Industry’s first Wi-Fi services strategy and solutions to help carriers capitalize on managed service market.
New “Smart Wi-Fi” 802.11a/b/g/n products for home, hotspot and enterprise markets
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Business “Smart Wi-Fi” systems
for providers and enterprises
Formed June 2004 (as Video54), Sunnyvale, CA
Capitalization/Size $42 million (privately held), 100+ employees
Flagship Products MediaFlex (In-home triple play distribution)
MetroFlex (Metro CPE)
ZoneFlex (Enterprise smart wireless LANs)
Shipments Over 1 million units in two years
Investors Sequoia and other VCs, Motorola, T-Online,
Telus & Mitsui
Customers
Business Update
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New Wi-Fi innovation that:
Extends Wi-Fi range/coverage (2-4x)
Picks best path for each client
Improves signal reliability
Increases effective throughput
Avoids interference automatically
Reduces packet loss
Exploits technical advances in
smart antenna arrays and quality
of service
System-based solution
Interference
What’s Smart Wi-Fi?
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Unmatched Performance and Coverage
Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi 802.11g AP Top-Tier Enterprise 802.11g AP
Upper
Floor
Lower
Floor
12
5 ft
12
5 ft
5-10 Mbps10-15 Mbps15-20 Mbps20-22 Mbps AP on upper floor
AP AP
AP
upstairs
AP
upstairs
Source: Ruckus Carrier Customer Test Location: Commercial high rise in Canada
12
5 ft
12
5 ft
200 ft200 ft
200 ft 200 ft
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Announcement Details
Industry’s first Wi-Fi services strategy and solutions to
help carriers capitalize on managed service market
New “Smart Wi-Fi” 802.11a/b/g/n products for home,
hotspot and enterprise markets
MediaFlex 7811
802.11n system for in-home HD IPTV and triple play service distribution
MediaFlex 2835
802.11g system that enables managed “homespots”
ZoneFlex 7942
802.11n system for high-capacity, multimedia hotspot/enterprise deployments
Comprehensive remote Wi-Fi management
FlexMaster
Remote management and configuration for all Smart Wi-Fi devices and system
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The Bar Has Been Raised for Wi-Fi
But Wi-Fi must fundamentally
change to provide
Wire-class reliability
Ubiquitous coverage
Consistent performance
Secure mobility
Flicker-free multimedia
Simple set up and deployment
(source: InStat)
Mobile Wi-Fi
Device Shipments
’07: 70 million
’09: 170 million
At Home, At Work and Everywhere Else
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Wi-Fi a Key Part of Carriers’ Strategy
Managed
Business WLAN
Services
High-capacity
multimedia
hotspots
Hotspots
at home
(“homespots”)
Whole-home
HD IPTV
and triple play
distribution
Global
Management
and
Control
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ENTERPRISE
But Wi-Fi Wasn’t Made for Carriers
Inadequate range/coverage
Interference
Unreliable performance
Poor wireless video and voice quality
Isn’t highly leveraged
Wiring and other site constraints
High density, dynamic environment
Costly to deliver 2 nines or better
Wasn’t designed for multimedia apps
Limited footprint
HOTSPOTHOME
High capex and opex, margins pressure
SLAs against unstable, dynamic medium
Scarce RF expertise
Subpar voice and video performance
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HOTSPOTENTERPRISEHOME
Now It Is! Smart Wi-Fi Helping Carriers
Deliver cost effective, ubiquitous, reliable coverage
Enable new media apps, eg: digital signage, ad insertion
Increase usage with differentiated services
Enforce centralized policies and control
Secure hotspot network and users
Deliver whole-home video, voice and data
Reduce IPTV installation cost and delays
Extend mobile IP services into the home, eg: FMC
Enable indoor broadband wireless access
Extend hotspot footprint (home-spot)
Offer managed WLAN service to SMBs
Improve margins with dramatically lower capex & opex
Increase availability without escalating cost/complexity
Enable new media apps, eg: surveillance, video, etc.
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The Unfulfilled Promise of 802.11nThePromise
The Reality
10 20 40 100
54
300+
mbps
mbps
Spatial multiplexing and channel bonding
and frame aggregation enable hug
potential gains in physical data rate
Current products
don’t make optimal use
of fundamental 802.11n
techniques such as
channel bonding,
frame aggregation
or spatial multiplexing
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Keeping the Promise with Smart Wi-Fi
10 20 40 100
54
300+
mbps
mbps
…thereby increasing
effective throughput,
range and reliability
ThePromise
The Reality
Smart Wi-Fi increases the
probability that 802.11n
techniques are used in a given
environment…
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Next Gen Triple Play Over 802.11n
Rapid deployment of quad-play services
Flicker-free distribution of concurrent
high definition MPEG-2 IPTV streams
Introducing the MediaFlex 7811
Provider
NetworkMediaFlex
7811
Router
VoFi
HD IPTV
Data
First,
purpose-built
802.11n
Wi-Fi system
for HD IPTV
and triple play
services
HD
IPTV
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Hotspots Everywhere
First 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi
solution for hotspots and enterprises
Higher-capacity multimedia Wi-Fi services
Best Wi-Fi range/coverage with patented
smart antenna array
Highest performance and client density
Standalone AP or multi-AP with
ZoneDirector controller
AP meshing for hard-to-wire locations
Manageable via TR-069 or SNMP
Video grade throughput: 80 mbps
Data grade throughput: 200+ mbps
MDU/MTU
HOME
ENTERPRISE
SMB
PUBLIC
VENUES
RETAIL
HOSPITALITY
INTERNET /
CARRIER
NETWORK
Taking Them to the Next Level with ZoneFlex™ 7942 802.11n
• Larger client density, increased use
• Business use of hotspots grew 68% in 1H’07
(Source: iPass)
• Demanding new multimedia applications
• Improved coverage
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Hotspots at Home
Exploit unused local loop capacity
Increase provider footprint
Extends/offloads cellular
networks
Better service coverage
and performance
Simplify service configuration
using dedicated provider SSID
Rate limits and policies per
SSID ensure user fairness/SLAs
Complete visibility into
and remote control over
in-home Ruckus devices
Introducing the MediaFlex 2835
Provider
Hotspot
SSID
Provider
IPTV
SSID Home
User
SSID
Internet
NOC
2835
FlexMaster
Provider
Network
IPTV Content
Carrier Services
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Managed WLAN Services for Enterprises
Wi-Fi dual mode voice
Security surveillance
Digital signage
Remote training
Multimedia delivery
Ubiquitous WLAN coverage
ZoneFlex Smart WLANs Sold by Operators Opens Door to New Services
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Harnessing the Power of Wi-Fi
Introducing FlexMaster™
Simplifies management
of Wi-Fi networks
Accelerates introduction of
new services and firmware
Maximizes ROI by
minimizing operational
expenditures
The First Complete Management Platform
for Enabling Wi-Fi Services
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FlexMaster Highlights
Effortless everything
Auto device discovery (TR-069 based)
Bulk configuration with template
Google mapping of managed devices
Automatic firmware distribution
Anywhere management that scales
Secured and remote from any browser
Access from private/public networks
Multi-level access privileges
Supports hundreds of thousands of devices
Real time information and configuration
Network, Wi-Fi and event statistics
Continuous performance, fault, & audit
Canned reports and comprehensive graphing
Internet or
Private IP
Network
Ruckus APs
automatically
“phone home” to
FlexMaster to
obtain configuration
Hotel
HotelHotel
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Public/Private
IP Network
FlexMaster in Action
Home
Office
Hotel
NETWORK
OPERATIONS
CENTER
Global view of all Ruckus
systems and devices
Group, view and manage
devices by customer,
region, model, serial
number
Bulk configure groups of
devices
Drill down to a specific
device to configure, reset,
upgrade, troubleshoot or
monitor
See device configuration
Re-configure, reboot
device
View SSID info such as
associated stations
See events for device
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Pricing and Availability
PRODUCT LIST PRICE AVAILABILITY
MediaFlex 7811 (802.11n home) $TBA Q2, 08
MediaFlex 2835 (802.11g home) $259 Now
ZoneFlex 2942 (802.11g hotspot/ent) $349 Now
ZoneFlex 7942 (802.11n hotspot/ent) $799 Now
ZoneDirector (Smart Wi-Fi controller) Starts at $1200 Now
FlexMaster (Global management system) Starts at $5000 Now