FEATURES
• Internal 6-element antenna array, with
63 dynamic configurations
• Real time learning of RF, station, network
and application conditions
• IGMP snooping for station-channel multicast
group association detection
• Support for 32 multicast groups and
48 stations
• Wireless multicast optimization with guaran-
teed packet delivery
• Differentiated handling of multicast IPTV
traffic from general multicast and broadcast
traffic
• Automatic traffic classification by well-known
UDP/TCP port number and IPTV attributes
• Heuristic QoS classification of voice and
video streams to the appropriate queues
• Priority queuing for voice, video, best-effort
and background traffic
• Per-station, per-traffic type packet queuing
and scheduling
• Four queues per station
• Automatic ToS tagging
• 20Mb/s consistent video throughput in
typical 2500 ft
2
residence (230m
2
)
• DHCP or static IP addresses for self install,
self-configuration or remote-configuration
• Web-based user interface
• Monitoring of the Wi-Fi network and applica-
tion performance, including throughput, error
rates, retransmissions
• Real-time monitoring, providing 30-minutes
of 1-second interval statistics
• Historical monitoring, providing 24 hours of
1-minute stats and 30 days of 1-hour stats
Six high-gain directional antenna elements
controlled by an expert software system
determines the best antenna pair for any
packet at any given time
With BeamFlex, the Ruckus MediaFlex router is able to reconfigure itself in real-
time, detecting and adjusting for both spectral and multi-path interference as well
as neighboring network noise. By selecting the optimum antenna pattern for each
receiving device, BeamFlex enables extended Wi-Fi range and higher communica-
tions speeds. The massive diversity of the BeamFlex antenna systems allows the
Ruckus MediaFlex router to find and instantly select from many quality signal paths
in a changing environment. This provides the stability and sustained baseline per-
formance essential for voice and video applications.
Patent-pending SmartCast technology from Ruckus Wireless combines innova-
tive multicast traffic handling techniques, smart QoS and application-aware
traffic classification capabilities to ensure the highest reliability for all transmis-
sions over Wi-Fi.
SmartCast differentiates and manages multicast video frames separately from
all other traffic types. This provide a robust wireless transport for IPTV streams
from the broadband gateway to the set top box. SmartCast detects a receiver
tuning to an IPTV channel and then directs the associated multicast video
packets to each receiver using the optimum data rate and signal path for that
receiver. This ensures the best performance possible while enabling reliable
delivery of IPTV packets.
Multimedia optimized traffic management algorithms guarantee performance
for multiple broadcast quality video streams while maintaining adequate band-
width for data applications. SmartCast automatically classifies all traffic based
on UDP/TCP port and other application attributes, and manages each traffic
type (voice, video, data) according to its classified priority and characteristics.
Automatic type-of-service (ToS) tagging eliminates complex QoS configura-
tions, while automatic management of lower speed 802.11b devices assures
bandwidth availability for prioritized video applications. Four priority queues
per station result in high granularity of traffic prioritization and precision for
multiple concurrent video streams. All packets are queued/de-queued by spe-
cialized schedulers optimized for the corresponding traffic type. Each scheduler
takes into account the delay/jitter tolerance and bandwidth requirements of
the traffic and the changing performance characteristics of each station on the
WLAN to ensure the best user experience.
