User's Manual
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Setup and Deployment Guide
applications through SDs and WRs without ever reaching an IAP or the wired Internet. This
reduces the amount of backhaul required by enabling the SDs to accomplish the backhaul
whenever the opportunity arises. This results in lower deployment costs, reduced backhaul,
and lower operating expenditures. The service provider can provide the same level of service
with less equipment by empowering the SDs with ad hoc networking capability.
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Figure 2. Operational View of the System
1.6.1 Network Architecture
The mea network utilizes two subnets, one for the wireless elements and one for the
server elements. All of the
wireless elements must be in a single subnet. The subnets are
connected together by the core router, and the edge router provides Internet connectivity.
Figure 3 shows the logical network layout of a
deployment.
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