The new 802.11n standard in wireless represents a fundamental shift in the wireless infrastructure we know today, delivering a dramatic boost in capacity and performance. N Wireless brings an entirely new era of enterprise mobility, moving toward a multi-service network that enables schools to operate at 300 megabits per second – up to six times faster than current wireless networks.

HP ProCurve’s Mobility Solution was designed from the ground up with the 802.11n standard in mind. The breadth in ProCurve’s wireless product portfolio gives customers a choice of solutions that support current a/b/g standards and the speed and security of 802.11n.

To deliver all the promises of the 802.11n, a new optimized WLAN architecture has evolved, featuring intelligent access points at the edge of the network to give schools the ability to easily scale performance. It is a non-blocking architecture capable of delivering full throughput with .11n access points. Each access point forwards network traffic independently, supporting 802.11n speeds and providing full performance benefits.

Many schools are looking for optimized wireless LAN solutions that provide a simple and cost-effective migration to 802.11n. HP ProCurve products and solutions are ready for 802.11n today and require one simple step – plug in an 802.11n access point and you are up and running. There are no changes to the PoE infrastructure, with access points that support PoE standards right out of the box. In addition, HP’s mobility solutions require no changes to the backbone network, since traffic is integrated into the wired network at the access point level thus eliminating the concern about network bottlenecks.