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Meru Ramps Up with Virtualization Solutions for Wireless LANs Products
(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
Meru Networks has announced the introduction of techniques of
virtualization to its enterprise wireless LAN products.
The "virtual port" technology, available now on Meru products, provides
client devices with its own dedicated virtual wireless network. Just as
with dedicated ports on a wired switch, enterprises gain control over
the wireless resources allocated to each client, lowering both initial
expenditures and ongoing management costs.
"Virtualization has brought dramatic cost savings, resource
efficiencies and predictability to the server and storage worlds," said
Ihab Abu-Hakima, Meru Networks CEO. "Now it is doing the same for
wireless LANs - at a time when the increasing diversity of devices and
applications in the enterprise makes cost-effective utilization of
assets more critical than ever. When applied to the WLAN, the
fine-grained control and effective resource-sharing of virtualization
allow each user device to live within its own 'virtual world,' where
performance and other policies can be customized to its specific needs."
"For years our virtual cell technology has helped enterprises save on
capital expenditures by reducing the number of APs needed and
eliminating RF planning," he added. "With virtual port, customers gain
additional savings on operating expenses. Once client behavior is
bounded, they need no longer worry about the impact of new applications
or diverse client populations. This saves them significant time and
money on resource allocation and management, and gives them a much
greater degree of predictability and control over future infrastructure
costs."
With Meru's virtual cell architecture, all client devices saw a single,
common IEEE 802.11 Basic Service Set Identifier, or BSSID (the MAC, or
Media Access Control, address in Wi-Fi networks). With the virtual port
technology, every client device has its own unique BSSID. This enables
the partitioning of pooled RF resources into virtual ports, eliminating
"lowest common denominator" contention among devices and enabling the
enterprise to exercise control over the uplink and downlink performance
of each device, the company said.
Virtual port technology is included in Meru's System Director 3.6
software, which is available immediately.
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