{"id":912,"date":"2015-04-08T18:04:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T18:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/?p=912"},"modified":"2018-02-23T09:58:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T14:58:54","slug":"ruckus-releases-the-first-802-11ac-wave-2-access-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/wireless-network\/ruckus-releases-the-first-802-11ac-wave-2-access-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruckus Releases the First 802.11ac Wave 2 Access Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ruckus<\/a>Ruckus announced<\/a> on April 2 that it had a new product: The Ruckus ZoneFlex R710 access point. What makes this access point so special? Well, it may be the very first AP to be an 802.11ac Wave 2 device. What does that mean? Here’s a quick and dirty definition from Webopedia<\/a> of Wave 2:<\/p>\n

The 802.11ac -2013 update, or 802.11ac Wave 2, is an addendum to the original 802.11acwireless specification that utilizes MU-MIMO technology and other advancements to help increase theoretical maximum wireless speeds from 3.47 Gbps in the original spec to 6.93 Gbps in 802.11ac Wave 2.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The ZoneFlex R710 apparently matches those updated specifications:<\/p>\n

Users will be able to simultaneous transmit multiple client streams to different devices over the same frequency, a new capability called multi-user multiple input\/multiple output (MU-MIMO). This will enable over two times the density of mobile devices versus Wave 1, and aggregate data rates exceeding two gigabits per second.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here are a few other features that make the R710 a Wave 2 Access Point:<\/p>\n

The router will also work with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices through a built-in USB port combined with Ruckus SPoT location-based services (LBS). By using rich analytics and location-based user engagement, enterprises and service providers will then be able to monetise their Wi-Fi investment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I use the present tense because the access point solution has already been deployed, according to the press release:<\/p>\n

One of the first organisations to adopt the ZoneFlex R710 within a production environments was the City of San Jos\u00e9, California.The City recorded a speed of 445 megabits per second with two-stream-capable laptops, and over 200 megabits per second with single-stream mobile smartphones after deploying the solution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While those speeds are far short of of the theoretical maximums for either Wave 2 or Wave 1 802.11ac wireless, that’s still blazing fast.<\/p>\n

The APs will be available through “authorised Ruckus BiG DOG resellers.” Be forewarned on the price, however: we’re talking $1,295 per AP<\/em>. Hopefully that price will come down once other top solutions providers enter into Wave 2 competition with Ruckus in the coming years.<\/p>\n

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