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STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY EXPANDS CAMPUS WI-FI ACCESS
USING VIVATO BASE STATIONS
University Admired for Technological Innovation Finds Vivato
to be Most Cost Effective for Older Buildings and Large Spaces
San Francisco, California - June 21, 2004 - Vivato, a leading
provider of wireless networking equipment, announced today that
Stevens Institute of Technology, one of the country's leading technological
universities, has tested and deployed Vivato's Wi-Fi equipment,
replacing 30 conventional wireless access points.
Stevens Institute of Technology, a test bed for cutting-edge technology,
has installed one Vivato base station in its campus library and
another Vivato base station atop the roof of the tallest building
on campus to provide students with wireless access to the Internet.
Stevens provides undergraduate students with 802.11b-enabled laptops
and manages the wireless network for 2,100 registered wireless users.
"From a network management view, Vivato's equipment is much
more cost-effective than traditional access points because one base
station covers such an enormous area," said Chris Hose, Director
of Network, Telecommunications & Video, Stevens Institute of
Technology. "Campus hot zones increase the benefit of using
laptops as a study tool."
In Stevens' Samuel C. Williams Library and Computer Center, one
Vivato VP1200 Indoor Wi-Fi Base Station offers ubiquitous 802.11b
coverage throughout the building. The layout of the building, with
three stories of densely packed book stacks, posed a challenge for
deployment of a wired or conventional wireless network. By mounting
a single Vivato base station inside the library on the second floor,
students can access the school's wireless network from anywhere
in the building.
Across campus from the library, a Vivato VP1200 Outdoor Wi-Fi Base
Station is installed on the roof of the Wesley J. Howe Center, which,
at fifteen-stories, is the tallest structure on campus. From that
location, the Vivato base station brings Wi-Fi to the university's
outside campus, as well as buildings, including some dormitories.
The signal also reaches several blocks out into the streets of Hoboken
allowing wireless access to students, faculty, and staff who reside
off campus.
The university is using the Vivato base stations to test security
applications and to help campus security officers track other security
vehicles by combining wireless, cellular and mapping technologies.
"The Vivato deployment at Stevens Institute of Technology
further demonstrates Vivato's unique suitability to provide the
most cost-effective solution for large coverage deployments at universities,"
said Kevin Ryan, vice president of
marketing and business development at Vivato. "The testing
and analysis
conducted at Stevens also illustrates Vivato's versatility in supporting
security applications, not just on campuses, but also for cities
and towns, or in hotels, warehouses and airports."
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Established in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology offers baccalaureate,
masters and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science,
management and technology management, as well as a baccalaureate
in the humanities and liberal arts and in business and technology.
The university, located directly across the Hudson River from New
York City, has a total enrollment of about 1,700 undergraduates
and 2,600 graduate students. Additional information may be obtained
from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
About Vivato
Vivato is a provider of networking equipment for complete wireless
broadband solutions. Vivato's technology is based upon an innovative
smart antenna and signal processing. Vivato's unique system architecture
enables cost-effective, large-scale indoor and outdoor wireless
deployments at hotels, airports, seaports, warehouses, universities
and in cities and towns. Vivato is headquartered in San Francisco,
with a research and development center in Spokane, Wash. For more
information, please visit www.vivato.net
or call 214-264-1001.
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