CTS 180: Our Expectations for Mobility Field Day 4

From Clear To Send: Wireless Network Engineering Rowell Dionicio and François Vergès

Mobility Field Day offers the opportunity for vendors to present what they have been working on in front of a group of talented delegates. It usually generates really good conversations and interactions.

This year, Mobility Field Day will be taking place in Silicon Valley from August 14th to August 16th . The event is organized by a company called Gestalt IT.

Event website: https://techfieldday.com/event/mfd4/

Mobility Field Day

List of Delegates

* Dave Benham – @BaldWiFiGuy* Haydn Andrews – @TheWLAN* Jake Snyder – @JSnyder81* Jennifer Minella – @jjx* Jonathan Davis – @SubNetwork* Keith Parsons – @KeithParsons* Lee Badman – @WiredNot* Manon Lessard – @Mae149* Sam Clements – @Samuel_Clements* Scott Lester – @theITrebel* Tim Dennehy – @JustDoWiFi* François Vergès – @VergesFrancois

List of Companies Presenting

* Aruba HPE* Cisco Systems* Metageek* Mist Systems (Juniper)* Secret Company

Note: we didn’t talk about Cisco on the show since we recorded this episode before we knew that they were going to be presenting.

Our Overall Expectations

* Talks around Wi-Fi 6 and its implementation* Talks around AI* Talks around ways to ease the monitoring and configuration of Wi-Fi networks* Hear about new products and solutions

Expectations from Aruba (HPE)

* Presentation of their Wi-Fi 6 APs* Hope to see some demos and see OFDMA in action (we have seen in on twitter) https://twitter.com/OguzhanEren802/status/1149378074309472256* Would love to hear about real-world deployments* Talks around the cloud-based solution* They released a new version of Aruba Central recently* It would be nice to hear more about it* Maybe talks around security* Clearpass to secure IOT* Clearpass to provide more visibility

Expectations from Cisco

* Presentation of their new Catalyst Wireless controller: C9800-L* Here is a video from wise TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=7nzBFhNZ1WE* Presentation of a new Wi-Fi 6? We know that they are working on the Aironet 3800 series equivalent. They might be ready to announce them* Talk around Wi-Fi 6* They just release their new controller code supporting OFDMA: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/9800/16-12/release-notes/rn-16-121-9800.html#id_102180* Talk around WPA3

Expectations from Fortinet

* Don’t really know what to expect from Fortinet.* Maybe they will come with something new?* Will we be talking about Single Channel Archit...