Use Case 5 Design Example: Leaf Ap In A Mesh Cloud - Meru Networks AP110 Deployment Manual

Use Case 5 Design Example: Leaf AP in a Mesh Cloud

Some hotel infrastructures prevent installing an Ethernet drop in each room; the available
Ethernet drops might be limited for each floor. The alternate Wi-Fi solution might not be
reliable and pervasive across the property. In outdoor hospitality venues within the same
premises, it is difficult to extend the wiring for an access point in areas like pools, open lawns,
and so on. Many hotels, convention centers, resorts, and cruise ships are choosing mesh
nodes that can quickly and easily create a wireless mesh network, eliminating the need for a
traditional wired Ethernet backhaul. The mesh network use case is also applicable in any
scenarios where expected client density is low and no bandwidth-intensive applications need
to be run over the wireless network.
Figure 14 illustrates a hotel floor in which there are rooms that have no cable drops to provide
Internet connections. By providing an in-room AP with mesh backhaul, the wireless coverage
is extended, and additional wired devices can also be attached.
Figure 14: In-Room Mesh AP
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