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Deployment Guide
Deployment Guide
Cisco customers are rapidly adopting the Cisco Unified Wireless Network architecture for next
generation wireless LAN performance and advanced services. This document reviews the fundamental
architectural concepts and deployment considerations necessary to evaluate and deploy a basic Cisco
Unified Wireless Network solution.
generation wireless LAN performance and advanced services. This document reviews the fundamental
architectural concepts and deployment considerations necessary to evaluate and deploy a basic Cisco
Unified Wireless Network solution.
Terms and Acronyms
contains important terms and acronyms used in this document:
Table 1
Terms and Acronyms
Term or Acronym
Description
LWAPP
Lightweight Access Point Protocol—the control and data tunneling
protocol between access points and wireless LAN controllers.
protocol between access points and wireless LAN controllers.
Wireless LAN Controller;
Controller
Controller
Cisco device that centralizes and simplifies network management of a
wireless LAN by collapsing large numbers of managed endpoints into
a single, unified system, allowing for a unified intelligent information
wireless LAN network system.
wireless LAN by collapsing large numbers of managed endpoints into
a single, unified system, allowing for a unified intelligent information
wireless LAN network system.
Access point
An intelligent translational bridge device that provides network access
to wireless devices.
to wireless devices.
Lightweight access point
An access point that runs software that allows it to operate in the Cisco
Unified Wireless Network architecture using LWAPP with a wireless
LAN controller.
Unified Wireless Network architecture using LWAPP with a wireless
LAN controller.
WCS
Wireless control system—the software that manages Cisco wireless
LAN controllers
LAN controllers
ACS
Access Control Server—Cisco AAA server that typically provides
RADIUS services for Cisco wireless LANs.
RADIUS services for Cisco wireless LANs.