It's an interesting question. If .11ah comes out as part of the 11ac (or ax) APs, central management is mandatory. If they unleash stand-alone .11ah APs, that gets interesting, but would still need some form of coordination if the technology becomes popular.
Lee Badman | Network Architect Adjunct Instructor | CWNE #200 Information Technology Services 206 Machinery Hall 120 Smith Drive Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.3003 f 315.443.4325 e lhbad...@syr.edu<mailto:lhbad...@syr.edu> w its.syr.edu SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY syr.edu From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Gogan, James Patrick Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 8:09 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] institutional strategies for 802.11ah? Was wondering if any of you all (particularly the larger research universities) have or are planning to develop an institutional strategy for central management of 802.11ah technology deployments? Just curious -- Jim Gogan / ITS Communication Technologies UNC-Chapel Hill ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
