Aerohive Innovation is Driving the Adoption of 802.11ac Wave 2 Dual 5 GHz Access Point Technology
August 10 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Dual 5 GHz Access Points Account for Nearly Half of Aerohive
Q2 Access Point Sales
Aerohive Networks® (NYSE: HIVE), the
leading Enterprise Cloud Networking vendor, today announced
that it is experiencing rapid adoption of its innovative and
market-leading dual 5 GHz-based 802.11ac Wave 2 access points,
accounting for 45 percent of its access point sales in Q2 of 2017.
Dual 5 GHz delivers greater network efficiency and performance, as
well as higher returns on investment (ROI).
Aerohive is hosting a webinar on the advances and benefits of
software-defined radios on Thursday, August 17th. To learn how dual
5 GHz can improve operational efficiency and performance, provide
up to 7x the bandwidth, increase network flexibility and
adaptability, and create less RF and Wi-Fi interference, register
here.
News Facts
- Aerohive innovation has delivered
self-learning, artificial intelligence-assisted, software-definable
radios (SDR) coupled with proven RF-IQ technology that can
dynamically optimize dual 5 GHz environments for maximum efficiency
and performance.
- Aerohive’s AP250 and AP550 have both
802.11ac 5 GHz fixed and software-definable radios that can
transmit on either the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz band. This allows the APs
to operate in either 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz mode or dual 5 GHz mode. The
latest updates enable these Aerohive access points to autonomously
adapt with current environmental and client conditions, mitigating
congestion challenges and providing higher network capacity and
performance gains. These access points result in a better ROI than
fixed-band radios, as both fixed and software-defined radios can be
used at all times to serve clients.
- Many customers have adopted Aerohive’s
SD-LAN-based dual 5 GHz solutions since their launch last year and
have seen great success, including City Furniture, Edmonds
Community College, London Metropolitan University, Greenville
University, and Fresno City College, to name a few.
- City Furniture, operating under the
Ashley Furniture HomeStore brand, is the largest furniture retailer
in South Florida. To accomplish mobility across the company, City
Furniture wanted to upgrade from its existing Cisco 802.11g network
to a high throughput, 5 GHz-capable solution which allows all
showroom iPads and corporate laptops at City to utilize the 5 GHz
frequency with minimal channel congestion and better throughput.
City Furniture deployed Aerohive AP250 and AP245X access points,
with HiveManager® Classic Online for cloud network management. With
this radio intelligence, City Furniture gains flexibility, better
network efficiency and optimized network design.
- London Metropolitan University is a
public research university and one of the oldest educational
institutions in London. London Metropolitan University faced the
challenges of outdated access points across campus and wanted to
redesign its archaic wireless network for better ROI and
connectivity. After looking at solutions from Aerohive, Cisco and
Meru, London Met began to deploy Aerohive across its entire campus,
changing over the Cisco network without user disruption. The
university has deployed Aerohive AP250s to take advantage of the
latest software-defined radio technology to move campus users onto
the 5GHz band when needed for additional network performance.
- Edmonds Community College (Edmonds CC)
is a two-year public college located in the Seattle metropolitan
area and serves more than 20,000 incoming students each year in its
50-acre campus. The Edmonds CC networking IT team needed to upgrade
its aging wireless solution with a cost-effective solution to
accommodate its high-density environment. Edmonds CC deployed
Aerohive AP250, AP230 and AP1130 access points across the entire
campus and remote sites with the cloud-based HiveManager NG for
network management. Because Edmonds CC was planning on a 5
GHz-based deployment, the ability to switch from 2.4 GHz/5 GHz to 5
GHz/5 GHz factored greatly into the decision to purchase Aerohive.
In many cases where fixed-band, dual-radio access points are
deployed, every other 2.4 GHz radio must be turned off to reduce
co-channel radio interference.
Comments
“The entire networking world is moving toward the
software-defined model, which is what makes the dual 5 GHz solution
so compelling,” said Changming Liu, chief technology officer and
founder, Aerohive Networks. “We uniquely overcame many technical
challenges to isolate radios to support simultaneous dual 5
GHz operation in a compact AP form factor, and give control
back to the end user instead of the vendor, with software-defined
radios that let them deploy the radio in the best mode they see fit
for their environment. This not only gives the end user the best
Wi-Fi experience, but also dramatic cost savings by deploying one
AP instead of two with less interference, equipment, cabling, and
power consumption.”
“Today’s Wi-Fi investment decisions will stay with network
managers for several years, making it critical to select equipment
that can adapt to changing needs,” said Matthias Machowinski,
senior research director for IHS Markit, a global information
provider. “Software-defined radios allow network managers to
continue support for 2.4GHz clients, and as this legacy client base
dwindles away, they can be re-used to add more capacity in the 5GHz
spectrum.”
“Having Aerohive’s dual 5 GHz technology in place has been the
ultimate game changer for our retail business,” said Eric Jensen,
infrastructure manager, City Furniture. “Associates can now foster
more personal interaction and carry mobile devices for customer
service while walking around our showrooms. Customers now receive
instant product recommendations and suggestions based on
preferences, increasing the closing percentages for sales across
our City Furniture stores. Overall, the Aerohive solution has
transformed and elevated the way we serve customers and contributed
to our bottom line.”
“Aerohive blew all the competition out of the water,” said Scott
Farrand, senior network analyst, Edmonds Community College. “It’s a
win-win in a high-density environment to enable auto configuration
for channel selection to provide the best throughput, ease
congestion, and maximize ROI. By directing particular users to the
5 GHz band, we’re getting more utilization out of the 5 GHz band
and relieving the 2.4 GHz band for legacy clients. Switching to
Aerohive made me rethink our entire wireless strategy and as a
result has made our network much simpler.”
“The dual 5 GHz technology from Aerohive is key and has made all
the difference for both our users and our IT team,” said Louis
Guadagno, network manager, London Metropolitan University. “We can
now easily steer London Met users with 5 GHz capability to a
separate band, which eases congestion and makes for a superior user
experience while maximizing our investment.”
Resources
- Learn More About Dual 5 GHz
- City Furniture case study
- Edmonds Community College case
study
- Fresno City College case study
- Connect AP250 3x3 802.11ac dual 5 GHz
Radio Wireless Access Point
- Connect AP550 4x4 802.11ac dual 5 GHz
Radio Wireless Access Point
- Boundless: 5 GHz Explained – A top 5
GHz Article Roundup
- RF-IQ
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