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INNOVATOR 2005: University of Miami

7/28/2005

A related issue surfaced when the IT staff deployed indoor access points adjacent to the Community Cloud’s outdoor coverage area. With the outdoor WLAN equipment running on 802.11 channel 11, it was necessary to provision the indoor APs on the two unused 802.11 channels. Doing so, however, created a catch-22 situation because it was so difficult to simultaneously minimize interference and provide 100 percent coverage with only two alternating channels. The Meru product allowed the team to place all APs on the same channel to enable full coverage, inside and out.

Next Steps
The implementation team is currently deploying the Vocera communication system (www.vocera.com), giving staff and faculty the ability to communicate with each other at any time, using the wireless infrastructure. Guests, patients, and family members at the medical facilities are already using the wireless network to surf the Web while waiting for a family member.
Advice
Says Bogue, “Keep the deployment process as simple as possible! Don’t be afraid to consider new technologies outside your normal comfort zone. That was our biggest initial hurdle. Since then, it’s been smooth sailing.

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