Solving the Major Challenges in Higher Education Wi-Fi
Mobility – Capacity - Control
Sarosh Vesuna
VP & General Manager, Enterprise Networking Business
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August 27th, 2014
Sarosh Vesuna - Background
2008 – present: Meru Networks
VP & General Manager, Enterprise Networking Business
1999 – 2005: Wi-Fi Alliance
Co-Founder & Technical Chair; Member of the Board of Directors
1992 – 2007: Symbol Technologies (acquired by Motorola in 2007)
Sr. Director Enterprise Wireless Business Development
Co-Author, IEEE802.11 MAC protocol; Principal Architect 802.11
10 Wi-Fi Patents
1984 – 1992: AMD, WYSE, Chips & Technology
Architect & Developer, Ethernet, FDDI, PC processor & cache systems
Education:
Stanford GSB, Finance
MIT, Exec Edu, Leading the Innovative Organization
Penn State Univ, MSEE
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Meru at-a-Glance
• Market: Enterprise Wireless LANs
• Founded: January 2002
2013 Revenue = $105 M
Global Company
• IPO: March 2010
• Ticker: NASDAQ: MERU
9%
29%
62%
Americas
EMEA
APAC
HQ in Silicon Valley; offices in 22 countries
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Over 13,000 Customers in 56 Countries
Higher Education
Schools (K-12)
Hospitality
Transportation
Industrial & Retail
Healthcare
Enterprise
`
Stadiums
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500+ Higher Education
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Meru Wi-Fi at Universities in Poland
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Over 3000 Education customers in UK & Ireland
 Primary & Secondary
 Individual Schools
 State and Private
 British Schools of the
Future
 Academy Groups
 Local Authorities
 Northern Ireland
 FE College & Universities
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7000+ Primary / Secondary Schools
Haileybury
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User Expectations in Higher Education
Driving Demand for Wi-Fi
W H AT E V E R
WHEREVER
WHENEVER
A P P L I C AT I O N I N T E G R I T Y
MOBILITY
Connectivity 24x7x365
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Meru Customers Accelerate 802.11ac Adoption
11ac AP
Sequential Growth
11ac % of
Shipments
63%
70%
50%
20%
12%
Q1 ‘14
Q2 ‘14
Q4 ‘13
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Q1 ‘14
Q2 ‘14
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802.11ac Customer Installations
70% of Unit Shipments in Q2 were 802.11ac
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Solving the Major Challenges in Education
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Higher Education Technology Drivers
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Connectivity – 24x7x365 – No Excuses
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Mobility - Seamless across entire facility
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Latency - Predictable & Consistent

Capacity – High Density of Users and Devices

Interoperability - laptops, tablets, smart phones

Secure - Identity Management

SIMPLICITY!!!
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MOBILITY
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Applications drive demand for Mobility
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Uncontrolled Congestion
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Roaming
Multi-Channel
X X
100 ms – 3 seconds
between handoff
Single Channel
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CAPACITY
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Density drives demand for Capacity
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Customer Stories
University of Houston
• Challenges
-
Wireless support for over 41,000 students,
across 650 acres
Improve wireless experience for student and
faculty.
Support for an explosion of wireless devices
used on campus.
• Solutions and Benefits
“Ubiquitous and instantaneous access to
information resources is essential to
ensuring the best possible learning
experience for our students and is
essential to our future.”
- David W. Johnson, Head of Technology
Services and Support
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Support for high priority areas such as
academic spaces.
Improved wireless performance in residence
halls.
Support for always on Wi-Fi to support
bandwidth to do “What I want, anywhere I
want”.
Support the Center Satellite building and its
high performance needs with 802.11ac.
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Architecture Matters – Designed for Density
Micro Cell WLAN (COMPETITION)
Single Channel Per Region
Virtualized WLAN by MERU
Multiple Channels Per Region
Ch. 11
Ch. 1
Ch. 11
Ch. 11
Ch. 6
Ch. 6
Ch. 1
Ch. 1
Ch. 11
Ch. 1
All channels are consumed to
provide a single channel of capacity
per region
Add Capacity by Redesign and More APs
Multiple channels can be layered to
add capacity per region
Add Capacity by Layering Channels
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One size doesn’t fit all...
Design for
Capacity
Multiple channel
layers
Design for
Coverage
Single channel
# Clients
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Context-aware Application Layers
Dedicated, Segregated Channels provide Class of Service
Channel Layers
Context
User
user
device
time
app
location
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Customer Stories
University of Huddersfield
• Challenges
-
-
Wireless support for a major UK university
with over 20,000 students, spread over 4
campuses
Named University of the Year by Times
Higher Education
Requires a superior wireless experience for
both student, faculty and visitors in new
Student Central building – Jan 2014
• Solutions and Benefits
-
Support for staff and students, student
services, sports facilities and dining
Multiple Meru Controllers – MC4200
EzRF
600 x 802.11ac AP832
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Agile: 11ac Leadership Validated by Tolly
Independent Performance Testing, May 2014
2X the throughput
Meru AP832i delivered 2x the throughput of Aruba
AP225 when handling data/video at 40 and 80 MHz!
Lower Latency
Meru exhibited significantly lower latency when streaming
video traffic compared to Aruba and Cisco
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CONTROL
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Uncontrolled Congestion
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Intelligent: Network Intelligence
Others
Channels used to avoid interference
Channels used to add capacity
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Client in control
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Network in control
1 Layer
3 Layers
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Customer Challenges
 Flood of devices
 Slow on-boarding
 Unsecure provisioning
 Redesign for density
 Planning for Capacity
 Co-channel interference
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 Guest sessions dropped
 Re-login and re-enter data
 Choppy audio or video calls
 Cannot scale IT
 Complex site surveys
 Reactive mode
 Interrupted Learning
 Distracted students
 Wasted class time
Meeting Customer Expectations
 Meru IDM
 Fast, secure on-boarding
 Extensive reporting
 Single channel
 Zero-handoff roaming
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
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 EzRF
 No channel planning
 Proactive mode
 Channel Layering
 Adding Capacity
Interference control
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 Airtime Fairness™
Uninterrupted Learning
Predictable experience
AirTime Fairness
ProActive
Diagnostics
Smart Connect
Guest Connect
Spectrum
Management
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Uninterrupted
Learning
Flipped
Classroom
Classroom
Management
Systems
UC
MSFT LYNC etc
BYOD
Policy
Management
Multimedia
Netflix, etc
Customer facing Solutions
RF Virtualization
MERU EDUCATION GRADE - MEG™
Channel Layering
MobileFLEX Architecture
MERU COMPETITIVE DIFFERENTIATORS
The Meru Education Grade (MEG™) Platform
powered by MobileFLEX Architecture
The New Enterprise Edge
App Store
Microsoft
Lync QoS
Network
Visualizer
Bonjour
Personal
Area
Network
Network
Manager
Energy
Optimizer
Unified Control
Spectrum
Manager
Insight
SDN Controller
WIPS
Cloud or
On Premise
Management
Packet
Capture
Connect
Multivendor Access
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Meru Education Grade (MEG™)
Solving Major Challenges in Education
Education = Mobility X Capacity X Control
E = MC 2
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Meru Product Portfolio
Access Points
Controllers
Applications
AP832
3x3:3 MIMO
2.6 Gbps
MC6000
5,000 APs
50,000 clients
200Gbps+
10-GbE
AP822
2x2:2 MIMO
1.2 Gbps
MC4200
AP332
3x3:3 MIMO
900 Mbps
500 APs
5,000 clients
10-GbE
MC3200
E(z)RF
NMS, SAM
Spectrum
Manager
200 APs
2,000 clients
Guest Connect &
Smart Connect
mCloud
AP1000 Series
2x2:2 MIMO
600 Mbps
Identity Manager
MC1550
50 APs
1,000 clients
Appliance
SA 250/A2000
Virtual
Appliance
VMWare
Cloud
AP122
Wall-plate
2x2:2 MIMO
1.2 Gbps
Virtual
Controller
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Software Defined Networks
WI-FI AS A
UTILITY
ENERGY
MANAGER
UNIFIED
LYNC QoS
UNIFIED
BONJOUR PAN
SMART
BONJOUR
MSP DIRECTOR
MSP Hosted MLE Solution
APPLICATIONS
LAB – SENSOR
SOLUTIONS
CHANNEL
PLANNING
SAM
SPECTRUM
MANAGER
WANDERING
MANAGEMENT
SLA for WIFI
THROUGHPUT
MERU CENTER
Customer On-Premise MLE
Solution
MERU
CONNECT
NETWORK
MANAGER
MERU OPEN CLOUD
Meru Cloud Hosted SME
Solution
APP
STORE
INTERNET
OF THINGS
BUILDING
AUTOMATION
SENSORS
SMART
HOME
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Thank You!
• Sarosh Vesuna
• VP & General Manager, Enterprise Networking Business
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