For the most part, Wi-Fi meshing has been a complete flop within enterprise network environments. While the idea sounds good: no more Ethernet cabling to Wi-Fi access points - poor performance, instability and complexity have made Wi-Fi meshing a non starter. But things change. Technical advances in Wi-Fi relative to signal control, beam forming/steering and interference avoidance combined with the new 802.11n standard that delivers dramatically higher connection rates are breathing new life into meshing. Smart Wi-Fi meshing opens to door to a new economic model for building a robust wireless LAN by cutting in half the cost and deployment time associated with traditional implementations while delivering three times the performance. This session will examine how meshing and 802.11n are being used to change the wireless LANscape

To be successful in Mobile Web 2.0, one doesn’t only need to set up an open, user-friendly platform able to bind large communities of users and developers, but above all, personalization and interaction with the physical location and context will be crucial.

This offers plenty of opportunities to local service providers if they succeed in combining scaling (through openness and neutrality) with knowledge and support of personal identity, local environment, communities and context.

In Europe, “the metro network” is growing through the implementation of wireless broadband with Wi-Fi coverage in varied, separate city campuses including City Halls, libraries, schools and hospitals. In these deployments, a major challenge for the local governments is how to allow and stimulate these initiatives while keeping a central control over the security and cost. Larger multisite enterprises are facing the same issues.

Is it possible to deploy wireless Internet access in a complex multisite network without it ending up an administrative nightmare? Is it possible to balance the need for an easy-to-use experience for internal employees with the crucial demands for security? Or when allowing temporary guest users onto the network?

In this session Johan Terve will cover lessons learned from some recent wireless Internet deployments with larger organizations like local government, education, healthcare and some Fortune 500 enterprises.

The rapid growth of CCTV and Wireless internet in the community has presented its own challenges and obstacles to providing ubiquitous coverage, safety and security. This session will focus on a case study on the use of IP based CCTV over wireless in an urban regeneration community (Manchester) and the provision of community wireless internet over the same network helping the community, local government and housing associations achieve a win-win. The case study will identify and show how an existing wireless network in the unlicensed frequency was utilised and redesigned to increase the redundancy and coverage of the network.

The convergence of devices and access technologies means public sector organisations can plan for and deliver a campus-wide wireless, cellular and private mobile radio networks. The economic and operational benefits of deploying a converged wireless strategy can be highly compelling, but choosing the right technologies to future-proof; support a wide-range of applications; and avoid complex management issues is critical to reaping the potential benefits.

This presentation will outline the issues and challenges facing the public sector when delivering a wireless strategy that meets the needs of citizens, staff, and emergency services organisations; and advise on the technologies and design-techniques that will deliver a high-performance but cost-effective solution.