![]() ![]() It fully leverages existing investments in Wi-Fi infrastructure to enable consistent guest experiences across multiple sites while also improving analytics by increasing the proportion of visitors associated with the local network. To the enterprise, Aruba Air Pass provides a hassle-free, cost-effective, neutral host resolution of indoor cellular coverage gaps. The value of Aruba Air Pass to enterprises and mobile network operatorsĪruba Air Pass develops a mutually beneficial model for the relationships between enterprises and mobile operators. Because Aruba Air Pass opens a communication link between the mobile operator and the local enterprise network, it can also overcome a major gap in Wi-Fi Calling by giving operators visibility of the location and quality of the local network connections, allowing them to make more intelligent, closed-loop decisions when handing over between cellular and Wi-Fi coverage areas. To this, Aruba Air Pass adds a globally-accessible, secure authentication hub to aggregate and scalably manage control-plane signaling between participating venues and mobile operator partners, design guides for Aruba customer deployments to ensure adequate local resource provisioning and a positive guest experience, and pre-negotiated roaming agreements with mobile operators. However, while the individual components have reached a critical mass, the absence of scalable mechanisms to create and manage complex roaming relationships and to convey authentication information among the many thousands of individual enterprise venues and scores of relevant mobile network operators has hindered support for Passpoint in private enterprise networks.Īruba Air Pass leverages the Passpoint profiles and cellular credentials already pre-installed or pushed by mobile network operators, the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint infrastructure equipment already installed in Aruba’s enterprise customer venues, and an existing ecosystem for inter-operator authentication. Aruba infrastructure equipment has long been Passpoint certified. Passpoint® is supported by major North American operators, a growing number of operators globally, and all major mobile handset manufacturers. Mobile phones with operator-issued Passpoint profiles are constantly on the lookout for Passpoint-capable Wi-Fi networks. Passpoint is a certification program of the Wi-Fi Alliance and the foundation of the Wireless Broadband Alliance’s Next Generation Hotspot interoperability initiative. But Wi-Fi Calling depends upon first finding and getting onto a Wi-Fi network. In fact, Wi-Fi Calling works so well that its adoption virtually eliminated the market for in-home femtocells. ![]() It is widely supported by over 150 mobile network operators in 47 countries worldwide and is well-established as an effective mechanism for filling cellular coverage gaps indoors. Wi-Fi Calling is mechanism for placing and receiving cellular calls and text messages over a Wi-Fi internet connection. Unlocking the full potential of Passpoint and Wi-Fi CallingĪs technologies, Passpoint and Wi-Fi Calling have both been around for a long time and enjoy widespread support among mobile network operators. Transforming this relationship is both an essential near-term aspect of Aruba Air Pass and foundational to its long-term strategic objectives. ![]() But it also marks the beginning of a new kind of relationship between private enterprises and mobile network operators. With Aruba Air Pass, subscribers of any participating mobile network will enjoy seamless and secure guest access to Wi-Fi networks in all participating enterprise venues.Īruba Air Pass marks an end to indoor cellular coverage gaps, an end to insecure open guest networks, and an end to the friction and hassle of manually hunting for Wi-Fi networks and jumping through the hoops of captive portals. Built on the technical foundations of Passpoint ® and Wi-Fi Calling, Aruba Air Pass creates a roaming network across the Aruba enterprise customer footprint, extending cellular coverage and enhancing visitor and subscriber experience. This week, we announce Aruba Air Pass, a new service to automatically and securely authenticate guests with public cellular network credentials on private enterprise Wi-Fi networks. This content was originally published on the Aruba Networks blog.Īruba Air Pass brings seamless cellular roaming to private enterprise networks with pre-negotiated operator agreements and a globally-accessible, secure authentication hub. ![]()
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