BelAir Networks today announced the BelAir100SN, a combined 802.11n/DOCSIS 3.0 unit that can be installed overhead on the cable operator’s distribution plant in less than 15 minutes. The BelAir100SN enables cable operators to leverage their available mounting, power, backhaul and other network assets to quickly and easily extend wireless services to their customers.
The BelAir100SN features:
- Policy management for personalized user experience and end to end QoS
- Edge-based security with central authentication
- Seamless integration with carrier-grade policy managers, scaling to 48,000 APs and 480 Gbps of traffic
- Business intelligence, including user experience insights and location-based personalization
- Massive-scale mobility proven in the world’s largest Wi-Fi networks
It uses the BelView Network Management Management System and the BelAirOS Operating System.
Already shipping to major North American cable operators, the BelAir100SN builds on BelAir Networks outdoor 802.11n and cable-optimized Wi-Fi solutions. The company introduced the industry’s first cable-optimized Wi-Fi AP, the BelAir100S, in 2005, and the industry’s first outdoor 802.11n APs, the BelAir100D and BelAir200D in February, 2008.
The BelAir100SN is running live at the CableLabs Winter Conference, February 7–9, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency at Colorado Convention Center. DOCSIS 3 enables downstream data rates of 160 Mbps or higher and upstream data rates of 120 Mbps or higher by ganging together 4 or more 6 MHz channels.
In the U.S., Cablevision Systems began rolling out DOCSIS 3 over its 5 million home footprint in April 2009. Cablevision’s Optimum Wi-Fi service began rekindling interest in municipal WiFi when it contributed to more than 70 percent sequential growth in Cablevision’s net subscriber additions.
