
802.11ac-ready
The next-generation wireless LAN standard – 802.11ac,
is just around the corner bringing Gigabit speeds to the
wireless network. This will present a similar challenge as
the introduction of 802.11n—the faster AP throughput
requires a forklift upgrade to the backend hardware
controllers to handle the higher throughput.
vWLAN breaks this upgrade cycle. With vWLAN’s
distributed data plane architecture, customers do not
need to upgrade controllers ever again, providing a
solution that is future proof ensuring customers can
confidently adopt 802.11ac when it arrives.
Wireless Access Points
ADTRAN’s Bluesocket family of high-performance APs
is the perfect fit for enterprises, educational institutions,
hospitality, and healthcare providers who are looking
to move their organisations to a pervasive mobility
environment. The Bluesocket portfolio of 1800 and 1900
Series of enterprise-class APs are completely plug-and-
play requiring no manual configuration. They include
MIMO, beam-forming and high RF transmit power to
deliver industry leading throughput and performance.
Whether you want to expand wireless coverage in your
office or deploy across an entire campus, the Bluesocket
APs are designed to meet your needs.
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Second, a centralised physical controller is a
target for hackers. This device is in the data path and
therefore serves as a convenient point to intercept
traffic. vWLAN eliminates this vulnerability by keeping
the data sessions on the LAN. Only control traffic is
centralised. And this centralisation occurs in the
enterprise data centre as opposed to a single server.
Reliability
ADTRAN’s vWLAN brings wireless reliability to a whole
new level. In vWLAN, the user data stream or data plane
is separated from the control information about the
data session. This separation of the control plane and
data plane increases reliability. In the conventional
controller-based approach, any failure in the control
plane interrupts the data plane. In vWLAN, the data
session is the priority. The control plane can be com-
pletely lost and the user data sessions remain intact.
This separation of control and data allows vWLAN
to support hitless failovers. A secondary virtual control
instance can back up the primary control. If an access
point loses connection with the primary virtual control
instance, it will realign with the secondary control. This
re-establishment of the control plane takes place with
zero packet loss to any of the data sessions.
Wireless Access Solutions
vWLAN 4
vWLAN Mulit-tenant 8
vWLAN Mobile Offload 10
Wireless Access Points 12
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