Wlc526 Controller Overview; Features And Benefits - Cisco 521G - Unified IP Phone VoIP Configuration Manual

WLC526 Controller Overview

WLC526 Controller Overview
This section outlines the features and specifications of the WLC526 controller.

Features and Benefits

Table 1-1
Table 1-1
Features
Secure network access for guest users
Support for Cisco voice-over-WLAN optimization
Easy management tool
Support for Cisco Lightweight Access Point Protocol
(LWAPP)
Support for up to 6 access points per controller and
up to 2 controllers per network for a total of 12
access points
Multi-access-point Radio Resource Management
(RRM)
Secure authentication mechanism support
Wired/wireless network virtualization
Cisco 500 Series Wireless Express Mobility Controller Configuration Guide
1-4
lists the features and benefits of the WLC526 controller.
Features and Benefits of the WLC526 controller
Benefits
Secure guest access enables you to easily create and
manage a virtual guest network with a Web login
portal page for users such as customers, vendors, and
contractors. Visitors can have Internet access while
safely partitioned from the sensitive corporate LAN.
Voice-over-WLAN optimization is a package of
features that deliver quality of service, call admission
control, and fast, secure inter-access-point handoff to
improve the quality of a wireless voice infrastructure.
Within CCA are Smart Assist features that enable
plug-and-play functionality and optimize network
settings.
Uses Cisco LWAPP for communication between
Cisco 500 series access points and WLC526
controllers to simplify deployment and management,
and to automate functions required for seamless
wireless coverage.
The wireless network easily expands as business
requirements for additional wireless coverage and
mobility services increase.
RRM automatically optimizes radio coverage and
capacity while working around potential points of
interference. This real-time radio coordination
simplifies deploying multiple access points.
Supports a wide range of authentication mechanisms
to enable scalable security architectures and
minimizes security interoperability problems (see the
"Security/Authentication Standards" section on
page 1-5)
Supports the use of up to 8 SSID/VLANs so that one
physical WLAN infrastructure can be safely shared
by users, applications, or organizations with different
network and security requirements.
Chapter 1 Overview
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