T5 wireless progress
Aruba Networks, a global leader in wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, has announced that BAA has selected Aruba as its wireless LAN vendor of choice and has deployed Aruba’s wireless infrastructure throughout Heathrow’s Terminal 5.

Arup, BAA’s design consultant for Terminal 5 communication infrastructure, designed the secure wireless infrastructure to boost operational efficiency and support advanced mobile applications, from baggage handling to retail outlets, throughout the entire facility. “We selected Aruba as the corporate standard for BAA because it met the security, resilience, scalability and flexibility needs of large infrastructure deployments,” said Kevin Fallon, Commercial Leader, T5 Systems at BAA. Aruba has already provided hundreds of access points supported by multiple Multi-Service Mobility Controllers operating in a highly resilient and redundant design. The secure wireless LAN infrastructure will support both public access to the Internet, BAA’s own service offerings to organisations within Terminal 5 and British Airways' wireless lounge Internet access.