Ruijie Networks Creates China's First Wireless Office Wi-Fi for "Medical Innovation Space"

In the "Precision Medicine Baccarat" public laboratory built by Jiangsu Innovent Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Innovent Pharmaceutical"), a group of experts are trying to use "translational medicine" to closely integrate laboratories and clinics to achieve interaction, accelerate the development of innovative drugs, and achieve precision medicine. As a typical example of a national makerspace, "Baccarat" not only has complete infrastructure, but also has a high-speed, open, secure, and easy-to-use wireless network, providing hundreds of pharmaceutical innovation companies with a first-class Wi-Fi experience.

Figure: Bird's-eye view of "Precision Medical Baccarat"

The pain of wireless deployment in “mass maker spaces”

Innovent Biologics is the first chemical and biological pharmaceutical company in mainland China to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In March 2014, Innovent Biologics' "Baijiahui" entrepreneurial community was officially launched. This drug R&D innovation model, which is similar to an incubator, adopts an open drug innovation platform, integrating R&D projects, R&D funds, and R&D talent resources. In three years, it has gathered hundreds of drug innovation companies and formed a complete drug R&D innovation ecosystem.

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Figure: Many businesses in the community

"Innovation" is the core of the makerspace. However, in the "Baijiahui" community, which has a construction area of ​​273,540 square meters and consists of four functional areas: office, R&D, apartment, and supporting facilities, traditional Wi-Fi deployment is "incapable" in the face of the rapid expansion of personnel, numerous applications, and flexible interactions in the makerspace.

First, the scale of the enterprises is growing abnormally, so the wireless network must have flexible expansion capabilities. For example, in an office area, the number of employees may grow from a few to dozens in just one month. It is impossible to reserve enough wired network ports in these areas, so wireless must be used to meet the full coverage and high-concurrency access problems caused by the expansion of personnel and centralized office.

Secondly, most of the companies settled in "Baijiahui" are innovative technology companies. Wireless office is the production network, and the wireless experience is directly related to the production efficiency of the company. At the same time, a large number of young employees who have multiple mobile terminals are mostly severely "network dependent". In addition, almost 100% of the makerspaces adopt the BYOD (bring your own office equipment) working method, and the categories of mobile terminals are even more diverse, including old wireless network cards that can only support 2.4G, new dual-band or even Wave2 network cards, as well as wireless printers, wireless projectors, wireless smart TVs, wireless medical equipment, etc., which poses a great challenge to the "inclusiveness" of Wi-Fi networks.

Third, there are at least 100 companies in the community, and the network covers a large area and has many customers. If we build our own network, it will inevitably cause a "signal interference storm." After Baijiahui builds a "paid service" wireless network, it needs to be responsible for the Wi-Fi experience of each company and must ensure that every user can get a thoughtful wireless security service.

Pioneer Office provides a "one-stop" solution

Based on the wireless network access needs of the "Baijiahui" Maker Space, Ruijie Networks recommended the "Pioneer Office" wireless network solution through on-site surveys and repeated communications, and ultimately won user recognition through its flexible scalability, powerful high-concurrency access performance, and "one-stop" optimization and operation and maintenance services.

Figure: Office environment of the maker space

In response to the change in the number of employees in "Baijiahui", Ruijie Pioneer Office Solution adopted the AP satellite expansion technology of "filling in the gaps". Through the dual-port expansion of RG-AP720-I "AP satellite" technology, the number of users and performance can be doubled, and the whole machine can reach 2.4Gbps, easily solving the experience problems of AP expansion and coverage blind spots. In addition, this product also supports the expansion of the Internet of Things module, providing experimental conditions for "Baijiahui" to develop and test medical Internet of Things equipment.

In addition, the Pioneer Office Solution also uses the industry's most advanced Pre-ax anti-interference technology, CorrectLink access technology, and AirReorder balancing technology, which ensures that the terminal accesses the nearest and idle AP while enabling the entire network to have anti-interference and multi-terminal service balancing functions. Most importantly, the Pioneer Office Solution can provide the best matching solution for various types of mobile terminals and wireless network cards of various performances, ensuring that every employee can enjoy a smooth Wi-Fi experience.

Figure: Experience overview and equipment status overview of a regional project

Scenario-based innovation makes it possible to continuously optimize wireless networks. Ruijie provides a "one-stop" intelligent service platform WIS from wireless delivery to operation and maintenance for the office spaces and various types of conference rooms of Innovent, starting from the physical layout, application scenarios, and bearer services, to easily solve problems such as "difficult deployment planning", "invisible wireless", and "difficult to achieve network optimization results".

Wi-Fi "good experience" meets the "rigid needs" of maker spaces

"Good Wi-Fi network experience" is a basic service of the entrepreneurship community and one of the key factors affecting the community's occupancy rate. Test results during peak hours show that 98% of users can enjoy a good network experience, watching ultra-clear videos without lag, smooth WeChat voice and video calls, and stable speed limits (downlink 8.14Mbps, uplink 15.51Mbps). The high-quality and worry-free wireless office network has not only won the recognition of the operator of Simcere Pharmaceuticals, but also met the needs of the companies settled in the network in various applications.

Figure: Actual measured internet speed at “Baijiahui” corporate office space

Chen, manager of senior infrastructure at Simcere Pharmaceuticals, said: "The video conferencing system we use for wireless network access has smooth communication with Shanghai and Hainan, ensuring the quality of the meeting. At the same time, six Ruijie RG-AP530s are deployed to provide coverage in the large conference room with more than 200 people, completely solving the problem of wireless network congestion in high-density access scenarios."

Mr. Ouwei Pharmaceutical said: "My two laptops, PAD and two mobile phones are all connected to this wireless office network at the same time, and the effect is much better than some office buildings and coffee shops outside. Not only is the access convenient and simple, but it is also stable and fast. Although many employees have wired interfaces on their desks, they basically don't use them because the wireless experience has fully met their needs."

The "Precision Medicine Baccarat" makerspace, built on the basis of networking and informatization, will open up a "simpler and more efficient" innovation path for future medical research and development through a good office Wi-Fi experience.