Meru Networks Supports High Density Video Applications At Loyola College In Maryland

Meru System Provides Seamless Interoperability with Existing Wireless Access Points in Network
 

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct 23, 2007 — Meru Networks, the leader in workplace mobility infrastructure for wireless voice (VoIP), data and video, today announced that Loyola College in Maryland has expanded its wireless campus network to provide pervasive wireless access using Meru's Fourth Generation Wireless LAN (WLAN) System. The Meru WLAN system was initially deployed in residence halls and the College is now expanding the wireless network throughout the main campus and three satellite facilities. The system will provide complete wireless access to more than 6,000 students and 1,000 faculty and staff.

“To attract and maintain the highest caliber of student, we need to provide students with the most advanced technology possible. In this case, we wanted to provide a mobile experience that equaled the quality of a wired network,” said Steve Fox, director of communication services for Loyola College in Maryland. “After testing a number of products over a six-month period, we found Meru's single-channel architecture was the best solution to update our legacy infrastructure, as it was easy-to-deploy and highly scaleable.”

Established in 1852, Loyola is a Jesuit Catholic comprehensive university with 3,500 undergraduate and 2,600 graduate students from across the country. With more than 80 percent of Loyola’s undergraduate students living on campus, the large number of users created a unique challenge for the universities’ IT staff as they sought to upgrade the legacy wireless network. The College had previously provided wireless access to students in only small “hot spots” throughout the campus. In July 2007, the College began to deploy the new WLAN system to all student residence halls located at the Baltimore Evergreen campus. This initial deployment consisted of 300 Meru AP208 access points (APs) and four Meru MC3150 wireless controllers.

Leveraging the latest technology from Meru Networks, Loyola provides students with the tools and skills for the modern academic world. A stable and high-performance Wi-Fi network was required to support large number of users running video streaming applications. Meru’s technology provides security, and quality of service (QoS) to help prioritize video content delivery, along with voice and data applications on the wireless medium. Meru's single-channel architecture assures application delivery in dense user environments without compromising security, performance or increasing the total number of access points required to support multiple applications on the network.

“We were incredibly impressed by Meru’s single-channel architecture and how it simplified our deployment. As we began the fall academic semester, the Meru system easily handled our high density of users. Meru more than held its own against the legacy Cisco and Nortel APs we currently have installed in many common areas,” said Fox.

About Meru Networks
Meru Networks is the global leader in wireless infrastructure solutions that enable the All-Wireless Enterprise. Its industry-leading innovations deliver pervasive, wireless service fidelity for business-critical applications to major Fortune 500 enterprises, universities, healthcare organizations and local, state and federal government agencies. Meru's award-winning Air Traffic Control technology brings the benefits of the cellular world to the wireless LAN environment, and its WLAN System is the only solution on the market that delivers predictable bandwidth and over-the-air Quality of Service with the reliability, scalability, and security necessary to deliver converged voice and data services over a single WLAN infrastructure. Founded in 2002, Meru is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information on Meru Networks and its products, visit www.merunetworks.com or call (408) 215-5300.