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Who’s Ready for 802.11ac and 802.11ad?

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Agenda • Current 802.11 Development Activity • Characteristics Of 802.11ac And 802.11ad • Improvements Over 802.11n • Potential Use Cases for 802.11ac And 802.11ad • Enterprise Pertinence - An Upgrade In Your Future? • Company Overview • Product Line Overview


Current 802.11 Development Activity


Were You Aware… • How many ratified 802.11 standards are in place as of

today (March 14, 2012)? a) 9 b) 11 c) 16 d) 21 e) 24

• How many new standards are currently in process? a) 3 b) 5 c) 8 d) 9 e) 10


You Don’t Believe It? - Ratified • IEEE 802.11-1997: The original WLAN standard • IEEE 802.11a: 54 Mbit/s, 5 GHz standard (1999) • IEEE 802.11b: Enhancements to 802.11 to support 5.5 and 11 Mbit/s (1999) • IEEE 802.11c: Bridge operation procedures; included in the IEEE 802.1D standard (2001) • IEEE 802.11d: International (country-to-country) roaming extensions (2001) • IEEE 802.11e: Enhancements: QoS, including packet bursting (2005) • IEEE 802.11g: 54 Mbit/s, 2.4 GHz standard (backwards compatible with b) (2003) • IEEE 802.11h: Spectrum Managed 802.11a (5 GHz) for European compatibility (2004) • IEEE 802.11i: Enhanced security (2004) • IEEE 802.11j: Extensions for Japan (2004) • IEEE 802.11-2007: A new release of the standard that includes amendments a, b, d, e, g, h, i & j. (July 2007) • IEEE 802.11k: Radio resource measurement enhancements (2008) • IEEE 802.11n: Higher throughput improvements using MIMO (multiple input, multiple output antennas) (September

2009) • IEEE 802.11p: WAVE—Wireless Access for the Vehicular Environment (such as ambulances and passenger cars) (July

2010) • IEEE 802.11r: Fast BSS transition (FT) (2008) • IEEE 802.11s: Mesh Networking, Extended Service Set (ESS) (July 2011) • IEEE 802.11u: Interworking with non-802 networks (for example, cellular) (February 2011) • IEEE 802.11v: Wireless network management (February 2011) • IEEE 802.11w: Protected Management Frames (September 2009) • IEEE 802.11y: 3650–3700 MHz Operation in the U.S. (2008) • IEEE 802.11z: Extensions to Direct Link Setup (DLS) (September 2010)

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You Don’t Believe It? – In Process • IEEE 802.11mb: Maintenance of the standard (Mar 2012) • IEEE 802.11aa: Robust streaming of Audio Video Transport

Streams (Jun 2012) • IEEE 802.11ac: Very High Throughput <6 GHz (Dec 2013) • IEEE 802.11ad: Very High Throughput 60 GHz (Dec 2012) • IEEE 802.11ae: QoS Management (Mar 2012) • IEEE 802.11af: TV Whitespace (Dec 2013) • IEEE 802.11ah: Sub 1 GHz (Mar 2015) • IEEE 802.11ai: Fast Initial Link Setup (Mar 2014)

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Not To Mention Industry Standards Wi-Fi Direct

• Essentially a combination of ad-hoc mode and Wi-Fi Protected Setup

• Use becoming more widespread, especially in home entertainment

• Wi-Fi Direct will become even more important with 802.11ac


Back To Reality • 802.11n

‒ New devices still coming to market ‒ Full potential is still not being realized

• Wi-Fi Direct ‒ Rapidly increasing use in consumer electronics, especially video

• 802.11ac ‒ 802.11n follow-on – uses 5GHz frequency band (same channels) ‒ Improved data rates; better power management ‒ New, high-density modulation; more channel bonding; more

streams

• 802.11ad ‒ Unlicensed 60GHz band ‒ Data rates up to 7Gbps


Characteristics of 802.11ac and 802.11ad


802.11ac Highlights • Wider channel bandwidths

‒ 80 MHz and 160 MHz channel ‒ Support for up to 8 spatial streams

• Multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) ‒ Multiple STAs transmit or receive independent data streams

simultaneously ‒ Downlink MU-MIMO (one transmitting device, multiple receiving

devices) included as an optional mode

• Other elements/features ‒ Beam forming improvements ‒ MAC modifications (mostly to support above changes) ‒ Coexistence mechanisms for 20/40/80/160 MHz channels, 11ac

and 11a/n devices


802.11ac Configurations

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802.11ac Status • Not scheduled for

IEEE ratification until Dec 2013, but …


802.11ac Status • And …


802.11ad/WiGig Highlights • WiGig contributed to IEEE 802.11ad standardization

process forming the basis for the draft standard • Designed to use the unlicensed 60GHz spectrum

‒ 7 GHz of available spectrum ‒ 4 channels, each 2.16 GHz wide ‒ Wide channels = extremely fast communication ‒ Good international alignment of available spectrum

• New PHY and lower MAC for 60GHz ‒ Data rates up to 7Gbps ‒ OFDM for longer distances and obstacles (7Gbps) ‒ Single carrier (SC) for lower power consumption - small, low-

power handheld devices (4.6Gbps) ‒ Support for high-performance wireless implementations of

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802.11ad/WiGig Highlights (cont.) • Provides native Wi-Fi support enabling devices to

transparently switch between 2.4, 5 and 60 GHz • Designed to support tri-band radios that will

seamlessly integrate into existing a/b/g/n/ac WLANs • Support for beam forming - robust multi-gigabit

communications at distances greater than 10 meters • Direct device communication • Advanced power management • Advanced security using AES encryption

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802.11ad Basic Architecture




802.11ad Status


Improvements Over 802.11n


802.11ac vs. 802.11n

• Gigabit speed wireless with approximately 3 times the performance for the same power

• Better performance at any range with fewer dead spots

• More reliable connections for media streaming with beam-forming

• More Wi-Fi bandwidth on your mobile

• Only utilizes the 5 GHz band - much less prone to interference

• Backward compatible to 802.11 a/n

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802.11ad vs. 802.11n • Short range (ad) vs. current range (n) • Ultra-high speed (7Gbps) vs. low quality video

(300Mbps) • Direct device communication vs. AP infrastructure • Cordless computing vs. infrastructure connectivity • Early adopter pricing (ad) vs. commodity pricing (n)

802.11ad is basically a different use case – short

range peer-to-peer vs. longer range Internet connectivity


Potential Use Cases for 802.11ac and 802.11ad


802.11ac – “The Multimedia Home”

• Wi-Fi Direct • Video streaming/set-

top boxes • Data syncing and

backup • 3G and 4G offloading


802.11ad – “The Wireless Office”




Enterprise Pertinence An Upgrade In Your Future?


What Will Drive Enterprise Adoption? • Cost and availability • Unique bandwidth needs • The “yet-to-be-identified killer video app” –

telepresence?? • The true “wireless office”, should it become a reality

– remember Bluetooth?? • BYOD – grassroots pressure from mobile device

users


Company Overview


Corporate Background • Experts in network monitoring, analysis, and troubleshooting

‒ Founded: 1990 / Headquarters: Walnut Creek, CA ‒ Offices throughout the US, EMEA, and APAC

• Our customers are leading edge organizations ‒ Mid-market, and enterprise lines of business ‒ Financial, manufacturing, ISPs, major federal agencies,

state and local governments, and universities ‒ Over 7,000 customers / 60+ countries / 80% of Fortune 1,000

• Award-winning solutions that improve network performance ‒ Internet Telephony, Network Magazine, Network Computing Awards ‒ United States Patent 5,787,253 issued July 28, 1998

• Different approach to maintaining availability of network services


Real-World Deployments

Education

Health Care / Retail

Financial

Telecom

Government

Technology

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Product Line Overview


OmniPeek/Compass Enterprise Packet Capture, Decode and Analysis

• 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Wireless, WAN, 10G • Portable capture and OmniEngine console • VoIP analysis and call playback

Omnipliance / TimeLine Distributed Enterprise Network Forensics

• Packet capture and real-time analysis • Stream-to-disk for forensics analysis • Integrated OmniAdapter network analysis cards

WatchPoint Centralized Enterprise Network Monitoring Appliance

• Aggregation and graphical display of network data • WildPackets OmniEngines • NetFlow and sFlow

Product Line Overview


OmniPeek Network Analyzer • OmniEngine Manager

– Connect and configure distributed OmniEngines/Omnipliances • Comprehensive dashboards present network traffic in real-time

– Vital statistics and graphs display trends on network and application performance

– Visual peer-map shows conversations and protocols – Intuitive drill-down for root-cause analysis of performance bottlenecks

• Visual Expert diagnosis speeds problem resolution – Packet and Payload visualizers provide business-centric views

• Automated analytics and problem detection 24/7 – Easily create filters, triggers, scripting, advanced alarms and alerts


Omnipliance Network Recorders • Captures and analyzes all network traffic 24x7

– Runs our OmniEngine software probe – Generates vital statistics on network and application performance – Intuitive root-cause analysis of performance bottlenecks

• Expert analysis speeds problem resolution – Fault analysis, statistical analysis, and independent notification

• Multiple Issue Digital Forensics – Real-time and post capture data mining for compliance and troubleshooting

• Intelligent data transport – Network data analyzed locally – Detailed analysis passed to OmniPeek on demand – Summary statistics sent to WatchPoint for long term trending and reporting – Efficient use of network bandwidth

• User-Extensible Platform – Plug-in architecture and SDK


Omnipliance Network Recorders Price/performance solutions for every application

Portable Edge Core Ruggedized

Troubleshooting Small Networks Remote Offices

Datacenter Workhorse Easily Expandable

Aluminum chassis / 17” LCD 1U rack mountable chassis 3U rack mountable chassis

Quad-Core Xeon 2.5GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon X3460 2.80Ghz

Two Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5530 2.4Ghz

4GB RAM 4GB RAM 6GB RAM

2 PCI-E Slots 2 PCI-E Slots 4 PCI-E Slots

2 Built-in Ethernet Ports 2 Built-in Ethernet Ports 2 Built-in Ethernet Ports

500GB and 2.5TB SATA storage capacity

1TB SATA storage capacity 2TB SATA storage capacity


TimeLine • Fastest network recording and real-time statistical

display — simultaneously ‒ 11.7Gbps sustained capture with zero packet loss ‒ Network statistics display in TimeLine visualization format

• Rapid, intuitive forensics search and retrieval ‒ Historical network traffic analysis and quick data rewinding ‒ Several pre-defined forensics search templates making

searches easy and fast

• A natural extension to the WildPackets product line • Turnkey bundled solution

‒ Appliance + OmniEngine, OmniAdapter, OmniPeek Connect


TimeLine For the most demanding network analysis tasks

TimeLine

10g Network Forensics

3U rack mountable chassis

Two Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5560 2.8Ghz

18GB RAM

4 PCI-E Slots

2 Built-in Ethernet Ports

8/16/32TB SATA storage capacity


WatchPoint Centralized Monitoring for Distributed Enterprise Networks

• High-level, aggregated view of all network segments

– Monitor per campus, per region, per country

• Wide range of network data

– NetFlow, sFlow, OmniFlow • Web-based, customizable

network dashboards • Flexible detailed reports • Omnipliances must be

configured for continuous capture


WildPackets Key Differentiators • Visual Expert Intelligence with Intuitive Drill-down

– Let computer do the hard work, and return results, real-time – Packet / Payload Visualizers are faster than packet-per-packet diagnostics – Experts and analytics can be memorized and automated

• Automated Capture Analytics – Filters, triggers, scripting and advanced alarming system combine to provide

automated network problem detection 24x7 • Multiple Issue Network Forensics

– Can be tracked by one or more people simultaneously – Real-time or post capture

• User-Extensible Platform – Plug-in architecture and SDK

• Aggregated Network Views and Reporting – NetFlow, sFlow, and OmniFlow


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