Xirrus, a provider of wireless networks, recently announced Xtreme Density (XD) Wi-Fi, designed to be the highest density and fastest Wi-Fi access available anywhere in the industry. Xirrus XD4 is the only 4-radio all 802.11ac access point available in the market and it can support four times as many users as a regular one-radio access point, reduces the amount of equipment deployed by 75 percent and decreases total cost of ownership by up to 50 percent when compared to other access points.
If Gartner’s (News - Alert) 4.9 billion connected devices estimate is anywhere close to the actual figure, the wireless traffic is going to be far in excess of what the current infrastructure is built to support. In its research report, “Mobile Device Proliferation Is Forcing Network Leaders to Redesign Enterprise Wireless LANs,” Gartner (News - Alert) analysts Christian Canales and Bjarne Munch stated, “The shift from wired to wireless connectivity means that, instead of assuming one computing device per user, network planners must now plan for at least three mobile devices and, possibly, four to five per user. Network leaders should design WLANs (with) quadruple access point density.” Enter Xirrus XD4.
We’re seeing the challenges associated with quality and quantity of devices already,” said Bruce Miller (News - Alert), VP, product marketing, Xirrus. “The biggest thing that this addresses is that it supports any number of users on it. If you’re hitting limits of use cases and density, a single access point (AP) won’t work anymore.”
The XD4 is the only AP on the planet that integrates four 802.11ac radios and optimizes performance with automated RF configuration. The XD platform can automatically choose the best available bands and power level without IT intervention and customize client connectivity for the best performance, based on the capability of each device.
“With different devices and applications competing for bandwidth on wireless networks, one AP is not enough to maintain acceptable performance,” said Bruce Miller, Vice President of product marketing. “XD solves this problem by integrating more 802.11ac radios per AP than any solution in the market, and eliminating the central controller from the network. This combination establishes the Xirrus XD as a solution that not only performs better, but actually reduces implementation and ongoing operational costs.”