Motorola Solutions has expanded its WiNG 5 wireless LAN (WLAN) portfolio with single-, dual- and tri-radio 802.11n access points (APs) and a powerful Integrated Services Controller designed to help distributed organizations effectively manage thousands of APs from a network operations centre (NOC) for a continental or global deployment.
Motorola’s regional channel manager for South Africa, Hilton Fester, said the WiNG 5 architecture would eliminate choke points faced by traditional hub-and-spoke architectures by leveraging network intelligence and security at the edge to offer superior performance for mobile applications such as video and voice.
He said that WiNG5 would ideally suite retailers, government agencies, hospital campuses, school districts and enterprises operating multiple facilities across wide geographies arguing that these WiNG 5 solutions would offer a cost-effective means of supporting the most demanding wireless applications and large numbers of wireless devices.
He said the result was a WLAN infrastructure that delivers a consistently better user experience regardless of location or application saying network administrators could easily deploy, manage, troubleshoot and expand as new mobile services are added.
“The explosion of wireless services and applications introduced by retailers, schools, hospitals, government agencies and other multi-location enterprises is placing challenging demands on their networks, often causing degradation in the quality of services they deliver and anxiety among users unable to access them.
“By giving IT more choice and flexibility in architecting these networks while ensuring the highest levels of control, reliability and security, we are helping our customers focus on their core mission rather than on the enabling technologies.
“The NX 9000 delivers unparalleled scalability and flexibility, while the new APs are attractively priced and deliver seamless indoor and outdoor WLAN services. The result is less worry, cost and congestion, and more trust, intelligence and performance,” said Fester.
He says the NX 9000 Integrated Services Controller helps large distributed organizations ensure consistent configuration, management and troubleshooting of their entire WLAN from a single location or via their private cloud.
“This powerful NOC controller can support up to 10,000 Motorola WiNG 5 APs and manage controller-less deployments at remote sites, helping reduce the complexity and cost throughout the lifetime of the network,” Fester added.
He also gave highlights of forthcoming 2011 calendar such as new 802.11n single-, dual- and tri-radio APs that help budget-conscious IT managers deploy the optimal WLAN infrastructure based on user and cost profiles at various locations.
Motorola will also unleash the single-radio, dependent AP 621, which offers customers the power of WiNG 5 intelligence at an attractive price point.
“When deployed with a wireless controller, this dual-band AP offers users 802.11n speeds along with direct forwarding, security, quality of service (QoS) and advanced spectrum analysis.
“The versatile single-radio, independent AP 6521 combines the QoS, security and performance benefits of the WiNG 5 architecture with a design that helps customers lower the cost of deploying and operating a secure, reliable 802.11n WLAN.”
Motorola says the new technology enables controller-less operations at small to medium sites by serving as a virtual controller and coordinating the operation of up to 24 neighbouring APs for mobility and QoS services.
By Goodman Majola
