Aerohive Networks Intro
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The idea
Aerohive Networks has introduced an innovative new class of wireless infrastructure equipment called a Cooperative Control Access Point (CC-AP). A CC-AP combines an enterprise-class access point with a suite of cooperative control protocols and functions to provide all of the benefits of a controller-based wireless LAN solution, but without requiring a controller or an overlay network. Aerohive Networks implementation of a CC-AP is called a HiveAP.
This cooperative control functionality enables multiple HiveAPs to be organized into groups, or "hives," that share control information between HiveAPs to enable functions like fast layer 2/layer 3 roaming, cooperative RF management, security and mesh networking. This capability enables a next generation wireless LAN architecture, called a cooperative control wireless LAN Architecture, that provides all of the benefits of a controller-based architecture, but is easier to deploy and expand, lower cost, more reliable, more scalable, more ubiquitously deployable, higher performing and more suitable for voice over wireless LAN than most of today's controller-based architectures.
HiveAPs discover each other whether they are connected to each other over a wired network, or wirelessly. When neighbors are found with the same hive or mobility credentials, they can build secure connections to each other. Once the neighbor relationships have been established between HiveAPs, they use cooperative control protocols to provide seamless mobility, cooperative RF management, resiliency and best path forwarding.
Decentralised solution with no single point of failure offering wire-like resilience
Aerohive Networks reduces the cost and complexity of today's networks with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi and routing solutions for enterprises and medium sized companies including branch offices and teleworkers. Aerohive's award-winning cooperative control Wi-Fi architecture, public or private cloud-enabled network management, routing and VPN solutions eliminate costly controllers and single points of failure. This gives its customers mission critical reliability with granular security and policy enforcement and the ability to start small and expand without limitations.
Key benefits
Aerohive's cooperative control wireless LAN architecture pushes network control and data forwarding to wireless LAN access points at the edge of the network, providing important business benefits, including:
- Linear pricing and lower cost, including both in very small (branch) and in very large (campus) deployments
- Scalable, latency-optimized performance, supporting applications such as voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN) and the ability to scale to 802.11n performance and beyond
- High availability and mesh redundancy for mission-critical applications
- Lower complexity for easier deployment, maintenance, and management
- More straightforward migration from first-generation access points
- More effective security and policy enforcement
- Single architecture that effectively covers the entire enterprise from single AP locations, to branch offices, large headquarters locations and even open spaces
- Cost effective solution for convenience networks that can seamlessly scale to support mission-critical applications as needed
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