Cisco Cisco 3365 Mobility Services Engine Release Notes
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Release Notes for Cisco Mobility Services Engine, Release 8.0.110.0
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Introduction
This section introduces the Cisco Mobility Services Engine (MSE) and the various services that it
supports.
supports.
Cisco Mobility Services Engine and Services
The Cisco Mobility Services Engine supports various services within the overall Cisco Unified Wireless
Network (CUWN).
Network (CUWN).
The Cisco Mobility Services Engine currently supports the following services:
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Location Service—Also known as Context Aware Service (CAS). This is the core service of the
Mobility Services Engine (MSE) that turns on Wi-Fi client tracking and location API functionality.
Allows MSE to simultaneously track thousands of mobile assets and clients by retrieving contextual
information such as presence, location, telemetry data, and historical information.
Mobility Services Engine (MSE) that turns on Wi-Fi client tracking and location API functionality.
Allows MSE to simultaneously track thousands of mobile assets and clients by retrieving contextual
information such as presence, location, telemetry data, and historical information.
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Wireless Intrusion Protection Service—Provides wireless-specific network threat detection and
mitigation against malicious attacks, security vulnerabilities, and sources of performance disruption
within the CUWN infrastructure. wIPS visualizes, analyzes, and identifies wireless threats, and
centrally manages mitigation and resolution of security and performance issues using Cisco monitor
mode and Enhanced Local Mode (ELM) Access Points. Proactive threat prevention is also supported
to create a hardened wireless network core that is impenetrable by most wireless attacks.
mitigation against malicious attacks, security vulnerabilities, and sources of performance disruption
within the CUWN infrastructure. wIPS visualizes, analyzes, and identifies wireless threats, and
centrally manages mitigation and resolution of security and performance issues using Cisco monitor
mode and Enhanced Local Mode (ELM) Access Points. Proactive threat prevention is also supported
to create a hardened wireless network core that is impenetrable by most wireless attacks.
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Mobile Concierge—Mobile Concierge enables the Cisco Mobility Services Advertisement Protocol
(MSAP). This protocol enables direct communication between the MSE and mobile devices,
allowing content to be pushed directly to the mobile device pre-association. This functionality is
dependent on the mobile device supporting 802.11u and MSAP.
(MSAP). This protocol enables direct communication between the MSE and mobile devices,
allowing content to be pushed directly to the mobile device pre-association. This functionality is
dependent on the mobile device supporting 802.11u and MSAP.
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CMX Analytics Service—The CMX Analytics service analyzes wireless device location
information in a particular network. The CMX Analytics service uses the data provided by the Cisco
Mobility Services Engine (MSE) to calculate the location of Wi-Fi devices in the Wireless Local
Area Network (WLAN). In addition, the FastLocate feature sends information about the RSSI
strength of data packets to the Cisco WLC that can be used for location calculations.
information in a particular network. The CMX Analytics service uses the data provided by the Cisco
Mobility Services Engine (MSE) to calculate the location of Wi-Fi devices in the Wireless Local
Area Network (WLAN). In addition, the FastLocate feature sends information about the RSSI
strength of data packets to the Cisco WLC that can be used for location calculations.
When a wireless device is enabled in a network, it transmits probe request packets to identify the
wireless network in its neighborhood. Even after connecting to the access point in the WLAN, the
client devices continue to transmit probe request packets to identify other access points for better
wireless network in its neighborhood. Even after connecting to the access point in the WLAN, the
client devices continue to transmit probe request packets to identify other access points for better