802.11n Support Out of the Box
The IEEE 802.11n standard will bring about a new generation of ultra-high-speed wireless technology. The new standard specifies data transfer rates up to 700 Mbps, compared to today’s peak rate of 54 Mbps. Current generation WLAN controllers cannot handle the 12x increase in network load that 802.11n will bring.
Some WLAN vendors are recommending that customers buy expensive new controllers to support 802.11n. In stark contrast, Trapeze’s Smart Mobile™ architecture with intelligent switching can scale to support the 12x increase in network load without requiring customers to upgrade their entire switch infrastructure.
Combining centralized WLAN management with optimized traffic flow, Smart Mobile provides the highest performance WLANs today—802.11n-ready without costly upgrades. Smart Mobile’s intelligent switching is the first and only WLAN architecture that allows data to be forwarded centrally or in distributed fashion, depending on the underlying application.
Voice over WLAN, for example, requires extremely low latency. Smart Mobile’s intelligent switching technology forwards voice traffic in distributed mode—directly from access point to access point, rather than having to go through the central controller each time—minimizing latency and enabling highly scalable VoWLAN deployments.
