Ruckus introduced new Wi-Fi innovations to bolster their portfolio, addressing top problems of capacity, performance, and reliability. This included the ZoneFlex 7982, the first 3-stream 802.11n access point with adaptive antennas, delivering the highest performance and capacity. Ruckus' solutions utilize adaptive signal control, interference mitigation, and other techniques to provide pervasive Wi-Fi performance anywhere and everywhere.

1. Best to Market Wi-Fi
Ruckus Bolsters the Market’s Broadest Wi-Fi
Portfolio With Wi-Fi Innovations at the High End

2. What’s News?
Wi-Fi Outpacing Cellular
Data Consumption 1. Capacity, performance and reliability have
(Jan. 2012)
become the top three problems to solve
30%
2. Introducing breakthrough price/performance
GLOBAL
AGGREGATE at the high and low end
of the Wi-Fi market
70% ZoneFlex 7982
▪ First 3-stream 802.11n AP
Source:
with adaptive antennas
Most Mobile Data Usage
Occur Indoors
OUTDOORS
(Jan. 2012)
INDOORS
3. The broadest and most complete Wi-Fi
portfolio for carriers and enterprises
25%
▪ The only products that deliver
Pervasive Performance™
75%
Source: In-Stat, IDC, etc.
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3. What is Pervasive Performance?
Delivering the most consistent and highest speed
wireless performance possible – anywhere, everywhere,
all the time
Adaptive signal control
Augmenting the
Interference mitigation
Wi-Fi radio is
the only way Capacity-driven channel assignment
to positively
affect wireless Dynamic polarization diversity
performance.
Increased signal strength
Network capacity optimization
(airtime fairness, client load balancing, band steering)
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4. More is Killing Wireless
Top Three Carrier / Enterprise Concerns Circa 2012
BANDW IDTH
1 Capacity
Constraints
MORE
Client density ,
aggregate throughput
MORE
MORE USERS
2
TRAFFIC
MORE
MORE
APPLICATIONS
MORE Poor
DEVICES
VIDEO
Connectivity
At range, everywhere, all the time
MORE
NOISE
3 Interference
Dropped packets, low
data rates
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5. Introducing ZoneFlex 7982
Industry’s Highest Performing, Highest Capacity 3-Stream Enterprise AP
▪ The only dual-band AP supporting transmit
beamforming AND adaptive antennas
▪ Up to 9dB in added signal gain
▪ Adaptive polarization diversity
▪ Up to 4dB in added receive gain (PD-MRC)
▪ Highest capacity 802.11n AP
▪ Capable of up to 500 clients per device
▪ Based on newest three-stream chipset
▪ Advanced features: TxBF, airtime
fairness, bandsteering, ChannelFly
IDEAL FOR
CARRIERS ENTERPRISES ▪ No mounting brackets required (integrated)
▪ Stadiums ▪ Schools
▪ Airports ▪ Hotels ▪ Standard 802.3af and plenum rated
▪ Conference centers ▪ Hospitals
▪ Shopping Malls
▪ Public venues
▪ Lifetime warranty
▪ Available immediately at USD $1099
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6. Inside the 7982 Over 3000
unique
Integrated key Dual antenna
holes for wall or radios patterns
ceiling mount 3x3:3
(900 Mbps) Vertical and
Routing horizontal
channel polarity
for cables
Release Integrated
mechanism T-bar mount
protected 20.3cm
with security
screw
5cm
20.3cm
1kg. (2.25 lbs.)
Two 10/100/1000 Hidden
Ethernet ports with cables
802.2af PoE Secured with
Kensington Lock
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7. What’s So Unique?
1. Combined adaptive antennas and transmit beamforming
▪ Better range, stronger signal and higher data rates to clients
2. Adaptive polarization diversity (Tx/Rx)
▪ Better chance to hear and talk to low transmit power clients that
constantly change their orientation
3. Reduced Wi-Fi interference
▪ 50% reduction in interference to neighboring APs
▪ Up to 15dB of interference mitigation (ZoneFlex 7982)
4. Improves mobile client device performance
▪ Higher speeds to single-stream mobile devices, two-stream clients
5. Highest capacity with best price/performance in its class
▪ Aggregate throughput/concurrent clients
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8. Extending Performance at Range
Adaptive Antennas and Transmit Beamforming Working Together
Problem Best-of-Both-Worlds Solution
6dB 9dB
Client Direction 3dB
AP
+ =
Conventional TxBF Pattern Asymmetric Composite BeamFlex 2.0
BeamFlex AA Pattern AA + TxBF Pattern
Better client connection
NET RESULT
> 9dB OF
S I G N A L T O
TxBF alone
INTEFERENCE
PLUS NOISE (SINR)
IMPROVEMENT
Composite AA + TxBF
> 15dB OF
INTEFERENCE
M I T I G AT I O N
Less self-interference
than symmetric TxBF
pattern
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9. Adaptive Polarization Diversity
Device orientation accounts
for up to 5x performance
▪ Better reception (PD-MRC) for weak
differential among products and hard to “hear” devices
▪ Better transmission to devices
constantly changing their orientation
HORIZONTAL
POLARIZATION
VERTICAL
POLARIZATION
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10. Improving 2-Stream Client Performance
TCP Throughput at Distance (Mbps)
ZF7982 ZF7982
3X3:3 3X3:3
200
180
5GHz
(channel 36/40)
100
90
2.4GHz
(channel 6)
160 80
140 70
120 60
100 50
ZF7363
80
2X2:2 40 ZF7363
60 30 2X2:2
40 20
20 10
0 0
15’ 50’ 100’ 120’ 15’ 50’ 100’ 120’
NLOS NLOS NLOS NLOS
Three-stream 802.11n dual band AP
Two-stream 802.11n dual band AP
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11. Best Performance in Its Class
2.4/5GHz Simultaneous, Single Client TCP Throughput (Mbps)
2.4 5
GHz GHz
TEST LOCATIONS
Up to 4X
faster than competitors 379
across all distances
A 310
283
P
259 266
227
190
159 143
133
Tester: Ruckus
Location: Major university
103 91 98
Laptop: Apple MacBook Pro (3-stream)
OS: 10.7.2
48
Test Tool: IxChariot (TCP) 30’ 60’ 120’ 30’ 60’ 120’ 30’ 60’ MCS0 30’ 60’ 120’ 30’ 60’ 120’
Test runs: 60 seconds
Bands: 2.4 / 5GHz
MR-24 AP 135 Aironet 3602i AP-330 ZF 7982
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12. Key Applications
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13. Comparing the High End (3X3:3 Products)
Ruckus Aerohive HP Meraki Aruba Meru
Cisco 3602i
7982 330 MSM-460 MR24 AP-135 433
W-FI 2 radios 2 radios 2 radios 2 radios 2 radios 2 radios 3 radios
802.11 2.4, 5 GHz 2.4, 5 GHz 2.4, 5 GHz 2.4, 5 GHz 2.4, 5 GHz 2.4, 5 GHz Band-select
a/b/g/n 3x3:3 3x3:3 3x3:3 3x3:3 3x3:3 4x4:3 3x3:3
Adaptive
RF signal
antennas - TxBF TxBF TxBF TxBF -
control
+ TxBF
Max TX power
28/26 dBm 23/23 dBm 22/17 dBm 23/23dBm 23/23dBm 23/23dBm 21/18 dBm
2.4 / 5GHz
Antenna gain
8/8 dBi 6/6 dBi 4/7 dBi 3/5 dBi 3.5/4.5 dBi 2/5 dBi 2/3 dBi
2.4 / 5 GHz
Interference
mitigation ✓
Polarization
diversity (auto) ✓
Plenum-rated ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Spectrum
analysis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
List price $1099 $999 $999 $1199 $1295 $1495 $1995
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14. Broadest Wi-Fi AP Portfolio
HIGH END MIDRANGE LOW END
ZoneFlex 7982 ZoneFlex 7962 ZoneFlex 7363 ZoneFlex 7321 ZoneFlex 2942 ZoneFlex 7025
Dual-band 802.11n Dual-band 802.11n Dual-band 802.11 2.4 or 5GHz 802.11n 802.11g 2.4GHz 802.11n
3x3:3 3x3:2 2x2:2 2x2:2 1x1:1
SmartCell 8800 ZoneFlex 7761-CM ZoneFlex 7762-AC ZoneFlex 7762 ZoneFlex 7762-S ZoneFlex 7731
Dual-band 802.11n Dual-band 802.11n Dual-band 802.11n Dual-band 802.11n Dual-band 802.11n P-T-M-P 5GHz
3X3:3 3:3:2 3x3:2 3x3:2 3X3:2 802.11n
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