Connecting the Home to Broadband Reliably Without Wires

Connecting the Home to Broadband Reliably Without Wires…

What’s All the Ruckus About? § Wi-Fi metro networks are taking off § Carriers need reliable in-home CPE to help subscribers connect 2

Introducing Ruckus Wireless § Formed June 2004 (as Video 54) § Headquarters § Funding Mountain View, CA $14 M (two rounds) § Investors Sequoia, Sutter Hill, WK Technology Fund Investor AB § Employees 50+ § Management Cisco Iospan VXTel Riverbed Fore Systems Bill Kish Founder and CTO Alteon/Nortel § Innovation First wireless multimedia system 3 Selina Lo President and CEO Victor Shtrom Founder and Chief Architect

The Ruckus Difference We make Wi-Fi reliable by picking the best signal path for any given traffic at any given time 4

What’s Wrong with Today’s Wi-Fi for Connecting to Metro. Mesh Networks? § Poor No Can’t link performance avoid stability Inadequate range at longer interference distances 5

Problems Solved Predictable, High Performance Connectivity to Metro. Mesh Networks Connectivity to outdoor Tropos node Metro. Flex In-home Wi-Fi connectivity 6

Introducing Metro. Flex Access Gateway The First Purpose-Built CPE for Metro. Mesh Networks 1 2 3 Picks Continually High best mesh determines powered nodefor based best better antenna on link performance to reception receive RF signal 7

Reliable Indoor Connectivity to and Performance with Metro. Mesh Networks § Long-range, high-speed bi-directional connectivity § Unprecedented reliability and diversity § Automatic interference avoidance § Extends metro Wi-Fi signal throughout the home/office § Remote management § DHCP and NAT support § Multi-station support § 802. 1 x / EAP-TTLS authentication § 200 milliwatt high-output power amplifier 8

Faster and Farther Automatic Connectivity to Best Metro Node Based on Throughput 9

Smart Antennas Make All The Difference Four high-gain horizontally polarized and two highgain vertically polarized directional antenna elements determine best antenna pair and signal path for any packet at any time 10

Beam. Flex Avoids Interference § Patent-pending smart antennas § Applies MIMO-diversity techniques to standard Wi-Fi § “Intuitive antennas” (continuous learning) § 2 to 3 X range and performance increase § Active interference rejection § Compatible with all 802. 11 standards § Compact internal antenna array § Capable of 63 unique antenna patterns § Increased range and better performance in any direction at any time § Expert control software constantly ranks optimum antenna patterns for each receiving device 11 High-gain directional antenna elements

How Beam. Flex Works in the Home Bedroom Home office Ruckus AP Interference from neighboring network 1 Kitchen Family Room 3 2 Beam. Flex Powered Set Top Box 12 Microwave

Believing is Seeing Automatic Interference Avoidance and Mitigation Ruckus 2900 AP to Ruckus 2501 Client • 3 -minute throughput measurements • Microwave on after first minute for one minute Off-the-shelf 802. 11 AP to Off-the-Shelf 802. 11 g Client 13

Who Really Cares? CARRIERS § Reduced churn § Bring subs on faster § Lower deployment costs § See into CPE to manage Wi -Fi connections 14 CONSUMERS § More reliable connection to Metro. Mesh networks § Single Wi-Fi system for both indoor and outdoor connectivity § IPTV over Wi-Fi in the home too