WEC8500/WEC8050 (APC) Operation Manual v10.1 1©Samsung Electronics AmericaChapter 1 Access Point ControllerSystem OverviewAPC OverviewThe Samsung Access Pointer Controller (APC) comprehensively manages the userinformation and traffics while managing an Access Point (AP), which is a device thatprovides wireless connection service for a user terminal in a Wi-Fi environment. There aretwo types depending on the AP capacity; WEC8500 and WEC8050. It comprehensivelymanages all the APs and provides services in a wireless LAN environment. Because APand APC are connected in tunnelling, all the user traffics are exchanged and processed.The APC is typically installed at a position where it can be connected to a backboneswitch, core switch or router in a network of enterprise environment and it controls awireless LAN AP and provides the functions for Wireless LAN (WLAN) services such ashandover and QoS, security/authentication, and so on. The Samsung WEC8500 providesits services up to 500 APs. It can provide its services up to 10,000 connected user devices.Meanwhile, the WEC8050 can accommodate maximum 75 APs and provides the serviceto maximum 1500 user devices.The APC provides a WLAN network environment through AP management and alsoprovides various communication services required by enterprise customers in a wirelessenvironment by interoperating with other enterprise solutions. It provides WirelessEnterprise (W-EP) solution in an enterprise environment by making the collaborationapplications such as telephone, message, or communicator, and so on, which has beenused in a legacy wire environment, be able to be used in a wireless terminal such as smartphone, tablet PC, or notebook.
