Ruckus MediaFlex 2825 Wi-Fi 5-Port 802.11b/g Wireless Multimedia Router (901-2825-UK01)

802.11g Multimedia Smart Wi-Fi Router and Adapter offers The First Managed Smart Wi-Fi 802.11g System for Picture-Perfect Distribution of IPTV.

The Ruckus Wireless MediaFlex 2825 series is the first-of-its-kind wireless multimedia routing system that reliably distributes multimedia content over standard 802.11 Wi-Fi. Unlike any other in-home Wi-Fi system, MediaFlex 2800 products integrate a long-range, directional smart antenna array to deliver unmatched reliability and performance at long distances. The Ruckus MediaFlex 2825 series includes both a 5-port (2825) as well as a single-port (2811) 802.11g version that work seamlessly with the MediaFlex 2111 adapter.

Installed in minutes, the Ruckus MediaFlex 2825 series helps carriers eliminate costly and cumbersome cabling within subscriber homes, speed installation times, and enable robust remote management. The Ruckus MediaFlex gives broadband operators a single system that reliably extends multimedia services throughout the home over standard 802.11b/g Wi-Fi while giving them the unprecedented visibility into and control over subscriber Wi-Fi environments - down to end devices.

One of the most sensitive Wi-Fi adapters on the market, the Ruckus MediaFlex adapter is ideal for providing reliable Wi-Fi connectivity to Ethernet-equipped media devices such as set-top boxes, personal video recorders, media centers and media center extenders. Simple to provision, the Ruckus MediaFlex adapter provides unprecedented range and reliability, effectively eliminating Wi-Fi dead spots and hard-to-reach locations, and allowing IP-capable set-top boxes to be located anywhere in the home without wiring concerns.

The Ruckus MediaFlex router combines innovative, patent-pending smart antenna and traffi c management technologies to break down the barriers that have prevented a single Wi-Fi network from simultaneously supporting voice, video and data in the home.

Benefits

• Unparalleled remote control - Remote visibility into and control over services associated with each subscriber, real-time monitoring of the in-home Wi-Fi environment.
• Dramatic range and performance increases - Smart antenna system with six antennas and 63 unique antenna patterns ensure optimum signal paths and high data rates to support up to 3 simultaneous video streams.
• No more dead spots - Antenna control software monitors the RF and switches antenna patterns dynamically to route signals farther and bypass interference for the best coverage and capacity.
• Highest quality user experience - Precision and heuristic Quality of Service (QoS) management, combined with a smart antenna system, delivers consistent, reliable bandwidth essential for IPTV.
• Reliable Wi-Fi transmission of multicast IPTV - Unique traffic classification and smart multicast handling deliver multicast IPTV reliably to one or more set-top boxes.
• Virtual router supports multiple SSIDs - Separate wireless domains and security modes segment service providers traffic, such as IPTV, from home user traffic, such as Internet browsing.
• Self-installing, automatic configuration - Comprehensive DHCP client and server support for both the service provider and home users. Port-based classification ensures separation of the data and video traffic.
• Remote management and automatic upgrades - SNMP for troubleshooting and diagnostics. Auto firmware upgrades ease deployment and remote management.

Introducing the Ruckus MediaFlex Router

A complete solution for video-grade, high-performance wireless networking, the Ruckus system includes the Ruckus MediaFlex 802.11b/g multimedia router and Ruckus MediaFlex multimedia Wi-Fi adapter. The system incorporates Ruckus patent-pending BeamFlex and SmartCast technologies to guarantee optimal range and performance for concurrent video and data traffic.

Attached to the broadband gateway, the Ruckus MediaFlex router optimizes all 802.11b/g devices in the home, while enabling wireless video applications.

The Ruckus MediaFlex adapter provides video-grade, 802.11b/g connectivity to an Ethernet-equipped video server and video receiver, including set-top boxes, personal video recorders, media centers and media center extenders anywhere in the home.

BeamFlex Extends Signal Coverage, Increases Reliability

Most off-the-shelf Wi-Fi products are equipped with one or two antennas, offering little resilience or diversity in the event of a debilitated signal path. In contrast, the Ruckus MediaFlex 2800 series is equipped with BeamFlex, a patent-pending MIMO smart antenna system.

The Ruckus MediaFlex 2800 series integrates a compact, internal antenna array with six high-gain, directional antenna elements capable of forming 63 unique antenna patterns for massive diversity. Expert system control software continuously ranks the antenna patterns for each receiving device, using the inherent feedback mechanism built into the 802.11 MAC layer protocol.

BeamFlex enables client devices to communicate over longer distances at higher speeds than consumer-grade 802.11 products - delivering unprecedented reliability and diversity.

With BeamFlex, the Ruckus MediaFlex 2800 series reconfigures itself in real-time, detecting and adjusting for both spectral and multi-path interference as well as neighboring network noise.

By selecting the optimum antenna pattern for each receiving device, BeamFlex enables extended Wi-Fi range and higher communications speeds.

Unmatched antenna diversity allows the Ruckus MediaFlex 2800 series to find and instantly select from many quality signal paths in a changing environment. This provides the stability and sustained baseline performance essential for delay-sensitive voice and video applications.

Features

• FlexMaster management for firmware upgrade, remote monitoring, and bulk configuration updates
• Internal 6-element antenna array, with 63 dynamic configurations
• Real time learning of RF, station, network and application conditions
• IGMP snooping for station-channel multicast group association detection
• Support for 32 multicast groups and 48 stations
• Wireless multicast optimization with guaranteed packet delivery
• Differentiated handling of multicast IPTV traffic from general multicast and broadcast traffic
• Automatic traffic classification by well-known UDP/TCP port number and IPTV attributes
• Heuristic QoS classification of voice and video streams to the appropriate queues
• Priority queuing for voice, video, best-effort and background traffic
• Per-station, per-traffic type packet queuing and scheduling
• Four queues per station
• Automatic Type-of-Service (ToS) tagging
• 20 Mbps consistent video throughput in typical 5,000 sq. ft. residence (460m2)
• DHCP or static IP addresses for self install, self configuration or remote configuration
• Web-based user interface
• Automatic monitoring of the Wi-Fi network and application performance, including throughput, error rates, and retransmissions
• Real-time monitoring, providing 30-minutes of 1-second interval statistics
• Historical monitoring, providing 24 hours of 1-minute stats and 30 days of 1-hour stats

SmartCast Ensures Picture-Perfect Multimedia Viewing

 Patent-pending SmartCast technology from Ruckus Wireless combines innovative multicast traffic handling techniques, smart QoS and application aware traffic classification capabilities to ensure the highest reliability for all transmissions over Wi-Fi.

SmartCast differentiates and manages unicast and multicast video frames separately from all other traffic types. This provides a robust wireless transport for IPTV streams from the broadband gateway to the set top box. SmartCast detects a video receiver tuning to an IPTV channel, then directs the associated multicast video packets to each receiver, using the optimum data rate and signal path for that receiver. This ensures the best performance possible while enabling reliable delivery of IPTV packets.

Multimedia optimized traffic management algorithms guarantee performance for multiple broadcast quality video streams while maintaining adequate bandwidth for data applications. SmartCast automatically classifies all traffic based on UDP/TCP port and other application attributes, and manages each traffic type (voice, video, data) according to its classified priority and characteristics.

Automatic Type-of-Service (ToS) tagging eliminates complex QoS configurations, while automatic management of lower speed 802.11b devices assures bandwidth availability for prioritized video applications. Four priority queues per station result in a high granularity of traffic prioritization and precision for multiple concurrent video streams.

All packets are queued/de-queued by specialized schedulers optimized for the corresponding traffic type. Each scheduler takes into account the delay/jitter tolerance and bandwidth requirements of the traffic and the changing performance characteristics of each station on the WLAN for the best user experience.

FlexMaster Remote Service Management

FlexMaster is an innovative wireless service management technology that provides access to vital statistics, performance and RF information necessary to manage triple play services. FlexMaster uniquely provides the ability to perform inventory audits for all the devices within the home wireless environment. Multi-tiered user and provider management domains deliver complete customization and the utmost flexibility.

FlexMaster also provides remote execution of diagnostics from within the home. FlexMaster provides two distinctive management views for every device. The service provider view delivers detailed information on logging, statistics, quality of service, status of the device for the IPTV streams delivered to the household. The home user view provides simple to use, web management for configuring basic wireless data networking for home PCs.

Simple Installation, Reduced Support Costs

Self-installable, the Ruckus MediaFlex router and adapter attach to their respective modem or media devices using standard Ethernet. A Web UI allows for easy configuration as well as firmware upgrades. Three LEDs provide status information on power, Ethernet connectivity, and wireless association. A fourth LED provides a wireless video quality indicator that allows "at-a-glance monitoring" of wireless network performance. Remote management is provided through Telnet, SSH, HTTP, SNMP and TR-069 protocols.

Proven Performance

A Ruckus-powered multimedia network ensures transmission of 20 Mbps of guaranteed throughput for streaming video throughout a typical 5,000 square foot (460 square meter) home. The Ruckus MediaFlex 802.11g system supports up to three simultaneous DVD-quality standard definition (SD) MPEG-2 IPTV video streams, six MPEG-4 SD streams or one to two HD-quality WMV streams while supporting concurrent data and voice applications.

Ruckus MediaFlex 2825 Technical Specifications

Wi-Fi

• Standards: 802.11b/g, WEP, WPA (PSK)
• Supported Data Rates:
  • 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 11, 9, 6, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps
  • Atheros SuperG Turbo (108 Mbps) not supported for video
• Channels:
  • US / Canada: 1 - 11
  • Europe (ETSI X30): 1 - 13
  • Japan X41: 1 - 13
• Channelization: 40 MHz channel bonding supported
• RF Power Output: 23 dBm for wireless b and g
• Transmit Power Control: Supported
• 802.11b Receiver Sensitivity:
  • -99 dBm @ 1 Mbps
  • -96 dBm @ 2 Mbps
  • -94 dBm @ 5.5 Mbps
  • -92 dBm @ 11 Mbps
• 802.11g Receiver Sensitivity
  • -96 dBm @ 6 Mbps
  • -94 dBm @ 9 Mbps
  • -93 dBm @ 12 Mbps
  • -91 dBm @ 18 Mbps
  • -88 dBm @ 24 Mbps
  • -84 dBm @ 26 Mbps
  • -79 dBm @ 48 Mbps
  • -78 dBm @ 56 Mbps

Performance and Supported Configurations

• Concurrent Stations:
  • Up to 48 (for Open, WEP or WPA-AES)
  • Up to 22 (for WPA-TKIP)
• Target UDP Throughput: 15 Mbps sustainable throughout a 5,000 sq. ft home
• Simulataneous Video: 2-3 simultaneous MPEG-2 or 4-6 MPEG-4 standard definition streams or single 10 Mbps+ HD stream at 50 feet (18m) with concurrent background traffic

Traffic Management and Quality of Service

• Classes of Service: Voice, video, best effort and background
• Hardware Queues: 4
• Software Queues: 4
• Automatic Traffic Classification: Automatic type of service tagging for classification multicast video packets
• Heuristic Classification: Available

Multicast Video (IPTV)

• IGMP Snooping:
  • Up to 32 multicast groups
  • Up to 48 receiving stations
• Multicast Optimization:
  • Directs multicast IPTV packets to each receiving station within the designated multicast group using the optimum data rate and antenna selection
  • Automatic classification into video queues
  • Ensures reliable transmission of multicast video packets

Management

• Configuration:
  • Web user interface
  • Telnet
  • SNMP statistics interface
  • TR-069
• Login:
  • User
  • Admin
• Auto Configuration: Supported
• Statistics:
  • LAN, wireless and asssociated stations
  • Accessible via WebUI
• Software Update:
  • FTP or TFTP, remote auto available
  • Accessible via WebUI
  • Single or bulk software upgrading via TR-069
• Other Utilities:
  • Configuration dump (admin only)
  • Simple support into transfer to provider
  • Pre-installed X.509 v3 certificates

Physical Characteristics

• Power:
  • External Power Adapter
  • Input: 110 – 240V AC, 220 - 240V AC (country specific)
  • Output: 12V DC, 1A
• Physical Size: 14.2 x 12.2 x 7.5 cm (L x W x H)
• Weight: 0.2 Kg
• Antenna: Internal software-configurable antenna array with six directional, high-gain elements and 63 unique omni antenna patterns
• Ethernet Ports: 5 ports, auto MDX, auto-sensing 10/100 Mbps, RJ45
• LED Display:
  • Power / Status
  • Ethernet Status
  • Wireless Status
  • Wireless Network Quality Indicator
• Environmental Conditions:
  • Operating Temperature: 32°F (0°C) – 104°F (40°C)
  • Operating Humidity: 15% - 95% non-condensing

Product Ordering Information

• 901-2825-UK01 - 5-port Multimedia Smart Wi-Fi Router
• 901-2811-UK01 - 1-port Multimedia Smart Wi-Fi Router

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