Wi-Co Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Bringing the Herd Together
VENUE
September 24th 2026
9:00 - 17:00
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1100 E 9th St, Cleveland, OH 44114, United States
Tickets
General Admission 9am-5pm
General Admission & Wi-Co’s Pink Floyd The Wall Cocktail Party 9am-7pm
Wi-Co’s Pink Floyd The Wall cocktail party is sponsored by Laketec
Laketec is a leading technology provider serving customers in Northern Ohio and throughout the U.S. since 1989.
Specializing in the areas of Voice, Network, and Cloud, we provide our customers with truly turnkey solutions that include consulting, Design, Project Management, Installation, Training, and Support.
SPONSORS
SPEAKERS
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Wireless Network Engineers in modern enterprise have to look beyond Wi-Fi to connect the devices of the future. Let's discuss options and strategy.
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Language is important. The words we use carry meaning.
I believe we need to stop using the term CCI as it is damaging our industry. In this session I will explain why.
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Wi-Fi surveys are widely used to guide design, validation, and troubleshooting decisions — but what do they actually represent? In this session, we’ll break down what common Wi-Fi survey methods capture, where assumptions can creep in, and how survey mechanics influence the resulting data. We’ll explore differences between static and mobile measurement approaches, how form factor and operator movement shape survey outcomes, and why certain datasets align better with real-world client behavior than others. The goal isn’t perfection — it’s understanding the strengths and limits of the data we rely on.
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Let's step beyond the marketing hype and take a look at the real capabilities of Wi-Fi HaLow/802.11ah range and throughput testing. In this talk, I'll present a brief intro to Wi-Fi HaLow and some common use cases followed by a case study of range, data rates and TCP/UDP throughput tests. If time permits, maybe we can also present some data on battery life in various scenarios.
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Quick overview of LPI vs SP followed by Lab analysis of 6CD Dual Clients.
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For over 25 years, Wi-Fi has been woven into the fabric of how we communicate, work, learn, and experience the world around us. In this session, David Coleman explores what lies ahead, from Wi-Fi 8 and Enhanced Broadcast Services to Wi-Fi sensing and the growing role of AI in shaping how networks are designed, operated, and experienced. As AI advances at a pace most companies can barely keep up with—and begins reshaping society in real time—wireless networking is becoming far more adaptive, intelligent, and strategically important. The real opportunity is not just better wireless, but unlocking the Art of the Possible—redefining what can be achieved as connectivity, context, and intelligence begin to converge.
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Wi-Fi has evolved from autonomous APs to controllers to the cloud, but the next leap is even bigger. The Agentic Age is defined by open data, AI flexibility, and a shift of intelligence and portions of the control plane toward the edge, where decisions can happen faster and closer to the moment of need. This session explores how Wi-Fi is becoming a platform not just for connectivity, but for operational insight, automation, and real business advantage
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Security realities in 2026 (and how scary is this quantum thing really?)
We will review where we are with security in 2026:
We have transition mode, transition disable, and CSNA Suite-B.
We've got SAE and SAE-PK.
We are getting Wi-Fi 7 MLO and now Wi-Fi 8 around the corner.
Finally we have quantum computing on the horizon - let's get to the bottom of Post Quantum Computing. How scary is it really?
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come join me on a journey of WiFi testing. From EVM measurement, spectral regrowth and other physical layer metrics and how affect the user experience to L2 testing of RvRvO, maximum capacity testing and other test that defines the performance of the MAC layer and the HW capabilities.
L3 and L4 testing that expose issues with latency, jitter and buffer bloat, or how the packet processor of an AP or STA handles forwarding various packet sizes and data streams.
All the up the OSI stack to test application performance through L5-L7 layers. This is the type of testing that help benchmark APs and clients provide you with 360 view on candidate devices to choose the right one (technically and financially) for your deployment.
This type of comprehensive testing has historically exclusively meant for large companies who build their products and have millions to spend on labs. Not anymore we are brings those tests to Enterprise world with passion and creativity to help implementers make the right decision when choosing their next HW or wireless network administrator to run deep live tests on their networks that like capacity or roaming testing and discover deep insight about their wireless network that the passive site survey walk have missed them.
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Most organizations have a growing collection of AI capabilities that don't talk to each other. Each delivers value in isolation, but the whole remains far less than the sum of its parts. This session shows how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) breaks down those walls by establishing an open standard for connecting models to tools, data, and each other - turning isolated tools into interoperable systems where models, data, and humans work in concert.
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Discuss what goes into designing, building, and qualifying enterprise access points, and why not all APs are equal. We'll take apart an AP, look inside, and uncover how the components work together to deliver reliable Wi-Fi.
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We tell new engineers to lab every day, but nobody teaches them how. Enterprise APs? Easy. The backend infrastructure that runs VLANs, DHCP, firewalls, RADIUS, and VPN? That's where everyone gets stuck. I know, because that's exactly where I got stuck. So I spent three years building a twenty-seven lab guide that puts all of it on a single router that costs less than a decent night out, then took that same platform to MWC Barcelona and ran real production booth infrastructure on it. I'll show you why I built it, what I learned, and let you hit the live demo from your phone so you can see what one router and a USB stick can actually do.