Foundry Networks Wireless & Mobility Products

IronPoint Mobility Series

Wireline voice quality with advanced QoS with support for 30 simultaneous voice calls per access point; 5x more than traditional wireless networks
Unmatched performance in high density deployments—supports 100 active users per access point; the highest density available
Lowest TCO enterprise wireless solution—no RF planning or site surveys required

Overview
Features
Specifications
System Options
Literature

Overview

Today's enterprises are moving rapidly to a converged IP network for data and voice applications. At the same time, many are implementing wireless LANs to provide increased flexibility with mobile access to the enterprise applications and communications infrastructure. The IronPoint Mobility Series not only delivers all required elements for today's larger wireless LAN deployments, but goes farther by future proofing the network for wireline voice quality over wireless LANs.

Centralized configuration and management for ease of deployment
Multi-layer security approach
Eliminates channel planning and co-channel interference problems
Integrates easily with existing infrastructure
Scalable solution set from large enterprise deployments to branch office locations

Features

Wireline Voice Quality with Advanced QoS

Wireless VoIP is a rapidly emerging application that increases corporate productivity and reduces cost. The IronPoint Mobility Series leads the industry with the highest voice capacity and advanced QoS features to ensure wireline voice quality, even in highly converged wireless networks.

IronPoint Mobility Controller deterministically schedules voice traffic to avoid contention
30 simultaneous voice calls per IronPoint Mobility Access Point; 5x more than traditional wireless networks
Zero packet-loss and zero delay handoffs for true seamless roaming
Automatic detection and prioritization of SIP, H.323, Spectralink and Vocera voice protocols

Unmatched Performance in High Density Deployments

High density of wireless clients is common in many environments, including conference centers, hospital emergency admitting rooms and university libraries and classrooms. Foundry Networks brings new methods to deal with the bandwidth demands and increased contention that a rapidly growing client population will bring.

IronPoint Mobility Controller delivers intelligent contention management
Supports 100 active clients per IronPoint Mobility Access Point; 10-fold increase over other access points
Removes direct and indirect sources of contention which causes back off
Global load balancing ensures highest possible throughput for every wireless client
Automatic RF coordination eliminates co-channel interference in microcell deployments

Ensure Corporate Data Privacy with Multi-Layer Security Policies

Security concerns are primary in the mind of network administrators deploying wireless LANs. Foundry Networks understands this and addresses these concerns through a multi-layer approach. Security policies follow users as they roam, without reauthentication or degradation of performance.

WiFi Alliance Certified(tm) interoperability for WPA security
Automatic rogue access point detection and prevention without degradation of client traffic
Continuously monitor and secure all channels in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz spectrums
Multiple ESSIDs with individual security policies to ensure separation of different user groups

Deliver True Wireless Quality of Service for Multiple Applications, User Groups

Today's wireless LAN systems provide quality of service only in the downstream direction-from the access point to the client. The reverse direction-traffic from the client to the access point - is unmanaged, so high priority traffic or latency sensitive applications like voice have no method to guarantee access the channel in a timely manner. Foundry Networks uniquely solves this problem with IronPoint Mobility Series.

Guaranteed high priority traffic delivery for mission critical applications
Upstream and downstream quality of service
Quality of service prioritizes traffic from clients to access point
No client software required

Centralized Management for Ease of Deployment

Wireless LAN deployments are larger and more complex than just a few years ago. They are not only in the corporate office, but spread out to remote and branch offices. The IronPoint Mobility Series greatly simplifies deployment and ongoing management for global deployments.

No RF planning or site surveys required
Automatic discovery and configuration of IronPoint Mobility Access Points over any network topology
RF intelligence automatically selects best power and channel settings
Certified interoperability with any WiFi certified device
Easy management through CLI, GUI and IronView Network Manager

Specifications

Application Support and Advanced QoS

Support for SIP and H.323v1 applications and codecs
Configurable dynamic QoS Rules
Upstream and downstream resource reservation
Automatic, stateful flow detectors for SIP, H.323, Cisco SCCP, Spectralink SVP and Vocera
User-configurable static and dynamic QoS rules per application (user-defined) and per user (stations, users, and port numbers)

Security

Support for VPN, 802.1x and open authentication
802.1X with EAP-Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS), Tunneled TLS (EAP-TTLS), Protected EAP (PEAP) MS-CHAPv2, Smartcard/Certificate, Lightweight EAP (LEAP), EAP-FAST and EAP-MD5, with mutual authentication and dynamic, per user, per session unicast and broadcast keys)
Secure HTTPS w/customizable Captive Portal utilizing RADIUS
Support static and dynamic 40-bit and 128-bit WEP keys, TKIP with MIC, AES-CCMP
Multiple ESSID/BSSID each with its own Security Policy
Centralized, continuous Rogue AP detection and suppression for 802.11a and 802.11b/g spectrums

Mobility

Infrastructure-controlled zero-loss handoff mechanism for standard WiFi clients
Interoperates with third-party access points for roaming
High Availability active/standby configuration for automatic failover and recovery
No performance degradation with increased WiFi clients
Virtual cell provides load balancing, coordination for improved performance and WLAN resiliency upon AP failure

Central Management

Zero-Configuration automatically selects power and channel settings
Central and remote management and software upgrades via GUI, SNMP, Command-Line
Interface (CLI) via serial port, HTTP, HTTPs, SSH and Telnet
Centralized Security Policy for WLAN, Multiple ESSIDs and VLANs with their own administrative/security policies
RF Coordination of APs with load-balancing for highest wireless client performance
Centralized auto-discovery, auto-channel configuration, and auto-power selection for APs
Co-channel interference management

Wireless Specifications

IEEE 802.11 a/b/g
IEEE 802.11i support (AES, WEP and WPA2)
IEEE draft 802.11e support (QOS)
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet
Wireless Medium Access WiFi Compliant 802.11 MAC standard
Transmit power control in 1 dBm increments
Antenna RP-SMA female antennas connectors
Frame Size Peak frame size of > 2250 bytes
Fragmentation and Reassembly of 802.11/Ethernet frames supported
Support for clients that perform active scanning and passive scanning
Support for clients that pre-authenticate
Support for clients that change to and from power save mode rapidly
Power Save Mode for clients in both QoS mode and non-QoS mode
Sleep Mode drivers for WiFi voice handsets

IEEE 802.11a Specifications

5.180 - 5.240 GHz, 8 Channels (34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48)
5.280 - 5.320 GHz; 4 channels (52, 56, 60, 64)
5.745 - 5.825 GHz; 5 channels (149, 153, 157, 161, 165) Operating Channels Configurable based on country regulations
Data Rates 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9 and 6 Mbps with automatic rate adaptation
Transmit Power ~ +16 dBm (40 mW) nominal
Receive Sensitivity -70 dBm at 54 Mbps, -86 dBm at 6 Mbps

IEEE 802.11b/g Specifications

2.4 GHz - 2.4835 GHz
2.4 GHz - 2.497 GHz Japan only
Operating Channels 1-11 US/Canada, 1-13 Europe, and 1-14 Japan)
3 non-overlapping channels
Transmit Power ~+20 dBm (100 mW) nominal
802.11b Data Rates 11, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps with automatic rate adaptation
802.11g Data Rates 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 11, 9, 6, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps
802.11b Receive Sensitivity -85 dBm at 11 Mbps, -93 dBm at 1 Mbps
802.11g Receive Sensitivity -73 dBm at 54 Mbps, -85 dBm at 6 Mbps

Environmental

Operating temperature: 32°F to 122°F/0°C to 50°C
Operating humidity: 0% to 95% (non-condensing)
Storage and transit temperature: -40°F to 185°F/-40°C to 85°C
Storage and transit humidity: 0% to 95% (non-condensing)

System Options

IP-MAP-150: IronPoint Mobility Series Access Point, dual radio 802.1a and 802.11b/g. Includes 2 Omni-directional antennas, mounting bracket and screws
IP-MAP-201: IronPoint Mobility Access Point, single radio 802.11a/b/g. Includes 2 Omni-directional antennas, mounting bracket and screws
IP-MAP-208: IronPoint Mobility Access Point, dual radio 802.11a/b/g. Includes 2 Omni-directional antennas, mounting bracket and screws
IP-RS4000-BWW: IronPoint Mobility Series RS4000 Radio Switch with 360° omni-directional antenna and wall/ceiling mount accessories
IP-RS4000-BWW-180: IronPoint Mobility Series RS4000 Radio Switch with 180° directional antenna and wall/ceiling mount accessories
IP-MC-505: IronPoint Mobility Controller 500 system for 5 IronPoint Mobility Access Points
IP-MC-1015: IronPoint Mobility Controller 1000 system for 15 IronPoint Mobility Access Points
IP-MC-1030: IronPoint Mobility Controller 1000 system for 30 IronPoint Mobility Access Points
IP-MC-3025: IronPoint Mobility Controller 3000 system for 25 IronPoint Mobility Access Points
IP-MC-3050: IronPoint Mobility Controller 3000 system for 50 IronPoint Mobility Access Points
IP-MC-3075: IronPoint Mobility Controller 3000 system for 75 IronPoint Mobility Access Points
IP-MC-3100: IronPoint Mobility Controller 3000 system for 100 IronPoint Mobility Access Points
IP-MC-3150: IronPoint Mobility Controller 3000 system for 150 IronPoint Mobility Access Points

Literature

How To Buy

Interested in this product? Contact sales to learn more!
Contact Sales