Is Your Wireless Network Industrial Strength?

It’s time to call the wireless communications systems in use in your industrial facilities on the carpet.

Here’s why: When it comes to wireless communications, most industrial environments are three to five years behind the carpeted space.

After years of focusing heavily on corporate office and branch WLANs, many organizations are surprised at what they’re finding when they look to leverage today’s advanced mobility tools beyond the carpeted space.

They’re discovering that while they’ve been concentrating elsewhere, their industrial wireless communications needs have both substantially grown and radically
changed, to the point where existing networks and traditional approaches will no longer support the operational performance that is required to thrive in a changing market.

As you examine your current industrial wireless system, or plan a new or upgraded network, it’s crucial to understand the specific challenges you will face and the capabilities your network will need to provide to overcome them.

Thoughtful and thorough answers to these five questions will help you ensure that your wireless network is truly industrial strength:

1. Can your WLAN support reliable mobile connectivity in a complex and dynamic environment?
2. Can your network support a plethora of consumer and industrial strength devices?
3. Can your industrial network deliver the optimum amount of bandwidth for each voice, data and video application?
4. Do you have the tools and/or resources to monitor and manage your industrial wireless network and devices in real time?
5. Can you deploy a unified corporate-wide WLAN optimized for both carpeted and industrial environments?