In 2004, Ruiz started with 30 APs for specialized use, with coverage quickly spreading to the dining facilities, residential lounges and some outdoor spaces. But the library proved to be a special challenge; the nature of the building's structure and potential usage necessitated a high AP density to provide adequate coverage and performance, introducing co-channel interference.
Meru Networks' single-channel architecture resolved the co-channel problem and let IT deploy as many APs as necessary to address coverage and capacity issues.
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Ruiz cited a striking example of capacity scaling, involving a Microsoft Terminal Services setup where 15 student laptops needed to remotely access a machine running analytics software. The professors found that only three or four users could be on an AP at one time; Ruiz believed this was due to the chatty nature of Terminal Services. When he installed a Meru AP in that environment, connectivity issues evaporated. Now that the WLAN works reliably and scales as expected, Ruiz has rolled out 200 APs, covering 100 percent of academic areas and the majority of administrative and recreational sites.
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