Sure, some of your cell phones out there have a “data plan” where you have internet access when you need it.  Mobile phone manufacturers have phones on the market today that we described as “dual mode” cell phones.  These Dual Mode phones can automatically connect to your office’s wireless LAN when you walk into the building eliminating the use of your cell phone minutes!  You could be in the middle of a conversation leaving your car and walking into the building when your dual mode phone will automatically switch your call from “cellular” call using a tower connection to a “VOIP call over the WLAN without interruption!  Now this transition from Cellular to WLAN is only possible if your wireless LAN is truly rated for QOS (Quality of Service).  MERU’s Air Traffic Control system and QOS rated WLAN makes this happen.  Imagine 100’s of staff not using minutes but still taking advantage of true mobility!  MERU’s WLAN also clears the way for the elimination of the “desk phone” as your cell phone can become your only phone.      

Novarum (independent research group) reported 3 key differences between MERU’s 802.11N product and that of Cisco and Aruba.  The first significant difference was 40mbps more of throughput over MERU’s competitors.  Performance was usually above 170mbps beating the other guys’ by 40mbps.  The next thing they found was in the category of “Air Time Fairness” where MERU’s solution provided “fair and equitable access” to the 802.11N clients being served by the WLAN.  Airtime fairness is important because it’s how the signal is shared by different clients, both old school (b/g/a) and the new (N), and gives a sense of network stability in the eyes of the client (user).  The final standout in Novarum’s WLAN testing is in the category of “Toll Grade Voice”.  Neither Cisco or Aruba can match MERU’s performance in supporting voice applications at a toll grade voice level.  MERU’s product registers above a MOS score of 4.0 with high density, bi-directional voice and data traffic.  Interface Technologies’ AVAYA VOIP users and dual mode cell phone users require a WLAN system like MERU’s to provide toll quality voice performance.