Colubris Introduces Service Aware Wi-Fi QoS for Multiservice Voice, Data, and Video WLANs.WALTHAM, Mass. -- Colubris Releases Industry's First SSID-based QoS Standards-based Solution Leaves No Wi-Fi Device Behind Colubris Networks announced Service Aware Wi-Fi Quality of Service (QoS) software for its Multiservice Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area System of enterprise and service provider products today. A standards-based solution that is fully-compliant with 802.11e and WMM WMM Windows Movie Maker (Microsoft) WMM Women Make Movies (New York, NY non profit feminist film productions) WMM Wireless Multimedia WMM World Magnetic Model WMM WiFi Multi Media (TM) (Wi-Fi MultiMedia Conformance to the IEEE 802.11e standard, which allows real time audio and video data to have priority over regular data. Certification for Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) compliance was added in 2004. See Wi-Fi Alliance. ), Colubris Service Aware Wi-Fi QoS is a scalable, easily deployed solution that provides service (SSID (Service Set IDentifier) The name assigned to a wireless Wi-Fi network. All devices must use this same, case-sensitive name to communicate, which is a text string up to 32 bytes long. ) defined QoS for legacy and next generation voice, data and video services and applications. This means that enterprise and service provider customers can provide QoS for differentiated data, 802.11e/SIP/H.323 and other voice devices, video, retail handhelds and also non-protocol devices - such as lifeline and video surveillance devices - simultaneously over a shared, centrally managed WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network . "Over the last year we have had great results deploying a city wide wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 solution," said Anthony Rodrigues, director of information technology, City of Malden in Massachusetts. "This backbone infrastructure supports data, video monitoring and prioritizing of voice packets. The Colubris product line provides us with a scalable, centrally managed access solution that delivers outstanding multi-layered security and the service flexibility needed for the diverse municipal environment." Close to half of all corporate telephone lines worldwide will be IP-based by the end of the decade with revenues of $1 billion in 2004 climbing to over $5 billion in 2008 according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent report by the Radicati Group, a consulting and market research group. Analysts expect voice services and applications to be a major market driver in the WLAN market. Wireless LANs optimized by advanced QoS will be critical for the large-scale deployment of multiservice voice, data and video applications, particularly in the enterprise. "Users should not adopt Wireless LAN based voice services without network guarantees. Standards-based Quality of Service capabilities are absolutely essential for voice over Wi-Fi Transmitting IP-based telephone calls (VoIP) over a Wi-Fi network. Voice over Wi-Fi (Vo-Fi) provides enhancements to the 802.11 standards for handling the real time environment of voice calls. With a single mode Vo-Fi phone, users can make calls only within a Wi-Fi hotspot. ," said David Willis, vice president, META Group, a leading provider of IT research, advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal and strategic consulting. "Further, the current approaches to management are too complex. As we've already seen with basic Voice over IP deployments, industry-leading solutions must offer simplified management." The Colubris Networks WLAN System The Colubris Networks WLAN System provides enterprise and service provider customers a scalable, multiservice WLAN solution that seamlessly integrates with existing LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network infrastructures. Based on a family of Centralized WLAN Management, WLAN Services Controllers and Intelligent Access Devices, the solution provides service-aware Wi-Fi QoS and security for legacy and next generation Wi-Fi voice, data and video applications and services. The solution is optimized for performance, scalability and ease of deployment with the ability to scale from a handful of devices and applications on a few sites to an extensive network of thousands of sites, users and applications. About Colubris Networks Colubris Networks manufactures and sells an award-winning WLAN product family to service providers and enterprises worldwide. Its WLAN System enables superior customer flexibility and control in the secure delivery of voice, data, and multimedia Wi-Fi applications and services to mobile workers, customers, partners, suppliers and guests. Colubris Networks' equipment is deployed by more than 1,000 organizations worldwide. |
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