Airespace ''Unwires'' HP Pavilion for San Jose Sharks' 2003-2004 Season.Sports Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2003 Airespace, Inc. today announced that it has completed the deployment of the Airespace Wireless enterprise platform at HP Pavilion at San Jose Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference . With the Airespace solution, all guests in the arena's Concourse and Penthouse penthouse Enclosed area on top of a building. A penthouse can be an apartment on the roof or top floor of a building or a structure on the roof housing the top of an elevator shaft, air-conditioning equipment, or stairs leading to the roof. level executive suites will have Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) access to the Internet. Attendees now have the ability to check news and statistics, communicate with other fans, surf the web, and download email via any 802.11-enabled device. The Airespace system also enables corporate-owned suites to become a remote extension of the business enterprise, providing a virtual office for the handling of key business activities. Silicon Valley Sports & Entertainment (SVS&E), the proprietor of HP Pavilion at San Jose, chose the Airespace solution last April as the foundation upon which it could support the convergence of voice and data applications throughout the arena. Airespace was selected from a crowded field of WLAN players for its unique RF management capabilities and exceptional scalability. "We wanted to support several hundred simultaneous WLAN users with zero manual intervention," said Frank Frasula, Systems Administrator at SVS&E. "Only Airespace had the real-time RF management capabilities that made this possible." SVS&E deployed Airespace appliances in the Pavilion's wiring closet The central distribution or servicing point for cables in a network. See MDF and wire center. to provide RF management, security, and mobility across the entire facility and Airespace 1200 APs in each of the 64 suites for maximum throughput and coverage. The entire network leverages Airespace's AireWave Director(TM) Software for real-time RF intelligence, creating a self-configuring, self-healing, and self-optimizing wireless environment. About Airespace, Inc. Airespace is a market leader in the design and development of wireless networking See wireless network. platforms that support business-critical applications. The company's AireWave Director(TM) Software provides dynamic RF intelligence for network optimization, air-tight security, seamless mobility, and support for real-time applications, such as voice. With Airespace, enterprises can maximize the value of mobility by putting the air space to work. For more information on Airespace and its products, visit www.airespace.com or call 408-635-2000. |
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