Cisco Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security User Manual

Data Sheet

Cisco Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security

The Cisco® Hyperlocation solution delivers unprecedented average of 1- to 3-meter Wi-Fi client location accuracy. It provides always-on advanced security scanning and spectrum intelligence, and multiple Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) beacons. And now, with the addition of client applications downloaded to the mobile device, location updates take place in near real time. The Hyperlocation modules include:

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Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security

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Hyperlocation Antenna

Product Overview

The same business and personal benefits that GPS and mobile map services have brought to the outdoors are now being realized in the indoor enterprise space. The applications are numerous, and they include wayfinding in malls, hospitals, and hotels; flexible employee workspace use; tracking wait times at airport security lines; retail product placement; etc. To date the solutions that cater to these applications have multiple challenges and limitations, such as coarse 5- to 10-meter accuracy and slow location refresh, along with nonstandard expensive approaches using video and RF technology. Occasionally, these solutions cleverly use battery-powered BLE beacons that, although simple in concept, are logistically and operationally onerous.

The Cisco Hyperlocation solution introduces hardware and software innovation that can deliver 1- to 3-meter location accuracy on average for associated Wi-Fi clients. This solution takes advantage of existing Cisco Wi-Fi networks and can be centrally managed. The Cisco Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security also integrates BLE beacons with the module. Customers can take advantage of hassle-free BLE beacon deployment that is powered over Ethernet and centrally managed from the convenience of a data center. This model eliminates the need for local IT engineers to do a walk-by inspection of BLE beacon health using applications on their smart devices. Cisco Hyperlocation brings beacon technology so that a single Hyperlocation module provides five different BLE beacons for consumer applications. With this five-beacon advantage, a retail store can have unique applications developed for a shopper, a vendor who fills the merchandise aisle, and retail staff doing routine price checks.

Feature

Benefit

1- to 3-meter location accuracy on average

Provides 1- to 3-meter (median) location accuracy for associated Wi-Fi clients, depending on deployment

True blue dot experience

Supports navigation and wayfinding applications with highly accurate and near-real-time location

Next-generation wireless security module

Delivers always-on robust security and policy enforcement, and Cisco CleanAir® Spectrum Intelligence for 20-, 40-, and 80-MHz channels

BLE beacon

Incorporates five centrally managed BLE beacons with separate universally unique identifiers (UUIDs) and power levels

FastLocate

Generates frequent location updates for connected Wi-Fi clients

Field-upgradable module

Offers field upgradability of the Cisco AP3602i and AP3602e and Cisco AP3702i and AP3702e Series access point modules with both the Hyperlocation module and the antenna

By combining location data and the BLE signal from the Hyperlocation module with sensors on the mobile device, location can be determined to within 1 to 3 meters on average, in near real time. In navigation and wayfinding applications, the result is a true blue dot experience. Customers can find their location, pinpoint nearby points of interest, and, using a mapping application, determine the fastest path to their destination.

In addition to the location solution, the Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security provides the next-generation always-on advanced security scanning and spectrum intelligence that today’s Cisco Aironet® Access Point Module for Wireless Security (WSM) delivers and adds the capability to operate at 20, 40, and 80 MHz.

Features and Benefits

Table 1 lists the features and benefits of the Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security.

Table 1. Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security

Module and Antenna

The Hyperlocation solution involves two field-upgradable hardware modules (Figure 1):

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Hyperlocation Module with Advance Security

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Hyperlocation Antenna

Figure 1. Hyperlocation Module (left) and Antenna (right)

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Specification

Part numbers

The Cisco Hyperlocation solution modules:

● AIR-RM3010L-x-K9= Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security; regulatory domain “-x”

● AIR-ANT-LOC-01= Hyperlocation Antenna, model 1, attached omnidirectional antenna

● AIR-ANT25-LOC-02= Hyperlocation Antenna, model 2, detached directional antenna (future)

Regulatory domains: “-x” Regulatory domain

Customers are responsible for verifying approval for use in their individual countries. To verify approval and to identify the regulatory domain that corresponds to a particular country, visit the Wireless LAN Compliance Status document at:

http://www.cisco.com/go/aironet/compliance.

Not all regulatory domains have been approved. As they are approved, the part numbers will be available on the Global

Hyperlocation Module

The Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security is an evolution of the existing Cisco Aironet WSM; an added advantage is that it expands the capability to include 40- and 80-MHz operation to address 802.11n and

802.11acW1 applications. The module has Wi-Fi RF transmit hardware to potentially take advantage of in the future for features such as neighbor discovery packet and rogue containment.

Additionally, the module incorporates five built-in, centrally managed BLE beacon radios with five separate UUIDs, each of which can be set to a different transmit power level.

The module also has the added advantage of the FastLocate capability, which provides more frequent location updates for connected clients.

Hyperlocation Antenna

The Cisco Aironet Hyperlocation Antenna is required along with the module to provide the average of 1- to 3-meter location accuracy. The array antenna brings angle-of-arrival (AoA) capability on top of the existing received signal strength indication (RSSI)-based 5- to 10-meter solution, increasing location accuracy to 1 to 3 meters on average.

Licensing

No additional licenses are needed for the Hyperlocation solution; required licenses follow:

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Cisco Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) licenses to enable full WIPS support with the Hyperlocation module:

◦ L-WIPS-MM-1AP: 1 access point WIPS Monitor Mode license ◦ L-WIPS-MM-100AP: 100 access points WIPS Monitor Mode license ◦ L-WIPS-MM-1000AP: 1000 access points WIPS Monitor Mode license

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For Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX) licenses to enable the calculation of the location with the Hyperlocation module or antenna, the following CMX SKU is required per access point:

◦ L-LS-1AP-N: 1 access point CMX Base license, which provides X,Y of the device and location

APIs

◦ L-AD-LS-1AP-N: 1 access point CMX Advanced license, which adds analytics to X,Y of the

device and analytics API

Product Specifications

Table 2 lists the product specifications for the Cisco Hyperlocation solution, which includes the Hyperlocation Module with Advanced Security and the Hyperlocation Antenna.

Table 2. Product Specifications for Cisco Aironet Hyperlocation Solution and Modules

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