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Cisco Aironet 1520, 1130, 1240 Series Wireless
Mesh Access Points, Design and Deployment
Guide, Release 6.0
Last revised: August 11, 2009
This document provides design and deployment guidelines for the deployment of secure enterprise,
campus, and metropolitan Wi-Fi networks within the Cisco wireless mesh networking solution, a
component of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network (CUWN).
Mesh networking employs Cisco 1520 Series outdoor mesh access points and Cisco 1130 and 1240
Series indoor mesh access points along with the Cisco wireless LAN controller, and Cisco Wireless
Control System (WCS) to provide scalable, central management, and mobility between indoor and
outdoor deployments. Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol manages
the connection of mesh access points to the network.
End-to-end security within the mesh network is supported by employing Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES) encryption between the wireless mesh access points and Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
clients. This document also outlines radio frequency (RF) components to consider when designing an
outdoor network.
The features for the following products are described:
• Cisco Aironet 1520 (1522, 1524) Series outdoor mesh access points.
• Cisco Aironet 1130 and 1240 Series indoor mesh access points.
• Mesh features in Cisco wireless LAN controller releases 4.1.190.5, 4.1.191.24M, 4.1.192.xxM,
4.2.176.51M, and 5.2.x. (Mesh features are not supported in controller releases 5.0.x and 5.1.x).
• Mesh features in Cisco WCS releases 4.1.90, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, and 6.0.
