By: Chuck Lukaszewski, Vice President and Chief Wireless Technologist at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.The network edge, especially mobile access, remains an area of focus for network planners as applications and communications continue to not only proliferate, but require improved security, performance, and resiliency. Today’s enterprises operate multiple radio access networks (RANs) to meet specific business requirements.  For example, manufacturing plants increasingly deploy Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and private cellular on the assembly line, working together to connect an incredibly diverse range of endpoints.An automotive assembly line may have hundreds of Bluetooth and Zigbee connected smart tools that store information about each car as it moves down the line, while the car itself is active on the Wi-Fi network downloading firmware to various car subsystems. Meanwhile, Wi-Fi is used to connect cameras performing optical quality inspection and supporting ruggedized mobile data terminals used by employees.To read this article in full, please click her
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