Conventions: The MIMO Frontier?

Providing wireless access at a convention center can be tough. Organizers never know exactly how many WiFi users will log onto the network at any given time, which can lead to some major access challenges for these large-scale 802.11 deployments. Smart City Networks has been working with enterprise wireless LAN vendor Bluesocket Inc. since February of this year on installing the firm's BlueSecure 5000 controllers at some of its major sites. Smart City plans to evaluate Bluesocket's multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) access points to see if this new wave of WiFi technology can help with the specific requirements of convention center deployments.