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2nd Generation 3rd Generation 4th Generation1st Generation

• Consumer WiFi

• Consumer-Grade WiFi Routers

• Minimal Security

• Enterprise WiFi• Limited Security

• “Fat” Stand-Alone APs

• AP's not networked• Security not

robust

• Centrally-Managed, Enterprise WiFi

• Improved Security

• Thin APs, Controller Managed

• Cell Planning Required

• Interference Prone• Poor VoFi

Operation• Deployment of

802.11n requires significant changes to network

• Portability, Not Mobility

Functionality

Paradigm

MajorShortcomings

• Multi-Application, Ubiquitous WiFi

• Coordinated AP transmissions

The Evolution to Fourth Generation WiFi

Technical backgroundTechnical background

Co-Channel Interference Edge Users Roaming

Bandwidth Limitation Of Cell Based System

Radio channels are a scarce resource – use them wisely

Make each channel’s bandwidth available everywhere

Bandwidth Limitation Of Cell Based System

Interference-Free™ Architecture

The channel blanket is formed from the aggregate coverage of all the APs

APs operate on the same channel(s) to create the channel blanket

The Switch completely controls the APs, preventing co-channel interference

The AP is only a radio/antenna; no software, no configuration; no IP address, no processing

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

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

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Netronics Wireless LAN

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

Cell / Virtual Cell Based

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Channel Blanket No Cell Planning Complexity Robust Connection Zero-Latency Mobility Client Consistency

Layer Any Mix of Channels, Modes and Band, from the Same Set of APs

Stacked Capacity Built-In QoS Dedicated Security

“Simply a Better Way to Wireless”

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

Today’s 3 non-overlapping channels collapse down to 1 x 40MHz and 1 x 20MHz channel

“Full-performance” ‘n’ (i.e. the 300Mbps promise) requires a 40MHz-wide 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

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Cell 1: 40MHz n/g cell

Cell 2: 20MHz n/g cell

Blanket 1: 40MHz “pure n” blanket

Blanket 2: 20MHz legacy b/g blanket

Mission Impossible:Not enough channels for cell planning

Business as Usual:Enterprise-wide 802.11n + g/b WLAN

Advantage Netronics in 2.4 GHz Band

Netronics is the only technology capable of supporting full-performance 802.11n clients and permanent co-existence with full-performance 802.11b/g clients, all in the same AP deployment.

Cell-planning is not viable – insufficient channels for channel planning.

Multiple WLANs in One means the only disruption-free, gradual introduction of full-performance ‘N’ in the enterprise

Netronics 802.11n The Channel Blanket™ Comes of Age

2.4GHz ‘n’

2.4GHz ‘b/g’

5GHz ’n’5GHz ‘a’ or

Rogue Monitor

Data

Voice

Multimedia

Locationing

Any combination of channels, bands, modes, & security

Throughput

Again and again, customers report how migration to NetGlide’s channel blanket solved their WLAN

throughput problems.

NetGlide Products

WLAN Switches Access Points

Management & Planning Accessories

Continuing Our Technology Leadership: NetGlide –UTAP3nWorld’s First 3-stream Enterprise Access Point

802.11a/b/g/n

3 x 3 MIMO technology

450 Mbps maximum air rate per channel blanket

3 internal radios

Edge GbE Port Capacity

Switch cascade

Ability to form ports switches of any number in the range of 16-32

Single blanket, no handoff between switches Requires switches direct connectivity Cascading can be added to existing deployments All traffic is uplinked to the networked from a single

switch Built in redundancy option

Cascade mode

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Standalone mode

Switch Cascade High Availability

Interconnect

LAN LAN

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

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…•

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 shut-

down the system !!!

“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 Feedback

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!

“We needed real mobility without

dropped connections while downloading

Large, highly time-sensitive files……and

Netronics was the only product that offered us that.”

The Choice: Netronics

Herve Paris, Director of Information Technology

Versailles Hospital System

Mignot Hospital WLAN Platform

802.11a NetGlide APC8

switches NetGlide UTAP3N AccessPoints

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