Next Generation Hot Spot. WiFi Who’s using WiFi? WiFi or Mobile Internet (4G/3G)? Why? How’s your experience of WiFi today?

Next Generation Hot Spot

WiFi

• Who’s using WiFi?

• WiFi or Mobile Internet (4G/3G)?Why?

• How’s your experience of WiFi today?

EDSA - 1960’s

By 2015, 80% of newly installed wireless

networks will be obsolete because of a lack of

proper planning.

Top Wireless Issues That May Derail Your Mobile Strategy. Paul DeBeasi, October 2011

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Gartner

• 4 Billion WiFi enabled devices in use Today. 7 Billion by 2018.

• 1 Hot Spot for every 150 people Today 1 Hot Spot for every 20 people by 2018.

Tablets are WI-FI devices

Video

Wireless Connection Future Challenges:

Office: Multiple Gadget. 10Mb per user.

Home: Home Automation, UHDTV, Multiple Gadgets

Schools: K-12, E-Learning

Hospitals: IP based Equipment. Centralize Hospital Records. E-Consultation.

Utility/Agencies: IP Based devices, Real time HD video reporting. Wireless CCTV

Convention: 1000’s of users with tablets, smartphones, laptops,…

Airport: Crazy

Wi-Fi will not advance in 2.4GHz•2.4GHz – a 3 lane road with potholes

•5GHz – a 24 lane freeway

675Mbps Total Bandwidth

5.4Gbps Total Bandwidth

Wi-fi standards continue to advance

Wi-Fi Standards Evolution

15

802.11b 11Mbps

802.11n600Mbps

802.11g54Mbps

802.11ac>1Gbps

20131998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2008 2009 20122011

2.4GHz

5GHz

• Faster >1 Gbps Wi-Fi standards today

• New standards are at 5GHz and beyond

1997

802.112Mbps

802.11ad>5Gbps 60GHz

802.11a54Mbps

802.11n300Mbps

Shannon’s Lawstates that the maximum attainable error-free data speed, in bits per second (bps), is a function of the signal-to-noise ratio and bandwidth.

C = B log2< (1 + S/N)

MIMO

How fast is 2x2 and 3x3 11ac?2x2 = up to 867Mbps data rates per radio

3x3 = up to 1.3Gbps data rates per radio

11ac is about 3X faster than 11n

2x2 11n 3x3 11n 2x2 11ac 3x3 11ac0

200400600800

100012001400

Data Rate Comparison by Wi-Fi Technology

Wi-fi performance is limited by the device

Most BYOD clients are 1x1 or 2x2 and cannot take advantage of 3 streams in a 3x3 Wi-Fi infrastructure

Device 2.4GHz 5GHz Antennas Max Rate

Media Players (iPod Touch) X Some 1x1 65-150Mbps

Smartphones – low end X 1x1 65Mbps

Smartphones – high end X X 1x1 150Mbps

Tablets – low end X 1x1 65Mbps

Tablets – high end (iPad) X X 2x2 300Mbps

Laptops – low end X Most 2x2 300Mbps

Laptops – mid/high end X X 3x3 450Mbps

Most BYOD clients are 1x1 or 2x2 and cannot take advantage of 3 streams in a 3x3 Wi-Fi infrastructure

Access Points + Controller Wireless Array

2 radio APs with omni antennas Multiple Radios with Integrated Controller

No More Boss!

The 802.11ac standard

• Approved by the IEEE in January 2014­ http://standards.ieee.org/news/2014/ieee_802_11ac_ballot.html

• Wave 1 Products­ Up to 1.3Gbps, 3 streams, 80MHz channels, 256 QAM­ First available in Enterprise products 2013

• Wave 2 Products­ Up to 3.47Gbps, 4 streams, 160MHz channels, 256 QAM, MU-MIMO­ Wi-Fi Alliance certification expected late 2014­ Availability expected in Enterprise products 2014

High Capacity WiFi

2 4 8

AP Before: Fixed

AP of the Future: Modular

Traffic Segregation

Application Control

In Summary: What to look for?

1. Intelligent (No Boss needed..)2. .11? Ready (dot eleven)3. High Capacity (Multiple Radio)4. Traffic segregation (Bus Lane, Truck Lane,

etc.)5. Application Control (Number coding Scheme)6. Passpoint (Visa-Free)