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RUCKUS WIRELESS PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL
Smart Classrooms
Need Smart Wi-Fi
GT Hill, Director, Product & Tech Marketing
Erik Heinrich, EDU Business Manager
Former SFUSD IT Director
Fast and Fierce
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Customers
44,000+ Patents
100+ Granted
Formed
2004 Sunnyvale, CA
Partners
11,000+
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Enterprise WLAN Leadership
Cisco
Ruckus has a strong history of
internal innovation, from the
pioneering of wireless IPTV transport
technology to various advances in antenna
technology, including being
an industry pioneering of adaptive antenna
arrays and many other advanced RF
functionalities. The company continues to
add to and redefine its value proposition.
“
” 2013/2014
MarketScape Report
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Introduction
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Erik Heinrich
Ruckus Wireless
EDU Business Manager
SFUSD & County Office of Education
Director, IT Infrastructure (Interim CTO)
Enterprise IT (20 yrs.)
o Pacific Stock Exchange Member Firms
o SONY Music & SONY PlayStation
o SEGA of America
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The Post-PC Era… e-Readers
Smart Phones
Tablets
Ultrabooks/Chromebooks
Environmental control systems
Games
2010 2016
694M
2.8B
874M
1.1B
Ethernet devices
Wi-Fi devices
Source: iSuppli 2012
A WORLD GOING Wi-Fi
220%
65%
Annual Unit Shipments
Projectors
Security
Wearables
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o Interactive classrooms / eLearning
oDynamic floorplans
o BYOD and 1:1 initiatives
o Online Assessments & Common Core
o Educational applications and digital
content
oOnline collaboration / eLearning
oClassroom management
oStudent information systems
o Intuitive and easy-to-use devices for
younger learners
o Expectations of students, teachers,
staff and parents
oDoc cams, projectors, microscopes, digital
signage, videoconference, printers
Smart Classrooms Today
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oAttendance & Emergency Management
oWearables
o3D Holograms
oCommunity as Classroom
oTransportation Wi-Fi
o IoT devices
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Smart Classrooms on the Horizon
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o Attract top teachers
o Student recruitment (enrollment = funding)
o Guest Access (PTA, visiting educator, speakers, CBO, consultants,
and community)
o Improved SPED support
o Inclusion
o Operational efficiency
o Online attendance (anywhere)
o Increase campus safety
o Cameras, LBS & VoWiFi
o Improve comfort & Reduce energy costs
o HVAC & lighting
o Reduced cabling infrastructure / Increase flexibility
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Smart Schools & Districts
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o Higher speeds (802.11ac)
o More reliable connectivity
o Simplified security, especially BYOD
o Enable high density environments
o Wi-Fi coverage everywhere
o Lower TCO = more funding elsewhere
o No new cabling
o Minimal IT staff support requirements
o Differentiated service/access by user and device
o Flexible deployment options
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Educators’ Wi-Fi Top 10 List
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1 Interference
3 Flexibility and Scale
2 Capacity Constraints
More is Killing Wi-Fi
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Dealing with mobile
device capacity and
management
Product and management
solutions for any network
Dropped packets,
low data rates
MORE USERS
MORE DEVICES
MORE TRAFFIC
MORE VIDEO
MO
RE
H
OT
SP
OT
S
MORE NOISE
MORE APPLICATIONS
Industry Challenges!
Enter Smart Wi-Fi from Ruckus
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Robust and ultra-simple
to use applications
Smarter
WLAN
applications
1. Half the
deployment time at
half the cost
2. 100%
performance increase over
any other WLANs
802.11n & ac
indoor/outdoor
APs with adaptive
antenna technology
Unmatched performance
at range
Complete remote control over remote APs and WLANs
Remote Wi-Fi
systems
manager
Scalable
Smart WLAN
controllers
Flexible, scalable,
feature-rich WLANs
Advanced
per-user
security
Technology Breakthroughs
Adaptive
antenna
technology
Precision
per-user
per-traffic class
QoS
Self-provisioning
self-optimizing
high speed
wireless backbone
MESHING ADAPTIVE
ANTENNAS QOS SECURITY
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Obstruction
Real-Time Adaptation
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o Patented technology that combines:
o Smart antenna arrays
o Best path selection algorithms
o Advanced quality of service engine
o Smart mesh RF routing
o Centralized Wi-Fi management
o Adapts to real-time changes
in environmental conditions
o Extends signal range (Wi-Fi coverage)
2 to 4 times with fewer APs
o Radically simplifies deployment
and administration
Automatic Interference Mitigation
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Minimizes Packet Loss and Re-Transmissions, Increases Reliability
o Interference mitigated by
positioning antenna nulls in specific
directions
o Avoiding interference delivers more
benefits than a stronger signal
o Better throughput
o More predictable connectivity
AP
Transmit Beamforming
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Adaptive Antennas and Transmit Beamforming Working Together
3dB 6dB 9dB
S I G N A L T O
INTEFERENCE PLUS NOISE (SINR)
IMPROVEMENT
> 9dB OF INTEFERENCE M I T I G A T I O N
15dB OF >
BeamFlex+
o Better reception (PD-MRC) for weak and
hard to “hear” devices
o Better transmission to devices constantly
changing their orientation
Device orientation accounts
for up to 5x performance
differential among products
VERTICAL
POLARIZATION
HORIZONTAL
POLARIZATION
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Dealing With Density
Dual-band 802.11n
o Steers clients to 5GHz by
withholding probe and auth
responses on 2.4GHz
o Doesn’t steer clients below RSSI
threshold set per WLAN
o Client table in each AP tracks
o Client probe requests per band
o Avg. RSSI per band over last
minute
o Dual band support
o Table checked before responding
to client
After Band Steering
5GHz – 14 (82%)
2.4GHz – 3 (18%)
Band Steering for High Capacity Environments
Before Band Steering
5GHz – 3 (18%)
2.4GHz – 14 (82%)
2.4 Ghz
5.0 Ghz
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It’s All About Channel Capacity
2 . 4 G H z R F C H A N N E L
O B S E R V E D T H R O U G H P U T ( M b p s )
TI
ME
(m
iscro
se
co
nd
s)
0
500
Competing
approaches:
▪ Go off channel
to listen only
▪ Listen for
beacons, frame
errors, RF
interference
▪ Take a very small
snapshot in time
▪ Don’t provide a
complete view of
the entire
spectrum
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Automating Security and Configuration Essential Technologies for BYOD
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Zero-IT mobile
onboarding
Role based access
D-PSK; 802.1X LDAP/AD integration
Device fingerprinting inventory dashboard
Policy enforcement by device and
application type
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Device Identification
IDENTIFY
• Device fingerprinting
• Application recognition
• ‘Who is’ information
o Visibility into client types connecting to network
o Assists with quick understanding of “Who’s device is this?”
o Automatically detects client info on WLAN and Wired interfaces
o Operating System Hostname
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A modern day, mobile friendly,
easy to use Wi-Fi connection
option
Provides a Single SSID for Guest
Access & BYOD Registration
Proceed to unencrypted
internet on BYOD SSID
Install Client
Profile
DPSK/802.1x
Role based SSID
Move Client to
Secure SSID
Traditional Guest Access
Easy BYOD Registration
Simplified Device Registration
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ONBOARD
• Zero-IT(802.1x, DPSK)
• Mobile device portal
SECURE • Access Control
• Role Based Access
• Policy enforcement
Policy Enforcement
1
2
1. Configure device access
policy
2. Associate policies to
desired WLANs
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Device Access Management
Teacher - unlimited device connectivity
Student – limited to 1 device
o Limit up to 4 devices per user
o Prevent sharing of user
name/password
o Automatically removes expired
D-PSK
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MANAGE • D-PSK limits per user
• Bonjour Gateway
Extensive Smart Wi-Fi Portfolio
Entry level
802.11n
3X3, 3-stream
dual-band 802.11ac
Mid-range
dual band
MIDRANGE HIGH END
Enterprise
dual-band
LOW END
Entry-level
802.11g
Wi-Fi
wall switch
6 to 50 Aps
SME
50 to 500 APs
Mid-range
50 to 1000 APs
High end
Up to 10K APs
SP Gateway platform
3x3:3, 900 Mbps, Dual-band
- Omni or 1200 sectorized
Small cell + Wi-Fi Point to point and
multipoint bridges
INDOOR
MANAGEMENT
OUTDOOR
3x3:3, 900 Mbps
Narrow 30o Beam,
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o Standalone or centrally-managed APs
o Mesh or hardwire mesh APs
o Option for centralized or remote controllers
o Remote Wi-Fi management over WAN
o Seamless integration with security services
o Distributed controller-less data flow for APs
Flexible Deployment Options
One Location,
Multiple APs
Multiple Locations,
One AP
Multiple Locations,
Multiple APs
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oApps for:
o Network visibility
o Wireless analysis
o Troubleshooting
o ZD remote monitoring
o Finding products
oAvailable on o Ruckus product pages
o App stores
Apps In The Toolbox
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o What is slowing down my Wi-Fi?
o RF Pollution
oMetric on impact from Wi-Fi and non-Wi-Fi noise
o Simple yet meaningful metrics
oPotential Throughput of Wi-Fi
oYour radio’s Wi-Fi usage (tx/rx)
oClient & Other AP count
o Monitoring graphs embedded in Client & Radio
detail pages
oPer Radio
oPer Client
Performance Monitoring
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Independent Test Results
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10
8
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4
2
0 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
VIDEO ERRORS
AVG. TCP THROUGHPUT
Juniper 532
Cisco 3602i
Aerohive AP121
HP 430
Aerohive AP330
Cisco 2602i
HP 460
Xirrus 4820
Aruba 105
Aruba 135
Ruckus 7982
Highest, most reliable performance
Lowest, least reliable performance
Meraki MR24
Meraki MR16
Ubiquiti UniFi Pro
Linksys EA4500
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Independent Test Results
Percentage of Vendor Test Wins
(87 tests)
Industry’s First 3x3:3 802.11n Competitive Testing
66% 14%
12%
2%
6%
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SFUSD Case Study
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o 7th largest urban CA school District
o 4th largest employer in SF (8,500+)
o $800m-$900m revenue
o 57,000 students (PreK - AdultEd)
o 821 API average
o 150 sites (7mi. by 7mi.)
o Historical buildings / Circa 1902
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SFUSD Case Study
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o 2007
o 10M Internet (57,000 students & 9,000 employees)
o T1 lines (1/16th my home Internet)
o 10Mb hubs (HUBS, not SWITCHES!)
oBeige boxes on carpet (static, fibers, heat)
oSchool site servers
o 2014
o 10Gb/s Internet / 10Gb/s content filter(s)
o 10Gb/s fiber ring / 1Gbps fiber links
o 10Gb/s firewall(s)
o 1Gb/s access ports for all LAN drops
o Fully virtualized Enterprise datacenter
o 300 Virtual Servers/Eliminated Site Servers
o Decentralized funding
oEvery site a snowflake
o Legacy wireless sprawl
o “NCLB Wireless”, performance adjusted to slowest client
oCumbersome warranty support process (Limited Lifetime –very
limited)
o Eight controllers, four different models, different feature support
oNo support for Bonjour network
oExpensive hardware, expensive maintenance/support contracts
oCumbersome support process
oHigh TCO
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SFUSD Case Study
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SFUSD Case Study
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o Selection Process with Customer Focus Testing
o Fewest APs required for coverage & density
o Bonjour Support, Mesh, Guest & BYOD
o Feedback from sites has been overwhelming and extremely positive
o Approximately 1200 APs deployed (500 more scheduled incl. outdoor)
o Central reporting shows peaks of over 10,000 concurrent connections
o Only ONE full time wireless technician (no professional services)
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
o This offer is good for up to the quantity of Ruckus R700 AP’s listed on the form 471.
o Offer is valid for US education organizations applying for E-rate 2015 funding (eRate form 471)
o If you proceed with purchasing the R700 access points, then this offer is no longer valid for the quantity of R700’s
purchased. Any remaining access points you purchase, up to the total number of unit’s specified on your 471 form, are still
eligible for this offer.
o If you take advantage of this offer and purchase the Ruckus 802.11ac Wave 2 indoor access points, all these access points
must be ordered on a single purchase order.
o If you are denied E-rate funding, Ruckus will still honor this offer for up to 3 months after the date of denial of your
USAC Funding Commitment denial letter.
o The offer expires June 30, 2016.
o For additional questions, please contact us at [email protected] or call your Ruckus VARs.
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Ruckus 802.11ac Wave 2 Service
Substitution Guarantee
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Ruckus is pleased to offer K-12 Districts that specify the Ruckus R700
802.11ac access point on their E-rate 471 form a no-cost service substitution
to a Ruckus 802.11ac Wave 2 indoor access point if it is shipping at the time
of your deployment.
This allows Districts to confidently select Ruckus, knowing they will get the
latest Ruckus 802.11ac indoor access point without ANY price increase. If
you need to deploy immediately, you’ll get the industry-leading R700
802.11ac access point. If your ultimate purchase and deployment occurs
after the newer 802.11 Wave 2 APs are available, you can do a service
substitution at no extra charge.
R700
3X3, 3-stream
dual-band 802.11ac
o Opportunity to upgrade your W-Fi with E-rate:
ruckuswireless.com/erate
o Wi-Fi solution resource for Primary Education:
ruckuswireless.com/enterprises/primary-education
o Wi-Fi solution resource for Higher Education:
ruckuswireless.com/enterprises/higher-education
o Coming soon: Wi-Fi basics live webinar series in February:
ruckuswireless.com/company/webinars
o Follow us on twitter: @ruckuswireless #simplybetterwireless
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Resources to learn more about Smart Wi-Fi
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