Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series

Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series Overview:

Reliable broadband connectivity to Ruckus Wireless Broadband Access Networks and high performance Smart Wi-Fi access point in a single device

The Ruckus Wireless Broadband Access solution lets operators deliver reliable, indoor/outdoor, always-on, broadband services using Smart Wi-Fi technology at a fraction of the cost and complexity of conventional alternatives. The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series Smart Wi-Fi Gateway is the Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) that compliments the overall network build out to maximize coverage around the subscribers’ home and office.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series is two products in one. It acts as a wireless access gateway, providing reliable connectivity to Wireless Broadband Access nodes, as well as an extended range indoor 802.11n (2.4 GHz) access point.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series is the world’s first CPE specifically designed and optimized for broadband operators building large-scale Wireless Broadband Access Networks. Patent-pending hardware and software let subscribers connect faster and more reliably to Wireless Broadband Access Networks by automatically 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 7200 Series is the only system that provides unprecedented diversity through the use of unique, dual polarized antenna array. This provides the largest coverage area possible, the strongest resilience to interference and the highest receive sensitivity.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series is equipped with integrated smart-MIMO antenna technology developed to reliably communicate with the Wireless Broadband Access Networks nodes. Compliment the Ruckus complete portfolio of ZoneFlex Access Points, the Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series 802.11n (2.4GHz) wireless access gateway extends the Wireless Broadband Access Networks coverage to hard-to-reach indoor locations.

Introducing the Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series

The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series offers three variants to provide flexible deployment options for the service providers.

• MediaFlex 7211-Indoor is an indoor CPE optimized to extend the signal for indoor access
• MediaFlex 7211-Indoor with External Antenna provides the ability to deploy a high gain antenna away from the CPE
• MediaFlex 7211-Outdoor is a ruggedized, IP-65 rated, weather proof outdoor CPE

Benefits:

• Increased performance/range for communicating with Wireless Broadband Network Access Points
  Advanced customer premise equipment (CPE) designed to provide indoor (home and offi ce) coverage extension of Ruckus Wireless Broadband Access
• Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) with high performing CPE to provide coverage in difficult to reach locations
  Reduces overall network infrastructure investment by deploying Smart Wi-Fi gateways in selected locations without signifi cantly adding more expensive Access Points
• Dual zone support
  Simultaneously functions as a long-range wireless access gateway to outdoor Wireless Broadband Network and as a high performance Wi-Fi access point indoors
• Unprecedented reliability
  Antenna diversity and automatic antenna selection optimizes signal quality to Wireless Broadband Network
• Secure management access
  Remote management access allows service providers to restrict and control remote access to in-home subscriber units
• Robust security
  Discrete SSIDs and associated security confi gurations for both the WAN and LAN. Support multiple LAN SSIDs for differentiated services
• Automatic interference avoidance
  Mitigates multipath fading and avoids RF interference by continuously selecting the best signal path to the Wireless Broadband Network
• Client visibility for subscriber management
  Available with deployment using Ruckus Access Points, the Smart Wi-Fi gateway forwards the connected clients’s information to upstream servers for authentication, authorization, and billing purposes.

Dramatic Increases in Range and Performance

The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 integrates patent-pending Ruckus BeamFlex technology. 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/n devices. Each Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series integrates Ruckus BeamFlex™ technology utilizes a compact, 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.

Simple Installation and Rich Functionality

Self-installable, the Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series utilizes dynamic host confi guration protocol (DHCP) for automatic confi guration with the Wireless Broadband Access Networks. The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series has a simple and intuitive user interface and provides a setup wizard to guide the home users to confi gure the device.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series is equipped to be remotely manageable by the service provider’s network management center via HTTP or HTTPS. The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series provides extensive statistics to the service provider’s network management center for ease of troubleshooting and monitoring.

The MediaFlex 7200 Series supports multiple home PCs by automatically assigning dynamic IP addresses. Network address translation (NAT) is used to give home PCs Internet access.

The MediaFlex 7200 Series can also be confi gured to have multiple Home SSID’s to allow guest access on a separate SSID, while maintaining network security for home users.

Reliability

Patent-pending hardware and software let subscribers connect faster and more reliably to Wireless Broadband Access Networks by automatically 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 7200 Series is the only system that provides unprecedented diversity through the use of unique, dual polarized antenna array. This provides the largest coverage area possible, the strongest resilience to interference and the highest receive sensitivity.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series is equipped with integrated smart-MIMO antenna technology developed to reliably communicate with the Wireless Broadband Access Networks nodes. Compliment the Ruckus complete portfolio of ZoneFlex Access Points, the Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series 802.11n (2.4 GHz) wireless access gateway extends the Wireless Broadband Access Networks coverage to hard-to-reach indoor locations.

Security

Discrete SSIDs and associated security configurations for both the WAN and LAN. The MediaFlex 7200 Series can also be configured to have multiple Home SSID’s to allow guest access on a separate SSID, while maintaining network security for home users.

Available with deployment using Ruckus Access Points, the Smart Wi-Fi gateway forwards the connected clients’s information to upstream servers for authentication, authorization, and billing purposes.

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

Management

Self-installable, the Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series utilizes dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) for automatic configuration with the Wireless Broadband Access Networks. The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series has a simple and intuitive user interface and provides a setup wizard to guide the home users to configure the device.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series is equipped to be remotely manageable by the service provider’s network management center via HTTP or HTTPS. The Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series provides extensive statistics to the service provider’s network management center for ease of troubleshooting and monitoring.

The MediaFlex 7200 Series supports multiple home PCs by automatically assigning dynamic IP addresses. Network address translation (NAT) is used to give home PCs Internet access.

Features:

Unprecedented reliability and dramatic increases in coverage

• Antenna diversity and automatic antenna selection optimizes signal quality to Wireless Broadband Network
• Automatic interference avoidance (AIM) mitigates multipath fading and avoids RF interference by continuously selecting the best signal path

Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

• Reduces overall network infrastructure investment by deploying Smart Wi-Fi gateways in selected locations without significantly adding more expensive Access Points
• Simultaneously functions as a long-range wireless access gateway to outdoor Wireless Broadband Network and as a high performance Wi-Fi access point indoors
• Advanced customer premise equipment (CPE) designed to provide indoor (home and office) coverage extension of Ruckus Wireless Broadband Access

Simple Installation and Rich Functionality

• Discrete SSIDs and associated security configurations for differentiated services for both the WAN and LAN.
• Smart Wi-Fi gateway forwards the connected clients’ information to upstream servers for authentication, authorization, and billing purposes
• Remote management access allows service providers to restrict and control remote access to in-home subscriber units

Deployment:

Specifications:

Product Comparision:

Model:	MF 2825	MF 2111	MF 7811	MF 7111	MF 2200	MF 7211
Features:
Device	Router	Adapter/Receiver	Access Point	Adapter/Receiver	Router/Bridge/ Repeater	Router/Bridge
Technology	802.11b/g	802.11b/g	802.11a/n	802.11a/n	802.11b/g	802.11b/g/n
Spectrum	2.4GHz	2.4GHz	5GHz	5GHz	2.4GHz	2.4GHz
Ports	5 x 10/100 Mbps	1 x 10/100 Mbps	1 x 10/100 Mbps	1 x 10/100 Mbps	5 or 1 x 10/100 Mbps	1 x 10/100 Mbps
Theoretical max. speed	54 Mbps	54 Mbps	300 Mbps	300 Mbps	54 Mbps	150 Mbps
Tunneling support	-	-	-	-	L2TP	-
Link layer security	WEP, WPA1, WPA2	WEP, WPA1, WPA2	WPA1, WPA2	WPA1, WPA2	WEP, WPA1, WPA2	WPA1, WPA2
Antenna elements/signal paths	6/64	6/64	6/64	6/64	6/64	3/8
Video support	2-3 simultaneous MPEG-2 or 4-6 MPEG-4 standard definition streams or single 10 Mbps HD stream	2-3 simultaneous MPEG-2 or 4-6 MPEG-4 standard definition streams or single 10 Mbps HD stream	4-6 MPEG-4 HD IPTV streams (10 Mbps data rate) or 6-10 MPEG-2 standard definition IPTV streams (5 Mbps data rate)	4-6 MPEG-4 HD IPTV streams (10 Mbps data rate) or 6-10 MPEG-2 standard definition IPTV streams (5 Mbps data rate)	N/A	N/A
Management	FlexMaster, standalone (WebGUI)	Standalone (WebGUI)	FlexMaster, standalone (WebGUI)	Standalone (WebGUI)	Standalone (WebGUI)	Standalone (WebGUI)
Management protocol(s)	SNMP, HTTPs/XML, HTTPS	SNMP, HTTPS	HTTPs/XML, HTTPS	HTTPS	SNMP, HTTPS	HTTPs/XML, HTTPS
SSIDs/WLANs	2	1	1	1	1 + 1	2

Documentation:

Download the Ruckus MediaFlex 7200 Series Datasheet (PDF).

Download the Ruckus BeamFlex Datasheet (PDF).

Download the Ruckus SmartCast Datasheet (PDF).