Cambium Network Xirrus XR-620 Series Access Point
Dual radio 2x2 MIMO 802.11ac AP with up to 1.7Gbps Wi-Fi bandwidth
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Overview:
The XR-620 provides an economical solution for deploying an 802.11ac wireless network. With a 2x2 radio design that provides twice the performance of 3x3 802.11n, the XR-620 delivers uncompromising performance with a powerful integrated controller, application-level intelligence, automated provisioning, and cloud management - all in one low cost platform.
The XR-620 is the ideal solution for delivering robust high speed wireless across a wide variety of use cases. The 2x2 MIMO technology makes this AP a perfect solution for environments where users predominantly connect to wireless using tablets and smart phones which utilize 1x1 and 2x2 antenna technologies. Example applications for the XR-620 include BYOD environments, hotel rooms, hospital rooms, health clinics, retail areas and similar.
The XR-620 supports ACExpress™ which optimizes wireless performance by automatically segmenting faster 802.11ac clients from slower Wi-Fi clients. Since Wi-Fi is a shared medium, this separation ensures slower 802.11a/b/g/n clients do not slow down 802.11ac clients from achieving high performance.
At A Glance
- Dual radio 2x2 802.11ac AP with 1.7Gbps total Wi-Fi bandwidth
- Two software programmable radios for mixed 2.4/5GHz or dual concurrent 5GHz operation
- 802.11ac speed optimization using ACExpress™
- 2X the performance of a 3x3 802.11n AP
- Supports up to 240 users with 2 - 1Gbps uplinks
- Easy upgrade from 802.11n to 802.11ac with software license
- Integrated Controller with ArrayOS
- On-premise or cloud-based management
Benefits:
Fastest and Most Reliable Performance
Cambium Network Xirrus APs deliver the industry-leading Wi-Fi performance with 2X the 802.11ac Wi-Fi bandwidth of any competitive AP. Software programmable concurrent 5GHz operation enables all standard upgrades without replacing equipment.
Simple-to-Deploy
Cambium Network Xirrus AP's simplify integration with existing network infrastructure and deliver a reliable, robust, high performance Gigabit Wi-Fi access network.
Simple to Manage
Cambium Network Xirrus simplifies IT operations with a full suite of powerful, easy to use tools and services. Cambium Network Xirrus offers the choice to manage the Wi-Fi with an on-premise or cloud based Cambium Network Xirrus Management System (XMS).
Complete Application Visibility and Control in Every AP
Cambium Network Xirrus delivers holistic application visibility based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology and provides predictable application performance even under network load by controlling up to 1,300 applications at the network edge. Applications or groups of applications can be allowed, blocked or throttled and policies can be schedule at specific times of days or day of week.
Automated Performance Optimization
Cambium Network Xirrus optimizes the network performance with Auto RF configurations. Cambium Network Xirrus Access Points automatically chose the best available channel, bands and power level without IT intervention. With device-fingerprinting technology Cambium Network Xirrus APs customize the client connectivity for best performance based on each device capability.
Integrated Controller and Services
Cambium Network Xirrus Access Points include Bonjour Director, which lets Apple devices easily access Apple services from across the network, and Guest Access, which provides secure access to guests via self-provisioning with optional sponsor workflow or through a non-IT guest ambassador. Guests can also use social media credentials to login or receive passwords by SMS or email.
Application Control
Firewall, apply QoS, and manage 1,200+ individual or groups of applications under 15 categories using Layer 7 Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and other contextual application detection techniques.
5GHz Optimization
With its 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios (both software programmable to either band), the XR-620 will help you easily make the transition to a 5GHz centric network, when you are ready.
ACExpress™ 802.11ac Speed Optimization Technology
Cambium Network Xirrus' ACExpress™ leverages dual concurrent 5GHz radio operation to ensure that 802.11ac clients communicate at 802.11ac speeds without being affected by the slower speeds of legacy 802.11n clients. One 5GHz radio automatically services 802.11ac clients and the other 5GHz radio services 802.11n clients-thus ensuring that 802.11ac/n clients are segregated to maximize throughput.
Bring Your Own Device
Integration with Cambium Network Xirrus Access Manager (XAM) allows guests and employees alike to use personal wireless devices while the XR-620 enforces appropriate access policies.
Uncompromising Performance
Distributed architecture with Integrated controller and multi core processor delivers twice the speed of 802.11n 3x3 APs. The XR-620 AP delivers linear scalability, high resiliency and superior network performance by processing network traffic at the network edge.
Bonjour Director Support
Extend Apple Bonjour protocols across Layer 3 boundaries for simple setup and configuration of commonly used shared Apple services such as Airplay and Airprint.
Specifications:
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Configuration Specifications | |
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Dimensions | 7.7" |
Weight | 1lbs |
Total Number of Radios | 2 |
Maximum Wi-Fi Bandwidth | 2.6 Gbps |
Wi-Fi Threat Sensor | Yes |
Integrated Antennas | Up to 6 |
Maximum Wi-Fi Backhaul | 1.3 Gbps |
Gigabit Ethernet Uplink Ports | 2 |
Maximum Associated Devices | 380 |
Radio Interface | 2.5Gbps PCI-Express |
Maximum Power Consumption | 19W |
Technical Specifications | |
Feature | Specifications |
CPU | 300MHz Cavium CN5020 Processor with 2 >MIPS-64 Cores |
Installed Memory | 512MB |
RF Management | In-band per IAP Spectrum Analysis Dynamic channel configuration Dynamic cell size configuration Monitor radio for threat assessment and mitigation Wired and wireless packet captures (including all 802.11 headers) Wired and Wireless RMON / Packet Captures Radio assurance for radio self test and healing RF monitor 2.4 & 5Ghz Honeypot Control - Increase available 2.4 & 5Ghz wireless device density through management of spurious 2.4 & 5Ghz association traffic. Ultra Low Power Mode - Maximize wireless channel re-use and increase wireless device density through tight power controls. |
High Availability | Supports hot stand-by for mission critical areas |
Environmentally Friendly | Supports ability to turn off radios based on schedule configuration |
Wireless Protocols | IEEE 802.11a, 802.11ac (XR-600 Series), 802.11b, 802.11d, 802.11e, 802.11g, 802.11h, 802.11i, 802.11j, 802.11k, 802.11n, 802.11w |
Wired Protocols | IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3.u 100BASE-TX , 1000BASE-T, 802.3ab 1000BASE-T IEEE 802.1q - VLAN tagging IEEE 802.1AX - Link aggregation IEEE 802.1d - Spanning tree IEEE 802.1p - Layer 2 traffic prioritization IPv6 Control - Increase wireless device density through control of unnecessary IPv6 traffic on IPv4-only networks. DHCP option 82 |
Carrier Applications | Passpoint 2.0 Certification |
RFC Support | RFC 768 UDP RFC 791 IP RFC 2460 IPV6 (Bridging only) RFC 792 ICMP RFC 793 TCP RFC 826 ARP RFC 1122 Requirements for internet hosts - communication layers RFC 1542 BOOTP RFC 2131 DHCP |
Security | WPA IEEE 802.11i WPA2, RSN RFC 1321 MD5 Message-digest algorithm RFC 2246 TLS protocol version 1.0 RFC 3280 Internet X.509 PKI certificate and CRL profile RFC 4347 Datagram transport layer security RFC 4346 TLS protocol version 1.1 |
Encryption Types | Open, WEP, TKIP-MIC: RC4 40, 104 and 128 bits |
Authentication | IEEE 802.1x RFC 2548 Microsoft vendor-specific RADIUS attributes RFC 2716 PPP EAP-TLS RFC 2865 RADIUS Authentication RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting RFC 2867 Tunnel Accounting RFC 2869 RADIUS Extensions RFC 3576 Dynamic Authorizations extensions to RADIUS RFC 3579 RADIUS Support for EAP RFC 3748 EAP-PEAP RFC 5216 EAP-TLS RFC 5216 EAP-TLS RFC 5281 EAP-TTLS RFC 2284 EAP-GTC RFC 4186 EAP-SIM RFC 4186 EAP-AKA RFC 3748 Leap Pass through RFC 3748 Extensible Authentication Protocol Web Page Authentication • WPR, Landing Page, Redirect • Support for Internal WPR, Landing Page and Authentication Support for External • WPR, Landing Page and Authentication Support for Cambium Network Xirrus Guest Access System |
Regulatory Compliance | CE Mark Safety: UL 60950-1:2003, EN 60950:2000, EMI and susceptibility (Class A) U.S.: FCC Part 15.107 and 15.109 Canada: ICES-003 Japan: VCCI Europe: EN 55022, EN 55024, EN 60601-1-2, EN 301 893 V1.61 |
Environmental Specification | Operating Temperature: 0-55˚C, 0-90% humidity, non-condensing (XR-500/XR-600) -40˚C to +55˚C rated, weather and dust sealed 0-90% humidity, non-condensing (XR-520H) |
Channel Support 2.4GHz (Channel selections are based upon country code selections) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
Channel Support 5GHz (Channel selections are based upon country code selections) |
UNI I - Non-DFS channels: 36 40 44 48 UNI I DFS channels: 52 56 60 64 UNI II DFS channels: 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 UNI III Non-DFS channels: 149 153 157 161 165 |
Management Interfaces | Command line interface Web interface (http / https) Cambium Network Xirrus Management System (XMS) • XMS-Cloud • XMS-Enterprise |
Management | SNMP v1, v2c, v3 RFC 854 Telnet RFC 1155 Management Information for TCP/IP Based Internets RFC 1156 MIB RFC 1157 SNMP RFC 1212 Concise MIB Definitions RFC 1213 SNMP MIB II RFC 1215 A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP RFC 1350 TFTP RFC 1643 Ethernet MIB RFC 2030 Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP RFC 2578 Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2) RFC 2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2 RFC 2616 HTTP 1.1 RFC 2665 Definitions of Managed Objects for the Ethernet Like Interface Types RFC 2674 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering and Virtual LAN Extensions RFC 2819 Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base RFC 2863 The Interface Group MIB RFC 3164 BSD Syslog Protocol RFC 3414 User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3) RFC 3416 Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) RFC 3417 Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) RFC 3418 Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) RFC 3584 Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework RFC 3636 Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE Cambium Network Xirrus Private MIBs Integration with Splunk for accurate search and analysis of intra-organizational IT events Netflow Export v9 and IPFIX compatibility allows for IP traffic statistics collection |
Receive Sensitivity:
XR Receive Sensitivity | ||||||||
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802.11a | 802.11b | 802.11g | ||||||
Data Rate | RX Sensitivity (DBM) | Data Rate | RX Sensitivity (DBM) | Data Rate | RX Sensitivity (DBM) | |||
2.4GHz | 5GHz | 2.4GHz | 5GHz | 2.4GHz | 5GHz | |||
6Mbps | -92 | 1Mbps | -91 | 6Mbps | -93 | |||
9Mbps | -92 | 2Mbps | -91 | 9Mbps | -93 | |||
12Mbps | -91 | 5.5Mbps | -93 | 12Mbps | -92 | |||
18Mbps | -90 | 11Mbps | -93 | 18Mbps | -91 | |||
24Mbps | -87 | 24Mbps | -90 | |||||
36Mbps | -83 | 36Mbps | -88 | |||||
48Mbps | -79 | 48Mbps | -83 | |||||
54Mbps | -78 | 54Mbps | -80 |
802.11n HT20 | 802.11n HT40 | ||||
Data Rate | RX Sensitivity (DBM) | Data Rate | RX Sensitivity (DBM) | ||
2.4GHz | 5GHz | 2.4GHz | 5GHz | ||
MCS 0 | -93 | -93 | MCS 0 | -93 | -91 |
MCS 1 | -93 | -92 | MCS 1 | -92 | -88 |
MCS 2 | -92 | -88 | MCS 2 | -90 | -86 |
MCS 3 | -88 | -85 | MCS 3 | -87 | -83 |
MCS 4 | -86 | -81 | MCS 4 | -84 | -79 |
MCS 5 | -82 | -77 | MCS 5 | -80 | -75 |
MCS 6 | -80 | -76 | MCS 6 | -78 | -74 |
MCS 7 | -79 | -75 | MCS 7 | -77 | -73 |
MCS 8 | -95 | -93 | MCS 8 | -92 | -90 |
MCS 9 | -92 | -90 | MCS 9 | -89 | -87 |
MCS 10 | -89 | -88 | MCS 10 | -87 | -85 |
MCS 11 | -87 | -85 | MCS 11 | -84 | -82 |
MCS 12 | -83 | -81 | MCS 12 | -81 | -78 |
MCS 13 | -79 | -77 | MCS 13 | -77 | -74 |
MCS 14 | -78 | -76 | MCS 14 | -75 | -73 |
MCS 15 | -76 | -75 | MCS 15 | -74 | -72 |
MCS 16 | -92 | -93 | MCS 16 | -91 | -90 |
MCS 17 | -91 | -90 | MCS 17 | -88 | -87 |
MCS 18 | -89 | -88 | MCS 18 | -86 | -85 |
MCS 19 | -86 | -85 | MCS 19 | -83 | -82 |
MCS 20 | -82 | -81 | MCS 20 | -79 | -78 |
MCS 21 | -78 | -77 | MCS 21 | -75 | -74 |
MCS 22 | -77 | -76 | MCS 22 | -74 | -73 |
MCS 23 | -76 | -75 | MCS 23 | -73 | -72 |
802.11ac VHT20 | 802.11ac VHT40 | 802.11ac VHT80 | ||||||
Data Rate | RX Sensitivity (DBM) | Data Rate | RX Sensitivity (DBM) | Data Rate | RX Sensitivity (DBM) | |||
2.4GHz | 5GHz | 2.4GHz | 5GHz | 2.4GHz | 5GHz | |||
MCS 0 | -82 | MCS 0 | -88 | MCS 0 | -86 | -86 | ||
MCS 1 | -79 | MCS 1 | -85 | MCS 1 | -83 | -83 | ||
MCS 2 | -77 | MCS 2 | -83 | MCS 2 | -81 | -81 | ||
MCS 3 | -74 | MCS 3 | -80 | MCS 3 | -78 | -78 | ||
MCS 4 | -70 | MCS 4 | -76 | MCS 4 | -74 | -74 | ||
MCS 5 | -66 | MCS 5 | -72 | MCS 5 | -70 | -70 | ||
MCS 6 | -65 | MCS 6 | -71 | MCS 6 | -69 | -69 | ||
MCS 7 | -64 | MCS 7 | -69 | MCS 7 | -68 | -68 | ||
MCS 8 | -59 | MCS 8 | -67 | MCS 8 | -66 | -66 | ||
MCS 9 | -57 | MCS 9 | -66 | MCS 9 | -64 | -64 |
Cambium Network Xirrus Architecture:
Designed for Scalable Networks
The conventional method of deploying thin access points tied to central controllers is breaking down under the load of BYOD and mobile applications. Exacerbating the issue are new wireless standards, such as 802.11ac, that can deliver 3-5 times or more than that of 802.11n speeds. Cambium Network Xirrus addresses these scalability challenges with architectural innovations including:
Cambium Network Xirrus Architectural components
- Distributed intelligence with integrated controllers
- Software programmable radios
- Modular design to future proof the network
- Multi-radio platform for increasing density needs
- Directional antennas for greater coverage and RF control
Distributed Intelligence with Integrated Controllers
Cambium Network Xirrus integrates the controller function and application-level visibility control into each AP/ High-Density APs to distribute the intelligence. Distributed intelligence eliminates the single point of failure and potential performance bottlenecks of a controller. Benefits of Integrated controller include:
- Linear Scalability
- Efficient Policy Enforcement
- High resiliency
- Superior network performance
Software Programmable Radios
Future proof Cambium Network Xirrus wireless network with software programmable radios. As mobile devices continue to support 5GHz band, the radios in Cambium Network Xirrus platforms can be configured to simultaneously operate in 5GHz band.
Modular Design
Cambium Network Xirrus High-Density APs built for modularity, support swappable radio modules. As technology changes, the Cambium Network Xirrus networks can easily support newer technology without having to rip and replace the APs there by extending the life of your investment.
Directional Antennas
The sectored antenna design of the High-Density APs provides a superior RF control and can be more optimally managed for channel allocation, interference mitigation and user performance management. This directional antenna creates greater separation between radios and reduces interfering.
Multi-radio Platform
Wi-Fi being a shared medium requires greater number of radios to support the proliferation of devices. Cambium Network Xirrus APs can support from 2-16 radios in a single platform providing more radios for higher performance. The High-Density APs allow you to:
- Easily increase Wi-Fi capacity
- Optimize RF coverage pattern
- Simplify technology transition (Simultaneously support 802.11ac wave 1, wave 2)
The flexibility provided by the Wireless High-Density Access Point enables capacity planning without replacement of the chassis itself. This ensures a long, 10-year product lifespan that is adaptive to your business requirements and protects your investment against inevitable increasing capacity demands.
Core Technology:
Wireless that is 4X better.
Organizations depend on high-bandwidth for voice, video, and data to and from mobile devices. Today, more than ever, you need high-performance wireless. We deliver it. Our wireless solutions provide wired-like reliability, superior security, and they perform under the most demanding conditions.
The Cambium Network Xirrus Way
Let's face it, the conventional method of deploying thin APs tied to central controllers are failing under the load of 802.11n and will completely collapse with the introduction 802.11ac and 802.11ad. Like the switching market learned some time ago, it's ridiculous to force all network traffic into a single box. This creates traffic jams and single points of failure.
The Other Way
The best way to deploy wireless is with a distributed architecture with multiple radios and directional antennas per cable drop. This is how the cellular industry solved capacity issues in the late 1990's. By placing more radios into each cell tower, they gained created capacity and coverage per location. This enabled the industry to keep up with demand while saving them enormous amounts of cash.
So that's what we did. Our distributed, multi-AP solution is the most powerful, scalable, and trusted wireless platform in the industry. It's easier to deploy. Is more cost effective. And can grow as performance and capacity change.
Dense modular APs
Conventional APs contain two radios. The wireless bandwidth available on these radios is shared amongst all devices. The more devices, the less bandwidth available to each device.
To ensure sufficient bandwidth, more radios are required. You can either add more two-radio APs or you can add more radios per AP. We chose the better approach. Incorporating 2 to 16 modular APs per Array, we get much greater bandwidth to service more devices. We also get significant savings in the number of APs, cable drops, switch ports, and labor costs.
Directional antennas
Fact of the matter is national communications agencies limit the amount of energy a radio can transmit, which restricts the coverage area of that radio. Conventional APs utilize Omni-directional antennas to transmit its wireless signal in a 360-degree pattern - similar to a light bulb - limiting the coverage area.
Wireless Arrays are better in that they focus that same amount energy in a specific direction - similar to a flashlight - giving a much greater distance than those conventional APs. Again, this results in far fewer APs per deployment - typically by 75%.
Distributed intelligence
Traditional wireless architectures consist of thin APs connected to a central controller. The controller resides in the backend of the network and performs control, security and management functions for multiple (often hundreds) of APs. The three biggest issues with this approach are traffic congestion, single point of failure, and unencrypted data from the AP to the controller.
Our approach integrates the controller function into the Wireless Array to distribute the intelligence, much like wired edge switches. By distributing the network, you get better performance and encryption all the way out to the edge. What's more, our approach simplifies the deployment, making it more flexible and cost effective.
What does it mean to you
There are numerous advantages to our approach:
- Designed for pervasive enterprise coverage, not just hotspots
- Designed for density of BYOD, not just 10 people in a conference room
- Designed for multi-media and critical applications, not just email and web browsing
- Designed to be adaptive and upgraded as requirements grow, not replaced as technology changes
- Designed to lower total cost of ownership by requiring less equipment and infrastructure, not more
Key Technologies
Our Wireless Array platform enables far superior functionality, capacity, and upgradability not possible with conventional AP offerings. We make it possible for your workforce to communicate when and where is optimal for them and your customers. By improving communications, you improve productivity and profitability.
The following critical technologies make it possible to meet the rapidly evolving requirements for a robust wireless network:
- Modular AP system
- Integrated controller
- Multi-sector antenna system
- Dedicated security monitoring
- Dedicated wireless backhaul
- Radio optimization management
- Resource assurance management
- Device optimization management
The exploding growth of tablets and smartphones is constricting today's wireless networks. Mandating infrastructure upgrades. Normal approach has been to add more and more APs to grow capacity, but this means costly network changes.
Integrated controller
We have integrated the controller functionality into each Wireless Array. We provide a host of functions, including high performance packet processing, networking, security processing, RF control, RF monitoring, inter-Array coordination and network management.
By placing the intelligence and packet processing at the network edge, you will gain several benefits, including:
- Linear scalability - Capacity is incrementally added to the network by simply adding Arrays, as opposed to adding entirely new, expensive controllers when their AP limit is reached
- Policy enforcement - With intelligence and processing distributed in each Array, security and performance policies can be applied with greater efficiency directly at the network edge as opposed to centrally
- Easier installation - With autonomous operation, Arrays integrate to the network infrastructure similar to a switch as opposed to a thin AP which is dependent on the connection to a central controller
- High resiliency - Each Array operates as a standalone device with no dependency or single point of failure from a central controller
- Superior network performance - By processing control and data traffic at the network edge as opposed a centralized location, traffic latency, jitter, and roaming times are reduced and better controlled
Multi-sector antenna system
The sectored antenna design of the Wireless Array provides a superior level of RF control within the system compared to traditional wireless solutions. RF resources can be more optimally managed with this design compared to conventional Omni-directional antenna systems in areas of channel allocation, interference mitigation, and user performance.
A sectored antenna system creates slices of wireless coverage. Each slice uses a unique channel and clusters devices. This approach creates greater physical separation between sectors and devices on a given channel as opposed to Omni-directional antennas that transmit RF in all directions. Directionality of the sectors isolates radios on adjacent Arrays from interfering with each other. This together with appropriate channel design allows the reuse of the same channels by adjacent Wireless Arrays. Channel reuse is critical for a wireless network to operate at high capacity since only a limited number of channels are available, in particular with only three non-overlapping channels in the 2.4GHz band.
With our approach, you get higher RF gain. It transmits stronger signals to the wireless clients and correspondingly receives weaker signals from them since antenna gain works in both directions. Stronger signal provides better communication data rates for a client at given distance, as well as better operational range.
Dedicated security monitoring
Another costly network component found in conventional offerings are security monitors. Unlike the competition, we have integrated a wireless threat sensor into each Wireless Array, making it possible to have a dense design without compromising radio resources for servicing users.
Most offerings are restricted since both radios in the AP are typically required for servicing users - one operating at 2.4GHz and one at 5GHz. To perform security-monitoring functions, additional APs must be added to the network or one of the two radios must time-slice between servicing users and performing security functions. Time-slicing reduces the bandwidth available to servicing users and is significantly less efficient performing scanning functions as opposed to a dedicated radio resource.
By default, a dedicated monitoring radio in our Wireless Arrays continually scans the RF environment 24x7 covering all Wi-Fi channels in about 10 seconds. When called upon, it can perform additional functions focused on a given channel or threat as required. These functions do not interrupt the servicing of user traffic on the Array in any way.
Functions of the Array's monitor radio include:
- Wireless threat/attack detection for wireless IDS/IPS (Intrusion Detection/Intrusion Prevention)
- Rogue AP and ad hoc station detection, classification, and mitigation
- Spectrum analysis providing performance, interference, and error information across all Wi-Fi channels
- Wireless packet capture on any Wi-Fi channel
- Proactive self-monitoring by functioning as a wireless client connecting to other radios in the Array
Dedicated wireless backhaul
The multi-radio design of the Wireless Array enables radios to be configured as a dedicated wireless backbone between Arrays. This functionality is referred to as Wireless Distribution System (WDS).
WDS eliminates the need to run wired uplinks to Arrays in areas where it may be impractical or cost-prohibitive to pull cable. All security and network policies are enforced across the backhaul links, the same as if the Arrays are connected via wired uplinks. Radio bonding allows multiple backhaul links to be aggregated, providing load balancing of traffic and fail-over capabilities for a uniform and fault-tolerant deployment.
With multiple radios available per Array, wireless backhaul can be configured on radios independent of those servicing users. Traditional enterprise APs with two radios are limited to one radio for a backhaul (mesh) connection. This radio must share the same channel as all other APs on that mesh link, severely limiting the total amount of bandwidth available for backhaul. With the Cambium Network Xirrus Array, backhaul connections are dedicated point-to-point links between Arrays and operate without performance compromise.
We can create up to four independent wireless backhaul links per Array and bond up to three radios together in for each link. Using 450Mbps 802.11n radios, each backhaul can offer up to 1.35Gbps of total Wi-Fi bandwidth. The connections support 802.1d Spanning tree bridging services for failover and link redundancy, including with the Array's wired interfaces.
Radio optimization
The multi-radio and directional antenna design of our Wireless Arrays provide significantly greater control of RF design and management compared to traditional APs. All radio resources can be individually controlled for band selection (2.4GHz or 5GHz), transmit power, and channel allocation. Control can be done either automatically or manually.
Resource assurance
The distributed design of the Array provides a level of processing power and intelligence not available in traditional thin AP designs where much of the resources reside in a centralized controller. By placing these resources at the network edge, the Array can apply proactive and pre-emptive monitoring of operational resources to detect and respond to issues when they occur.
Device optimization
The multi-radio architecture of the Array provides a high level of flexibility in allocating Wi-Fi users and devices among system resources to optimize overall performance. As wireless is a shared communications medium, clients on a given radio resource affect the performance of others using the same resource.
Comparision:
Indoor Access Points & High-Density Access Points
Product Series | XR-320 | XR-500 | XR-600 | XR-2000 | XR-4000 | XR-6000 |
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Standards Supported | ||||||
Standards Supported | 802.11a/b/g/n/ ac | 802.11a/b/g/n | 802.11a/b/g/n/ ac | 802.11a/b/g/n/ ac | 802.11a/b/g/n/ ac | 802.11a/b/g/n/ ac |
Max Number of Radios | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
Software Programmable Radios | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
Radio Design | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed | Modular | Modular | Modular |
Uplinks | 1 GigE | 1 GigE | 2 GigE | 2 GigE | 2 GigE | 4 GigE, 1-10 GigE |
Client Density | Low - Medium | Low - Medium | Low - Medium | Medium - High | High | Very High |
Example Use Cases | Hotel Rooms Dormitories Office Spaces |
Office Spaces Hospitals Retail Areas Classrooms |
Office Spaces Hospitals Retail Areas Classrooms |
Retail Areas Classrooms |
Libraries Auditoriums Convention Centers |
Auditoriums Convention Centers |
Outdoor Access Points & High-Density Access Points
Product Series | XR-520H | XR-2425H | Outdoor Enclosure + High-Density Access Points |
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Standards Supported | 802.11a/b/g/n | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac |
Max Number of Radios | 2 | 4 | 2-16 |
Software Programmable Radios | 2 | 4 | 2-16 |
Radio Design | Fixed | Fixed | Fixed / Modular |
Uplinks | 1 GigE | 2 GigE | Up to 4 GigE, 1-10 GigE |
Client Density | Low - Medium | Medium - High | Low - Very High |
Example Use Cases | Playgrounds Warehouses Cold Freezers |
Stadiums/Arenas Warehouses College Quadrangle |
Fields Outdoor Events Stadiums/Arenas |
Documentation:
Download the Cambium Network Xirrus Access Points Datasheet (PDF).
Download the Cambium Network Xirrus Access Points Specsheet (PDF).
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