DynamicSteering technology and new 802.11ac Wave 2 access points ease
IT management burden as wireless devices proliferate via BYOD and IoT
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2016--
ADTRAN®,
Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation open
networking solutions, today announced it is enabling the IT department
to regain control of the Wi-Fi network with the launch of the Bluesocket
3040 series 802.11ac Wave 2 access points (APs) and DynamicSteering
technology. The latest additions to ADTRAN’s cloud-managed Bluesocket
vWLAN suite enable IT staff to intelligently manage the proliferation of
devices accessing the enterprise network. ADTRAN provides the enterprise
with intelligent management capabilities that help enhance network
efficiency, as well as provide an exceptional mobile end user experience.
“Almost two out of three devices will be mobile, which illustrates just
how central mobility, and by extension wireless networks, have become in
network planning. Wearables are growing 53% by 2017, tablets by 50%,
VoWLAN handsets by 29%, laptops and handheld/rugged computers by 26% and
smartphones by 22%,” cited Matthias Machowinski, research director at
IHS Markit, in a survey titled “Wireless LAN Strategies and Vendor
Leadership.” The growth that IHS predicts will only continue,
further driving the need for better Wi-Fi network management.
Today, each mobile device has its own connectivity and roaming
decision-making behaviors, which creates a huge challenge for IT staff
when it comes to managing wireless network efficiency, performance and
end user experience. Traditional band steering approaches only consider
the vantage point of the Wi-Fi infrastructure, don’t coordinate steering
events with clients and often result in oversaturated 5 GHz spectrum and
slow initial association/connections times or no connection at all.
Proprietary antenna beamforming approaches increase signal-to-noise
ratio, causing sticky clients and only provide downlink enhancements.
With more applications moving to the cloud, a better approach is
required.
ADTRAN’s DynamicSteering solves these challenges with intelligent
monitoring and automatically matches clients to the appropriate radio on
the appropriate AP, delivering a more consistent, predictable
performance and finally eliminating sticky clients. It is a
standards-based, load balancing and sticky-client prevention technology
that opens a new dialogue between the Wi-Fi infrastructure and client
devices, taking the burden off of the IT staff and utilizing the network
to make intelligent decisions without human intervention.
ADTRAN also offers a dedicated scanning/security radio for an enhanced
customer experience and Multi-Gigabit Ethernet ports on its new
Bluesocket 3040 series 802.11ac Wave 2 APs. This allows enterprises to
leverage existing wired infrastructure today and provide support for
Multi-Gigabit throughput in the future, a key requirement for realizing
the full potential of Wave 2 compliant Wi-Fi devices.
“ADTRAN enables enterprises to keep pace with trends like BYOD, IoT and
augmented reality by streamlining efficient operations across the
network. We are opening a new dialogue between their Wi-Fi
infrastructure and end user devices, alleviating the burden from the IT
staff and allowing the Wi-Fi infrastructure to make informed,
coordinated connectivity and roaming decisions,” said Kenneth Fernandes,
product manager, wireless solutions, ADTRAN. “This capability enables
better network performance and end user experience, but the true value
lies in the time savings for network management and help desk resources.”
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data, video
and Internet communications across a variety of network infrastructures.
ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service providers, private
enterprises, government organizations, and millions of individual users
worldwide. For more information, please visit www.adtran.com.
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