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Glossary

User Experience
High-speed wireless performance and range
SonicWave access points are based on the 802.11ac Wave 2 standard, which can achieve a PHY rate
of up to 2.34 Gbps while maintaining a higher performance level than other standards with greater
ranges depending on evironmental conditions.
Enhanced signal quality
The 802.11ac standard operates in the 5 GHz frequency band, which has fewer wireless devices
competing for airspace and is therefore less prone to signal interference.
Increased wireless reliability
The increase in bandwidth capacity and greater number of spatial streams combined with MU-MIMO
and the improved processing offered by 802.11ac result in more reliable wireless coverage.
MU-MIMO
MU-MIMO (Multipe-user, multiple-input, multiple-output) technology enables simultaneously
transmission from the access point to numerous wireless clients instead of just one.
Band steering
Band steering improves the user experience by steering dual-band clients to automatically connect to
the less crowded 5 GHz frequency band leaving the more crowded 2.4 GHz frequency for legacy
clients.
Beamforming
Beamforming improves wireless performance and range by focusing the wireless signal on an
individual client instead of spreading the data transmission equally in all directions.
AirTime Fairness
AirTime Fairness distributes air time equally among connected clients, ensuring faster clients get
more data in their time while slower clients receive less.
Wireless Mesh
A wireless mesh enable to extend wifi coverage instantly without requiring cables.
FairNet wireless bandwidth allocation
FairNet guarantees a minimum amount of bandwidth to each wireless client in order to prevent
disproportionate bandwidth consumption by a single user.
Wireless Security
Reassembly-free deep packet inspection
SonicWall next-generation firewalls tightly integrate Reassembly-Free Deep Packe Instpection (RFDPI)
technology to scan all inbound and outbound traffic on wired and wireless networks and eliminate
intrusions, ransomware, spyware, viruses and other threats before they enter the network.
Real-Time Deep Memory Inspection (RTDMI)
This patent-pending cloud-based technology detects and blocks malware that does not exhibit any
malicious behavior and hides its weaponry via encryption. By forcing malware to reveal its weaponry
into memory, the RTDMI engine proactively detects and blocks mass-market, zero-day threats and
unknown malware.
SSL/TLS decryption and Inspection
The SonicWall firewall decrypts and inspects SSL/TLS traffic on the fly, without proxying, for malware,
intrusions and data leakage, and applies application URL and content control policies in order to
protect against threats hidden in SSL/TLS-encrypted traffic.
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