in place, the team didn’t have the luxury of taking APs down or changing plans midstream. The design had to be meticulously planned and thoroughly vetted before a single piece of equipment went in.
To ensure the entire project went seamlessly from start to finish, PC Connection’s experts collaborated closely with specialists from the Cisco Professional Services Team. “As a Gold Partner, we work tightly with Cisco on a lot of projects,” said Paul Carignan, Systems Engineer at PC Connection. “Their team was great to work with.” PC Connection’s investment in Cisco technologies, including a longstanding partnership, hundreds of hours of training, and dozens of certifications, ensured members of both organizations knew how to work together to best achieve the customer’s goals.
CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES
Working on the high level design together, the PC Connection and Cisco team carefully planned the location of more than 280 Cisco 3600 and 3700 Series Enterprise APs to maximize coverage without impacting the aesthetics of the arena. One of the toughest challenges was to provide Wi-Fi service in the lowest level of the bowl, right along the rink-side seats. The team came up with the creative idea of placing some of the APs inside the side walls of the hockey rink itself—an industry first innovation. The walls, known as dasher boards, kept the APs out of sight and protected them from harm with construction built to withstand body checks from professional hockey players. Combined with APs placed around the perimeter of the upper bowl, attached to the scoreboard, and hidden inside the basketball goal posts, the layout ensured Wi-Fi coverage throughout the stadium no matter what type of event was taking place.
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