Real Time Over Wireless

Real Time Over Wireless

by Jerome Henry / Rob Barton
Released September 2017
Publisher(s): Cisco Press
ISBN: 0134765060

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Overview

Today, Wi-Fi is everywhere, and the need to provide good Wi-Fi is an essential part of doing business. But “good Wi-Fi” is not just about coverage or converting your APs to 802.11ac or 802.11ax. Good Wi-Fi means that your user experience is seamless. Most of the wireless networks today are designed to support only data applications and not real-time applications. In recent years, more and more companies are deploying real-time applications, and enterprise-quality is expected.

This Real Time over Wireless LiveLessons is a unique video course that provides the knowledge and details you need to create the best real time wireless experience for your organization. With more than eight hours of video training, Real Time Over Wireless LiveLessons demonstrates the process of designing, deploying, configuring and troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks for real time application support. The videos cover the full range of topics you need to successfully deploy real time applications over Wi-Fi. This video series will help any network engineer successfully design wireless for real time applications and deploy common real time applications (Spark, Jabber, and Skype for Business) over Wi-Fi networks.

Coverage includes:

  • Module 1: Real Time Over Wireless Foundations
    • An Intro to Deploying Mobile Applications over Wireless
    • Building RF Foundations
    • Taking Care of the Roaming Path
    • Client Device Requirements
    • Wireless LAN QoS Fundamentals
    • IEEE 802.11e and WMM
    • 802.11ax QoS enhancements
    • WLAN QoS Design Principles
  • Module 2: WLAN Deployment Strategies
    • AireOS QoS Basics
    • Advanced QoS Configuration in AireOS
    • Deploying Real Time Applications with Meraki
    • QoS Orchestration with APIC-EM
  • Module 3: The Design Studio
    • FastLane, Deploying Apple Devices on a Cisco Wireless Infrastructure
    • Deploying Real Time Applications Running on Microsoft Endpoints
    • Troubleshooting Real Time Mobility Issues

About the Instructors

Rob Barton, CCIE No. 6660 (R&S and Security), CCDE No. 2013:6, is a Principal Systems Engineer based in Canada. Rob is a registered professional engineer (P.Eng) and has worked in the IT industry for more than 20 years, the last 17 of which have been at Cisco. Rob graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Engineering Physics, where he specialized in computer and radio communications. Rob’s areas of work include wireless communications, IPv6, IoT, and industrial networking systems. Rob coauthored the Cisco Press book End-to-End QoS, 2nd edition. He resides in Vancouver, Canada, with his wife and two children.

Jerome Henry, CWNE No. 45, CCIE Wireless No. 24750, is Principal Technical Marketing Engineer in the Cisco Enterprise Infrastructure and Solutions Group. He has 20 years of experience in the wireless industry, and focuses on clients performance optimizations. He has developed several Cisco courses focusing on advanced wireless topics, and authored several wireless books and video courses. An IEEE 802.11 Senior Member since 2013, he also participates in Wi-Fi Alliance working groups.

Skill Level

  • All levels

Learn

  • Real Time over Wireless Basics
  • WLAN Deployment Strategies
  • All About Design Studio

Who Should Take This Course

Anyone interested in deploying both Wi-Fi networks and real time applications. These can include network administrators, systems administrators, audio/video specialists, Wi-Fi and VoIP specialists, and operations staff.

A secondary market would be the technical decision makers tasked with evaluating the technical feasibility of deploying Cisco Jabber, MS Skype for Business, Apple FaceTime, or another real time application over their wireless network. Cisco System Engineers, partners, trainers and other networking professionals who need to ramp-up technically on QoS technologies and designs would also benefit from watching this course.

Course Requirements

The expectation is that the audience will have some foundation in wireless networking, QoS, and real time mobile applications; however, the readers will not need expert-level knowledge of these subjects to find the material useful. Each section will have a brief overview of the basic principles, and then delve deeper into the fine details of the protocols, deployment platforms, and best practices.

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Real Time Over Wireless: Introduction
  2. Module 1: Real Time Over Wireless Foundations
    1. Module Introduction
  3. Lesson 1: An Intro to Deploying Mobile Applications over Wireless
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 1.1 Why is Wi-Fi Special for Real Time?
    3. 1.2 Sizing Your Cell
    4. 1.3 Verifying Quality of Experience
    5. Summary
  4. Lesson 2: Building RF Foundations
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 2.1 Cell Shape and Size
    3. 2.2 Cell Size: Power
    4. 2.3 Power and Radio Chains
    5. 2.4 Protocols and Rates
    6. 2.5 Data Rate at the Cell Edge
    7. 2.6 Signal Level at the Cell Edge
    8. 2.7 Rates and Channel Width
    9. Summary
  5. Lesson 3: Taking Care of the Roaming Path
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 3.1 Where Do You Need Coverage?
    3. 3.2 APs and Antenna Placement
    4. 3.3 Cell Overlap
    5. 3.4 Next AP Placement
    6. 3.5 Ping Pong Zones
    7. Summary
  6. Lesson 4: Client Device Requirements
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 4.1 Client vs. AP Power
    3. 4.2 SNR and Streams
    4. 4.3 Antenna Basics
    5. 4.4 Antennas Practical Constraints
    6. 4.5 Effect of Antenna Type on Signal
    7. Summary
  7. Lesson 5: Wireless LAN QoS Fundamentals
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 5.1 Comparing Wired and Wireless QoS
    3. 5.2 The Distributed Coordination Function (DCF)
    4. 5.3 The Impact of CSMA/CA and Contention
    5. Summary
  8. Lesson 6: IEEE 802.11e and WMM
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 6.1 An Introduction to EDCA
    3. 6.2 QoS Enhancements with TXOP and TSpec
    4. 6.3 Solving the Contention Issue with 802.11ax
    5. Summary
  9. Lesson 7: WLAN QoS Design Principles
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 7.1 End-to-End QoS Design Principles
    3. 7.2 The QoS Toolkit
    4. 7.3 Upstream and Downstream QoS in a Wireless Network
    5. Summary
  10. Module 2: WLAN Deployment Strategies
    1. Module Introduction
  11. Lesson 8: AireOS QoS Basics
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 8.1 QoS Map Configuration
    3. 8.2 QoS Profiles
    4. 8.3 Application Visibility and Control (AVC)
    5. 8.4 AireOS Bandwidth Controls
    6. Summary
  12. Lesson 9: Advanced QoS Configuration in AireOS
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 9.1 Call Admission Control
    3. 9.2 Tweaking the EDCA Parameters
    4. 9.3 Intercontroller QoS
    5. 9.4 FlexConnect QoS
    6. Summary
  13. Lesson 10: Deploying Real Time Applications with Meraki
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 10.1 Meraki vs AireOS Design
    3. 10.2 Meraki Configuration
    4. Summary
  14. Lesson 11: QoS Orchestration with APIC-EM
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 11.1 An Introduction to APIC-EM
    3. 11.2 Easy QoS
    4. Summary
  15. Module 3: The Design Studio
    1. Module Introduction
  16. Lesson 12: FastLane, Deploying Apple Devices on a Cisco Wireless Infrastructure
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 12.1 Optimized Roaming Principles
    3. 12.2 Optimized Roaming Configuration
    4. 12.3 Fastlane Principles and Profile Configuration
    5. 12.4 Fastlane Configuration on the Infrastructure
    6. 12.5 iOS / Mac OS QoS Primer
    7. 12.6 Voice Trust
    8. Summary
  17. Lesson 13: Deploying Real Time Applications Running on Microsoft Endpoints
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 13.1 Microsoft Client Considerations
    3. 13.2 Configuration Recommendations
    4. Summary
  18. Lesson 14: Troubleshooting Real-Time Mobility Issues
    1. Learning objectives
    2. 14.1 Troubleshooting Techniques
    3. 14.2 Proactive Tests
    4. 14.3 Statistical Analysis
    5. Summary
  19. Summary
    1. Real Time Over Wireless: Summary

Product information

  • Title: Real Time Over Wireless
  • Author(s): Jerome Henry / Rob Barton
  • Release date: September 2017
  • Publisher(s): Cisco Press
  • ISBN: 0134765060