Comprehensive Answers to the "Why" of Wireless Mobility In this unique guide, Cisco wireless expert Neil Reid incorporates best practices from some of the most complex and challenging wireless deployments in the industry and provides an insider's view of the "why" of wireless mobility. The book discusses the critical need for today's wireless networks and how these systems are integral to education, healthcare, manufacturing, and other industries. Wireless Mobility looks beyond the technology and costs of wireless implementations, focusing on the long-term strategic advantages enabled by wireless mobile networks. Coverage includes: How wireless networks are used to derive maximum value from business operations Insights on the value of mobility from a CIO's perspective The essential role of wireless mobility in enabling virtualization Value propositions of wireless mobility in education and healthcare How wireless network assessments and IT mobility investments resolve critical business operational issues Using Optimal Project Sequencing to maximize value and reduce network deployments and maintenance costs Implementing finance strategies that maximize cash flow System integrator growth and mobility practice resilience Best practices for today's wireless deployments that enable next-generation mobility deployments Wireless mobility and intelligent buildings Ten key future trends in the wireless mobility industry
Author(s): Neil Reid
Edition: 1
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 320
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
1 Why Wireless?......Page 20
Mobility and Connectivity: The Doctor Is Out. And In......Page 22
The Exploding Number of Wireless Clients......Page 24
Unified Communications......Page 26
The Three Rs of Information......Page 28
Looking Back......Page 31
Mobility and Collaboration......Page 32
2 The Business of Untethering......Page 34
Changing Life from a Location to an Activity......Page 35
Commerce and Technology Are Tightly Linked......Page 36
Wireless Makes Distance Irrelevant......Page 37
The Faster Horse and Then Some......Page 38
The “Why” of Wireless......Page 39
Why Cost vs. Value......Page 40
Wireless for Doctors, Nurses, and Administrators......Page 44
Infrastructure......Page 45
A Wireless Inventory Solution......Page 48
Purpose and Use of Wireless Mobility......Page 50
A Nuclear Power Plant Experience: Increasing Business Velocity......Page 52
The Importance of Purpose......Page 53
Linking Operational Priorities and Network Capabilities......Page 55
3 Mobility and the CIO......Page 56
The CIO, Information Dominance, and IT......Page 57
Analytics Change the Trend......Page 58
Measuring the “Why”......Page 59
Intranets and the Internet......Page 61
Impact of Device Proliferation......Page 65
From Data Pipes to Analytical Potential......Page 66
Cash Flow and the Demand for ROI Specifics......Page 67
CIO Priorities......Page 69
Real-Time Business Analytics......Page 70
Predictive Analytics......Page 72
Collaboration Tools Break Down Group Silos......Page 77
Improving Operational Efficiency......Page 80
4 Virtualization and Mobility......Page 84
Virtual Meetings......Page 86
Agile Workforces......Page 88
Virtualization......Page 89
Business and Social Networks......Page 91
Workforce Mobility in Any Work Environment......Page 93
Social Networking and Mobility......Page 95
Borderless Networks......Page 97
5 Value Propositions and Success Metrics in Education and Healthcare......Page 100
Measuring Value and Success......Page 101
Measuring Vertical Solutions......Page 102
K-12 Education Value Propositions......Page 104
Higher Education Value Propositions......Page 111
Healthcare Priorities......Page 115
Healthcare Subvertical Overview......Page 116
Healthcare Value Propositions......Page 118
6 Wireless Network Assessments......Page 126
Network Assessments as Performance Predictors......Page 128
Bill of Materials or Multiyear Engagement?......Page 130
Assess Business Operational Priorities......Page 132
Assemble Mobility Resolution Metrics/ROI......Page 133
Plan Network Assessment with Customer......Page 134
Perform Network Assessment......Page 136
Present Assessment Report and Review......Page 140
Plan for Recurring Assessments and Next-Generation IT Investments......Page 145
7 Optimal Project Sequencing......Page 148
Nuclear Power Plant Design: Meet Customer Requirements......Page 150
Retailer: Gather Input from Facilities Managers......Page 152
Nuclear Submarine Fabrication Facility: Use the Locals......Page 154
Classified Aircraft Fabrication Facility: Consider Legacy Systems......Page 155
Muni Projects: Find the Money......Page 157
Quality Is Conformance to the Requirements......Page 159
Challenges of Nontechnical Project Elements......Page 160
Synthesis of Technical and Nontechnical......Page 162
Ratification of Functional Requirements by All Stakeholders......Page 163
Project Phasing Ratified by All Stakeholders......Page 164
Pre-deployment Audit to Verify RF Coverage Plan......Page 166
Deployment......Page 167
Final RF Node Adjustments......Page 168
Automated Maintenance and Management......Page 170
8 Finance Strategies for Wireless Mobility......Page 172
If It Matters, Meter It......Page 173
Financing Wireless Networks......Page 174
The Most Common Integrator Complaint......Page 177
Financing: The Path of Least Resistance......Page 178
Financing and Technology Refresh......Page 179
Mobility Equipment Refresh......Page 180
Financing and Homogeneous Systems......Page 181
Financing vs. Leasing Mobility Equipment......Page 182
Plan Cash Flow as Carefully as the WLAN Itself......Page 183
Financing as Strategy to Improve Business Operations......Page 185
Mobility and IT: The Pathway of Finance......Page 186
9 System Integrator—Mobility Practice Resilience......Page 188
Focus on What You Can Control......Page 190
Optimal Project Sequencing......Page 191
Mobility Network Assessments......Page 192
Precision Sales Guidance......Page 194
Summary......Page 209
10 Next-Generation Mobility......Page 210
802.11 and Other Wireless Standards......Page 211
Intelligent Buildings......Page 213
Usage......Page 214
Location-Based Services......Page 217
Designers, Deployment, and Maintenance Engineers......Page 218
RF Design and Site Survey Tooling......Page 219
Wireless Design Work......Page 220
Smart Antennas......Page 221
Cell Sizes......Page 222
Multispectrum, Multiprotocol Devices......Page 223
Designs and Increasingly Complex Services......Page 224
Clients and AP Pairings......Page 225
Link Role Flexibility in Clients......Page 226
Client-Centric Networks......Page 227
High-Speed Picocell Networks......Page 228
Audits (Site Surveys)......Page 230
Self-Defending and Self-Healing Networks......Page 232
Markets......Page 233
Technology Development......Page 234
The Future Is Bright......Page 235
11 Mobility and Intelligent Buildings......Page 236
Urbanization......Page 238
Technology Advances......Page 239
Asset Utilization......Page 240
Building Productivity......Page 241
Energy Consumption......Page 242
The Fourth Utility: Network Access......Page 243
Examples of Connectivity Solutions......Page 245
Financial Propositions......Page 247
Process and Policy Improvement......Page 250
People......Page 251
The Local Community......Page 252
12 Summary and Future Trends......Page 254
Profitability......Page 255
Zero Sum Talent Pool......Page 256
Bigger Bet, More Sales......Page 257
Looking Forward: Four Key Industry Elements......Page 258
Future Trends......Page 259
Policies May Become More Important than Technology......Page 260
System Integrator: From Box Integrator to Business Practice Partner......Page 261
IT Outsourcing......Page 263
Mobility Practice Choke Point: RF Designs......Page 264
Personal and Business Device Convergence......Page 265
Consolidation......Page 266
Smart Buildings......Page 267
Outcome-based Engagements......Page 268
A: Mobility Glossary......Page 270
A......Page 272
B......Page 274
C......Page 276
D......Page 279
E......Page 280
F......Page 281
G......Page 283
I......Page 284
L......Page 285
M......Page 287
N......Page 288
O......Page 289
P......Page 290
Q......Page 292
R......Page 293
S......Page 294
T......Page 295
W......Page 297
X......Page 298
B: Relevant Mobility Standards......Page 300
IEEE Overview......Page 301
802.11a......Page 302
802.11e......Page 303
802.11i......Page 304
802.20......Page 305
Allocated Frequencies......Page 306
Comparative Speeds and Ranges......Page 307
C: Key Mobility Groups and Information......Page 308
A......Page 310
C......Page 311
F......Page 312
I......Page 313
L......Page 314
N......Page 315
O......Page 316
P......Page 317
S......Page 318
V......Page 320
Z......Page 321
