Cellular Offload

Mobile carriers worldwide are facing a capacity crisis, one that is particularly acute at large public venues like airports and stadiums. The amount of traffic on these networks can exhaust carrier capacity as customers continue to rely on Wi-Fi-enabled mobile devices like smartphones and iPads.

Wi-Fi can help mobile carriers offload overburdened cellular infrastructures. Aruba wireless LANs gives service providers the scalability, capacity and ease of operations to offload overburdened cellular infrastructures.

Aruba’s experience deploying and managing some of the world’s largest private Wi-Fi networks has given it the hands-on knowledge needed to solve the complex problems of providing secure and reliable enterprise-class access at large public venues.

Aruba is easy to deploy, configure, troubleshoot and manage, cutting down on operational expenses. Its wireless LANs rely on 3GPP and EAP-SIM to deliver seamless authentication. Service providers can leverage splash pages, captive portals and walled gardens to control a guest’s initial interaction with the network.

What’s more, security is built into the network because every Aruba wireless LAN features an integrated firewall. Aruba wireless LANs are also application-aware to guarantee that latency-sensitive applications like voice and video get the bandwidth they need.

Finally, outdoor venues like stadiums can benefit from Aruba AirMesh™ wireless mesh routers, which provide Wi-Fi client access as well as full mesh backhaul. This makes it easy to accommodate many different types of traffic on a single network infrastructure, from 3G client traffic to video surveillance.