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5.8 Locationing
The Motorola Solutions WiNG Geofencing Architecture provides a very comprehensive and elegant solution for physical
security to wireless without impacting the mobility. The Motorola Solutions WiNG Wireless ACLs allow protection based
on the MAC address and location of clients within user defined boundaries. This solution provides protection within user
defined boundaries, allowing access to clients located within the zone and denying and mitigating access to clients
outside the zone.
The Motorola Solutions Geofencing architecture provides a dynamic solution by locating all clients and enforcing ACLs for
each client based on it’s current location. This capability is no easy feat and is only made possible with the following three
core components of the WiNG architecture which closely interact to provide physical security without compromising
mobility.
The core components of the WiNG Geofencing solution are:
• Industry’s only Native RTLS Engine
• Wireless ACLs
• Switch Management (CLI, SNMP and Applet)
RTLS Engine
The native RTLS engine is a software module on the WiNG architecture based wireless switches. The RTLS engine locates
thousands of clients in real time and provides the current location for each client
Wireless ACLs
The Wireless ACL in WiNG uses location as a credential and as such is designed to enforce admission policies based on
the current location of the client. By default all clients are allowed admission in all zones and the Wireless ACLs can be
configured to deny admission to a single MAC address (client) or a group of clients for each defined zone.
Switch Management (CLI, SNMP or Applet)
Switch Management plays a key role in defining and configuring the multiple Geofencing zones. This includes
configuration of site parameters including site dimensions, zones and Access Point locations.
Each zones perimeter must include a minimum of 3 points and must not exceed 16 points. Additionally the zones perimeter
must not overlap another defined zone. Each Zone is assigned a ZoneID which is in turn used in creating the ACLs which
will deny admission within that specific zone. The following figure shows some sample zones
5.8.1 RTLS Overview
Locationing (also called Real Time Location-based Services and Real Time Location Application Services) delivers end-user
applications based on:
• The location of mobile devices (devices with location enabling technology, such as a WiFi supported handheld, Wi-Fi
laptop or cell phone)
• The location of an attached tag (a location enabled mobile device in miniaturized form, for example a WiFi tag, UWB
tag or RFID tag that is attached to a person, vehicles or a package)
A Motorola Solutions wireless LAN switches (such as a RFS7000) can facilitate true RF technology-agnostic mobility,
allowing customers to view, manage and troubleshoot their RF network (Wi-Fi, RFID, UWB, mesh etc.) and provide accurate
asset locationing information across multiple networks in real-time. This solution can also be packaged as a locationing
appliance.