Meru Powers Nation's Largest Metro Voice and Data Wi-Fi Service28 January 2005
Meru Networks, the global leader in converged voice and data WLANs, announced today that its WLAN System is powering the largest citywide converged voice and data network in the
United States. Working with system integrator Azulstar Networks, a division of
Ottawa Wireless, the city of Rio Rancho, NM has gone live with citywide Wi-Fi
data service built on Meru's WLAN solutions. Azulstar and the city are also in
final testing of wireless VoIP phone services running over the same
infrastructure, and expects to launch this within the next 90 days.
Often referred to as the Silicon Mesa, forward-thinking Rio Rancho, NM is
home to 64,000 residents and a large number of high tech companies. "This is
the nation's largest and most advanced citywide Wi-Fi network," said Tyler van
Houwelingen, Azulstar CEO. "We chose Meru equipment for this deployment not
only for its ability to scale to support an entire city's worth of Wi-Fi
traffic, but also because of Meru's unique ability to provide guaranteed
quality of service in large wireless VoIP deployments. These capabilities have
enabled us to go live with data services today and to plan for the upcoming
VoWi-Fi telephone service without upgrading the network."
The unique advantages Meru's WLAN system provides Azulstar's solution
include:
-- Zero Handoff: Recent independent tests of Wi-Fi products have shown
that other WLAN systems can cause delays of 500ms to 1 second rendering VoIP
service impossible. The Meru Controller and Meru AP's form a coordinated WLAN
system that eliminates handoff delays.
-- Over-the-air QoS: Meru's over-the-air Quality of Service (QoS) for
both downstream and upstream traffic ensures high quality voice and data
service to all Wi-Fi clients on the same infrastructure.
-- Elimination of Complex RF Design: By coordinating all traffic on the
network, Meru's WLAN System eliminates co-channel interference and removes
complex RF planning and management tasks reducing costs and complexity.
"Azulstar's innovative approach to providing city-wide Wi-Fi voice and
data service required a solution that only Meru could provide," explained
Kamal Anand, vice president of marketing for Meru Networks. "Our WLAN System
is the only solution that enables them to support all the current users of
data services and all the future users of wireless VoIP on a single network
infrastructure."
Source: PR Newswire
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