Network Communications News (NCN) April 2016 | Page 24

S P E C I A L F E AT U R E

wireless networks

Businesses are looking for mobile solutions to their business needs.

5: Mission Control
A symphony orchestra needs a
conductor to coordinate all the
instruments, and for the same reason a
Wi-Fi network needs a radio controller.
This can be a piece of software
installed on a separate appliance, or
even integrated into a AP itself, and
ensures all of the APs deployed on
your premises form a coherent and
effective network.

Tony Kelsall is a senior
solutions architect at
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
(ALE) and has worked for
the organisation since
September 2007. Tony
provides support to sales
specialists, business
partners and customers in
the data centre, enterprise
networking (LAN and
WAN) WLAN [