Unlike other WLAN systems that rely solely on centralized forwarding at the WLAN controller, the Trapeze Smart Mobile architecture also allows Distributed Forwarding at the Access Point to offload WLAN controllers and optimize traffic flows for latency sensitive applications such as voice.

But Trapeze's scalability advantage does not end there. Trapeze has implemented many other innovations to maximize bandwidth availability, and control utilization.

QoS profiles and bandwidth limits can be set on a per SSID or per user basis giving granular control over which applications get most bandwidth and priority treatment. 

In addition, patent pending Band Steering features transparently cause 802.11a-capable devices to use the 5Ghz band, recovering 30-40% more usable capacity, without requiring any client or network configuration changes.

Trapeze is also unique in enabling automatic Client Load Balancing across multiple access points, even between Access Points managed by different controllers.