Business Wireless LAN Switch Market Analysis

Executive Summary

Introduction

WLAN Market Segmentation

Market Overview

WLAN Switch Market Analysis

Standalone Smart APs vs. Centrally Managed Thin APs

Fit APs

Impact of 802.11n

Overlay WLAN Switch Vendors Challenged By Wired/Wireless Switch Integration

Role of Switch Silicon Vendors

The Future of WLAN Switches and the Vendors Who Sell Them

Enterprise WLAN Equipment Vendor Market Shares

Enterprise WLAN Equipment Forecasts

Enterprise WLAN Vendor Profiles

3Com

Aruba Wireless Networks

Cisco Systems

Colubris Networks

D-Link

Enterasys Networks

Extreme Networks

Foundry Networks

Meru Networks

Motorola

Nortel Networks

ProCurve by HP

Siemens

Trapeze Networks

Methodology

Glossary

Related In-Stat Reports

List of Tables

Table 1. Enterprise WLAN Vendors Centralized vs. Decentralized

Table 2. Overlay WLAN Switch Shipments

Table 3. Overlay WLAN Switch Revenue (US$ in Thousands)

Table 4. Smart AP (Thousands) vs. Thin AP (Thousands) Shipments

Table 5. Thin AP Shipments (Thousands)

Table 6. Thin AP Revenue (US$ in Thousands)

Table 7. WLAN Switch Units and Revenue (US$ in Thousands) Forecast

Table 8. Thin APs vs. Smart APs—Percentage of Shipments Forecast

Table 9. Thin AP Units (Thousands) and Revenue (US$ in Thousands) Forecast

List of Figures

Figure 1. WLAN Switch and Thin AP Unit Forecast, 2006-2011 (Units in Thousands)

Figure 2. Early WLAN Deployment Network Diagram

Figure 3. Bluesocket Network Architecture

Figure 4. Thin AP WLAN Deployment

Figure 5. Multiple WLAN Switch Network Diagram

Figure 6. Aruba Networks Enterprise Mobile Edge Architecture

Figure 7. D-Link Wireless and Wired Smart Switch

Figure 8. Meru’s Three-Tier Traffic Distribution System

Figure 9. Motorola Wi-NG Architecture Overview

Figure 10. Procurve by HP Adaptive Edge Architecture