CHAPTER 1. Access Point Controller System Overview
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1.2 Network Configuration
The network configuration of Samsung W-EP solution that includes APC is shown below.
Figure 2. W-EP Network Configuration
IP-PBX
As an enterprise call manager, it is a switch required to provide the Fixed Mobile
Convergence (FMC) function to a wireless terminal (optional).
APC (WEC8500/WEC8050)
The APC manages all the W-EP wireless LAN APs installed in an enterprise
communication environment and it also manages user information and traffics.
Because the W-EP wireless LAN network configuration uses a centralized structure where
all the wireless user traffics are in tunneling through the APC, the APC is one of the most
important elements related to traffic management and throughput in the W-EP environment.
An APC is typically installed at a position where it can be connected to a backbone switch,
core switch or router in a network. It controls the W-EP wireless LAN AP and provides
handover, QoS, and security/authentication functions.
WEM
In the W-EP wireless LAN environment, various services are provided through a complex
network configuration. As many users are involved, its management is complex and
difficult. A normal network administrator can hardly handle any problematic issue as well
as a normal management task. The WEM is a Network Management System (NMS) that
efficiently manages this kind of W-EP wireless LAN network and service environment.
It manages a WLAN network, retrieves and configures the status of APC or W-EP wireless
LAN AP.
W-EP AP
IP-PBX
WEC8050/WEC8500
WEM
Router
Internet
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FMC
client
WIPS
