Simply a Better WiFi

Angelo D’Alessandro
Channel Account Manager - Italy & Malta
Brocade & Ruckus
Headquartered
in San Jose, CA

More than Customers in

10,000+ Partners 148+ Countries

Wireless Enterprise edge Hospitality Service

# 3 LAN # 3 networking in
the U.S. & EMEA
# 1 Wi-Fi
# 1 Provider Wi-Fi

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WLAN Enterprise Market Share

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 Italy WiFi overview
4.5 1.3 1.20 2013
Annual 4.14 Quarterly
(in $ millions) 2014
4 (in $ millions)
1.05
1.04 2015
1.00
3.5 1.0 2016

+38%
0.90
3.00 0.84
3 0.80
0.8
2.5 vs. 2015 FY16
2 1.76
0.5
4,14 Milions 0.56 0.57
0.…
0.53

1.4 0.40 0.40

1.5
0.30
0.9 0.27
1 0.3 0.20
0.6
0.5

0 0.0
11 12 13 14 15
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 Key Markets, Customer and Partners

HOSPITALITY

PUBLIC VENUES

EDUCATION

And also,
SMART CITIES
RETAIL
HEALTHCARE
SERVICE PROVIDER
GOVERNMENT
T1 Partners

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 Brocade Ruckus Network Edge Portfolio
Location Analytics Big Data Security and Monitoring and
Analytics Policy Troubleshooting
Software and Services

and
Services
Controller Virtual Controller-less Cloud-Managed
Control and Appliances Controllers

Management

Access
Points

Switches

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The Foundation to a better WiFi

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 What Is Ruckus BeamFlex?
Radio Frequency energy has similar characteristics to light energy

• An unfocused light bulb of a given power spreads energy in all directions and the
energy quickly diminishes over distance
- Traditional omni-directional AP antenna work like an unfocused light bulb

▪ If you focus the same energy the light will be brighter and travel further in the direction of
focus
▪ The BeamFlex antenna focuses the RF energy as a beam towards the receiver = better coverage,
better performance, better reliability
 BeamFlex+ Adaptive Antennas

RF energy directed to the

best antenna Combination
on a packet by packet basis

Radio Radio
1 4

Radio Radio
*Radio Tx/Rx chain
2 3

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 BeamFlex in Action…
o Antenna elements selected on a per
client/per packet basis

o Adapts in real time to client orientation

and location

o Uses metrics such as PHY rate, errors,

retransmissions and receive antenna

o Stronger signal towards the client

o Constantly provides the highest possible

PHY data rate

o Less interference to neighboring APs

and clients

Note: View as a slide show

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 Superior Wi-Fi Coverage
Measurements Based on Real-World Customer Production Wi-Fi Network

Before BeamFlex

Green is good
Grey is bad

3 Access points
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 Superior Wi-Fi Coverage
Measurements Based on Real-World Customer Production Wi-Fi Network

After BeamFlex

Green is good
Grey is bad

2 Ruckus access points

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 Ruckus PD-MRC
5x
Device orientation accounts
for up to 5x performance
differential among products
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o Better reception (PD-MRC) for weak
and hard to “hear” devices
o Better transmission to devices
constantly changing their orientation
HORIZONTAL
POLARIZATION
VERTICAL
POLARIZATION
 SmartMesh Uplink Selection

Mesh 150 Mbps 150 Mbps 100 Mbps

AP

Root
ZoneDirector AP

300 Mbps 802.11g 802.11n 802.11g

 Mesh nodes constantly advertise potential throughput

 Each Mesh AP selects the best path (based on
throughput/signal strength calculation) to the Root AP
 If a mesh node fails, the mesh network self-heals
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 IoT Readiness

USB interface:
▪ Enables readiness for IoT technologies
like Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
▪ Enables easy plug and play

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AP product Portfolio

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Ruckus Indoor AP Portfolio

TODAY NEWEST 1H 2018

BEST R710 4ss 11ac W2 R720 4ss 11ac W2, 2.5GE

802.11ax
Uncommitted

R610 3ss 11ac W2

BETTER
R510 2ss 11ac W2

GOOD R310 2ss 11ac

H510 2ss 11ac W2

WALLPLATE H320 2ss/1ss 11ac W2
C110 2ss 11ac W2, D3.0 CM

* See appendix for Unleashed and Ruckus Cloud support

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Ruckus Outdoor AP Portfolio

TODAY CY17 CY18

T710 4ss 11ac W2
3 MU streams, RAPS, PoE
BEST In+Out, SFP, GPS, Vac
power

T610 4ss 11ac W2

BETTER 3 MU streams, PoE In

T310
2ss 11ac W2
GOOD T300 2ss 11ac DC-In, USB for IoT,
Q4 CY17 Q1 CY18
-40C to 65C Omni antenna Sector antenna

BRIDGES P300 2ss 11ac

* See appendix for Unleashed and Ruckus Cloud support

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Ruckus Specialty AP Portfolio

TODAY CY17 CY18

T7781-CM 3ss 11n

8x4 D3.0, DOCSIS, T811-CM
EuroDOCSIS 4ss 11ac W2
STRAND CM D3.1, 32x8 DOCSIS,
T504 2ss 11ac 8x4 D3.0 EuroDOCSIS Q4 CY17

E510
2ss 11ac W2
EMBEDDED Ruggedized AP
External antenna

Q1 CY18

M510
LTE 2ss 11ac W2
LTE-backhaul “SIM AP”
BACKHAUL Cat4 LTE
Q2 CY18

* See appendix for Unleashed and Ruckus Cloud support

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Flexible deployment

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 Same AP, multiple management options
Very Large
Medium-Large

Small
Cloud* SCG-200 vSZ-H
SZ-100 vSZ-E
Very Small 1,024
o Max APs: 1,024 o Max APs: 10,000 10,000
o Clients: 25,000 25,000 o Clients: 100,000 100,000
o Capacity: 10 Gbps vSZ-D o Capacity: 20 Gbps vSZ-D
ZD 1200
o Size: 1RU n/a o Size: 2RU n/a
Unleashed
o Max APs: 25 o Max APs: 75 4 Node Cluster 4 Node Cluster
o Clients: 512 o Clients: 2000 o Max APs: 3,000 3,000 o Max APs: 30,000 30,000
o Capacity: No Tunnel o Capacity: 200 Mbps o Clients: 60,000 60,000 o Clients: 300,000 300,000
o Size: Controller-less o Size: Mini Desktop o Capacity: 40 Gbps vSZ-D o Capacity: 80 Gbps vSZ-D

Deployment SMB Campus Medium to Large Campus SP Internal Network

SMB Single-site
Type SMB Multi-site Enterprise Distributed Sites Managed Services

*Currently US
hosted only
Ruckus Control &
Management

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Ruckus: Wireless, Software and Switching Portfolio
Location Network Intelligence Security & Policy

Software

WLAN Virtual WLAN Controller-less Cloud-managed

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
Control & SmartZone
Controllers Controllers

Management

Outdoor Indoor Hospitality

Access
Points Radio Radio
1 Radio Radio 4
2 3

Switches
ICX 7150 ICX 7250 ICX 7450 ICX 7750

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The SmartZone Portfolio ⎯ Powered by SmartZone OS

Appliances Virtual Appliances

Medium SmartZone 100 Virtual SmartZone -

Enterprises & (SZ100) Essentials
Distributed (vSZ-E)
Campus Scales to 3,000 APs per cluster Scales to 3,000 APs per cluster

Virtual SmartZone -
High Scale
(vSZ-H)
Operators, ISPs SmartZone 300
and Large (SZ300) Scales to 30,000 APs per cluster
Campus
Scales to 30,000 APs per cluster Virtual SmartZone -
Data Plane
(vSZ-D)

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SmartZone Functional Overview

Management / Security & Network Controllers &

Connectivity
OA&M Policy Intelligence Architecture

Gain insight into

Manage complex Ensure network, Ensure great Wi-Fi
network health, Deployment model
WLAN networks and data and device performance for end
performance and alternatives
environments security users
trends

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