Wireless LAN equipment maker Proxim Corp. on Monday announced its entry into the wireless switch business.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., company later this year will start shipping Maestro, a platform that centralizes the intelligence of a wireless LAN into an edge switch, rather than keeping it in the access points.

It will work with existing access points from Proxim as well as those from any other vendors that adhere to IEEE WLAN standards, officials said.

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