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Mayo to Test 802.11n Technology


May 12, 2008


Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic plans to test wireless network technologies using the yet to be approved 802.11n standard. The delivery system will evaluate the technology as part of an enterprisewide deployment of network technology from Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose, Calif.

The 802.11n wireless standard is projected to enable at least a 100 Mbps data exchange rate, which could be 50 times the rate of the common 802.11b standard. The Piscataway, N.J.-based Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has not yet approved the new standard, although the WiFi Alliance has certified the most recent version issued by the standards making body. Many vendors, including Cisco, have begun shipping technologies with the 802.11n draft 2.0.

Mayo will evaluate Cisco's 802.11n Aironet 1250 Series Access Points with its new wireless network from the vendor. The network includes more than 3,000 access points, controllers and other network technologies that are used by its 40,000 clinicians and staff across its three facilities. The provider runs various clinical applications and technologies on the network, including Voice over Internet Protocol phones, infusion pumps and pulse oximeters.

For more information, go to cisco.com.

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