Cisco Cisco Aironet 1522 Lightweight Outdoor Mesh Access Point 情報ガイド
Customer Case Study
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The next step was finding a vendor who could offer a cost-effective, reliable, high-performance
wireless network solution that public safety and public works employees would find easy to use
and beneficial.
Denver and Oliver decided to try out Cisco’s new Outdoor Wireless Mesh Networking Solution.
Outdoor wireless mesh is a relatively new technology that is attractive to municipalities because of
its lower cost, ease of expandability, and management and mobile application support. Denver, a
longtime Cisco Systems
®
customer, says Cisco worked hard to make sure that the product met
their requirements.
The City of Lebanon’s wireless mesh network consists of 71 sturdy, compact Cisco Aironet 1500
Series lightweight access points that easily mount to streetlights and are specifically designed to
withstand harsh weather conditions and to self-heal in response to interference or outages. With
potentially life-saving information traversing the network, the highly resilient mesh network and
rugged access point design were key selling points. The network’s self-healing capabilities also
significantly reduce field maintenance costs.
The access points deliver reliable, high-capacity bandwidth to support video and graphics
applications for public safety and public works employees in the field. Municipal traffic is securely
separated from public traffic and flows from PEAK’s facilities over a private link to Lebanon’s city
hall offices.
The city of Lebanon owns the wireless mesh network infrastructure and, through PEAK, offers 10
hours per month free wireless Web access to anyone with Wi-Fi capability within the city limits.
The ISP pays the town a franchise fee for the right to sell higher bandwidth and support wireless
service packages to residential and business customers, so over time Lebanon will recoup a
sizable percentage of its upfront equipment investment and be able to fund expansion plans.
Freed from telephone company dependency, PEAK has complete control over its infrastructure
and the services that it provides. “We can truly differentiate ourselves as a locally owned and
operated service provider,” says Denver. Cisco’s intuitive, easy-to-use centralized graphical
management interface controls security and wireless radio frequency coverage for the entire
network, which helps keep PEAK’s technical support costs competitive. PEAK sees this first
wireless mesh installation with Lebanon as an opportunity to refine their solution and quickly
expand their wireless mesh services throughout the state.
Business Results
Thanks to a visionary town council, resourceful IT manager, and creative local service provider,
Lebanon has a reliable, citywide wireless network for minimal cost outlay. “We are a small
community without a lot of financial resources,” Hitt says. “Working with a private sector service
provider and Cisco, we can provide wireless services to visitors, residents, and city workers for far
less than if we had undertaken it on our own.”
“Working with a private sector service provider and
Cisco, we can provide wireless services to visitors,
residents, and city workers for far less than if we had
undertaken it on our own.”
Cisco, we can provide wireless services to visitors,
residents, and city workers for far less than if we had
undertaken it on our own.”
—John Hitt, Lebanon City Manager