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Cisco Enterprise Wireless Mesh
Extend connectivity for hard-to-wire environments
The Challenge
While wireless networks have become integral to many enterprises seeking to optimize
productivity, providing full wireless coverage remains a challenge in a number of environments. To
provide pervasive network connectivity, enterprises must be able to deploy wireless access points
wherever necessary, often above ceilings or across millions of square feet. However, typical
access points must connect to Ethernet cables that extend a mere 100 meters from the Ethernet
port. Running Ethernet cable to every access point required to provide full coverage in hard-to-wire
environments, from warehouses with expansive spaces to historic buildings requiring special care,
is often too difficult, aesthetically undesirable, or simply impossible.
Originally developed for outdoor wireless backhaul, mesh technology now provides the same
reach and scalability available in outdoor networks to indoor environments. Leveraging mesh
networking technology for indoor networks provides a simple, flexible way to extend wireless
connectivity to every part of an enterprise facility or structure. Because mesh access points do not
require Ethernet connections, they create the basis of the indoor mesh network, which brings
mobile connectivity to all users regardless of their environments.
The Solution
Cisco has leveraged its technology leadership in outdoor mesh networking to develop a robust
indoor mesh networking solution. Cisco Enterprise Wireless Mesh introduces mesh networking
functionality to the Cisco Aironet 1240 and 1130 Series Access Points, enabling enterprises to
provide wireless connectivity to indoor areas that, until now, have been difficult or impossible to
wire. These mesh access points deliver mobile connectivity to users located in previously
inaccessible areas, while backhauling traffic to traditional access points connected to Ethernet
ports.
Functioning as part of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, the Cisco Aironet 1240 and 1130
Series Access Points are managed and monitored by wireless LAN controllers. The mesh
capability is software which enhances the code base of the Aironet 1240 and 1130, eliminating the
need for enterprises to invest in additional equipment. In their dual-radio configuration, these mesh
access points deliver network access to users over the 2.4 GHz frequency and use the 5 GHz
band to backhaul traffic. Based on intelligent wireless routing technology and a powerful self-
organizing, self-healing, and self-configuring architecture, Cisco Enterprise Wireless Mesh is
simple to deploy and manage, while offering comprehensive coverage and optimal network
performance to a wide variety of environments.
Access points operating in wireless mesh mode use the Adaptive Wireless Path Protocol (AWPP)
to establish dynamic wireless connections to their neighboring access points. Using one radio,
each access point can then provide wireless coverage for client devices within its area, while
backhauling traffic through the second radio. Because it dynamically learns the best way to route