Colubris Networks announced Service Aware Wi-Fi Quality of Service (QoS) software for its Multiservice Wireless LAN System of enterprise and service provider products today.
A standards-based solution that is fully-compliant with 802.11e and WMM (Wi-Fi MultiMedia), Colubris Service Aware Wi-Fi QoS is a scalable, easily deployed solution that provides service (SSID) 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.
“Over the last year we have had great results deploying a city wide wireless broadband 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 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,” said David Willis, vice president, META Group, a leading provider of IT research, advisory services 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 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
