3. Why 802.11ac Wave 2?
Standard Network Infrastructure
Dawn of Wireless
Mobility Density
Internet of Everything
(IoE)
Next-Generation Mobility-Ready Network
Network Capacity
4. How 802.11ac Wave 2 Works
Multi-User MIMO
(MU-MIMO)
Wider RF Channels Four Spatial Streams
speed boost compared to Wave 1, thanks to:80%
6. • 802.11ac W1, 1.3 Gbps PHY
• 4x4:3 SS
• HDX: High Density Experience
• Cisco CleanAir 80 MHz
• Cisco ClientLink 3.0
• Cisco StadiumVision® Solution
• Modularity: Security, 3G Small
Cell or Wave 2 802.11ac
PREMIUM
3700
• 802.11ac W2 80 MHz
• 870 Mbps PHY
• 3x3:2SS
• Spectrum Analysis*
• Tx Beam Forming
• USB 2.0
• Mobility Express
• 802.11ac W1
• 1.3 Gbps PHY
• 3x4:3 SS
• HDX: High Density Experience
• Cisco CleanAir 80 MHz
• Cisco ClientLink 3.0
• 2 GE Ports
PERFORMANCE
2700
• 802.11ac W2 80 MHz
• 2.0 Gbps PHY
• 4x4:3SS MU-MIMO
• 4x4:4SS SU-MIMO
• Spectrum Analysis*
• Tx Beam Forming
• 2 GE Ports, USB 2.0
• Mobility Express
VALUE
1850
ENTRY LEVEL BEST IN CLASSMAINLINE
Cisco Aironet Indoor Access Points Portfolio
Industry’s Best 802.11ac Series Access Points
New
VALUE
1830
New
* Planning
7. Indoor
Access Points
Enterprise
AP 1830 AP 1850 AP 2700 AP 3700
Max PHY Data Rate (5GHz) 870 Mbps 1.7 Gbps 1.3 Gbps 1.3 Gbps
RF Design (MU-MIMO)
3x3:2, SU-MIMO W2
3x3:2, MU-MIMO W2
4x4:4, SU-MIMO W2
4x4:3, MU-MIMO W2
3x4:3, SU-MIMO W1 4x4:3, SU-MIMO W1
Performance/Coverage/
Investment Protection
uu uuu uuu uuuu
Max No. of Clients per AP 400 400 400 400
RRM ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
High Density Experience (HDX) ✓ ✓
Optimized Roaming ✓ ✓
Turbo Performance ✓ ✓
Spectrum Intelligence Spectrum Analysis* Spectrum Analysis* Cisco CleanAir® Cisco CleanAir®
Beam Forming Tx BF Tx BF Cisco ClientLink 3.0 Cisco ClientLink 3.0
BandSelect ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
VideoStream ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Rogue AP Detection ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Adaptive wIPS ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
External Antenna Option ✓ ✓ ✓
Ethernet Ports 1 x GE 2 x GE 2 x GE 1 x GE
USB 2.0 2.0
Module Options
Security, 3G Small Cell,
Hyper Location
List Price (USD) $695 $995 $1,095 $1,495
* Planning
Cisco Aironet 802.11ac Access Point Comparison
8. Introducing Cisco 5520 and 8540 WLAN
Controllers
5520 WLAN Controller
Access Points 1500
Clients 20,000
Deployment modes Centralized, Cisco FlexConnect™, and mesh
Form factor 1 RU
I/O interface Dual 1- or 10-Gbps ports with LAG
Storage Solid State Drive (SSD)
Power supply AC with optional redundant power supply
Product warranty 3 years (new)
8540 WLAN Controller
Access Points 6000
Clients 64,000
Deployment modes Centralized, Cisco
®
FlexConnect, and mesh
Form factor 2 RU
I/O interface Four 1- or 10-Gbps ports with LAG
Power options AC or DC
Redundancy Dual power supply and SSD with RAID
Product warranty 3 years (new)
9. New in Cisco AireOS 8.1 Software
Ease of Use
Enhanced
High-Density
Experience
(HDX)
Additional
RF Excellence
Features
Wi-Fi Triggered
ED-RRM
Optimized
Roaming
Extensions
Dynamic
Bandwidth
Selection
Air Time
Fairness FlexDFS
New
CORE:
• CleanAir
• ClientLink 3.0
• Turbo Performance
• Optimized Roaming
17. What Is Cisco Mobility Express?
3-step over-the-air wireless
network configuration with
Setup Wizard
Network management for
up to 25 access points as
you grow
Runs on Cisco® Aironet®
1830 & 1850 Series
Access Points
Fast IT
802.11ac
Wave2
Manage Up to 25
Access Points
18. Simplifies and Accelerates Wi-Fi Deployment
Connect Via Any Wireless Device
Configure Multiple APs
Simultaneously with Setup Wizard
Leverages Best Practice
Templates with Advanced Features
Out-of-the-Box
2
Guest Access
Application Visibility
CleanAir
Band Select
Radio Resource Management
Client Profiling
Bonjour Services
Fast IT: Setup <5 Minutes
1
3
19. • Initial Setup via Wizard
• 3 Steps in <10 Min
• Best Practices defaulted
• Approachable
• Simple screens
• Guided / Intuative
• Focus on basic features
Mobility Express UI
20. Simple By Design: Mobile Application
Configure Wireless, View Key Performance Indicators & Analytics
ACCESS POINT
DETAILS
ROGUE
DETECTION
CLIENT &
APPLICATION
VISIBILITY
INTERFERENCE
DETECTION
ACCESS POINT
HEALTH
APPLICATION
VISIBILITY AND
LOCAL CLIENT
PROFILING
22. Cisco ONE for Mobility – All Inclusive
License
• Access WLAN Management
• Full WLAN Visibility & Control
• Prime Assurance – Netflow
• Advanced Client Troubleshooting
• Quality of Infrastructure Reports
• Quality of Experience Reports
Controllers &
Access Points
WLC 2504
75 AP’s
WLC 5508
500 AP’s
WLC 8510
6000 AP’s
AP1700
3x3: 2 SS
HDX Express
AP2700
4x3: 3 SS
HDX
AP3700
4x4: 3 SS
HDX
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Connected Mobile Experience Identity Services Engine
• Highly Accurate Location Services
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth location tracking
• Connected Mobile Experience
• Presence Analytics
• CMX Connect
• API/ SDK extensions
• Advanced Wireless Intrusion Prevention
• AAA Radius and data base Integration
• 802.1x & CoA
• Enhanced Guest Management
• TrustSec Policy Control
• API Support
Simplified License with Greater Value
23. Cisco ONE Foundation for Wireless
Each Cisco ONE license provides:
• Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC)
• 1 x Perpetual licenses (portable)
• Cisco Prime Infrastructure
• 1 x Lifecycle licenses
• 1 x Assurance licenses
• Cisco Connected Mobile Experience (CMX)
• 1 x Base Location licenses + CMX Connect
• 1 x Cisco CleanAir Technology
• 25 x Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Base
• 25 x base licenses per AP
24. Cisco Enterprise Management
Consolidation of Licensing / Features
Enterprise Management 3.x
SDN Management for the Enterprise
Lifecycle Assurance
Foundation
Apps
Solution
Apps
Cisco Prime
Infrastructure 3.0
APIC-EM
Network Management Application Centric Policy Based Management
25. Prime Infrastructure 3.0
CUWN - 8.1 – ATE,
MS Lync
Wireless Wired Datacenter*Platform
Alarm Flexibility
Modern User Interface
UCS Service Profiles
Configuration
Compliance
Nexus - Overlay
Complete IWAN
support with APIC EM
Integration
Rogue Management PfR Monitoring
AVC for Flex UCS-C, UCS-E
Performance
Client
Troubleshooting
Out of box Port
Monitoring
Switching Workflows
*delivered post 3.0 via tech pack
26. Modern User Interface
• Tablet friendly
• Metrics widgets
• Same Menu
Structure as 2.2
• Correlated Charts
• Dashboard Export
• Dashboard
Tagging for
favorites
27. Create Connected Experiences with Cisco®
CMX
Presence and location detection
Visibility (Wi-Fi, BLE, video)
Detect
Easy Wi-Fi login, custom or social
Zone-based, custom splash pages
Connect
App-based mobile engagement
Context-aware in-venue experiences
Engage
Analytics
28. Location Accuracy: Cisco Hyperlocation
Module
Improved Security Coverage
Integrated Wireless Security Module
Centralized Management
BLE and Wi-Fi visibility
Angle of Arrival (AoA) Triangulation
+/-1 m accuracy
Integrated BLE Beacon
Reduce BLE deployment size
Enhanced FastLocate
Faster refresh rates
29. Hyperlocation – Provides enhanced
location accuracy
BLE Gateway – Complete BLE
management, Integrated and plugin
BLE options, BLE SDK*, and BLE
Analytics*
Cisco FastLocate – Faster refresh
provides more location detail
Cisco CleanAir® Technology –
Detects BLE beacons, interferers and
optimizes RF
Location Excellence Means Better Business
Intelligence
FastLocate: Critical to
actionable data
T=00s T=30s
31. Why Cisco for Gigabit Wireless?
Cisco’s unmatched history of Wireless Innovations
Cisco Wi-Fi
Leadership
Self-Protecting - CleanAir
Autonomous
Access Point
Controller
Coordinated
Access Points
with RRM
1,2, and 3 Spatial
Stream 802.11n
with CleanAir
Unified Policy
and Network
Management
Stateful
Switchover &
Application
Visibility and
Control
802.11ac Wave 1
& High-Density
ExperienceConnected
Mobile
Experiences
1997 20162012
Self-Learning - RRM
Self-Optimizing– HDX
Self-Healing – SSO
802.11ac Wave 2 &
Multigigabit Ethernet
& Hyperlocation
32. • 10+ new variations of 802.11ac capable Access Points
• 6+ variations of Multigigabit Ethernet Access Switches
• Network Function Virtualization (NfV) in 5520 and 8540
• Stateful Software Update extending SSO
• Hyperlocation Module with 1 square meter accuracy
• Tablet / Smartphone CMX Mobile App
• Vertical Dashboards in CMX
NEXT 12 MONTHS
Why Cisco for Gigabit Wireless?
Cisco’s unmatched rate of Wireless Innovations
Hinweis der Redaktion
This is where 802.11ac Wave 2 comes in.
You might be thinking, we just heard about 802.11ac Wave 1, why Wave 2? Here’s one way to look at it.
This is what things looked like back in what we’ll call the dawn of wireless. When businesses first started installing wireless networks, there weren’t all that many devices needing to use them—and those that did didn’t require much network capacity.
Then we entered the age of mobility density and the idea of the “all wireless office.” As the default primary access network, the wireless LAN became more taxed, and we needed improved technology like 802.11n and then the first wave of 802.11ac.
So why is Wave 2 even faster? Several key technology improvements provide a big boost in performance—up to 80% faster speeds than Wave 1. Let’s take a brief look at each of them.
A second key Wave 2 improvement is the option to use 160-MHz channel widths. That’s double what we saw with Wave 1 technology. Here you can see the potential throughput at 160-MHz channel widths. The top speeds depend on the whether the AP supports 80-MHz or 160-MHz channels, as well as whether the wireless client devices tapping your network support Wave 2. We expect that initial Wave 2 APs and clients will support 80-MHz channel widths.
In that spirit, I’d like to introduce the 5520 and 8540 WLAN Controllers. They have high-throughput options to handle big Wi-Fi traffic loads that, depending on your volume, aren’t too small or too big but are just right. These two controllers can aggregate port traffic to 40 Gbps and can accommodate from 1,500 to 6,000 access points, and from 20,000 to 64,000 clients, respectively. Each has three deployment modes:
Centralized mode, which forwards all data traffic through the controller so you can see and monitor all traffic in and out
FlexConnect mode, which allows you to choose centralized data forwarding through the controller or distributed data forwarding out at the access points on a per-AP basis
Mesh mode, which forwards traffic from AP to AP to create an over-the-air backhaul network that accommodates longer transmission distances
Both the 5520 and 8540 controllers include the rich feature set of Cisco AireOS 8.1, the latest version of operating system software for Cisco controllers and access points. 8.1 adds important RF excellence capabilities for next generation wireless networks. The three key benefits of 8.1 include ease of use, enhanced troubleshooting, and, perhaps most important, enhanced Cisco High-Density Experience features.
All other WLAN controllers in the Cisco Aironet family are upgradable to 8.1 (or will ship new with 8.1), so that the features and capabilities across your controller population are all in sync.
Starting with CUWN AireOS release 8.1 the WLAN controller UI has been updated with new HTML 5 dashboards providing enhanced monitoring and troubleshooting.
What makes the new WLAN Controller UI so different is that we have added an HTML5 intuitive front end without having to completely abandon the familiar / Classic UI.
The rich set of visual capabilities that expose Cisco RF excellence can be used to illustrate our advantages over our competitors in performance and connectivity and we are able to expose the suite of functionality called High Density Experience which as yet has not been replicated by any of the competition.
Users can easily toggle between the classic UI and new dashboards.
Using an HTML5 UI also allowed for a new mobile application for both Apple IOS and Android extending WLAN Controller UI support to millions of mobile devices.
What are the top 10 things to demonstrate in the new WLAN Controller UI?
User Friendly Interface - The HTML5 format features a new and better database with enhanced forms, search boxes, and sorting capabilities which is also mobile device friendly and allowed us to deliver a feature rich mobile app at the same time
Advanced Classic UI – Easily switch between NEW UI and Classic UI. With over a decade of development and familiarity the entire advanced UI structure is maintained for advanced controls.
Network Summary – Simple and intuitive view of the AP’s, Operating systems, Applications, rogues, interference and Clients
Client search capabilities - Quickly drill down to specific client details.
AP search capabilities - Quickly drill down to specific AP details.
Detailed Client Sorting – Easily sort any field in the client detail list.
Detailed AP Sorting – Easily sort any field in the AP detail list
Wireless AP Performance – Highlight channel utilization, client load, interference and Coverage.
Wireless Client Performance – Highlight signal strength, signal quality, connection rate, connectivity state and failures
WLAN Controller Best Practice – Finish demo with review of automated controller “best Practice” assessment, which highlights key feature functionality available.
Important things to note on the Client detail;
User & Host Name
Device and Performance
Policy and Role
Top Client Applications
Troubleshooting
Important things to note on the AP detail;
AP performance summary
AP Details
Switch AP view
Important things to note in AP Wireless Dashboard
Top Channel Utilization - 2.4GHz, 5GHz % of problem AP’s
Top Client Load – 2.4GHz, 5GHz and overall AP load
Top Interference - 2.4GHz, 5GHz interference thresholds
Bottom Coverage – Bottom AP’s experiencing coverage hole detection
One of the most powerful aspects of the new WLAN Controller UI is the ability to view if Cisco best practices have been implemented.
Walk the audience through Cisco WLAN capabilities as the feature and benefits are described within the UI
Infrastructure Best Practice
Security Best Practice
RF Management Best Practice
Key area’s to spend time include:
Application Visibility – packet inspection with NBAR2 protocol PACS
Local device Profiling – Local device database updated with every release
Controller HA – Industries only Stateful solution for seamless failover
Rouge AP Threshold – Limit rogue to only the most serious threats
Client Exclusion – Eliminate Brute Force password attacks
Login Policies – Restrict number of devices a user can log-in
Cisco Mobility Express is an on-premise, solution for quickly and easily deploying a robust Wi-Fi network. It’s a no-cost module for Cisco Aironet 1850 Series Access points, which provide superior coverage and performance with 802.11ac Wave 2 support. Using Mobility Express, one AP can become the wireless network’s control point and scale to manage up to 25 APs. A Setup Wizard and 3-step over-the-air configuration process deploys all APs at once, so you’re up and running in no time.
The Setup Wizard reduces deployment time to about five minutes. A graphical interface walks you through the simple steps, using intuitive icons and pop-up windows that show you what needs to be done. You can set up your wireless LAN in just three steps:
1. Connect via any wireless device
2. Configure multiple APs simultaneously with Setup Wizard
3. Implement best practice templates with advanced features, right out of the box
Once the network is deployed, the analytics dashboard lets you see all your APs and applications and troubleshoot the network.
High Accuracy with Angle of Arrival (AoA) triangulation over Wi-Fi (1~3m accuracy) with fast refresh rates (~10 seconds)
Integrated BLE Beacon advertise up to 5 UUIDs; support Wi-Fi and bluetooth with single device
Worry-Free Beacon installation with centralized management
Improves FastLocate for faster refresh rates ( ~10 seconds)
Better Security Coverage for 802.11ac and 802.11n WiFi deployments
Hyperlocation & How it Works
How Angle of Arrival Works
What is blue vs White
Time line for Meraki support
Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences (or CMX) transforms your network into an experience engine. An experience engine that delivers dynamic, relevant content to mobile end-users. This connection between physical venue and user opens the door to improving user experiences and optimizing operations.
Cisco CMX is based on 3 primary activities: detect, connect, and engage.
First, as an end user carrying a mobile device approaches your venue, the network detects the presence and location of the device leveraging visibility of Wi-Fi location, BLE and video.
After the end user receives notification of available Wi-Fi access and services, that individual can then connect to the network securely.
Once visitors have access, you can engage them with app based mobile engagement delivering context-aware experiences for the venue to develop a relationship
There’s an overarching activity across all three activities. That’s analytics, and it’s a key component of Cisco CMX. The solution sources location data from devices that have been detected and connected to the network, and it analyzes engagement opportunities from that data.
All mobile experiences rely on the quality of location. The degree of accuracy you get in knowing where people and devices are determines the quality and usefulness of your data.
Cisco has been committed to delivering location excellence for the last 8 years. We’ve developed a suite of hyperlocation technologies that includes:
FastLocate Technology, which enables the Wi-Fi network to pick up signals from visitors’ devices more quickly, giving you more data points. This way, you get more data on visitors’ paths through your venue. FastLocate tells you more about where people began and ended their visits and where they went in-between.
And Cisco has a new Hyperlocation Module for our high-speed access points. It is a sensor that wraps around Cisco Aironet 802.11ac access points and helps you pinpoint Wi-Fi users’ locations much more accurately than previously.
BLE Visualization & Management: Using Bluetooth Low Energy sensors, which are dispersed much more liberally through the environment than the access points, you can pick up much more granular data. You might, for example, accurately locate customers within an aisle and push contents based on nearby products.
This is one of the most important slides of this presentation…
Cisco is often accused of being too complex, but rarely is credit given to us where we have made things simpler to operate…
What this slide shows you is that Cisco has driven the innovation of Wireless from Autonomous Access Points all the way up to being the first manufacturer to bring 802.11ac to market
Engineering a Wireless Network is like engineering an Air Traffic Control System at a national level. You must create “Self-Learning, Self-Protecting, Self-Healing, and Self-Optimizing” capabilities to maximize usage and even more importantly avoid collisions – and it is important for all of you to understand that a Wireless Network does not operate in the same manner as a Wired Network – a Wired Network uses a highly predictable cable and tolerates some level of packet collision – whereas in a Wireless Network the “highly unpredictable air is the network” and packet collisions are not tolerated just like an Air Traffic Control System
Cisco was first to develop the “Self-Learning” capability for Wireless with our suite of Radio Resource Management (RRM) capabilities that everyone else has followed and the IEEE has integrated in to the 802.11 standard… but we have the original patents for Dynamic Channel Allocation, Transmit Power Adjustment, Coverage Hole Detection and Mitigation, Load Balancing, etc…
Cisco was first to develop the “CleanAir Self-Protecting” capability for Wireless interference that nobody else has been able to replicate 6+ years after its initial launch… Cisco can Detect, Identify, Classify, and Mitigate interference whereas the competition can only Detect and Identify, which means only Cisco can automatically reconfigure the Wireless Network based on a calculated zone of interference or impact to preserve channel capacity for client usage…
Digital Enterprises are “Always On” businesses and in support of that reality Cisco was first to develop the “Stateful Switchover (SSO) Self-Healing” capability for every operating level of a Wireless Network - WLAN Controller, Access Point, and Client… only Cisco can deliver a non-stop Wireless Client Session to the Digital Enterprise and the competition has not been able to catch up in the 3+ years since we introduced this capability
Since Wireless is the Primary Connectivity for the Digital Enterprise every Digital Enterprise is “High Density”. In support of that reality Cisco was first to develop the “Self-Optimizing” suite of functionality called High Density Experience (HDX) for 802.11ac networks that nobody else has been able to replicate 2+ years after initial launch… Aruba will claim that their ClientMatch is the same as our Optimized Roaming and Ruckus will claim their BeamFlex is that same as our ClientLink, but neither of them have replicated the rest of the HDX suite of functionality - CleanAir, Turbo Performance, Dynamic Bandwidth Selection, RF Noise Suppression or even our latest addition to HDX called Flexible DFS for improved Radar Avoidance operation…
With the recent implementation of a simplified installation process and a new Dashboard GUI and Smartphone application for our WLAN Controllers Cisco is simpler to install, manage, and when coupled with all the other innovations we have brought to market we greatly Simplify IT Operations under the FAST IT vision