Ruckus Wireless 802.11n Smart Mesh Networking Wins NXTcomm Eos Award for Excellence in Networking Technology Innovation

SUNNYVALE, CA, June 2, 2008 – Ruckus Wireless announced today that it was named a NXTcomm Eos Award winner for its pioneering 802.11n smart mesh networking technology. Selected for excellence in technology innovation in the Access Networking category, Ruckus and its Smart Wi-Fi meshing technology will be recognized at the NXTcomm 2008 conference June 16-19 in Las Vegas.

The Ruckus smart mesh networking technology, announced in April of this year, enables enterprises to deploy extensive wireless LANs (WLANs) in half the time at half the cost, and get three times the performance of typical WLANs.

Smart mesh networking extends patented Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi technology to enable a new class of simple yet robust WLANs that self-organize, self-optimize, and self-heal; and eliminate complex, labor-intensive RF planning and costly, inconvenient cabling to every Wi-Fi access point (AP). Combined with the award-winning Ruckus ZoneFlex 802.11n access point, a smart mesh networking WLAN offers unprecedented performance, coverage and capacity scaling, paving the way to ubiquitous enterprise mobility.

"This year's Eos winners demonstrated the best and most promising advancements to the network-enabled voice, video and data ecosystem," said Wayne Crawford, NXTcomm Executive Director. "We congratulate Ruckus Wireless for its leadership, innovation and role in driving our industry forward."

"We developed our smart mesh networking technology to change the economics of wireless LAN deployment, making it possible for companies to utilize a high-capacity, high-performance wireless network at a fraction of the cost of traditional WLAN systems," said Selina Lo, president and CEO of Ruckus Wireless. "We're happy to receive the Eos award, which is important validation of the price-performance benefits our combined Smart WLAN system and smart mesh networking technology bring to the industry, and which recognizes Ruckus' unique focus on making Wi-Fi more reliable – a distinct advantage on which we've built our reputation."

Smart Mesh Networking: Reliable Wi-Fi without Wires

A software upgrade for the Ruckus ZoneDirector family of WLAN controllers, Ruckus smart mesh networking simplifies the deployment of wireless LANs by eliminating the requirement to run Ethernet cables to every Wi-Fi access point.

Unlike any other wireless meshing alternative, Ruckus smart mesh networking was designed for simplicity and performance. In a matter of minutes administrators can easily enable smart mesh networking through a point-and-click graphical user interface (GUI) on the Ruckus ZoneDirector. APs are automatically configured and managed by the ZoneDirector. Network provisioning, optimization and RF tuning are also automatic. Administrators can place smart mesh access points where needed and simply walk away.