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4.6 FIPS 197 Support
An optional (under license) support of FIPS 197 enables using an encryption algorithm certified for
compliance with Federal Information Processing Standards. FIPS 197 licensed feature is available for
units with HW revision C or higher, excluding AUS units.
4.7 MAC Address Deny/Allow List
The functionality of the MAC Address List has been expanded to enables selection between Deny and
Allow actions. When the list is defined as a Deny List, the AU will not provide services to a unit whose
MAC address is included in the list, enabling to deny services to selected units. When the list is defined
as an Allow List, the AU will provide services only to units with a MAC address that is included in the
list.
4.8 Improved Concatenation Mechanism
The improved concatenation mechanism enables concatenating more frames, providing an additional
performance improvement for small packets traffic by eliminating the limitation on the number of
frames that can be concatenated. The maximum size of a concatenated frame can be configured,
enabling to optimize performance in accordance with the characteristics of the application expected for
each SU.
4.9 Simpler Installation and Configuration Changes through Automatic Sub-Band
Recognition
The new User Defined Frequency Subsets option in the SU enables defining for each of the available
Sub-Bands the frequencies that will be used by the SU when scanning for an AU. The SU is
configured with a minimal set of parameters to ensure that it will be able to automatically detect and
use the frequency/bandwidth used by the AU, including possible changes in the Sub-Band being used
by the AU. This feature enables using Best AU mode and having an SU scanning and synchronizing
with an AU without being configured in advanced to the proper AU sub band which may be of either 10
or 20 MHz channel width.
4.10 Simpler Installation and Management through Uniform Transmit Power
Parameters
In previous versions, four different parameters were needed to define the Transmit Power (AU and
SU) and Maximum Transmit Power (SU) parameters for the various modulation levels. The simplified
process uses a single parameter for all modulation levels. In cases where this value exceeds the
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