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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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