'Smart Wi-Fi' Innovator Believes Forthcoming Wi-Fi Standard is Ideally

    Suited for Enterprises as High Speed Backhaul within a Wireless Mesh



    SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruckus Wireless announced

today that co-founder and CTO Bill Kish, one of the original developers of

the company's patented "smart Wi-Fi" technology, will participate in a

panel discussion on 802.11n in the enterprise at Interop New York next

week.

    Kish will offer a different take on how enterprises can deploy the next

iteration of the Wi-Fi standard. Because of the initial cost and inherent

complexity of the technology, Kish will discuss its use for backhauling

802.11g traffic within a wireless mesh as a practical way for enterprises

to capture the performance benefits the technology offers.

    "802.11n represents a huge leap forward for the industry, but will take

a while to be digested by the market," said Bill Kish, Chief Technology

Officer at Ruckus Wireless. "While 802.11n is being quickly integrated into

client devices, we believe its initial appeal within the enterprise will be

as a high performance backhaul mechanism within an indoor wireless mesh

infrastructure."

    Much the way gigabit Ethernet was initially deployed as a way to

backhaul fast Ethernet traffic within wired networks, 802.11n is ideal to

provide high speed wireless links using the 5 GHz band to aggregate 802.11g

client traffic within the 2.4 GHz band.

    Wi-Fi acceptance and adoption has traditionally been driven by rapidly

declining price points. With 802.11n chipsets currently priced at five

times the cost of 802.11g chips, it will be a while before the technology

is deployed in a mainstream fashion. "Using it as a way to backhaul traffic

with 802.11g clients is something businesses can do now to improve

performance without a huge expense," said Kish.

    As part of the panel, Kish will also dispel some of the myths

surrounding 802.11n, such as its ability to consistently deliver 100 Mbps

everywhere; flawlessly handle video streams and other high-bandwidth

applications; mitigate interference and eclipse 802.11g as the de facto

wireless client access mechanism.

    Kish continued: "802.11n is the wireless LAN standard for the next

decade. Still, the technology has limitations that are not always

accurately portrayed such as the impact of interference and the myriad

parameters that must be dynamically tuned to achieve the best performance."

    The 802.11n standard is significantly more complex than current 802.11

a/b/g protocols. It introduces a new range of parameters which will have a

dramatic impact on performance but require non-trivial control algorithms

and system engineering to achieve its full potential.

    Multiple simultaneous spatial streams and increased interference make

802.11n systems more susceptible to performance fluctuations. "With

appropriate enhancements to address reliability and coverage, 802.11n will

eventually become a wire replacement, and will be the standard wireless

technology for the foreseeable future," concluded Kish

    The Interop panel, titled "802.11n: It's Here" will take place Tuesday,

October 23 at 11:00 a.m. at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, and will be

moderated by Michael Miller of Ziff Brothers Investments and former

editorial director of PC Magazine.

    About Ruckus Wireless, Inc.

    Based in Sunnyvale, California, Ruckus Wireless is a next-generation

Wi-Fi company credited with pioneering "Smart Wi-Fi" technology. Named a

2007 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, Ruckus Wireless was

formed in 2004 at Sequoia Capital. The company designs, develops and

markets industrial-strength Wi-Fi systems that provide reliable

distribution of delay-sensitive multimedia content and services over

standard 802.11 technology. Its flagship product, ZoneFlex, is the first

wireless LAN system to combine the best in centralized wireless LAN

principles with state-of-the-art Wi-Fi advances such as smart antenna

arrays and wireless meshing. Its MediaFlex line of multimedia wireless

routers is used by more than 125 broadband operators around the world to

extend digital services such as IPTV throughout the home without wires. The

company's patented hardware and software technologies deliver predictable

performance, extended range and real-time adaptability to changing Wi-Fi

environments. The company has raised approximately $32 million in financing

from premier venture capital investors, consumer electronics companies and

broadband operators such a Motorola, T-Ventures, Telus, Sutter Hill

Ventures, Mitsui, Sequoia and others. Ruckus Wireless is led by President

and CEO Selina Lo. For more information, visit the company's Web site at

http://www.ruckuswireless.com.