Mobile World Congress 2023

Join Tanaza at the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona

The Mobile World Congress  – MWC 2023 – is the event of the year for global telecommunication operators, MSPs, ISPs, SPs, OEMs, ODMs, and the most influential companies in the connectivity industry. 

From 27th February to 2nd of March 2023, Tanaza will be there at the stand n.8.1A20.20 in the EIC Pavilion, Fira Barcelona Gran Via, to promote its revolutionary mission to democratize the Wi-Fi sector and its vision to become the new “Android of WiFi networks”.

The overwiew

Now more than ever, the Wi-Fi industry is facing the need for a new paradigm where vendor-lock logics are replaced by open network infrastructures that help to reduce CAPEX and OPEX costs. Two years of lockdown and the actual uncertainty generated by an impending global recession have urged small, medium, and enterprise MSPs, ISPs, and SPs to think of new strategies to cut unnecessary operating costs and to discover the potentiality of cloud-based managed solutions for remote network monitoring and management.

In this turbulent landscape, Tanaza continues to create value for its partners and users by allowing unprecedented efficiency in network management, and by freeing in general users from locked-in vertical solutions that impose a software/hardware bundle.

The Mobile World Congress 2023 is the ideal exhibition where Tanaza can connect directly with thousands of visionary senior executives and change-makers from the top global companies and from the most disruptive SMBs that support fast-changing innovation.

Meet our experts

At our stand, our experts will explain:

– how to speed up the WiFi Network installation process in the cloud through MAC address typing.

– how you can easily troubleshoot networks, enable SSIDs, configure IP addresses, set radio power and channels, and more.

– how MSPs, ISPs, and SPs professionals can take advantage of multiple integrations and add-ons from the official Tanaza Marketplace to customize their network architectures with some of the most advanced hotspot management and network monitoring solutions.

– the new stack of 1-click advanced networking features, including QoS for business applications, client isolation, assisted and fast roaming, sticky client auto disconnection, and much more.

– how Tanaza can significantly reduce CAPEX / OPEX spending in different sectors and industries.

– the entire selection of Tanaza Compatible Devices and Tanaza Powered Devices, what are the next devices available, and our roadmap for new interesting features.

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Is WiFi management technology a recession-proof investment for MSPs, ISPs and SPs?

Is WiFi management technology a recession-proof investment for MSPs, ISPs and SPs?

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why Wi-Fi management technology 
could be a recession-proof investment.

The following article expresses opinions based on previous economic studies and it has not valid scientific evidences.

Unlike other article with informative / scientific purposes, the following text is deliberately written to present what are the points in favor for evaluating an investment in Wi-Fi management technologies during an economic recession.

Nobody can predict the long-term course of an economic downturn and for this reason the following analysis is based on studies and economic sources that concern the current economic landscape, what other companies are doing, what ChatGPT in Bing search suggests in February 2023.

The following information may change while this article is online

[○ LAST UPDATE – 13th February 2023].

The last analysis by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on Q1, Q2, and Q3 for U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) has shown the first signals for the next global recession. Q4 and the first forecasts for 2023 seem to re-confirm this trend.

Should MSPs, ISPs, and SPs invest in WiFi Management technology? How are the major players in the market approaching the recession? And, why could WiFi cloud management be considered a recession-proof investment?

In Tanaza, we tried to answer these questions, which are popular among our users and in general in the industry. We have analyzed the situation by considering recent economic publications, avoiding as best of our possibilities forced-optimistic biased data.

The networking industry has not faced a similar economic scenario, and for this reason, it’s quite difficult to create comparisons with the past. The 2008-2009 Great Recession was different, the industry itself was organized differently.
Furthermore, the current economic environment includes complicating factors, such as inflation and the war in Ukraine. Consider the following answers as a point of reference to understand what’s happening in a dynamic contest.

Should MSPs, ISPs and SPs invest in WiFi Cloud Management solutions?

MSPs, ISPs, and SPs should not be afraid of a drastic drop in Wi-Fi demand. A study by Recon Analytics presented by FierceWireless explains that “Americans and world-wide citizens are prioritizing home internet and mobile service over most other recurring bills they have.” The domestic market will prefer to invest in Wi-Fi technology because it’s more economic than mobile data, and this technology offers major control over signal features. This trend seems to be confirmed by the study of Marketsandmarkets.com about the WiFi global market size. The market will grow from USD 12.3 billion in 2022 to USD 31.3 billion in 2027, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.4% during at least 2 years of recession.
Researchandmarket.com refers to how the Wi-Fi market is projected to reach a value of US$ 54.53 billion by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 13.70% during the same period 2022-2027.

With a similar expansion in a turbulent economy, Wi-Fi is considerably a recession-proof investment for MSPs, ISPs, and SPs.
Also if there are different economic schools of thought about the gravity of the recession, cloud technology shows in general to be resilient to the recession.
Fortune Business Insights affirms that the market is expected to grow from USD 130.69 billion in 2021 to USD 716.52 billion in 2028 at a CAGR of 27.5% during the 2021-2028 period.

To guarantee the highest transparency and not influence with forcibly positive numbers, we have selected these data sources because they have the most valuable and updated methodologies of primary and secondary research and data triangulation.

Investment in a WiFi cloud management solution is highly recommended. Tanaza allows to configure, manage and monitor high-scalable networks helping MSPs, ISPs and SPs to maintain certain stability also during downturns.

What does ChatGPT in Bing Search answer?

ChatGPT in Bing Search is currently (February 2023) one of the most advanced AI search engines to aggregate the most valuable data and answers on the Web.

ChatGPT’s answers may have biases (they are not published on academic publications/peer-to-review patents) but, in general, they contain authoritative information extracted from the main economical sources that monitor how the recession could impact.

Here is the ChatGPT answer to the question “Is WiFi management technology a recession-proof investment for MSPs, ISPs and SPs?
“It is difficult to say definitively whether investing in WiFi management technology is a recession-proof investment for MSPs, ISPs and SPs. However, there are several factors that suggest that demand for WiFi management technology may remain relatively stable even during economic downturns.

First, wireless Internet usage continues to increase as more and more devices and services rely on wireless connectivity. This means that there is likely to be continued demand for reliable and efficient WiFi networks and the tools to manage them.

In addition, many companies and organizations have embraced remote working and virtual collaboration because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has created a need for secure and reliable WiFi networks both at work and at home. This trend may continue even when the pandemic subsides.

That said, it is worth noting that the technology industry as a whole may be affected by economic downturns, and MSPs, ISPs, and SPs may see a breakthrough in demand for their services during such periods. However, given the continued growth in wireless Internet use, investment in WiFi management technology could still be a relatively stable investment in the long run.”

Why could WiFi cloud management be considered a recession-proof investment?

Considering the data presented in the previous chapter, WiFi cloud management solutions can be considered a recession-proof investment.
People need WiFi more than ever and they are ready to renounce other domestic services just to be able to work, play, and stay connected with friends and the world.
The quality of the required connection is increasing.
Investing in Tanaza, MSPs, ISPs, and SPs can decrease their CAPEX / OPEX saving money to re-invest in:

– research and development;
– avoid employee layoffs;
– create a solid resistance to market fluctuations.

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Network downtime – The real cost for MSPs, ISPs and SPs

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about how network downtime impacts
on MSPs, ISPs and SPs budget.

Network downtime is one of the most expensive issues for MSPs, ISPs and SPs network architectures. It’s unavoidable, systematic and often unpredictable.
The most relevant study conducted by Gartner has demonstrated that network downtime can cost on average up to $9,000 per minute.
Organization size is also a key factor. For Fortune 1,000 companies, network downtime could cost as much as $1 million per hour, according to an IDC survey. And while the typical mid-sized company spends $1 million per year on incidents, large enterprises can spend up to $60 million or more, according to a research report from IHS.

Considering the pure math without taking in consideration generic case studies, also Cloudscale has mathematically demonstrated through a computational algorithm the relationship “network downtime = money loss”.

Network Downtime Formula

where

LR is the Lost Revenue
GR is the Gross yearly Revenue
BT is the total Business Time (in minutes)
I is the percentage of revenue impacted by the down time (an online retail business could see 100% impact whereas a sole proprietor insurance company could be 60%)
T is the downtime

Today the effects of a downtime have direct consequences on loss of company revenue.
Wherever is the cause of a network downtime, MSPs, ISPs and SPs have to consider implementing solutions to mitigate or prevent network downtime.

What are the causes of network downtime?

The IS-IS protocol (ISO/IEC 10589:2002 – included in the OSI model) classifies network downtime in six classes:

Level 0 – Network is down
Level 1 – Part of the network is down
Level 2 – Most of the network is down
Level 3 – All of the network is down except for a few isolated systems
Level 4 – Most of the network is down, but some systems are still functioning
Level 5 – All systems are functioning, but there are performance issues

These categories are used to help network administrators understand the extent of the network downtime and to identify the root cause of the problem. By understanding the level of downtime, administrators can prioritize their efforts to restore the network and minimize the impact on users.

What are the most common causes for network downtime at OSI Layers?

1) Faults, errors or discards in network devices (Layer 2)
2) Wrong device configuration changes (Layer 2)
3) Operational human errors and mismanagement of devices (Multiple Layers)
4) Link failure caused due to fiber cable cuts or network congestion (Layer 1-2)
5) Power outages (Layer 1)
6) Server hardware failure (Layer 4)
7) Denial of service (DoS) (Multiple Layers)
8) Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) (Multiple Layers)
8) Failed software and firmware upgrade or patches (Layer 7)
9) Incompatibility between firmware and hardware device (Layer 7)
10) Other external causes (Multiple Layers)

Fing App (now a Tanaza add-on) has precise and updated real-time and historical lists of network downtime, divided by countries, duration, recurrence, severity, impact. Network administrators can read details about each single network downtime or visualize them in bulk thanks to real-time interactive maps:

The importance of an outage detector system integrated in Tanaza WiFi cloud management

An outage detector system is a network management application that allows the monitoring of network infrastructure’s faults and errors, proposing solutions and tips to fix them and checking the ISP status.

Outage detector systems are fundamental for MSPs, ISPs, and SPs that want to reduce and prevent network issues and avoid the aforementioned costs caused by outages.

The activation of the Fing App in the Tanaza cloud platform allows to identify what network endpoint is hurt by the outage.

Network administrators can visually and fastly identify what types of clients (smartphone, laptop, printer, etc) are connected to the networks thanks to an intuitive list of minimal icons.
Depending on the chosen plan for the add-on, each client will show relevant network information including the status and the classification of connection, type and brand of WiFi client, bandwidth values (download and upload mbps) and OS information (name, version, build).

Fing and Tanaza have combined their core technologies to create the advanced outage WiFi notification system. Thanks to Tanaza + Fing add-on, network administrators can understand if the APs are offline for internet outages around the world, improving their efficiency to inform their customers about recovery times and responsibilities. The add-on is compatible with the main ISPs of each country and allows network managers to compare them by rating and reviews in order to identify in real-time the best solution for internet connection.

Fing App is able to register real-time ISP connection status data, including information about the severity of outage (on a scale of 5 values: minor, moderate, considerable, major, critical), outage duration and recurrence, and geographical impacted areas.


For this reason, Tanaza and Fing add-on is based on an AI-algorithm that operates in a fully automatic way, with no need for manual reporting.

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Technical Guide to 6GHz for MSPs, ISPs and SPs

Technical Guide to 6GHz for MSPs, ISPs and SPs

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the technical guide to 6GHz
for MSPs, ISPs and SPs.

After only two years after the approval by the FCC regulations and Wi-Fi Alliance (and the progressive approval by the national regulatory authorities in Japan, UE, Latin America) to open up the 6GHz band for unlicensed Wi-Fi broadcasting, the main networking OEMs have already launched the first WiFi6E access points.

The number of 6GHz supported access points is expected to reach 2.3 billion of which 350 million are Wi-Fi 6E capable. More than 400 products are now Wi-Fi 6E certified, Wi-Fi Alliance says.
Wi-Fi 6 APs constituted more than 76% of the shipments in the period according to IDC.
In previous articles, we have discussed this frequency range, the future of WiFi6E – WiFi 7 and the differences between 2.4GHz and 5GHz.
In this article, we have written a technical guide about the 6GHz frequency for MSPs, ISPs, SPs and about the differences between 6GHz, 5GHz and 2.4GHz.
Recently, Lee Badman – one of the most important authorities in the networking sector – has expressed his frustration about the lack of technical documentation for wireless products and technologies. As tech lovers, before being networking professionals, we can only agree.

This technical guide is quite long, but its length is fundamental to explain all the facets of the revolutionary 6Ghz.

The 6GHz band frequency

The 6GHz frequency, introduced with the new Wi-Fi 6E standard (802.11 ax), works in the worldwide range between 5.925 and 7.125 GHz (1200MHz grant of the spectrum) and has a theoretical top speed of 9.6 Gbps (the same as the 5GHz).
While the 6 GHz band is continuous and channelized across the entire 1200 MHz, network users are active in all sub-bands. The 6 GHz band frequency uses 59 channels of 20 MHz bandwidth. The channel numbers overlap with the current 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band.

Following the same distribution model of the other bands, each country has enabled the spectrum in different sub-bands.

The FCC has designated four sub-bands for the US territory: U-NII-5, 6, 7, and 8.
The EU Commission, instead, allows network operators to exploit the “U-NII-5 equivalent” part of the band, the lower one: 480 MHz after the 20 MHz guard band.

Countries enabling Wi-Fi in 6GHz
Countries Status Spectrum
Argentina Considering 5925-6425 MHz
Australia Adopted - Considering 5925-6425 MHz - 6425-7125 MHz
Bahrain Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
Brazil Adopted 5925-7125 MHz
CEPT Considering 5925-6425 MHz (*only considering 5945-6425)
Canada Adopted 5925-7125 MHz
Chile Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
Colombia Adopted 5925-7125 MHz
Costa Rica Adopted 5925-7125 MHz
Dominican Republic Adopted 5925-7125 MHz
Egypt Considering 5925-6425 MHz
European Union Adopted 5925-6425 MHz (*only adopting 5945-6425)
Guatemala Adopted 5925-7125 MHz
Honduras Adopted 5925-7125 MHz
Hong Kong Adopted - Considering 5925-6425 MHz - 5925-7125 MHz
Iceland Adopted 5925-6425 MHz (*only adopting 5945-6425)
Japan Adopted - Considering 5925-6425 MHz - 5925-7125 MHz
Jordan Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
Kenya Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
Liechtenstein Adopted 5925-6425 MHz (*only adopting 5945-6425)
Malasya Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
Mexico Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
Morocco Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
New Zeland Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
Norway Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
Oman Considering 5925-6425 MHz
Peru Adopted 5925-7125 MHz
Qatar Adopted - Considering 5925-6425 MHz - 5925-7125 MHz
Saudi Arabia Adopted 5925-7125 MHz
Russian Federation Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
South Africa Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
South Korea Adopted 5925-7125 MHz
Switzerland Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
Tunisia Considering 5925-6425 MHz
Turkey Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
United Arab Emirates Adopted 5925-6425 MHz
United Kingdom Adopted - Considering 5925-6425 MHz - 6425-7125 MHz
United States Adopted 6425-7125 MHz

These data are updated at 08/03/2022

The tripled spectrum allows a fast rollout of new APs and network devices and enables more non-overlapping Wi-Fi channels.

This band frequency includes the orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) feature from cellular technologies, which takes advantage of servicing multiple users on sub-channels transmitted simultaneously. 6GHz supports the native orthogonal frequency division.
OFDMA allows the transmission of significant quantities of data over a single noisy channel. This technique works by splitting a single signal into multiple smaller transmitted signals. OFDMA is perfect for medium-far transmissions, while MU MIMO is more indicated for short-range.

6 GHz spectrum access approaches

Dynamic random spectrum access and contentionbased protocols require access to multiple channels to maintain acceptable performance.

6 GHz spectrum access approaches for Europe

6 GHz spectrum access approaches for Europe

6 GHz spectrum access approaches for other countries

6 GHz spectrum access approaches for worldwide countires (except Europe)

What are the benefits of the 6GHz band?

> 1 Gbps Speeds – More Spectrum
< Low levels of latency – Fully-Scheduled Traffic
> High Capacity on Cutting edge-devices
> More precise positioning
> More than 700 access points of the market supports 6GHz

Features introduced by the 6GHz band

6GHz introduces new ‘in-band’ features for:
airtime efficiency;
faster passive/active AP discovery.

Airtime efficiency

Beacon Changes

This feature removes information elements for older generations: add some parameters to Wi-Fi 6 operations and configuration information elements.

Multi-BSSID Beacon

This feature avoids sending repetitive information elements in separate beacons or probe responses. It allows for improved airtime efficiency.

New Rules for Probing

The 6GHz frequency band doesn’t allow probes in nor-PSC channels unless a beacon is received.
It allows probes in PSC channels.

Faster passive/active AP discovery

6GHz Passive AP discovery

Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) AP discovery

This passive feature announces each device every 20 msec (TUs – 20-time units). FILS frame includes multiple fields and subfields populated with primary channel operating class identification, SSID, BSSID, and critical channel information. All this information is necessary for a client device to decide whether the AP is suitable for connection.

Unsolicited probe response frames AP discovery

This passive feature announces each device every 20 msec (TUs – 20-time units). It can contain the same information elements as a ‘normal’ probe response, but they are transmitted to the broadcast address. Thanks to this no-frame exchange transmission by the AP, the contention loss to get this information to a client device is low. All this information is necessary for a client device to decide whether the AP is suitable for connection.

6GHz Active AP discovery

Preferred Scanning Channels (PSC)

Preferred Scanning Channels (PSCs) are a group of 1 in 4 20 MHz channels designated for beacons and discovery that have priority within the 6 GHz Wi-Fi band.
Instead of scanning the entire 6 GHz spectrum for an optimal channel, devices that support 6GHz can scan PSCs for efficient connectivity. Clients can only send probes requests on every fourth 20 MHz channel.
The complete list of all the 6 GHz PSC channels is 5, 21, 37, 53, 69, 85, 101, 117, 133, 149, 165, 181, 197, 213, 229.

What is the difference between 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz?

The main difference between 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz wireless frequencies are the range (coverage) and bandwidth (speed) that the bands provide.
5GHz and 6GHz are faster than 2.4 GHz, but they have more difficulties penetrating solid surfaces, such as walls and floors. In 2022, the number of devices on the market that operate on 2.4GHz is much higher than the 5GHz and 6GHz ones. These bands tend to have less overcrowding interference from other devices and can guarantee a better data transmission level.
Band 20MHz Channels 40MHz Channels 80MHz Channels 160MHz Channels
2.4GHz 11 2 N/A N/A
5GHz 37 18 9 4
6GHz 59 29 14 7

Theoretical number of available channels on each band

Channel Width Valid Channel Numbers Number of PSC Channels PSC Channel Numbers
20 MHz 1, 5, 9, 12, 17, 21, 25, 29, 33, 37, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89, 93, 97, 101, 105, 109, 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 137, 141, 145, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165, 169, 173, 177, 181, 185, 189, 193, 197, 201, 205, 209, 213, 217. 221, 225, 229, 233 15 5, 21, 37, 53, 69, 85, 101, 117, 133, 149, 165, 181, 197, 213, 229
40MHz 1-5, 9-13 17-21, 25-29, 33-37, 41-45, 49-53, 57-61, 65-69, 73-77, 81-85, 99-93, 97-101, 105-109, 113-117, 121-125, 129-133, 137-141, 145-149, 153-157, 161-165, 169-173, 177-181, 185-189, 193-197,201 205, 209 213, 217-221, 225-229 15 5, 21, 37, 53, 69, 85, 101, 117, 133, 145, 165, 181, 197, 213, 229
80GHz 1, 13, 17, 29, 33, 45, 49, 61, 65, 77, 81, 93, 97, 109, 113, 125, 129, 141, 145, 157, 161, 173, 177, 189, 193, 205, 209, 221 14 5, 21, 37, 53, 69, 85, 101, 117, 133, 145, 165, 181, 197, 213
160GHz 1-29, 33-61, 65-93, 97-125, 129-157, 161-189, 193-221 7 5/21, 37/53, 69/85, 101/117, 133/149, 165/181, 197/213

Valid channels number and PSC Channels in 6GHz radio

Is it better to connect to 2.4 GHz, 5GHz or 6GHz?

The best frequency among these depends on inherent hardware features and the real-time radio-frequency environment.

Tanaza cloud management dashboard has specific features with which network engineers can easily manage hundreds or thousands of AP frequencies. They can switch from 2.4GHz to 5 GHz (and soon also to 6GHz thanks to the release of new Tanaza Powered Devices and Tanaza Compatible Devices)

For each AP, MSPs, ISPs, and SPs can select the radio mode, the channel and channel width, and the TX power.

To obtain the maximum signal spread and reduce the propagation loss, the technical conformation of each frequency suggests using the 2.4GHz band for 2.4 GHz radio-supported devices and IoT devices. Older 5Ghz may fall into a ‘legacy’ category and be moved to this band to avoid dragging down the performance of preferred clients in the 5 GHz band.

5 GHz becomes the band for mainstream high-performance devices that are not 6 GHz capable, allowing non-preferred devices to be relegated to 2.4 GHz as above.

The 6 GHz band can be used for the latest, highest-performance devices, almost by definition in the first few years of rollout. It benefits not only from the highest rates available but also from the lack of legacy equipment and lower noise levels in the band.

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about Tanaza achievement.

On the occasion of the new interoperability among Tanaza and Fing solutions, Claus Hetting, CEO & Chairman @ Wi-Fi NOW has evaluated and announced that Tanaza is a brand new Wi-Fi NOW partner.
Our Wi-Fi cloud management solution is listed among the worldwide leaders in the industry.

Who are the other Wi-Fi NOW partners?

Being part of this list is a great honor and allows Tanaza to create new significant partnerships with Tier 1 networking companies.
Only the most relevant and great Wi-Fi solutions and services can join this list. The most relevant brand includes historical Tanaza partners, including Linksys and Edgecore.

Wi-Fi Now Partners

How Claus Hetting of Wi-Fi Now describes Tanaza?

Tanaza delivers an enterprise, cloud-managed Wi-Fi platform that is powerful, intuitive, and flexible. Service providers choose this platform for stability, features, and hardware flexibility. Networking vendors partner with Tanaza to deliver compelling ‘plug & play’ cloud management solutions. Software partners leverage the company’s APIs to integrate their applications across all supported models. The Tanaza eco-system creates synergies that make the management of networks simple, cost-effective, and scalable.

Read the article by Claus Hetting about how Tanaza’s hardware-agnostic Cloud-based Wi-Fi management adds Fing™ for device recognition.

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Zero Touch Provisioning – A scientific method to reduce unnecessary network activities and Scope3 emissions

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Zero Touch Provisioning – A scientific method to reduce unnecessary network activities and Scope3 emissions

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about Zero Touch Provisioning.

The Zero-touch provisioning is the process that can reduce time-consuming networking activities such as operating systems updating, patches or bug fixes, and features implementation, setting up WiFi access points automatically, and following agile principles.
Zero-touch provisioning could have economic and enviromental impacts when MSPs, ISPs, and SPs have to deploy a consistent number of WiFi devices.
Typically, the AP installation procedure is one of the highest cost factors in the business plan of every company.
Adding hundreds or thousands of WiFi access points through repetitious manual commands requires a lot of effort and time that becomes a lot of money in large-scale environments.
Not to mention wrong configurations, errors, and other network problems that can exceed the forecasted budget.

Zero-touch provisioning can reduce time-consuming activities scientifically

Zero-touch provisioning method is based on a solid scientific approach. In 2021, Ivan Grgurević (Associate Professor at Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences at University of Zagabria) and Ivan Simunić (Solutions Architect at Ericsson and Associate Professor at Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences at University of Zagabria) have conducted a definitive study about the automation of network device configuration using Zero-Touch Provisioning.

The conference paper has shown proven significant savings in the installation time: until
over 95% (depending on the AP)

Installation time and provisioning costs represent an important cost in the CAPEX/OPEX model.
This is why this scientific study has mathematically shown as the reduction of AP installation time is directly related to the reduction of deployment costs.

Tanaza has pioneered the zero-touch provisioning methodology as a cost reduction catalyst for network deployment, when in 2020, we published an article about the real cost of wireless networks and how to calculate the TCO of WiFi networks.

Zero-touch provisioning can reduce Scope 3 – Categories 6-7 emissions

When a ZTP is implemented in the network deployment process, MSPs, ISPs, and SPs can avoid sending technical employees onsite to perform the installation of the network access points.
Network administrators can remotely configure WiFi access points and send them pre-configured to the customer’s premises for installation.

This contributes to a significant reduction in indirect greenhouse emissions.

Today, the most valuable study conducted about the emissions for MSPs, ISPs and SPs shows that:

“Average CO2/km emissions vary by vehicle type and age, so the 120gr/km considered here is an optimistic scenario.​ If you multiply these numbers with several hundreds of field interventions typically run per day you can quickly see that there are tons of CO2 emitted per month.”
– Cisco Study

 

In environmental science, business travel carbon footprinting (travel by air, rail, bus, automobile or other modes of travel, employee commuting, and hotel stays) is part of the Scope 3 – Categories 6-7 emissions (indirect greenhouse emissions – CO2, CH4, N2O, HFC, or CO2e emitted per kilometer or per passenger-kilometer traveled.)

Different studies conducted by GHG Protocol and Carbon Trust has shown that these categories represent some of the largest sources of emissions for companies (in some cases as high as 85% to 95%).
Zero Touch Provisioning can reduce Scope3 emissions
Net zero (that cover Scope1, 2 and 3) can’t happen without a total revolution of supply chains.
Zero touch provisioning in network configurations can be part of that change.
Through the reduction of business travels and the programmatic obsolescence of devices to change periodically, ZTP can indirectly help MSPs, ISPs and SPs to obtain international certifications as PAS 2060 in order to demonstrate the organization’s commitment to decarbonisation, and the neutralization of remaining impact through the support of environmental projects.

 

How does zero-touch provisioning work?

The Tanaza zero-touch provisioning feature is based on a highly complex algorithm. We try to resume in a few lines the ZTP architecture, trusting to express what are the branches and bounds that concur to cut costs for companies.
When a WiFi device has activated the zero-touch provisioning capability, the algorithm starts:
– to search for a DHCP server on the network to obtain the IP address,
– to obtain gateway information,
– to verify the location of the DNS server.

At this point, if the location of the DNS server is not provided or unreachable, DHCP uses other DNS services.

When the device has obtained an IP address, it faces other configuration obstacles such as:
– firewalls.

The device processes the DHCP options and locates configuration files, executes scripts, and upgrades and/or downgrades software.

If both the image and configuration files are present, the image is installed and the configuration is applied.

If only the image file is present, the image is installed on the device.

If the image is the same as the image already installed on the device, ZTP continues and skips the installation step.

If the image was unable to be fetched by the device, ZTP will try to fetch the image again.

If the image has corrupted, the installation fails.

If installation fails for any reason, ZTP will restart.

If there is no image or configuration file, the ZTP process starts again.

If there is no file server information, the ZTP process starts again.
Once the configuration is committed, the ZTP process has been deemed successful and terminates.

The precedent list is only a brief sequence of the operation that occurs during the ZTP provisioning process.
In the best cases, we have counted 19 operations that network administrators can solve with further sub-tasks and manual commands.
In these steps, random events and triggers that can cause the restart of the process can suddenly happen, increasing the number of time-consuming operations.

For instance, these events are:
– Request for the configuration file, script file, or image file fails.
– The configuration file is incorrect, and the commit fails.
– No configuration files and no image files are available.
– The image file has been corrupted, and installation fails.
– No file server information is available.
– The DHCP server does not have valid ZTP parameters configured.
– When none of the DHCP client interfaces goes to a bound state.
– ZTP transaction fails after six attempts to fetch the configuration file or image file.

Tanaza’s zero-touch provisioning algorithm solves all these passages in a single automatic operation, allowing the access points configuration in a few seconds.
Tanaza’s zero-touch provisioning algorithm solves all these passages in a single automatic operation, allowing the access points configuration in a few seconds.

Advantages of Zero-touch provisioning

The main advantages of zero-touch provisioning includes:
– automated setup of network devices;
– reduced time in manual configuration;
– reduced costs from less time being spent on manual tasks;
– easier and quicker updates;
– reduction of possible errors generated by human configurations;
– less time to get network devices operational.
– growing efficiency in large-scale device deployments.

Why Tanaza?

  • Tanaza software upgrades existing Wi-Fi networks.
  • Tanaza works with the most common easy-to-procure Wi-Fi access points available in most countries, such as Ubiquiti, MikroTik, TP-Link. If a device model is not supported yet, Tanaza may support it on request for medium to large network deployments. Discover all devices compatible.
  • IT teams do not need to deploy any hardware controller. Tanaza is 100% cloud-based and ready to use with no need for AWS instance deployments.
  • Our platform provides unlimited scalability.
  • It’s powerful and it has an intuitive user interface.

The Tanaza team can help you to select the best hardware that runs the Tanaza Operating System out-of-the-box from our OEM partners for a plug-and-play experience. Discover the Tanaza Powered Devices.

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