Features & Benefits

The Cisco® Aironet® 1300 Series Outdoor Access Point or Bridge is an 802.11g access point and bridge that provides high-speed and cost-effective wireless connectivity between multiple fixed or mobile networks and clients.

Building a metropolitan-area wireless infrastructure with the Cisco Aironet 1300 Series provides deployment personnel with a flexible, easy-to-use solution that meets the security requirements of wide-area networking professionals. The Cisco Aironet 1300 Series can be deployed as an autonomous access point or bridge, providing intelligent network services as a standalone device. Alternatively, the Cisco Aironet 1300 Series can be deployed as part of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, managed centrally by a Cisco wireless LAN controller.

The Cisco Aironet 1300 Series supports the 802.11g standard-providing 54-Mbps data rates with a proven, secure technology while maintaining full backward compatibility with legacy 802.11b devices. It is delivered in a compact, rugged enclosure for deployment in outdoor environments, and is available in two versions. The Cisco Aironet 1300 Series with integrated antenna can be quickly installed to provide a LAN bridge to a remote site or multiple sites. The 1300 Series with antenna connectors supports a variety of Cisco 2.4-GHz antennas, providing range and coverage versatility.

The Cisco Aironet 1300 Series is available either as part of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network or as an autonomous access point or bridge. The Cisco Unified Wireless Network is a comprehensive solution that delivers an integrated, end-to-end wired and wireless network. Using the radio and network management features of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network for simplified deployment, the Cisco Aironet 1300 Series extends the security, scalability, reliability, ease of deployment, and manageability available in wired networks to the wireless LAN. Unified access points operate with the Lightweight Access Point Protocol (LWAPP) and work in conjunction with Cisco wireless LAN controllers and the Wireless Control System (WCS). When configured with LWAPP, the Cisco Aironet 1300 Series can automatically detect the best-available Cisco wireless LAN controller and download appropriate policies and configuration information with no hands-on intervention.

Autonomous access points are based on Cisco IOS® Software and may optionally operate with the CiscoWorks Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE). Autonomous access points, along with the WLSE, deliver a core set of features and may be field-upgraded to take advantage of the full benefits of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network as requirements evolve. As an autonomous access point or bridge, the Cisco Aironet 1300 Series may be configured to operate as a wireless access point, bridge, or a workgroup bridge.

Users and Applications

The Cisco Aironet 1300 Series can provide outdoor wireless access, an ongoing savings of leased-line expenses, a method to connect networks despite physical barriers such as lakes or highways, and rapid deployment of network connections-often while waiting on other facilities, such as fiber-optic installations. The types of organizations that will benefit from the advantages of the Cisco Aironet 1300 Series include education, enterprise, government, healthcare, military, public safety, transportation, and WLAN service providers.

Bridging Fixed Networks

The Cisco Aironet 1300 Series Wireless Bridge can be used to provide either:

1. The sole connection
2. The primary connection with an additional technology such as a T1 line providing redundancy, or
3. As a back up solution for additional resiliency in conjunction with other technologies such as fiber optics.

Ideal applications include:

• Local Government-Backbone (backhaul) portion of community-based municipal networks such as public safety networks, or any fixed network location
• Education-Higher education campus building interconnects and K-12 schools within a metropolitan area
• Healthcare-Hospital campuses and physician offices
• Enterprise Campus-Building-to-building links (point-to-point or point-to-multipoint), or any situation where a company needs to expand across an area where right-of-way is not possible
• Service Provider-Backhaul to aggregate multiple lower-speed links into a higher speed link

Industry-Leading Performance

• Data rates of 54 Mbps in the 2.4-GHz band
• Bridge range of 20 miles (32 kilometers [km]) at 11 Mbps
• Aggregate throughput approaching 28 Mbps
• Maximum transmit power of 100 milliwatts (mW) for 802.11b and 30 mW for 802.11g
• For vehicle-installed deployments, over 100 km per hour speeds at 12 and 24 Mbps with 128-byte packets at 1 percent packet error rate (PER) (workgroup bridge mode connected to a Cisco Aironet access point or bridge)
• Support for antenna diversity

Flexible

A flexible outdoor wireless-bridge or access-point solution is provided through the combination of the Cisco Aironet 1300 Series, a power injector, and options for both antennas and mounting.

By placing the unit outdoors, close to the antenna, you can minimize the wireless cable losses-thereby maximizing the range of the network. The unit is available with either an integrated antenna, or with connectors for external antennas. The high-gain, integrated antenna is designed for easy installations of point-to-point links or non-root nodes of point-to-multipoint networks as an autonomous bridge. The nonintegrated antenna version provides professional installers with an RP-TNC connector that allows the deployment of omnidirectional, sector, or high-gain dish antennas for specific application requirements.

Antenna Options

The external antenna options for the AIR-BR1410A-A-K9-N are:

• Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz, 14-dBi sector antenna, AIR-ANT2414S-R*
• Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz, 5.2-dBi omnidirectional mast-mount antenna, AIR-ANT2506
• Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz, 12-dBi omnidirectional mast-mount antenna, AIR-ANT24120*
• Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz, 13.5-dBi Yagi antenna, AIR-ANT1949*
• Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz , 10-dBi Yagi antenna, AIR-ANT2410Y-R
• Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz, 21-dBi dish antenna, AIR-ANT3338*
• Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz, 9-dBi patch antenna, AIR-ANT3549

* This antenna is not supported by the wireless LAN controllers

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Warranty Information

Terms:

• Hardware repair/replacement for 1 year

Package Contents

To simplify ordering and installation, the Cisco Aironet 1300 Series Wireless Bridge provides the professional or IT installer with all of the components and accessories necessary to complete most deployments, including:

• Power cord (configurable)
• 100 to 240 VAC power supply (AIR-PWR-A=) providing 48 VDC to the power injector
• 48 VDC power injector (AIR-PWRINJ-BLR2=)
• 1-ft dual RG-6 cable assembly (Ethernet uplink from power injector)
• Roof Mount Kit (AIR-ACCRMK1300=) and Wall Mount Kit (AIR-ACCWAMK1300=)  available separately
• 12 to 40 VDC power injector (AIR-PWRINJ-BLR2T=) for use with DC power supply installations available separately

The Cisco Aironet 1300 Series Wireless 802.11g Bridge may be ordered as follows: