WaveBlade WiFi 802.11a/b/g
(1-port WBW1101, 1-port high power WBW1101P, 4-port WBW1104)
VeriWave’s WiFi 802.11 a/b/g WaveBlade series offers flexible, comprehensive testing of Wireless LAN network infrastructure devices including enterprise and consumer Access Points (APs) and controllers as well as wireless-enabled client devices such as PCs, dual-mode phones, patient monitors and scanners. Scalable to 18,000 clients within a single WaveTest chassis, the WiFi WaveBlade series integrates traffic generation, performance analysis, mobile client behavior and distance emulation and enables both cabled lab testing as well as open-air field testing.
The WiFi WaveBlade series generates multi-protocol IP traffic from hundreds of independent stateful clients creating real world traffic conditions including inter-client contention. The effects of distance and propagation on AP and controller performance can be characterized through the granular variation of transmit power exhibited by each individual client.
The single-port WBW1101, the high-power WBW1101P and the 4-port WBW1104 are all line-cards that fits into VeriWave’s WT90 and WT20 chassis and interwork seamlessly with the WaveBlade WiFi 802.11n and WaveBlade Ethernet line-cards, offering seamless testing of the converged wireless/wired network edge.
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Benefits
- Up to 500 fully independent, stateful 802.11 client state machines per port enable precise measurement of critical performance metrics at data rates reaching up to maximum theoretical limits
- Highly customizable mobile client roaming behavior
- Complete control over client medium access times to generate aggressive non-compliant clients and study the effects thereof on the AP and Controller
- Built-in transmit power control and per packet frame-error-injection to emulate real-world distance effects between AP and client
- Execute open-air field tests and/or cabled tests in lab environments
- Capability to introduce real-world effects such as hidden-node issues that cause client collisions resulting in transmission of malformed packets to the AP
- Industry-best simultaneous bi-directional (TX/RX) air-rate packet capture support of up to 256MB on each port
- User customizable client behavior and Traffic types ranging from raw 802.11 frames to a variety of IP-based higher level protocols including UDP, RTP etc.
- Fast, flexible functional, integration, and negative testing using VeriWave’s WaveDynamix™ test tool.
- Ease-of-use through simplified set-up in a wide-array of VeriWave Test Suites, Applications and WaveAutomation
Specifications
Only 20 MHz channel width supported. No support for 5 MHz or 10 MHz channel widths.
| WBW1101 | WBW1104 | WBW1101P | |
| Number of Ports | 1 x 802.11a/b/g port | 4 individual and independent 802.11 a/b/g ports; supporting multi-user and multi-test test beds | 1 x 802.11a/b/g port |
| Maximum Number of Ports per Chassis | 9 | 36 | 9 |
| Maximum PHY Rate | Up to 54Mbps | Up to 54Mbps per port | Up to 54Mbps |
| Operating Frequency | 2.4 GHz channels 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz channels |
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| Operating Channels | 2.412 to 2.484 GHz: 1 to 14 4.940 to 4.990 GHz: 1 to 11, 13, 15, 17, 19 , 21, 25 5.180 to 5.320 GHz: 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64 5.500 to 5.700 GHz: 100 to 140 5.740 to 5.825 GHz: 149 to 165 |
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| Channel Bandwidth | 2.4 GHz: 20 MHz 4.9 GHz: 20 MHz 5.0 GHz: 20 MHz |
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| Transmit Power Control | 2.4 GHz: 0 to -50dBm 1dB steps 4.9 GHz: 0 to -50dBm 5.0 GHz: 0 to -50dBm |
2.4 GHz: 0 to 15dBm 1dB steps | |
| Transmit Power Accuracy | +/- 1dBm for 2.4, 4.9 and 5.0 GHz bands | ||
| Receive Sensitivity | 65dBm min for 8x10-2 FER (CCK) 65dBm for 10x10-2 PER (OFDM) |
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| Interface Connector | SMA female connector, standard thread, AC coupled, 50 Ohms | ||
| Traffic Timestamp Accuracy | 50ns | ||
| Maximum Number of Emulated Clients | 500 | 2,000 | 500 |
| Maximum Number of Emulated Flows | 1,000 | 4,000 | 1,000 |
| Maximum Number of Clients / Flows Analyzed | 131,000 | 524,000 | 131,000 |
| 802.11 MAC Control (all parameters) | Independent per client | ||
| 802.1x Authentication Support | PEAP/MSCHAPv2, TLS, LEAP/EAP-FAST, TTLS | ||
| Encryption Support | WEP-40 and WEP-104, TKIP (WPA), CCMP (WPA2) | ||
| Layer 3/4 (IP, UDP, TCP, etc.) control (all parameters) | Independent per client | ||
| Port Counters | One for each of layer 2, 3 and 4 frame types | ||
Minimum Requirements
| VeriWave Test System | 1 x VeriWave WaveTest 90™ or WaveTest 20™ system |
| Host Computer | - x86 based PC with 1 GHz processor and 256 MB RAM - Windows XP SP2, or Linux (2.6 or higher kernel level) with Web Browser installed to manage the WaveBlade |
Ordering Information
| VeriWave 1 port WiFi-abg WaveBlade | WBW1101 |
| VeriWave 4 port WiFi-abg WaveBlade | WBW1104 |
| VeriWave 1 port WiFi-abg Hi-power WaveBlade | WBW1101P |
