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