-- Cisco Aironet® 1520 Series Lightweight Outdoor Mesh Access Points, a
new set of wireless access points with integrated Data Over Cable Service
Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 2.0 cable interfaces used to create
metropolitan-scale, outdoor wireless networks, providing access to any Wi-
Fi compliant device;
-- Cisco Wireless Services Modules, which provide the control,
scalability and reliability needed to build highly secure, carrier-grade
indoor and outdoor 802.11 wireless networks;
-- Cisco Wireless Control System software, an industry-leading platform
for wireless local area network (LAN) planning, configuration, management,
troubleshooting, and mobility services for the Cisco Cable ServiceMesh
solution;
-- Cisco Intelligent Services Gateway, which delivers advanced subscriber
awareness, resource provisioning and access control capabilities. The
Cisco Intelligent Services gateway also simplifies the creation and speeds
the delivery of advanced IP services over Cisco IP NGNs. The Cisco
Intelligent Services Gateway has been designed to support both IP
Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and non-IMS based applications;
-- Cisco Service Control Engine, a solution that controls packets on a
Layer-7 application level while utilizing the existing IP wireless network
infrastructure to provide a variety of services; and
-- Cisco 7600 Series Router, the industry's leading edge router that
delivers robust, high-performance IP/MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS)
features for a range of service provider edge applications.
This combination makes possible multiple applications, including extending
data, voice and video streaming outside the home, police, fire and
emergency services, as well as those for city operations, such as remote
access to city applications, automated meter reading, and permit
verification and compliance.
The Cisco Cable ServiceMesh solution is a proven solution for delivering
pervasive wireless access and network services required for outdoor Wi-Fi
networks. The network convergence layer of the Cisco IP NGN architecture
helps enable the convergence of disparate, service-specific networks to a
single, more efficient and flexible IP-based infrastructure. With the
Cisco IP NGN, service providers can deliver services more efficiently and
effectively and provide the means to support tomorrow's bandwidth-intensive
municipal, residential and business services.
Cisco Cable ServiceMesh Solution Offers Benefits to Multiple System
Operators
The Cisco Cable ServiceMesh design allows operators to rapidly deploy and
monetize value-added services in new markets. In turn, cities, convention
centers and small businesses can improve productivity and economic growth,
while streamlining their operations with the wide variety of applications
enabled by new Wi-Fi networks.
Key benefits to service providers include:
-- Reduce customer churn by offering mobility extensions to existing
service offerings;
-- Generate new revenue by offering indoor/outdoor wireless services to
municipalities, universities and businesses;
-- Cost-efficiently deploy ubiquitous Wi-Fi by using existing cable
infrastructure;
-- Efficiently manage the new operations with an integrated end-to-end
architecture that includes management for all application, services,
devices, and users; and
-- Position the company for future rollouts of broadband mobility
services.
"Service providers can extend their existing network with an outdoor mesh
and offer a multitude of services, not just to cities, but to educational
and health care institutions, public utilities, convention centers and even
to consumers," said Jeff Spagnola, vice president, service provider
marketing at Cisco. "A well-planned outdoor wireless mesh network can
address all customer groups and allow them to interact securely on the same
network. The Cisco Cable ServiceMesh solution offers all that and more."
Cisco Unveils New Aironet 1520 Series Lightweight Outdoor Mesh Access Point
A new component of the Cisco Cable ServiceMesh solution is the Cisco
Aironet 1520 Series, an outdoor wireless mesh platform that integrates
Wi-Fi client access and wireless backhaul in a rugged, outdoor enclosure
and features an embedded DOCSIS 2.0 cable modem to connect to existing
cable plant.
Scheduled to be available in July 2007 in North America, the Cisco Aironet
1520 Series is designed to support dual-band radios compliant with IEEE
802.11a and 802.11b/g standards. The integrated DOCSIS 2.0 cable modem
also provides the ability to power by cable plant helps enable cable
operators to easily deploy mesh networks without requiring pole access
rights which can be costly and time consuming. The ability to strand mount
the Cisco Aironet 1520 Series on existing cable strand provides the
ultimate flexibility for cable operators to easily expand their cable
services to reach new customers.
Multiple power and mounting options provide flexibility in outdoor
installations for the mesh access point. Wireless mesh radio performance
is improved with the 802.11g 3-channel Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC)
technology for better access coverage. The Cisco Aironet 1520 Series uses
an intelligent wireless routing algorithm to create a mesh network with
other Cisco Aironet 1520 Series mesh access points providing network
reliability and availability to meet the challenging requirements of
outdoor deployments.
The Cisco ServiceMesh solution recently won the International Engineering
Consortium InfoVision Award that recognizes the leading broadband products
in deployment. For more information on Cisco Cable ServiceMesh solution
and Cisco Aironet 1520 Series, visit Cisco booth 865 at SCTE Cable-Tec EXPO
(June 20-22) at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., or
click the following URL:
www.cisco.com/go/cableservicemesh
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