Cisco Cisco Aironet 1240 AG Access Point Guía De Información
Customer Case Study
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TBWA/Chiat/Day facility in Los Angeles offers challenging RF environment for mobilizing Unified
Communications over WLAN.
In April 2007, TBWA\Chiat\Day decided to migrate their existing Cisco wireless network to a
centrally managed controller-based architecture, for simplified management and enhanced security
and to support fast secure roaming and the latest voice features such as 802.11e (quality of service
[QoS] standard for multi-media traffic). The software version on the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager was upgraded to deploy applications such as Cisco Unified Presence, Cisco Unified
MeetingPlace, and Cisco Unity
centrally managed controller-based architecture, for simplified management and enhanced security
and to support fast secure roaming and the latest voice features such as 802.11e (quality of service
[QoS] standard for multi-media traffic). The software version on the Cisco Unified Communications
Manager was upgraded to deploy applications such as Cisco Unified Presence, Cisco Unified
MeetingPlace, and Cisco Unity
®
to boost agency staff productivity and collaboration and enhance
client responsiveness. Cisco Unified Presence collects information about a user’s availability and
communications capabilities to provide presence-enabled communications. Cisco Unity is a
productivity tool that integrates e-mail, voice, and fax messages in single inbox, which can be
accessed from any device and from everywhere. Cisco Unified Meeting Place is a multimedia
conferencing solution that fully integrates voice, video, and Web conferencing capabilities.
communications capabilities to provide presence-enabled communications. Cisco Unity is a
productivity tool that integrates e-mail, voice, and fax messages in single inbox, which can be
accessed from any device and from everywhere. Cisco Unified Meeting Place is a multimedia
conferencing solution that fully integrates voice, video, and Web conferencing capabilities.
TBWA\Chiat\Day wanted a reliable network and a dedicated partner with expertise in Unified
Communications and Wireless Networking. They turned to NetXperts, Inc., a Cisco Silver Partner
with advanced certification in all unified communications, wireless networking infrastructure, and
security, and headquartered in San Ramon, CA. NetXperts had worked with TBWA\Chiat\Day on
several major projects over the past years with successful implementations and on-time delivery of
past projects.
Communications and Wireless Networking. They turned to NetXperts, Inc., a Cisco Silver Partner
with advanced certification in all unified communications, wireless networking infrastructure, and
security, and headquartered in San Ramon, CA. NetXperts had worked with TBWA\Chiat\Day on
several major projects over the past years with successful implementations and on-time delivery of
past projects.
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The NetXpert team embarked on the new project by conducting a thorough site survey using
Airmagnet and Cisco Spectrum Analysis tools to identify potential interference problems and
optimize the network infrastructure to support delay-sensitive applications such as voice. Cisco
Spectrum Analyzer supports real-time spectrum intelligence to detect, classify, and locate non Wi-
Fi sources of RF interference in the unlicensed 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz bands. Quickly detecting and
mitigating RF interference improves coverage, capacity, quality of service, and security of the
wireless network. “Our primary concerns were the amount of metal in the building and the shape of
the facility as well as interferences from a multitude of wireless devices and microwaves,” says
Airmagnet and Cisco Spectrum Analysis tools to identify potential interference problems and
optimize the network infrastructure to support delay-sensitive applications such as voice. Cisco
Spectrum Analyzer supports real-time spectrum intelligence to detect, classify, and locate non Wi-
Fi sources of RF interference in the unlicensed 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz bands. Quickly detecting and
mitigating RF interference improves coverage, capacity, quality of service, and security of the
wireless network. “Our primary concerns were the amount of metal in the building and the shape of
the facility as well as interferences from a multitude of wireless devices and microwaves,” says