Student Computing

Facilitate collaboration by allowing students to use mobile devices of their choosing

Many schools give their students the freedom to use their favorite mobile devices on the wireless LAN (WLAN) – laptops, smartphones, tablets, music players, gaming consoles – even tomorrow’s must-have gadget. But delivering reliable wireless access to a broad variety of mobile devices in and out of the classroom is a tough test to ace.

With Aruba, schools can give students the freedom to use the mobile devices of their choice in a way that is reliable, secure and manageable.

• High performance in dense client deployments. 802.11n WLANs from Aruba perform even when many mobile devices are used in a small space. Aruba’s Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) automatically adapts to avoid RF interference and congestion and deliver an uninterrupted user experience for a wide range of mobile devices that use different 802.11 technologies.
• Support multimedia applications. Aruba delivers multimedia-grade Wi-Fi that’s ideal for the campus. With Aruba’s application-aware quality of service (QoS), schools can ensure that delay-sensitive voice and video applications get priority Wi-Fi access, even when the data and real-time traffic comes from the same device.
• Avoid RF interference that causes a poor user experience. Schools have many sources of RF interference, including microwaves, Bluetooth headsets and wireless cameras. Aruba’s RFProtect Spectrum Analyzer, which is integrated with Aruba 802.11n access points (APs), automatically identifies these sources of RF interference while ARM technology steers around them in real time.
• Deliver a consistent experience on- and off-campus. Aruba’s cloud-based Virtual Branch Network (VBN) solution makes it easy to deliver an enterprise-class network to all users. Enterprise network services including content security, user-access policies and network visibility are all maintained in the data center.
• Simplify network deployment and operations. Schools can use the AirWave Management Suite to consolidate the administration of their wireless and wired networks across multiple vendors. The only multivendor operations solution on the market, AirWave’s user-centric approach enables the service desk to triage user connectivity issues while the network engineering staff focuses on mission-critical infrastructure issues.