Bandwidth Management for increased ROI The airPoint XO provides bandwidth throttling of upload/download streams. The bandwidth control can be done using static tables or dynamically by RADIUS, along with authentication. The Wireless ISP can profile subscribers based on speed limits and identify bandwidth usage patterns. This opens up customer segmentation possibilities, leading to revenue maximization.
The airPoint XO provides traffic statistics. This helps the WISP to observe the behavior of network devices, traffic load fluctuations and other events, making it much easier to troubleshoot any problems, which might occur. The information available helps the WISP to optimize bandwidth utilization. WISPs can now easily provide services to more subscribers.
Easy Scalability & Roaming By distributing the bandwidth management function from the centralized NOC out to individual airPoint XO access points, it is now possible to design scalable wide area networks. Bandwidth traffic policies can be set remotely from a central NOC. This avoids the need for backhauling all the data traffic to a single place, thus averting a choke point. All access points in the network controlled by one NOC not only brings convenience to network management but also enables mobile users to avail easy roaming facility Roaming users can cross over seamlessly from one cell to another within the same WISP network, without the need for authentication at every cross-over.
Automatic Client Discovery and Authentication The airPoint XO supports MAC/IP address based authentication. The devices on the network are automatically discovered and built into a tree-topology for easy management. The airPoint XO also supports a one-time authentication of clients. Repeat users are authenticated automatically when they log on to the network. The WISP has full control of the network to ensure that unauthorized users don’t have access to network facilities.
Remote Management, Upgrades and Control airPoint XO has built-in features to make device management both convenient and secure. It can provide access control lists and filters for SNMP traffic, as well as IP filtering. The airPoint XO supports remote setting of radio parameters, firmware upgrade and restore defaults through SNMP. Further, the WISP can also monitor the temperature of the unit through the thermal sensing facility, which is policy based. The product supports SNMP based remote monitoring and management through simple NMS and simpleMonitor and has an embedded SNMP MIB.
Long Range Radio Performance and Flexible Antenna Options airPoint XO features LongRange wireless radio that delivers high data throughput over long operating range. With a suitable antenna airPointXO's range easily extends to 34 kilometers (21 Miles). The airPointXO has been FCC certified with many antenna configurations normally used by WISPs and outdoor wireless installers. Software controlled "Dial-a-Power" lets the installer control radio power output. Together, these features provide the much-needed flexibility to choose the right antenna with the pattern and gain characteristics conforming to local regulatory limits as well as coverage area requirements. The airPoint XO supports multiple configurations – access point, wireless bridge, client-bridge and repeater and supports 128 clients.
Reinforced Processing Capability for higher network loads airPoint XO, with more raw processing power, surpasses other available devices allowing it to take on bigger network loads. The radio with its individual slave processor coupled with the master processor can support high network loads.
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