Airespace, Inc., formerly Black Storm Networks, was a networking systems company founded in 2001, manufacturing wireless access points and Controllers.

The company developed the AP-Controller model for fast deployment and the Lightweight Access Point Protocol, the precursor to the CAPWAP protocol.

[8] In 2003, it entered into an agreement to provide OEM equipment to NEC.

[9] In 2004 it signed an agreement with Alcatel and Nortel to provide equipment to the two companies on an OEM basis.

[12] Within a year and a half, the company grew rapidly into the market leader of enterprise Wi-Fi.