NetGlide Product Family Overview

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NetGlide Product Family Overview
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WLAN Quickly Becoming Core Access Network

• WLANs 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! (DellOro group)
• Gartner by the end of 2010, 1.2 billion people
  will carry handsets capable of mobile commerce
  and other advanced applications
• WLAN ideal access technology to support this
  mobility revolution, but earlier generation
  WLANs were not reliable enough.
• Allied Telesis- Netronicss 4th generation
  wireless technology is built to support the
  mobility revolution.

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Netronics - NetGlide

• Enterprise-Class WLAN Infrastructure for
  Converged Voice, Data, Video
• Global Presence
• Principal offices New York, London, Tokyo,
• Deep wireless technologies expertise and
  leadership
• Strategic investors include Motorola
• Recognized
• 4th Generation WLAN, as identified by Gartner
• Leading-Edge, Patented WLAN Technology (18
  patents)
• Numerous industry awards
• Proven
• Global customer base (US, Europe, Japan, China,
  South America and Asia Pacific)
• CTO is one of the original members of IEEE 802.11
  group

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The Evolution to Fourth Generation WiFi
1st 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

• Multi-Application, Ubiquitous WiFi
• Coordinated AP transmissions

Paradigm
Major Shortcomings
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When the organization needs

• 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 future-proofs the network and the business.
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Technical background
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Bandwidth Limitation Of Cell Based System
Co-Channel Interference
Roaming
Edge Users

• Always present
• Client transmit power cant be controlled

• Client makes decision when to roam
• Client might stick to relatively good AP
  reducing the performance of whole system

• Roaming is done on lowest data rate
• Creates interference
• Ping-pong effect

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Bandwidth Limitation Of Cell Based System

• Radio channels are a scarce resource use them
  wisely
• Make each channels bandwidth available everywhere

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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

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Uplink in the Channel Blanket
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• 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

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A Different Picture for Radically Different
Results
NetGlide

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

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• 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
Cell / Virtual Cell Based
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• Dramatic reduction in networking complexity

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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

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802.11n 2.4 GHz Scenario

• Todays 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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802.11n/g
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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.

Blanket 1 40MHz pure n blanket
Business as Usual Enterprise-wide 802.11n g/b
WLAN
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Blanket 2 20MHz legacy b/g blanket
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Mission Impossible Not enough channels for cell
planning

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

Cell 1 40MHz n/g cell
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n/g
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Cell 2 20MHz n/g cell
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Netronics 802.11n The Channel Blanket Comes of
Age
Any combination of channels, bands, modes,
security
Data
2.4GHz n
Voice
2.4GHz b/g
Multimedia
5GHz n
Locationing
5GHz a or Rogue Monitor
Multiple WLANs in One means the only
disruption-free, gradual introduction of
full-performance N in the enterprise

• 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

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Throughput
Again and again, customers report how migration
to NetGlides channel blanket solved their WLAN
throughput problems.
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The Channel Blanket High Throughput

• Higher density of APs than microcell
• Users are closer to APs. Get better signal.
  Faster transmit/receive.
• No edge users
• Uplink Diversity
• No co-channel interference (the big enemy of
  microcell architecture is eliminated)
• Can segregate 802.11n users from a/b/g users 70
  throughput increase!!
• True Reuse

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Robust Security

• 802.11i hardware-based encryption for
  WPA2-TKIP/AES (CCMP)
• Authentication RADIUS (802.11x), Captive Portal,
  WPA pre-shared key (PSK), WPA2 EAP, TLS, LEAP,
  PEAP, MD5, MAC
• Security policy MAC address-based ACL, per
  ESSID/BSSID, built-in IDS, captive portal
  walled-garden, per-user dynamic VLAN assignment
• Rogue AP detection with dual-band scanning

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NetGlide Products
WLAN Switches
Access Points
Management Planning
Accessories
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Continuing Our Technology Leadership NetGlide
UTAP3nWorlds 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

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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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Switch Cascade High Availability
Interconnect
APs Distributed in mesh. Smaller coverage area.
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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

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NetGlide WLAN Case Studies
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Our Many Customers Say It BestA Small Sample of
Our Customers Worldwide

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3 Case Studies

• Essa School(UK)
• Kiva Systems (USA)
• Mignot Hospital (France)

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Essa-School, UK Private, K-12 school
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Our vision was basically to form a wireless
backbone for anytime, any place learning, that
doesnt necessarily have to take place in the
classroom. Abdul Chohan, Essa IT Manager
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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

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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
  hadnt heard of Channel Blanket technology, and
  couldnt 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

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The Result.
Networked Wireless Laptops in-use
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True Mobility, High Throughput
Networked IPAD in-use
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Essa WLAN Platform

• 802.11a/b/g/n
• Netronics NetGlide APC-8 Controllers
• switches
• NetGlide UTAP3N Access Points

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KIVA Systems, USA Logistics and warehousing
automation
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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 !!!

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Answer Netronics

• Highest RF Noise immunity (channel blanket
  architecture, uplink diversity)
• Seamless mobility
• No coverage gaps
• Highly Reliable

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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

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Kiva WLAN Platform

• 802.11a
• NetGlide APC8
• switches
• NetGlide UTAP3N Access Points

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Mignot Hospital, Versailles HS, France 800-bed
hospital, part of Versailles Hospital System
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The Challenge

• Bandwidth-intensive PACS application ( 90MB
  files!)
• Need fast downloads, while walking from room to
  room in patient areas
• Seamless mobility
• Absolute dependability!

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The Choice Netronics
We needed real mobility without dropped
connections while downloading Large, highly
time-sensitive filesand Netronics was the only
product that offered us that.
Herve Paris, Director of Information
Technology Versailles Hospital System
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Mignot Hospital WLAN Platform

• 802.11a
• NetGlide APC8
• switches
• NetGlide UTAP3N AccessPoints

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