Ruckus Wireless 2200 User Manual

MediaFlex

™

2200 Series

High Performance 802.11g Smart Wi-Fi
Bridge/Repeater

Reliable broadband connectivity to outdoor
Wi-Fi networks and high performance Wi-Fi
access point in a single device

The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is two products in one. It acts as

a wireless access gateway, providing reliable connec tivity to outdoor

Wi-Fi networks, as well as an extended range indoor 802.11b/g

access point.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is the world’s fi rst customer

premise equipment specifi cally designed and optimized for broad-

band operators building large-scale metro Wi-Fi networks.

Patent-pending hardware and software let subscribers connect

faster and more reliably to outdoor metro Wi-Fi networks – auto-

matically optimizing around changing environmental conditions.

Intelligent connection algorithms determine the fastest Wi-Fi mesh

node with which to associate based on the highest data rates and

best signal strength.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is the only system that provides

unprecedented diversity through the use of a unique, dual polar-

ized antenna array. This provides the largest coverage area possi-

ble, the strongest resilience to interference and the highest receive

sensitivity.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is equipped with integrated

smart-MIMO antenna technology developed to reliably com-

municate with the metro Wi-Fi nodes. Compatible with standard

802.11b/g metro Wi-Fi nodes, the Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series

802.11b/g wireless access gateway extends the metro Wi-Fi cover-

age to hard-to-reach indoor locations.

BENEFITS

Increased performance/range for communicating •
with metro Wi-Fi nodes

Advanced customer premise equipment (CPE)
designed to provide indoor (home and offi ce)
coverage extension of metro Wi-Fi signal.

Dual zone support

•

Simultaneously functions as a long-range wireless
access gateway to outdoor Wi-Fi networks and as
a high performance Wi-Fi access point indoors.

Unprecedented reliability

•

Antenna diversity and automatic antenna selec­tion optimizes signal quality to metro Wi-Fi
network.

Secure management access

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PIP management access allows providers to
restrict and control remote access to in-home
subscriber units.

Robust security

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Discrete SSIDs and associated security confi gura­tions for both the WAN and LAN.

Automatic interference avoidance

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Mitigates multipath fading and avoids RF interfer­ence by continuously selecting the best signal
path to the metro Wi-Fi nodes.

Long-range bidirectional connectivity

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Wi-Fi node selection based on link capacity and
high output power deliver faster, long-range con­nections (optional external RF antenna connection
available).

For increased deployment fl exibility, the Ruckus MediaFlex also

comes equipped with an external RF connection. This provides the

ability to deploy a high-gain antenna away from the CPE.

Automatic upgrades

•

Periodic updating provides automatic downloads
of latest fi rmware without user intervention.

MediaFlex 2200 Series

High Performance 802.11g Smart Wi-Fi Bridge/Repeater

Introducing the Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series

The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series is the fi rst smart-MIMO Wi-Fi
gateway that reliably extends metro Wi-Fi signals indoors. The Ruckus
MediaFlex 2200 Series is equipped with industry’s fi rst dual-polarized
antenna array to optimize communication with metro Wi-Fi nodes.
Additionally, an external RF antenna option works in concert with the
smart antenna array and Ruckus’ patented expert control software to
ensure the best antenna patterns and RF paths are selected for send­ing and receiving traffi c.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series automatically avoids Wi-Fi
interference and mitigates multipath fading by selecting the best
signal path to the metro Wi-Fi node. Traditional Wi-Fi systems are
equipped with a single vertically-oriented, omni-directional antenna
that becomes less effective when the multipath signal arrives out of
phase and cross polarized.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series integrates patent-pending Ruckus
BeamFlex technology that constantly learns the RF environment and
automatically adjusts the antenna pattern to steer signals to the opti­mum path. Just as the other Ruckus products (MediaFlex 2800 series
router and 2111 adapter), MediaFlex Bridge/Repeater substantially
increases both Wi-Fi performance and range.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 2200 Series seamlessly communicates
with metro Wi-Fi nodes by automatically associating with the best
outdoor node. This built-in intelligence delivers optimum connec­tivity upon initial association. In the event of changes to the Wi-Fi
environment or adjustments to the outdoor metro mesh network
(e.g., changes to channel assignments), the MediaFlex 2200 Series
continually rescans the RF domain so the selection of the best metro
Wi-Fi node is maintained.

Dramatic Increases in Range and Performance

BeamFlex is the fi rst-of-its kind smart antenna technology that works
with off-the-shelf 802.11 silicon to deliver the most cost effective
MIMO benefi ts to 802.11a/b/g devices today. Each Ruckus MediaFlex
2200 Series integrates Ruckus BeamFlex
internal antenna array with multiple dual-polarized directional antenna
elements capable of combining to form unique antenna patterns for
diversity. BeamFlex expert system control software continuously ranks
the antenna patterns for each destination device using the feedback
mechanism built into the 802.11 MAC layer protocol. Cognizant of
the real time RF conditions, the direction and performance of the
communicating devices, network capacity and application types,
BeamFlex steers each packet to the optimum signal path, enabling
a Wi-Fi device to sustain high transmission speeds and minimize
retransmissions. Unlike conventional wireless devices, the Ruckus 2200
Series dynamically mitigates interference caused by multipath fading,
neighbor networks and other wireless devices.

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technology — a compact,

A state-of-the-art smart antenna array controlled by
an expert software system integrates six high-gain
horizonally-polarized antenna elements and two
vertically-polarized antenna elements. This provides
a 7 dBi gain thereby delivering unprecedented
range extension and Wi-Fi signal reliability. The best
antenna elements are use at any given moment for
any given packet and any given client based on
changing environmental conditions.

RECEIVE SENSITIVITY

802.11b

Data Rate RX Sensitivity

1 Mbps -99 to -108 dBm

2 Mbps -96 to -104 dBm

5.5 Mbps -91 to -98 dBm

11 Mbps -90 to -94 dBm

802.11g

6 Mbps

9 Mbps

12 Mbps

18 Mbps

24 Mbps

36 Mbps

48 Mbps

54 Mbps

-93 to -96 dBm

-90 to -96 dBm

-90 to -94 dBm

-88 to -91 dBm

-85 to -88 dBm

-82 to -86 dBm

-78 to -81 dBm

-76 to -81 dBm