Xirrus XR Series, User Manual

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Wireless Access Point
22 Introduction
With each of the AP’s multiple radios operating on a different channel, RPM
selects the ideal radio for each station. High-speed stations are grouped together
on radios with other high speed stations, while lower speed stations are combined
with other lower speed stations. This ensures optimal performance for high-speed
802.11ac stations without compromise.
The complete feature set of the RPM package includes:
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Wireless Distribution System (WDS) for point-to-point communication
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Wireless Mode per IAP
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Sharp Cell technology
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Wireless Data Rate Optimization
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Wireless Traffic Shaping
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Wireless Voice Call Admission Control
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Fast Layer 2 and 3 Roaming
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Standby Mode
Xirrus Advanced RF Security Manager (RSM)
The Xirrus RSM improves security and minimizes the risk in deploying 802.11
wireless networks. Leveraging an integrated 24/7 threat sensor and hardware-
based encryption/decryption in each AP, RSM secures the wireless network from
multiple types of threats. The result delivers uncompromised overall network
security with superior flexibility and performance.
Wireless networks face a number of potential security threats in the form of rogue
access points, ad-hoc clients, unauthorized clients, wireless-based attacks,
eavesdropping, etc. As “bring your own device” (BYOD) becomes ubiquitous in
enterprise networks, defending against these threats becomes more critical. With
the AP’s threat sensor radio scanning all channels in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz
spectrums, RSM searches for security threats and automatically mitigates them.
High performance encryption/decryption in the enterprise wireless network is a
must. The wireless network needs to support each client using the highest level of
encryption (WPA2 Enterprise/128 bit AES) and without degrading the overall
performance of the network. Xirrus incorporates hardware-based encryption/