Customer Deployments - Florida State University
Florida State University Chooses Xirrus To Solve Density Issues
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Florida State University is a comprehensive, national graduate research university with nearly 42,000 students and 6,000 faculty and staff. With an impressive breadth of leading graduate, professional and undergraduate programs, and an international reputation in the sciences and humanities, FSU is a demanding and intellectually stimulating environment for students and faculty. FSU's 16 schools and colleges offer more than 300 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, professional and specialist degree programs, including medicine and law, covering a vast array of disciplines critical to society today.
Requirements
- Reliable Wi-Fi connection throughout the buildings and outdoor common areas
- Bandwidth to support hundreds of simultaneous connections in a given area
- Support for Wi-Fi-enabled notebooks, handhelds, and iPhones
- Easy installation and management
Benefits
- Superior range and coverage with 75% fewer devices and cable pulls
- Plenty of bandwidth and performance for thousands of students, faculty, and staff
- State-of-the-art management and security features
- Automated RF spectrum tools
- Fully upgradeable to 802.11n
Savings
- Ratio of Wi-Fi Arrays to traditional APs
| 4:1 |
- Number of additional access points that did not have to be installed
| 126 |
- Number of additional cable runs that did not have to be pulled
| 126 |
- Number of switch ports that did not have to be consumed
| 126 |
- Average power savings per year (kWh)
| 8,147 |
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