Espina Christian B.

O4A

Inside and Outside Control

Part 1:

a.) FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) - are a set of standards that
describe document processing, encryption algorithms and other information technology
standards for use within non-military government agencies and by government
contractors and vendors who work with the agencies.
b.) MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) - is an antenna technology for wireless
communications in which multiple antennas are used at both the source (transmitter)
and the destination (receiver). The antennas at each end of the communications circuit
are combined to minimize errors and optimize data speed. MIMO is one of several forms
of smart antenna technology, the others being MISO (multiple input, single output)
and SIMO (single input, multiple output).
c.) Cisco CleanAir technology -is a spectrum intelligence solution designed to proactively
manage the challenges of a shared wireless spectrum. It allows you to see all of the
users of the shared spectrum (both native devices and foreign interferers). It also
enables you or your network to act upon this information.
d.) FlexConnect (previously known as Hybrid Remote Edge Access Point or H-REAP)
- is a wireless solution for branch office and remote office deployments. It enables
customers to configure and control access points in a branch or remote office from the
corporate office through a wide area network (WAN) link without deploying a controller in
each office. The FlexConnect access points can switch client data traffic locally and
perform client authentication locally when their connection to the controller is lost. When
they are connected to the controller, they can also send traffic back to the controller. In
the connected mode, the FlexConnect access point can also perform local
authentication.
e.) Band selection- enables client radios that are capable of dual-band (2.4- and 5-GHz)
operation to move to a less congested 5-GHz access point. The 2.4-GHz band is often
congested.

Step 2:

Visit the Wireless Compare Products and Services web site.

a. Compare the devices in each category based on their feature sets.
b. Choose one model from each category: indoor, outdoor, and controller
categories for the upgrades for your business.
Indoor category
 802.11n Wireless Performance and
Reliability
Extend predictable 802.11n wireless coverage to the home teleworking environment
with Cisco Aironet 600 Series OfficeExtend Access Points.

Increase productivity, lower cost, and gain business continuity with seamless , reliable,
and highly secure access to networked services from the home or remote office.

Purposely designed for the teleworking environment, the Cisco Aironet 600 Series
OfficeExtend Access point delivers full 802.11n speed with simultaneous 2.4 GHz and 5
GHz RF band support.

Business Benefits
Extends Borderless Network services and policies to the home-office
teleworker.
Protects the corporate environment with industry-standard control
and wireless access point(CAPWAP) support.
Simultaneously supports corporate and personal network activity with
traffic segmentation.
Increases productivity and reduces cellular cost by extending voice to
the home wirelessly or via a wired Ethernet port.
Reduces setup time with simplified IT provisioning.
Comes with a limited lifetime warranty that includes 10-day advance
hardware replacement.
Indoor category

The Cisco Aironet 3700 Series is a component of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, which can
scale to as many as 18,000 access points with full Layer 3 mobility across central or remote
locations on the enterprise campus, in branch offices, and at remote sites. The Cisco Unified
Wireless Network is the industrys most flexible, resilient, and scalable architecture, delivering highly
secure access to mobility services and applications and offering the lowest total cost of ownership
and investment protection by integrating smoothly with the existing wired network.

AP 3700 supports the new Client Link 3.0 and is able to beam form to 802.11ac clients including 1,
2, and 3 spatial streams. It also supports all Client Link 2.0 functionality with legacy 11a/g clients and
802.11n 1, 2, and 3 spatial stream clients.

The AP 3600 supports Client Link 2.0 which beam forms to legacy 11a/g clients and 11n 1, 2, 3
spatial stream but does not support Client Link 3.0 (Cisco beam forming method to 11ac clients).

Both the AP 3700 and AP 3600 with module supports the 802.11ac beam forming standard known as
ECBF (Explicit Compressed Beam Forming)a new IEEE method of beam forming that is emerging
but not yet fully supported in 11ac clients. Cisco Client Link is similar but can work with all clients
today including 11a/g/n as well as 11ac clients. Client Link also takes advantage of the extra
transceiver in the AP, so it beam forms to clients with 3 spatial streams.

Outdoor category

Cisco Aironet Outdoor Access Points 1532I

As carrier-grade Wi-Fi becomes a critical small-cell element in next-generation mobile networks,
operators are requesting new access point designs that can pack a punch in a small form factor. The
Cisco Airo net 1530 Series Outdoor Access Points incorporate a low-profile design that is
aesthetically pleasing, yet they can withstand the most rugged outdoor conditions. Cisco brings
engineering innovation to the platform with unique Cisco Flexible Antenna Port technology that
allows the same antenna ports to be used either for dual-band antennas to reduce the antenna
footprint or for single-band antennas to optimize radio coverage. This flexibility allows antenna
changes to be made on the fly, and saves on sparing costs. And the Cisco Airo net 1530 Series
brings all the same robust Wi-Fi features that operators have come to expect from Cisco, including
radio resource management, Band Select to automatically take advantage of the 5-GHz band, and
Video Stream for high-quality video performance over Wi-Fi. Only Cisco delivers all of these features
in a hardened outdoor access point that is ideal for any urban setting.

Controllers Category

The Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller provides centralized control, management, and troubleshooting
for high-scale deployments in service provider and large campus deployments. It offers flexibility to
support multiple deployment modes in the same controller: for example, centralized mode for
campus, Cisco FlexConnect mode for lean branches managed over the WAN, and mesh (bridge)
mode for deployments where full Ethernet cabling is unavailable. As a component of the Cisco
Unified Wireless Network, this controller provides real-time communications between Cisco
Aironet access points, the Cisco Prime Infrastructure, and the Cisco Mobility Services Engine, and
is interoperable with other Cisco controllers.

Features and Benefits

The Cisco 8540 Wireless Controller, optimized for 802.11ac Wave2 performance, high scale, and
enhanced system uptime, supports:

Subsecond access point and client failover for uninterrupted application availability.
 Extraordinary visibility into application traffic, using Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC),
the technology that includes the Network Based Application Recognition 2 (NBAR2) engine, Cisco's
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) capability. This allows to mark, prioritize, and block to conserve
network bandwidth and enhance security. Customers can optionally export the flows to Cisco Prime
Infrastructure or a third-party NetFlow collector.

Embedded wireless bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy classification engine that allows

classification of client devices and application of user group based policies.

Deployment of guest access and Bonjour and Chromecast services in centralized deployments.

Software-defined segmentation with Cisco TrustSec technology, reducing access control list
(ACL) maintenance, complexity and overhead.

Integrated Cisco CleanAir technology, providing the industrys only self-healing and self-
optimizing wireless network.

Wi-Fi Alliance Passpoint (Hotspot 2.0) for mobile data offload.

Network-based mobility management with Proxy Mobile IPv6 Mobility Access Gateway (MAG)
and eGRE support for integration with cellular data networks.

Simplified GUI wizard for quick setup and intuitive dashboards for monitoring and troubleshooting.