AN INTRODUCTION TO RUCKUS WIRELESS
IDC MarketScape: Enterprise WLAN Market Who’s Ruckus IDC MarketScape: Enterprise WLAN Market Participants Contenders Major Players Leaders Cisco Aruba “ HP RUCKUS Ruckus has a strong history of internal innovation, from the pioneering of wireless IPTV transport technology to various advances in antenna technology, including being an industry pioneering of adaptive antenna arrays and many other advanced RF functionalities. The company continues to add to and redefine its value proposition. Motorola Aerohive Meru Juniper Xirus Enterasys ADTAN Capabilities Ubiquiti D-Link Extricom ” 2013/2014 MarketScape Report Strategies CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Ruckus Delivers Simply Better Wi-Fi… Great user experience Multiple services BYOD Location Analytics Flexible deployment options Disruptive TCO OpEx CapEx The Best Wi-Fi Service: Performance, coverage, reliability, consistency. We Bring Carrier-Class Wi-Fi to the Enterprise Scale up to 10K AP’s in a single controller (30K AP’s in a cluster.) AP’s can survive a controller outage Full Support for modern Enterprise Feature-Set Flexible deployment options Tunneled Wi-Fi traffic or local “break-out” at the AP Wi-Fi Management Appliance, VM or Cloud (2015-Q4) Lowest Wi-Fi TCO CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Delivering a Simply Better User Experience CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Wi-Fi Innovations Delivering Business Performance 11 years of investment – 100 patents granted + more in pipeline On-Board BYOD Guest Access HotSpot 2.0 Perform BeamFlex+ SmartCast AirTime Fairness Roam SmartRoam Radio Resource Management Always-On ChannelFly Band-Balancing Client Load Balancing End Users Corporate Network CORPORATE OVERVIEW
BeamFlex+ Adaptive Antennas Signal Control is Paramount Stronger Wi-Fi signals at longer ranges Adapts automatically to environmental changes More concurrent users per access point More stable connections at higher data rates Unmatched scalability Radio 1 Radio 2 Radio 3 Radio 4 Radio 1 Radio 4 Radio 2 Radio 3 *Radio Tx/Rx chain CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Transmit Beamforming and BeamFlex+ Transmit Beamforming (omni antenna) Client AP AP Client Ruckus BeamFlex+ A directional antenna is more focused, no matter how you try Client AP AP AP Client CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Superior Wi-Fi Coverage Measurements Based on Real-World Customer Production Wi-Fi Network Before BeamFlex Green is good Grey is bad 4 Cisco access points CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Superior Wi-Fi Coverage Measurements Based on Real-World Customer Production Wi-Fi Network After BeamFlex Green is good Grey is bad 2 Ruckus access points CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Ruckus PD-MRC Device orientation accounts for up to 5x performance differential among products 5x Better reception (PD-MRC) for weak and hard to “hear” devices Better transmission to devices constantly changing their orientation HORIZONTAL POLARIZATION VERTICAL POLARIZATION Improved CORPORATE OVERVIEW
The Latest Performance Bakeoff Win AP Performance via Stress Testing 19 Access Points from the top 8 Manufactures Industry standard test tools Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi APs consistently outperformed all devices under test (DUTs) in almost every test scenario - Put title and subtitle within brand Who is CARNet? A public institution that facilitates the progress of individuals and society through the use of new information technologies. Primary and secondary institutions are able to take advantage of CARNet services, which include information and communication technologies and their application in education and infrastructure. CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Overall Vendor Performance 60-Clients, 802.11n/802.11ac Testing CORPORATE OVERVIEW
This Isn’t the First Time We’ve Won… Aerohive 330 Aruba 135 Cisco 3602i Meraki 24 Ruckus 7982 130 77 56 39 Ruckus 7363 Aruba AP125 HP E-MSM460 Cisco 3502i CORPORATE OVERVIEW
ZoneFlex R710 – The Future is Now! Highest performance 1 Increased device density 2 802.11ac Wave 2 4x4:4 Dual Band MU-MIMO Investment protection 3 Transmit BeamForming BeamFlex+ Adaptive Antennas 3000 Unique patterns Dynamic dual polarization 50% co-channel interference reduction The wait is finally over! We are introducing the Ruckus ZoneFlex R710 with 802.11ac Wave 2 technology! 2 – 1Gbps Ethernet Full 802.11ac operation with 802.3af PoE power USB for IoT AC power input (e.g. for meshing) CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Hardware-based Controller Manage Up to 300,000 Devices Hardware-based Controller Virtual Controller 300,000 100,000 300,000 100,000 60,000 25,000 vSZ-H Multi-Tenant Mode Cluster 60,000 25,000 2,000 vSZ-H Multi-Tenant Mode SZ100 Cluster vSZ-E Single-Tenant Mode Cluster Wi-Fi Clients Wi-Fi Clients SZ100 vSZ-E Single Tenant Mode ZD1200 3.1.1 5 50 75 1,024 3,000 1 1,024 3,000 10,000 30,000 APs APs CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Delivering Better Services CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Wi-Fi Innovations Delivering Business Performance 11 years of investment – 100 patents granted, more in the pipeline Manage Multitenant App Awareness Client OS Awareness Google Maps Bonjour Gateway Resiliency Secure Advanced Encryption & Authentication PCI compliance Report No & type of Clients Bandwidth Hogs Session reports Locate Wi-Fi based BLE based Network Admin Corporate Network CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Robust/Customizable Wi-Fi Reporting CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Wi-Fi Location Based Services CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Simply Better Flexible Deployment Options
The Right Platform for Your Needs Multiple backhaul technologies Indoor and outdoor access points On-premise and cloud controllers Progressive scalability Tunneling options Backhaul technologies: ethernet going back, fiber module for outdoor ap, mesh backhaul to ap, point-to-point backhaul, ap mounted into cable provider infrastructures Indoor/outdoor On-premise/cloud Controller options Tunneling options Multiple backhaul technologies Ethernet Fiber Mesh The most robust indoor/outdoor WiFi Product Line Controller options: Appliance, VM, Cloud WiFi Traffic Flow Options: WiFi Traffic->LAN WiFi Traffic->VLAN WiFi Traffic->Controller 10Gbps Interface->VLAN CORPORATE OVERVIEW
Flexible Deployment Options Wi-Fi ACCESS POINTS R710 4X4, 4-stream dual-band 802.11ac Wave 2 R600 3X3, 3-stream dual-band 802.11ac R500 2X2, 2-stream dual-band 802.11ac H500 2X2, 2-stream dual-band 802.11ac T300 2X2, 2-stream Dual-band 802.11ac R300 2X2, 2-stream dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi MANAGEMENT ZoneDirector Platform SmartZone Platform Other key features All APs are PoE in enabled All except the 7731 support mesh Can be deployed as autonomous or managed APs Controller Options On-Premise Controller On-Premise VM-based Controller Ruckus Cloud (Q4-2015) Traffic Flow Tunneled to a controller Local Break-Out Cloud with On-Premise Data Plane Access Points Indoor & Outdoor Low-End to High-End AP Backhaul Ethernet 1000SX/1000LX Mesh Wi-Fi DOCSIS 3.0 Fixed Wireless ZoneDirector 1200 2-75 Aps vSCG Up to 10K AP’s SmartZone 100 10to 1000 Aps Mid-range SCG 200 Up to 10K Aps Carrier-Class CORPORATE OVERVIEW
ZoneFlex Indoor Access Points Security WPA2 w/AES 802.1x WIDS/WIPS Secure Guest SSID Option to Tunnel & Encrypt Traffic to Controller PCI Compliant WiFi Reporting # of Clients Type of Clients Bandwidth Hogs Session Reports Overall Traffic Top AP’s (by traffic) WiFi Management Multi-Tenant (vSCG & SCG200) Multiple SSID Application Awareness Client OS Awareness Google Maps Integration Bonjour Gateway AP Can Survive Controller Disconnect Location Services WiFi-Based BLE-Based CORPORATE OVERVIEW
ZoneFlex Outdoor Access Points and Bridges Security WPA2 w/AES 802.1x WIDS/WIPS Secure Guest SSID Option to Tunnel & Encrypt Traffic to Controller PCI Compliant WiFi Reporting # of Clients Type of Clients Bandwidth Hogs Session Reports Overall Traffic Top AP’s (by traffic) WiFi Management Multi-Tenant (vSCG & SCG200) Multiple SSID Application Awareness Client OS Awareness Google Maps Integration Bonjour Gateway AP Can Survive Controller Disconnect Location Services WiFi-Based BLE-Based CORPORATE OVERVIEW
ZoneDirector and SmartZone Controllers Security WPA2 w/AES 802.1x WIDS/WIPS Secure Guest SSID Option to Tunnel & Encrypt Traffic to Controller PCI Compliant WiFi Reporting # of Clients Type of Clients Bandwidth Hogs Session Reports Overall Traffic Top AP’s (by traffic) WiFi Management Multi-Tenant (vSCG & SCG200) Multiple SSID Application Awareness Client OS Awareness Google Maps Integration Bonjour Gateway AP Can Survive Controller Disconnect Location Services WiFi-Based BLE-Based CORPORATE OVERVIEW
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