Summit Wi-Fi Radio Modules

Summit Solution Capabilities

Every Summit brand wireless solution combines hardware, software, certifications, and support services to ensure optimal performance in business-critical mobile devices.

Hardware

Summit brand product hardware is designed for business-critical mobile devices that operate in challenging environments. Hardware innovations enable Summit brand modules and cards to provide superior RF range while minimizing power consumption. Key Summit hardware capabilities include:

• Form Factor: Summit brand modules and cards are available in a variety of standard and customized form factors for use in vehicle-mounted terminals to small, light handhelds and wrist-mounted devices.
• Dual-Band Support: While Summit G solutions operate only in the 2.4 GHz frequency band, Summit AG solutions support both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, maximizing flexibility in how mobile devices are deployed and managed.
• Antenna Diversity: Every Summit brand solution supports transmit and receive diversity to maximize performance in high multipath environments.
• Range: The enhanced transmit and receive capabilities and maximized delay spread of Summit radio modules and cards maximize RF range of distance from the infrastructure where a reliable connection can be maintained.
• Low Power Consumption: Boosting range often comes at the expense of increased power consumption, but Summit modules and cards maximize battery life to better provide for full-shift operation.
• Extended Operating Temperature: To allow for operation in extreme environments such as factories, warehouses, freezers, and the outdoors, Summit modules and cards provide an extended operating temperature range.

Software

Business-critical mobile devices require specialized software to deliver the security, trouble-free operations, and manageability that customers require. Summit software includes a device driver, an integrated 802.1X security supplicant, and a full-featured management and monitoring utility called the Summit Client Utility (SCU). Key software capabilities include:

• Operating System Support: Summit brand software ensures trouble-free operation on a device that runs any supported version of Windows Embedded CE, Windows Mobile, or Windows XP. Click here for a list of supported operating systems for each Summit radio.
• Connectivity and Roaming: Summit software ensures that a device obtains a secure wireless network connection quickly and maintains that connection reliably, even as the device moves among the areas covered by different access points. The voice-quality roaming supported by Summit software is sufficient for even the most latency-sensitive data application. For details, read our white paper on mobility.
• Security: Every reliable Summit network connection can be secured with WPA2-Enterprise (IEEE 802.11i) security using one of six populat EAP types and AES-CCMP encryption. Other authentication and encryption methods are supported, too. For more information on Wi-Fi security, read our white paper titled, Wi-Fi Security and PCI DSS.
• CCX: Because Summit software supports all required features of Version 4 of the Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) specification, every Summit solution is certified for CCX V4. For details on CCX for mobile devices, read our related white paper on this topic.
• Administration: SCU enables a user to view and an administrator to configure all radio operation and security settings. SCU also enables a user or administrator to view status and troubleshoot issues. SCU is built on a published application programming interface than can be leveraged by other applications such as Wavelink Avalanche for remote management.
• Integration: Laird Technologies provides device vendors with a manufacturing utility that allows them to set regulatory parameters such as channel set and maximum transmit power to provide for world-wide compliance across multiple platforms.
• Upgrades: Laird Technologies regulatory provides software upgrades to enhance the features, capabilities, and usability of Summit radio modules and cards. Laird Technologies provides these upgrades free of charge to qualified device OEMs.

With SCU, users and administrators have complete control over key radio parameters including transmit power and SSID as well as security parameters inclusive of encryption and authentication. SCU supports multiple network profiles to allow for device operation in multiple facilities. For a closer look at SCU, click here.

Certifications

Summit solutions can be used worldwide because they comply with all applicable regulations as set forth by agencies such as ETSI, the FCC, and TELEC. Laird Technologies provides software for all relevant IEEE and Wi-Fi Alliance standards as well as Cisco innovations. Summit solutions are Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ and certified for CCX V4.

Helping our customers achieve these certifications for their Summit-equipped devices is part of our product, our solution and our responsibility. With the existing grants, test reports and approvals for our family of wireless LAN modules, Laird Technologies can minimize the cost, time and complexity of attaining all required certifications. Please review our product-specific certification pages for more information.

Support Services

Laird Technologies provides engineer-to-engineer integration assistance to device manufacturers, as well as consultation and documentation to aid in custom device driver and application development. In addition, Laird Technologies' support extends to Summit brand radio module and card operation in the field. Laird Technologies' system engineering team provides Level 2 technical support to device vendors and are well versed in radio frequency characteristics, wired and wireless network architectures, and security protocols. To contact Laird Wireless Support click here: wireless.support@lairdtech.com.

Products

Summit brand Wi-Fi® solutions are proven in business-critical mobile devices that operate in challenging environments such as factories, warehouses, hospitals, and retail stores.

Laird Technologies' hardware maximizes the RF range, supports an extended operating temperature range, and minimizes power consumption. Summit brand software ensures solid security, reliable connectivity, fast roaming, and easy administration of dozens or hundreds of devices.

40 Series

Every 40 Series radio module combines a dual-band N (802.11a/b/g/n) radio with a Bluetooth® 2.1 radio in an integrated package. The combination of enhanced hardware and Summit brand software provides an enterprise-class solution that ensures secure and reliable connectivity for a medical device, a mobile computer, or any other business-critical mobile device.

40 Series hardware maximizes the RF range, supports an extended operating temperature range, and minimizes power consumption. 40 Series software ensures solid security, reliable connectivity, fast roaming, Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) support, and easy administration of dozens or hundreds of devices.

To complete each solution, Laird Technologies provides comprehensive support services as well as certification services. To contact Laird Embedded Wireless Support click here: wireless.support@lairdtech.com.

For details on a specific 40 Series solution, select it from the products list below.

• MSD40NBT: Enterprise-Grade Dual-Band N and Bluetooth® in a Pluggable Module
• SSD40NBT: Enterprise-Grade Dual-Band N and Bluetooth® in a SiP Module
• WB40NBT: Complete Wireless Communication Subsystem

30 Series

Every 30 Series radio module is an enterprise-class dual-band Wi-Fi® (802.11a/b/g) solution that ensures secure and reliable connectivity for a medical device, a mobile computer, or any other business-critical mobile device.

30 Series hardware maximizes the RF range, supports an extended operating temperature range, and minimizes power consumption. 30 Series software ensures solid security, reliable connectivity, fast roaming, Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) support, and easy administration of dozens or hundreds of devices.

To complete each solution, Laird Technologies provides comprehensive support services as well as certification services. To contact Laird Embedded Wireless Support click here: wireless.support@lairdtech.com.

For details on a specific 30 Series solution, select it from the products list below.

• MSD30AG: Enterprise-Grade Dual-Band Wi-Fi® in a Pluggable Module
• SSD30AG: Enterprise-Grade Dual-Band Wi-Fi® in a SiP Module

15/25 Series

Every 15 Series radio module or 25 Series card is an enterprise-class dual-band N (802.11a/b/g/n) solution that ensures secure and reliable connectivity for a medical device, a mobile computer, or any other business-critical mobile device.

15/25 Series hardware provides dual-stream (2x2) support for high throughput on enterprise 802.11n networks. 15/25 Series software ensures solid security, reliable connectivity, fast roaming, Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) support, and easy administration of dozens or hundreds of devices.

To complete each solution, Laird Technologies provides comprehensive support services as well as certification services. To contact Laird Embedded Wireless Support click here: wireless.support@lairdtech.com.

For details on a specific 15 Series or 25 Series solution, select it from the products list below.

• PE15N: Dual-Band N PCI Express for Rugged Windows Devices
• EC25N: Dual-Band N ExpressCard for Windows Devices

Legacy Solutions

Summit brand 10 Series radio modules and 20/22 Series cards are proven in over one million business-critical mobile devices worldwide.

Radio hardware maximizes the RF range, supports an extended operating temperature range, and minimizes power consumption. Radio software ensures solid security, reliable connectivity, fast roaming, Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) support, and easy administration of dozens or hundreds of devices.

To complete each solution, Laird Technologies provides comprehensive support services as well as certification services. To contact Laird Embedded Wireless Support click here: wireless.support@lairdtech.com.

For details on a specific Legacy Solution, select it from the products list below.

• EC15N: Dual-Band N ExpressCard with Antenna Connectors
• CF10G: Market-Proven 802.11g Compact Flash Module
• CF10AG: Market-Proven Dual-Band Compact Flash Module
• PC10G: Market-Proven 802.11g PCMCIA Module
• PC10AG: Market-Proven Dual-Band PCMCIA Module
• MCF10G: Pluggable 802.11g Compact Flash Module in an Innovative Form Factor
• MSD10G: Pluggable 802.11g SDIO Module in an Innovative Form Factor
• CF20G: Market-Proven 802.11g Compact Flash Card
• CF22AG: Market-Proven Dual-Band Compact Flash Card
• PC20G: Market-Proven 802.11g PCMCIA Card
• PC22AG: Market-Proven Dual-Band PCMCIA Card