Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Indoor Navigation.

[Julian Y Koh]

> On Jun 18, 2018, at 08:16, Yahya M. Jaber  wrote:
> 
> What about the outdoor areas, do you have such?
> You use WiFi only?

We have some outdoor Wi-Fi coverage, but not pervasive.  



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RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Indoor Navigation.

[Yahya M. Jaber]

Thanks Julian,

What about the outdoor areas, do you have such?
You use WiFi only?

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Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Indoor Navigation.

> On Jun 18, 2018, at 04:38, Yahya M. Jaber  wrote:
>
> I just want to gather feedback from anyone who uses indoor navigation for 
> their campus, what is your feedback on your solution? What solution do you 
> use? What problems do you face?

We used the Meridian system from Aruba/HPE in our new business school building 
last year, and our engineering school did a limited pilot before that.  The 
system works in general, and Aruba support from the product team as always is 
excellent.  The particular challenges we face are:

1.) The system itself costs a fair bit of money, so customers need to do a lot 
of planning from a budgeting perspective.  I and others have been talking about 
alternative licensing models with Aruba, since the higher ed use case is 
definitely different from those of the original customer bases.

2.) The business school building specifically offered some unique challenges in 
terms of architecture.  There are huge open atriums and other spaces that lead 
to beacons being _too_ visible, which can occasionally confuse the device 
trying to do the triangulation.

3.) While the development environment is quite easy to pick up, customers need 
to account for development time, especially if external integrations need to be 
built in.  Just like #1, this adds to the necessary planning and resources that 
need to be brought to bear.

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Julian Y. Koh
Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services Northwestern 
Information Technology

2020 Ridge Avenue #331
Evanston, IL 60208
+1-847-467-5780
Northwestern IT Web Site: <http://www.it.northwestern.edu/> PGP Public Key: 
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Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Indoor Navigation.

[Julian Y Koh]

> On Jun 18, 2018, at 04:38, Yahya M. Jaber  wrote:
> 
> I just want to gather feedback from anyone who uses indoor navigation for 
> their campus, what is your feedback on your solution? What solution do you 
> use? What problems do you face?

We used the Meridian system from Aruba/HPE in our new business school building 
last year, and our engineering school did a limited pilot before that.  The 
system works in general, and Aruba support from the product team as always is 
excellent.  The particular challenges we face are:

1.) The system itself costs a fair bit of money, so customers need to do a lot 
of planning from a budgeting perspective.  I and others have been talking about 
alternative licensing models with Aruba, since the higher ed use case is 
definitely different from those of the original customer bases.

2.) The business school building specifically offered some unique challenges in 
terms of architecture.  There are huge open atriums and other spaces that lead 
to beacons being _too_ visible, which can occasionally confuse the device 
trying to do the triangulation.  

3.) While the development environment is quite easy to pick up, customers need 
to account for development time, especially if external integrations need to be 
built in.  Just like #1, this adds to the necessary planning and resources that 
need to be brought to bear.

-- 
Julian Y. Koh
Associate Director, Telecommunications and Network Services
Northwestern Information Technology

2020 Ridge Avenue #331
Evanston, IL 60208
+1-847-467-5780
Northwestern IT Web Site: 
PGP Public Key: 

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