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Aerohive’s controller-less WLAN architecture

Controller-less Wi-Fi
Aerohive’s controller-less architecture distributes control to smart APs and enables centralised management

Aerohive developed a controller-less wireless LAN architecture called Cooperative Control. This WLAN solution provides all the performance, availability, management, mobility, and security needed in a large campus deployment, and, with the elimination of controllers in the architecture, is cost effective even in small branch office and warehouse deployments.

This unique controller-less architecture also enables secure, scalable, high-performance, and mission-critical wireless networking in a manageable and cost effective way to industries such as retail, education, public sector, manufacturing, distribution, and healthcare.

Leveraging its controller-less approach, Aerohive has further simplified enterprise Wi-Fi with a cloud-based SaaS management solution called HiveManager Online. HiveManager Online dramatically lowers the cost and deployment complexity of managing enterprise Wi-Fi.

Controller-based WLANs were designed for an era when there was insufficient processing power in APs to distribute the intelligence as happens in other networking infrastructure. Aerohive’s controller-less WLAN architecture approach is different - it distributes all control functions and data forwarding to smart APs while maintaining a centralised management system for monitoring and configuration – similar to how routers in the Internet function.




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Legacy controller-based approach:


Aerohive’s capabilities and advantages

Aerohive AP capabilities include:

  • Support for control functions such as dynamic RF management, layer 2/layer 3 roaming, and client-load balancing
  • Integrated mesh technology providing the highest degree of resiliency and connectivity – a ‘self-healing network’
  • Powerful and flexible identity-based firewall, access control, and quality-of-service (QoS) policies enforced at the edge
  • Distributed data forwarding for scalable latency optimized performance for 802.11n throughput and beyond

Aerohive architectural advantages:

  • No u-turns, bottlenecks, or single points of failure
  • Flexible expansion - just add APs
  • Superior branch performance and survivability
  • Real mesh support
  • Increased reliability and reduced cost (no controllers)
  • Advanced value-added functionality

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