This document summarizes several case studies of organizations that deployed Meru Networks' wireless LAN platform. It describes how schools, hospitals, and enterprises used Meru's solution to provide wireless access across their large campuses and buildings, support high user densities, ensure quality of service for real-time applications like voice, and future-proof their networks. Key benefits included simplified deployment, elimination of co-channel interference, centralized management, and support for mixed 802.11b/g environments.

1. Applications of Meru Networks’
Wireless LAN Platform
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2. Schools
Schulen
École
学校
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3. Mona Shores School District
K-12 district-wide all-wireless network
q Profile
q K-12 school district, 4,300 students, 225
teachers and 550 employees, across 6 schools
q Challenge
q Provide cost-effective, high-speed Internet
access, e-mail, streaming media,
testing/learning applications
q Future proof for voice over WLAN, easy to
deploy and manage
q Solution
q Meru Access Points and MC 3000 Controllers
q Eliminates co-channel interference and complex
RF planning, provides easy deployment and
management across the district, includes Meru’s
over-the-air Quality of Service
q Future proof for high quality voice over wireless
LAN service
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4. Northern Michigan University
q Profile
q Public university with >9,600 students on one campus with multiple building
q Challenge
q Provide cost-effective network access to 800+ simultaneous users with
802.11b/g clients in an 82,000 sq. ft. building with five ultra high density
lecture halls (190-500 seat) and 29 classrooms (30-50 seat)
q Solution
q 250+ Meru Access Points and three MC 3150 Controllers on a single ESSID
q Provides upwards of 100 clients per Access Point in dense environments with
fair time-based access to both 802.11b and 802.11g clients
q Lowered TCO by minimizing the number of Access Points
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5. Northern Michigan University
Highest density deployment in the world
• 1st floor • 2nd floor
• 5 lecture halls with up to 500 users • 29 classrooms with up to 50 users
per hall, 3-channel Virtual Cell per room, 3-channel Virtual Cell
deployment with 14 Access Points deployment with 17 Access Points
800 Active
Users
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6. Philadelphia School District:
School of the Future
q Profile
q Top 10 national K-12 school district with 273
schools and > 217,000 students
q Challenge
q Establish a next generation “School of the
Future” with 100% mobile teaching and
learning environment
q High-performance, high density universal
connectivity
q Support secure, converged data, voice, and
video
q Centralized configuration and control
q Solution
q Meru RS 4000 Radio Switches and MC 3000
Controllers provide the maximum bandwidth
and highest density available
q Application fairness - over-the air QoS
q Centralized configuration and management
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7. Rush-Henrietta School District
K-12 district-wide all-wireless network
q Profile
q 450 classrooms, 6,000 students, 650 faculty and 550
staff, four administrative buildings
q Challenge
q Use technology to increase staff productivity,
improve the overall learning environment, support
fast-growing user base, and run sophisticated new
applications
q Solve existing co-channel interference and
performance issues
q Solution
q Meru’s WLAN Access Points and Controllers
eliminate co-channel interference and complex RF
channel planning
q Meru’s over-the-air Quality of Service ensures high
quality data service in high-density environments and
fair access for both 802.11b and 802.11g clients
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8. School of the Future:
Full redundancy and spectrum utilization
q Network can tolerate the failure of any
component without loss of coverage
q Switch redundancy: each Controller is
connected to a different Ethernet Switch
q Controller redundancy: every Radio Meru
Switch is backhauled to two different Controller
Controllers
q Radio Switch redundancy: each
location is served on each band by at
least two different Radio Switches Meru
RS 4000
q 11 channels per classroom Radio
q Every classroom is served by three Switch
802.11b/g channels and eight 802.11a
channels
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9. State University of New York Stony Brook
q Profile
q 123 buildings, 1,100 acres, 22,000 students
q Challenge
q Easy to deploy WLAN in buildings across
campus, centrally managed over an IP routed
network with different security policies for
different classes of users
q Solution
q Meru’s WLAN includes Access Points and
Controllers eliminates co-channel interference
and complex RF planning
q Plug-and-play deployment model with
centralized policies and control
q Access Points can be deployed anywhere on
campus across IP subnets
q Supports 64 different ESSIDs each with different
security policies
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10. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
q Profile
q 35,000+ students,1,458-acre campus,
technologically cutting-edge institution
q Challenge
q Growing student population, increasing
demand for bandwidth-intensive wireless
applications including VoIP
q Large scale, very high density 802.11b/g
clients in classrooms and lecture halls with
no degradation
q Solution
q Meru’s WLAN includes Access Points and
MC 3000 Controllers
q Over-the-air QoS ensures high quality data
service in high-density environments
q Air Traffic Control technology eliminates
handoff delays and creates seamless access
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11. University of Texas - Dallas
q Profile
q 46 building campus, 14,000 students, 2,500
employees, clinical facility, doctors, students and
staff with real-time patient information
q Challenge
q 24x7 access to critical data applications,
coursework, testing materials, and patient
information; ensuring future support for VoIP;
integrating with “always-on” WebCT courseware
q Solution
q Campus-wide deployment of Meru’s WLAN Access
Points and Controllers eliminates co-channel
interference and complex RF planning
q Meru’s over-the-air Quality of Service ensures high
quality data service in high-density environments
q Meru’s Air Traffic Control technology eliminates
handoff delays and creates seamless access
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12. Hospitals
Krankenhäuser
Hôpitaux
病院
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13. LifeSphere Maple Knoll Village
q Profile
q
Assisted living and retirement community in Cincinnati, Ohio. 700 members,
57 cottages, 97 apartments, 60 assisted living apartments, 174-bed nursing
home
q Challenge
q
Simultaneously support mixed 802.11b and 802.11g clients including
wireless PDA clients run patient charting applications
q Solution
q
150+ Meru Access Points and 2 MC3150 Controllers operating in single
channel Virtual Cell with multiple ESSIDs, encrypted VLAN
Typical Floor Layout
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14. St. Agnes Hospital
q Profile
q Founded in Baltimore, Maryland in 1823, 308 bed
hospital with 3,000+ staff members
q Challenge
q 12 floors, 1000 users, very dense voice and data
environment, data intensive physician applications,
q Nurses equipped with 500+ Vocera badges, VoWLAN
SpectraLink phones used by doctors and pharmacists
q Mobile carts support laptops running clinical and other
applications
q QoS and deployment problems experienced with Cisco
APs
q Solution
q Meru Access Points and Controllers used to meet
mobility, performance, density requirements
q Full hospital coverage without extensive site survey
q No 802.11g client degradation in mixed 802.11b/g
environment
q Toll quality voice – even in dense environments
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15. St. John’s Hospital
q Profile
q
700 bed facility is one of the largest in Illinois
q Challenge
q
Integrated voice and data network with no contention
between 802.11b and 802.11g clients and guaranteed
QoS for Sip and Vocera devices
q
Required centralized administration, simple
deployment, ad hoc rogue Access Point and client
detection, and guest network with accounting
capabilities
q Solution
q
250+ Meru Access points and MC 3150 Controllers
operating on a single channel Virtual Cell with multiple
ESSIDs
q
Vocera badges and SIP phones with VLAN support
q
Encrypted data with VLAN support
q
Guest network using Captive Portal and Radius
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16. University of Miami Hospital
q Profile
q Largest healthcare system in the southeastern U.S. with 6000 members
q Challenge
q Network data, voice, PDA, medical cart, and laptop applications while lowering
costs, simplifying deployment, offering reliable service with voice QoS, and
seamlessly integrating with the existing backend infrastructure and security
processes
q Solution
q Meru Controllers and 2700+ Meru Access Points operate on a single channel
q Simple to deploy, low TCO, reliable and predictable voice service
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Saved $500,000 by eliminating RF channel planning
Old Micro Cell Architecture Was Meru’s Virtual Cell Architecture
Complex to Plan and Deploy Is A Model of Simplicity
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17. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical
Center
q Profile
q An integrated health care system that
operates 1,298 acute care, rehabilitation
and long-term care beds, outpatient
services, and community health and
information centers
q Challenge
q Simultaneously support 802.11b voice
clients, 802.11a and 802.11g data clients
medical carts, tablet PCs, and PDAs
q Solution
q Meru Access Points and Controllers
provide converged voice and data in
single channel Virtual Cell
q Simple to deploy
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18. Enterprise
Unternehmen
Entreprise
企業
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19. Hong Kong International Terminals
q Profile
q One of the world’s busiest shipping terminals -
handles over 50% of Kwai Chung’s container port
traffic
q Challenge
q Required comprehensive wireless coverage in a
harsh environment with and multipath issues
q Needed to co-exist with an existing wireless
network that had one available channel
q Solution
q Meru’s WLAN Access Points and Controllers were
located throughout the terminal area, on buildings,
and on towers
q Provided 200% overlapping coverage and near
zero handoff time
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20. Hong Kong International Terminals
WIN WIN RADIUS & CA
Servers
Meru APs Media Converter
Firewall
100Base-FX (SMF)
lpine3808 lpine3808
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2
3
4
2
3
4
100Base-FX (SMF)
Extreme Alpine
5 5
6 6
7 7
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3804 8
100Base-T (UTP)
Meru AP Controller
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21. Hyatt Osaka Hotel
Floor 39
Managed
Floor … IP Centrex Service
Provided By VoIP
q Profile
Floor 5
Service Provider q 28 floor hotel and conference center
PDAs
q Challenge
Floor 4
WAN
q Wireless data access
WiFi
Phones for guests, VoWLAN handsets for
Floor 3
internal staff communications
Conference Floor
q VoIP carrier services
q Solution
Data Center
q Meru Access Points and Controller
Meru
Controller
operating on a single channel using
a Virtual Cell
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22. Osaka Gas
Largest dual-mode phone and data deployment
q Profile Meru MC1000
q
$9B public utility, 15k employees, Meru AP208
Ethernet Backbone
49 offices nationwide Router
q Challenge
q
Campus-wide mobility for IP Network
business-critical communications Fujitsu SIP Servers
to 6000 dual-mode WiFi/cellular
phones, 3000 WiFi-only phones, SwitchRouter
1000s of laptops Service Provider
Network
q
Truly mobile offices – moveable
desks, limited phone/data wiring PBX
VoIP
Network
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23. Osaka Gas
q Solution
q Meru’s Access Points and Controller deliver toll-quality voice and high
performance data
q “Address-free” office—voice and data connectivity anywhere
q True one-number access: voice calls running over WLAN indoors, cellular
service outdoors
q Total savings ≈$4M per year
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