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Chapter 14: Secure Mobility® MatriX
An Overview of the Secure Mobility MatriX
Where multiple BlueSecure Controllers are deployed across multiple WLANs, Bluesocket
provides centralized management and control through its Secure Mobility MatriX
architecture, as shown in the following figure.
The multiple BlueSecure Controllers comprising the MatriX communicate with each other
in real time enabling seamless secure roaming, policy enforcement, configuration
replication, and load sharing.
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"Reasons for Deploying a Secure Mobility MatriX" on page 14-2.
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"General Configuration Procedure" on page 14-3.
Reasons for Deploying a Secure Mobility MatriX
A multiple-BSC Secure Mobility MatriX configuration is designed to support large-scale
wireless networks that require two or more BSCs (not including the secondary BSCs
required for failover operation). You may need to implement a multiple-BSC network
configuration for many reasons including:
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A single BSC may not be sufficient to handle network throughput for a large
organization.
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Your network configuration may be divided into different floors, subnets, buildings,
etc. It may be logically easier to organize, configure, and administer one BSC per
physical network division.
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You wish to take advantage of the BSC replication feature to simplify the task of
configuring and administering multiple BSCs.
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You wish to use the BSC load sharing feature in environments such as classrooms or
airport terminals where many wireless clients log onto the network simultaneously via
a limited number of access points.
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You wish to support user roaming to allow a user to remain seamlessly connected to
the wireless network without the need for re-authentication when associating to an
access point connected to a different BSC. The Bluesocket BSC implements user
roaming using its Secure Mobility
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Figure 14-1: The Bluesocket Secure Mobility MatriX Architecture
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feature.
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