This document discusses Meru Networks and how their wireless networking solutions are well-suited for venues like sports stadiums, arenas, and airports. It provides examples of Meru deployments at venues like baseball stadiums, basketball arenas, and Denver International Airport. Meru's solutions offer simplicity of deployment, reliability, low total cost of ownership, and can scale to support large numbers of users. Their centralized management allows venues to securely deliver high performance wireless access and applications to thousands of guests and staff simultaneously.

1. Meru
Venues Overview
Girish Bhat

2. Meru Networks Profile
 Founded 2002
 Offices Headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA
with locations in Asia & Europe
 Status Private
 Customers 2500+ customers across all major
market segments
 Market 4th Highest WW Market Share in
Position Enterprise WLAN*
Fastest Growing WLAN Vendor*
 Innovations 35+ patents and pending
 Products Meru WLAN System, a complete
wireless solution for “All Wireless
*
Enterprise”
Gartner 2Q, 2008 Report
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3. Venues : I.T. Trends
Networking across entire venue
- Suites, Press room, meeting rooms, lower and
upper decks, walkways, ticketing
Growing demand for mobile access
- Press and media have laptops with WLAN
- Fan using smart phones and Majority of fans
use WLAN
Wireless LAN is a service differentiator
- Superior customer service
- Quick Return On Investment (ROI)
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4. Venues : Wireless LAN Applications
Deliver superior guest services
- Queue-Busting : Real-time wireless check-in reduces lines
- Point of Sale order transaction
Improved staff productivity
- Instant communication across ticketing staff, security, maintenance, service staff
using Voice over Wireless LAN
Secure and track assets
- Track assets and resources in real-time
- Monitor and secure corridors, perimeters, entry/exit
Broadband network connectivity
- Conference rooms, lobby, guest rooms, recreational areas
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5. Meru Value Proposition: It is the “Architecture”
Strategies
No RF Channel Planning Required
Simplicity WLAN is easy to install and administer
Reliability Secure toll-quality voice, high definition video,
switch-like data performance at large scale
No Changes to Clients No client certifications, proprietary extensions or
worrying about different device configurations
30% less Access Points for the same throughput
Low Cost of Ownership Simpler on-going Management and Monitoring
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6. Meru Feature Meru Benefit
1. Fewer equipment Lowest total cost/suite and sq.ft.
required to deliver
superior performance Conserve your I.T budget !
Highly reliable network enables
2. Assured Application unparalleled guest services
Delivery
Simplifies setup and operations
3. Centralized
Management Does not require RF experts
4. High degree of Seamlessly works with Wi-Fi
endpoints, handhelds without
interoperability additional client
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7. Sample Meru Venue Deployments
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8. 1st 802.11n All Wireless Baseball Stadium
Profile
• Brand new Washington Nationals baseball stadium
Challenge
• WLAN for up to 48,000 guests and operations staff
• Reliable WLAN for all stadium operations
• VoWLAN for peer to peer and group communications
• PCI compliance for POS concessions
• Guest access: Internet, video streaming
Solution
• Meru 802.11 n, b, g, & a user support
• Meru’s AP311 dual radio-N Access Points and MC5000 controller
• Meru Ez(RF) for centralized configuration and management
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9. Colorado Rockies : Baseball Stadium
Profile
• Colorado Rockies baseball stadium
• Capacity : 50,445 fans
Challenge
• Reliable WLAN for stadium operations
• VoWLAN for peer to peer and group communications
• POS concessions
• Guest access: Internet, video streaming
Solution
• Meru 802.11 n, b, g, & a user support
• Meru’s AP320 dual radio-N Access Points and &
MC3025 controller
• Meru Ez(RF) for centralized configuration and
management
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10. US Airways Center : Basketball Arena
Profile
• Phoenix Suns National Basketball Association center
Challenge
• High bandwidth mobile connectivity for press
• Dense Access Point deployment to provide high
performance
• Wireless Point-of-Sale
• Evolve to deploy ubiquitous WLAN and VoWLAN
Solution
• Meru’s AP208 dual radio 802.11abg Access Points
and & MC1030 redundant controllers
• Virtual cell and single-channel deployment
mitigated interference
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11. 802.11n: Denver International Airport
Profile
• Sixth busiest U.S. Airport
Challenge
• Tens of thousands of “un-managed” end user Wi-Fi devices each day
• Build next generation Wi-Fi network to transition from free Wi-Fi to
“revenue-based” model
• Securely separate travelers, airlines and concessionaires
Solution
• Meru 802.11 n, b, g, & a user support
• Meru’s AP320 dual radio-N Access Points & redundant MC3000 controller
• Application fairness, over-the air QoS for voice, video & Data
• Centralized configuration and management
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12. Meru WLAN is ideal for all Venues
 Simple to deploy and operate
 Scales to handles 100,000 users
 Secure while delivering high performance
 Has the lowest Total Cost of Ownership
• Deployed world-wide
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