Hewlett Packard Aruba User Manual

AT A GLANCE

ENABLING A SAFER RETURN TO THE OFFICE

Advanced Network Telemetry for Integrated Contact Tracing

The way we think about the workplace has fundamentally	Power (BLE) telemetry. This provides a range of options
changed. As we consider a return to the physical office or	to implement contact tracing that works, largely based
campus, insight into who users are coming into contact with	on infrastructure and management frameworks that are
and where they are congregating is critical to understand. IT	already in place.
professionals are now being tasked with providing this insight	• Leveraging What you Have
on an ongoing basis and are challenged with accelerated time	Implementing a Contact Tracing strategy that leverages
lines for reopening, as well as limited budgets and resources.	existing infrastructure ensures a quick deployment,
	but also addresses challenges related to ongoing
KEY CONSIDERATIONS	manageability and hedges risks related to user
• Speed to Deployment	behavior. Aruba provides core Contact Tracing insight
Given aggressive timelines to return to physical	without the need for large investments in incremental
locations, implementing a contact tracing framework in	infrastructure, yet provides the ability to implement
a limited timeframe that delivers meaningful, actionable	advanced granularity and use cases with the addition of
information can be challenging. This is why Aruba	purpose-built hardware and a vast partner ecosystem of
is delivering two options for contact tracing using	compatible solutions
network telemetry from both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low

Location traced

Listing dwell time at various AP/building

locations for sick person

Contacts traced

(sorted by total contact minutes with each infected person)

Aruba APs listen for	Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
users, Wi-Fi devices, or	location data ingested and displayed in
Bluetooth tags	cloud-based dashboard

HR informed of potential sick person

Figure 1: Aruba uses both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy telemetry to perform contact and location tracing

SOLUTION COMPONENTS AND DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS

Aruba Access Points

Aruba APs use AI-powered RF optimization, rich user and app intelligence, dynamic segmentation and smart management options for improved user experiences, seamless cellular and Wi-Fi transitions, and SLA-grade application QoS.

APs support IoT devices running Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth, and third-party protocols. These capabilities make Aruba access points a powerful platform for providing contact and location-based telemetry using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), and sophisticated data analytics.

Aruba Central

With the addition of “Proximity Tracing” in Aruba Central, users can run a simple query based on a username or MAC address to see who has come into contact with a specific individual. This means correlating which users were associated with the same access point including how long they were in close proximity with a particular user. This capability leverages existing Aruba wireless infrastructure and Aruba’s ability to do intelligent location triangulation and provides granularity down to approximately 10M. This provides insight into which users were on the same floor or working in the same part of a particular physical location.

For customers who are using Aruba AirWave, Aruba provides the ability to export data into the Central dashboard or into popular third-party visualization tools such as PowerBI or Tableau.

ORDERING GUIDE

ENABLING A SAFER RETURN TO THE OFFICE

Aruba Meridian

Aruba’s leadership in location services has enabled powerful contact and proximity-oriented use cases. In addition to

the integrated Wi-Fi contact tracing capabilities provided in Central, Meridian works together with Aruba 300/500 series access points and Aruba Tags to provide even higher levels of location and proximity granularity and enable advanced use cases related to heat mapping and location analytics within a physical building or campus.

Aruba Tags

Aruba Tags are a key component of the Aruba Location Services portfolio. When used with the Meridian platform, these Tags enable granular contact and proximity tracing use cases, as well as broader physical asset tracking in both indoor and outdoor locations. Based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology (Bluetooth 4.0), Aruba Tags provide location data for each person or physical asset within the range of BLE-enabled access points within an organization’s Wi-Fi network, eliminating the need for a dedicated network of readers or observers.

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