Peter Lane Introduces 802.11ac

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Peter Lane

Peter Lane (Sr. Product Manager, Aruba Networks) discusses Aruba’s approach to 802.11ac. He touches the impact on spectrum analysis, access point density, coverage, cabling, and power.


Peter Lane and Bala Krishnamurthy Discuss Aruba Spectrum Analysis

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Bala Krishnamurthy, Peter Lane

Peter Lane (Sr. Product Manager, Aruba Networks) leads a discussion of spectrum analysis. He presents Aruba’s integrated Spectrum solution, which is then demonstrated by Bala Krishnamurthy (Technical Marketing Engineer). Bala’s demo includes ARM interference and Spectrum, and he discusses what Aruba does automatically, how hybrid works, AirWave integration, and no hit on performance.


Bala Krishnamurthy Demonstrates ClearPass AirGroup

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Bala Krishnamurthy

Bala Krishnamurthy (Technical Marketing Engineer, Aruba Networks, @Bala18686) leads a demonstration of AirGroup. He follows the flow of his videos use case, showing ClearPass as a “user-centric networking personal portal”.


A Live Demonstration of Aruba’s Profiles by Carlos Gomez

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Carlos Gomez

Carlos Gomez Gallego (Director, Network Services Product Manager, Aruba Networks) quickly recaps the company’s progress since Wireless Field Day 2 before leading a demonstration of Profile using the live corporate network. He also shows onboarding with passcode on iOS and potentially Android devices.


Ultra-High Density Connected Stadiums with Chuck Lukaszewski of Aruba

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Chuck Lukaszewski

Chuck Lukaszewski (Sr. Director, Outdoor Solution Engineering, Aruba Networks) leads a discussion of the LPV and RF considerations for ultra-high density deployment in a stadium setting.


Demonstration of Wi-Fi Video Scale with Bala Krishnamurthy of Aruba

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Bala Krishnamurthy

Bala Krishnamurthy (Technical Marketing Engineer, Aruba Networks, @Bala18686) leads a demonstration of large-scale video using typical BYOD devices (iPads, mobile phones, laptops). This demonstration includes cloud applications (Box and Webex) and UCC applications (Lync). Bala also discusses how to test performance at scale.


Getting Wi-Fi Ready for BYOD and Mobile Apps with Paul Curto of Aruba

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Paul Curto

Aruba Networks’ Paul Curto (Director of Technical Marketing, @service2disrupt) discusses preparing Wi-Fi for BYOD and mobile devices and applications


Ben Calderon discusses Meraki’s hardware engineering

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Meraki Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Meraki

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Personnel: Ben Calderon

Ben Calderon (VP of Hardware and Operations) talks about Meraki’s hardware and software innovation.



Ruckus Q&A with Bill Kish and Victor Shtrom

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Ruckus Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Ruckus Networks

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Personnel: Bill Kish, Victor Shtrom


Pablo Estrada and Todd Nightingale demo a large Meraki customer deployment

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Meraki Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Meraki

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Personnel: Pablo Estrada, Todd Nightingale


Kiren Sekar discusses Meraki product development and wireless features

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Meraki Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Meraki

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Personnel: Kiren Sekar

Kiren Sekar (VP of Marketing) discusses Meraki’s product development and wireless features


Meraki Overview with Sanjit Biswas

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Meraki Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Meraki

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Personnel: Sanjit Biswas

Sanjit Biswas (CEO and Co-Founder) talks about Meraki’s architectural vision and the company’s rapid growth.


Discuss Bonjour with Jeevan Patil at Wireless Field Day 3

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Cisco Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Cisco Mobility

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Personnel: Jeevan Patil

In this video, Wireless Business Unit Product Line Manager Jeevan Patil discusses how Cisco solves the Protocol Problem with application recognition through layer 7 to improve a user’s quality of experience (QoE) on the network and extending Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR).


802.11ac: The next generation of Wi-Fi with Mark Denny at Wireless Field Day 3

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Cisco Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Cisco Mobility

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Personnel: Mark Denny

In this presentation, Mark Denny, the Wireless Business Unit Product Line Manager at Cisco, provides an in-depth overview of the 802.11ac specification and Cisco’s strategy for its market introduction. Recorded on September 14, 2012, at Wireless Field Day 3, Denny discusses the advancements and features of the 802.11ac technology, emphasizing Cisco’s proactive approach in developing and testing the technology in parallel with client devices. He highlights the importance of early adoption and collaboration with various vendors and chipset manufacturers to ensure a smooth rollout and interoperability of 802.11ac devices.

Denny explains that the 802.11ac module, designed for the Cisco 3600 access point, represents the first wave of the new Wi-Fi technology. This module supports a 1.3 Gbps PHY rate, 256 QAM, and up to 80 MHz wide channels, with three spatial streams and explicit beamforming capabilities. The module operates independently with its own 5 GHz radio and integrated antennas, allowing it to function concurrently with the existing 5 GHz radio in the access point. This setup enables the simultaneous operation of both radios, with the integrated radio handling legacy 802.11n clients and the new module dedicated to 802.11ac clients. Denny also mentions the power requirements for the module, noting that it exceeds the standard 802.3af power but remains within the capabilities of Cisco’s enhanced PoE switches.

The presentation also touches on the anticipated use cases and deployment strategies for 802.11ac. Denny notes that while some customers may initially deploy the technology in specific high-demand areas, such as radiology labs or large auditoriums, others may opt for a more pervasive network upgrade. He emphasizes the potential benefits of 802.11ac in terms of higher throughput, increased device density, and improved network efficiency. The discussion includes a live demonstration of the 802.11ac module’s performance, showcasing its ability to achieve significant throughput even in a real-world environment with interference. Denny concludes by highlighting the ongoing efforts to refine the technology and the excitement surrounding its potential impact on wireless networking.


HS2.0 Mobilization of the Internet with Bob Friday at Wireless Field Day 3

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Cisco Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Cisco Mobility

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Personnel: Bob Friday

In this video, Wireless Business Unit Chief Technology Officer Bob Friday introduces Cisco’s position on Next Generation Hotspot.


Sebastiano Bertani discusses the mission of Tanaza

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Tanaza Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Tanaza

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Personnel: Sebastiano Bertani

In this video, Tanaza CEO, Sebastiano Bertani, gives an overview of Tanaza mission, enlightening the benefits that cloud management can bring to who manages WLANs. Topics covered include:

  1. Tanaza benefits, such as reduction of manual one-by-one configurations, lower operational costs thanks to remote monitoring, and the freedom given multiple-vendor compatibility
  2. Tanaza vertical market: hotels, schools, hospitals, theme-parks, small businesses
  3. Bertani closes with a quick overview of the coming features of Tanaza: remote monitoring for all devices with SNMP, Cloud management for Apple AirPort, Cisco and LinkSys, social media integration, Tanaza Agent as OpenWRT module, Tanaza Box and extension to other families such as switches and routers


Sebastiano Bertani shows how to manage SOHO Wi-Fi Access Points from the cloud

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Tanaza Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Tanaza

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Personnel: Sebastiano Bertani

Note: This session was not streamed or recorded but a Tanaza produced this replacement video of the same with better quality.

In this video, Tanaza CEO, Sebastiano Bertani, shows how easy is to use Tanaza to cloud manage SOHO Wi-Fi Access Points. Topics covered include:

  1. Adding cloud management to a Wi-Fi Access Point
  2. Managing multiple-vendor APs from Tanaza centralized interface
  3. Applying configurations to multiple APs at once
  4. Tanaza Powered APs: the advantages of an embedded firmware


Sebastiano Bertani gives an overview of Tanaza architecture and multi-vendor cloud AP management

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Tanaza Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Tanaza

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Personnel: Sebastiano Bertani

In this video, Tanaza CEO, Sebastiano Bertani, gives and overview of the architecture of Tanaza and explains how it can provide cloud management on 3rd party Wi-Fi Access Points without changing their original firmware and with no need for Public IPs, VPNs or Dynamic DNS. Topics covered include architectural elements such ar Tanaza Agent, Tanaza Engine, Tanaza Firmware and Tanaza Connectors, as well as current capabilities, such as centralized configuration of SOHO autonomous APs, remote monitoring and auto-detect of Tanaza Powered Access Points.


Kelley Seaman introduces Tanaza at Wireless Field Day 3

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Tanaza Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Tanaza

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Personnel: Kelley Seaman

In this video, Kelley Seaman, introduces Tanaza at Wireless Field Day 3, giving an overview of the company and it’s positioning. Topics covered include:

  1. the focus on the SMB market and the verticals (hotels, hospitals, restaurants, schools, colleges, campus, small businesses)
  2. the benefits given by Tanaza (centralized cloud management, remote monitoring)
  3. the multi vendor concept
  4. some information on the back-ground of Sebastiano Bertani, CEO of Tanaza


Niv Hanigal Addresses the Ruckus Business Model and Market

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Ruckus Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Ruckus Networks

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Personnel: Niv Hanigal