Correct. No ASN. Service flows and classifications are set directly in the AP. Radius is built into the SM. It's fully L3 routeable. Currently no L2 functionality.
-Eric On 3/18/2010 3:11 PM, Randy Cosby wrote: > Thanks. Now, on the Motorola 320, for example, the ASN gateway is not > part of the picture, correct? > > > > On 3/18/2010 1:59 PM, Rubens Kuhl wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Randy Cosby<dco...@infowest.com> wrote: >> >> >>> For us WiMAX neophytes, could you explain the ASN gateway and why it's >>> on your list of things you don't want? >>> >>> >> An ASN gateway sits between the Radio Access Network (where there are >> only tunnels from the base station to the ASN GW) and the Core >> Services Network, where the traffic seen is the user traffic. You can >> see a better explation with diagrams in: >> >> http://www.tutorialspoint.com/wimax/wimax_network_model.htm >> >> ASN gateways are usually expensive, as are the BSC (Base Station >> Controllers) that have a similar role in cellular networks. What Pure >> Wave is doing is something that was once know as "Profile B" where the >> base station could work without an ASN gateway. Navini gear before >> Cisco also worked like this, which is very similar to what an Wi-Fi >> Access-Point usually does. >> >> In larger networks ASN gateways are essential to scaling the network >> and the ones I've tested were pretty good. I just don't want to pay >> the price of them. >> >> >> Rubens >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
