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Firetide Wireless BridgesBy

Pramod Akkarachittor

Director Product Mktg

Reliable Connectivity Anywhere™

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HotPoint®AP

Infrastructure

solution

HotPort®Mesh

Confidential

Firetide Solutions

Access

solution

Wireless

Bridges

HotClient®

CPE

WLAN Controller Mobility

Appliance

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Point-to-point Wireless Ethernet

• Ideal for interconnecting remote cameras

• Designed for 1 to 3 links, or to extend mesh

• Typical ranges: .5 to 5 miles with built-in Antenna

• Up to 20 miles with higher gains

• Designed for ease of deployment

• Out of the box installation

• Intuitive user interface

• Mesh certification not required

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Point-to-Point Deployment

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PtP as Part of Mesh Deployment

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Firetide Point-to-Point Bridges

Firetide FWB 100

Firetide FWB 200

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Firetide Point-to-Point Bridges

Model Form

factor

Capacity Radio Power MIMO?

FWB-100 35 Mbps Single radio PoE only No MIMO

FWB-200 150 Mbps Single radio PoE; DC MIMO

HotPort 7000 300 Mbps Dual radio DC MIMO

Use Mesh for higher capacity video surveillance

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When should I use Bridges ?

Application Scenario Recommended Products Comments

Data Connectivity Up to 30 MbpsFWB 100 / FWB 200/

HotPort 7000

Choice of product depends on

future expansion, cost

Data Connectivity Up to 150 Mbps FWB 200/ HotPort 7000Choice of product depends on

future expansion, cost

Data Connectivity Up to 300 Mbps HotPort 7000

Video < 5 cameras

FWB 100 /

FWB 200 /

HotPort 7000

Choice of product depends on

future expansion, cost

Video > 5 cameras HotPort 7000Bridges cannot scale and maintain

the quality of service

Voice < 20 simultaneous

calls

FWB 100 /

FWB 200 /

HotPort 7000

Choice of product depends on

future expansion, cost

Voice > 20 simultaneous

callsHotPort 7000

Bridges are recommended mainly for data connectivity, few cameras or few voice calls

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FWB-100 Wireless Ethernet Bridge

� 2.4, 5 and 4.9 GHz capable

� High power radio: 400 mW

� High security with 128 bit AES encryption

� Integrated or external antennas SKUs

� Up to 35 Mbps UDP throughput

� Intuitive web-based interface included

FWB-100

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FWB-200 MIMO Wireless Ethernet Bridge

• Software selectable radio: 5, 4.9 GHz

• High power: 400 mW

• High security with 128 bit AES encryption

• External antennas

• Up to 150 Mbps UDP throughput

• Intuitive web-based interface included

FWB-200

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Product SKUs

� FWB-102 (per pair)

• Integrated antenna

• $995 US list

� FWB-105 (per pair)

• Includes 2 external antennas

• $1,495 US list

� FWB-205 (per pair)

• Includes 2 external MIMO patch antennas

• $3,995 US list

� Available accessories (order

separately)

• Higher gain sector & patch antennas

• PoE injector

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Deployment Considerations

� Select FWB-200 vs FWB-100

� Always perform a site survey with a spectrum analyzer

� Antenna Alignment

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Daisy-chaining Bridges

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• OK for Data connectivity

• But not for video backhaul� High latency – Choppy Video

� Lower performance – No optimization end to end

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Deployment Considerations

� Select FWB-200 vs FWB-100

• Higher capacity

� MIMO radio

� GigE interface

• Greater distances (2x distance)

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Spectrum Analysis

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Use commercially available tools -- Coming soon Spectrum Analysis built in to Bridges

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Antenna Alignment

� Essential for high performance target RSSI -60 or better for optimal performance.

� For speeds above 100 Mbps – RSSI should be between

� -40 dBm to – 55 dBm

� Preliminary Antenna Alignment capability built into bridges

� Shows RSSI changes as the Antenna is aligned

� Coming soon – Graphical antenna alignment similar to the one in mesh

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Things to Consider

� FWB-205 are stand-alone links

• FWB-205 radios cannot directly communicate with Firetide mesh nodes

• Connect via Ethernet cable

� Point-to-multipoint configuration is not supported

• If project calls for PtMP configuration, propose Firetide mesh nodes

• Consider future expansion possibilities

� Firetide authorization required to sell FWB-205, but not mesh

certification

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Additional Information

� Firetide Training – FCEA course (recommended but not mandatory)

� Online support resources (partners extranet)� Coming soon – HOWTO vides in partners extranet

� Customer support

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Questions?

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Thank You!

Pramod Akkarachittor, Firetide

pramod@firetide.com

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