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Table 1.
Features and Benefits
Feature
Benefit
Adaptive Wireless Path
Protocol (AWPP)
Forms a wireless mesh network between nodes.
Designed specifically for a multiradio platform to handle acute environmental
interference as well as self-interference, optimizing
system-level network performance.
Dynamically optimizes traffic routes between nodes for high network resiliency and high
system capacity.
Self-heals from interference or outages, reducing management costs.
Optimal Parent Selection scans all available channels to ensure that the mesh
optimizes network capacity.
Exclusion listing provides and advance intelligence at the access point to exclude as a
parent any access point through which a link to the controller cannot be established.
Bridging
Bridges remote networks over wireless in a point-to-point or point-to-multipoint
configuration, eliminating leased lines or providing an alternative backhaul.
Allows remote peripherals, such as security cameras, to be bridged to the network.
Wireless link-distance adjustment allows the 802.11 protocols to be tuned for optimal
performance over extended bridging distances.
Flexible, integrated dual-radio
Dual-radio option provides separate channels for the mesh infrastructure and client
access, enabling pico-cellular design, minimizing system interference, and delivering
high system capacity.
Complies with 802.11a and 802.11b/g standards for interoperability with any
Wi-Fi-compliant client.
Supports optional wireless backhaul over the 4.9-GHz band for reduced interference for
public safety licensees.
Single, integrated design simplifies deployment and management.
Standards-based LWAPP
Centralizes functions of wireless LANs at Cisco wireless LAN controllers to enable
intelligent, system-level device and RF management, security, and mobility across and
between subnets.
Provides a consistent WLAN architecture between indoor and outdoor deployments.
Managed through easy-to-use and intuitive interfaces on Cisco wireless LAN controllers
and Cisco WCS software.
Security
X.509 digital certification prevents unauthorized devices from joining the wireless mesh
network.
Hardware-based AES encrypts access-point-to-access-point traffic to help ensure
privacy.
The Cisco wireless LAN controllers define the security policy for centralized
applications.
Supports 802.11i, WPA2, and WPA standard security authentication and encryption for
interoperability with any Wi-Fi-compliant client. Supported EAP types include subscriber
identity module (SIM),Protected EAP (PEAP), Transport Layer Security (TLS), Tunneled
Transport Layer Security (TTLS), and Cisco LEAP.
EAP / PSK is supported for mutual authentication between mesh access point nodes
Zero-touch configuration
deployment
Allows access points to securely join the wireless mesh network without needing to be
configured on site at installation, reducing deployment costs.
Simplifies installations of new mesh access point when Bridge Group Names (BGN) are
used.
Radio Resource Management
(RRM)
Interoperates with software at the controller to create an intelligent RF plane for self-
configuration, self-healing, and self-optimization.
Detects interference from existing, unrelated WLAN access points and adjusts the RF
parameters to optimize network performance.
Quality of Service
Support for 802.11e Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) provides quality of service and seamless
roaming for high-priority traffic such as voice or video.
Provides differentiated services for high-priority traffic.
Enables public safety and enterprise voice over IP (VoIP) and video applications.
Guest Access
Support for guest user access through a webpage redirect to a login portal or to a public
WLAN services gateway.
Multiple Basic Service Set
Identifiers (BSSIDs
16 BSSIDs allow multiple virtual WLANs for different user types, such as public access,
municipal services, police, or fire departments, and also enable wholesale business
models.
Web authentication
Interfaces to remediation server to support third-party billing platforms.
