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Esports for education and professional teams
Esports is massively popular, with the ability to attract more viewers than the Super Bowl! It’s also a multi-layered educational tool, bolstering inclusivity, student engagement, digital equity and STEM careers.
With an esports-ready network from CommScope RUCKUS®, you’ve got a digital playing field that supports every level of gaming—and any stage of expansion. Connect players, fans, parents, sponsors, alumni, partner schools and broadcasters—the more, the better. An esports-ready network is just part of how we support your greatest esports ambitions, including:
- Developing an esports curriculum development with STEM integration
- Linking pedagogy and esports gaming to spatial settings (flexible classrooms)
- Navigating public funding for esports and related technology
- Getting training and certifications for coaches
We’re sponsoring NASEF
NASEF is the leading non-profit for esports curriculum development and training. Together, we’re working to reach more students with STEAM learning and ensure your network is esports ready. Learn more
Esports-ready networks
RUCKUS management and security
In esports, performance is about more than just gaming speeds. RUCKUS provides all the tools you want for managing, optimizing and securing your network, including:
- Analytics
- Monitoring and troubleshooting
- Guest access
- Management reports
- Historical data
- Service validation for SLAs
- Cloud-managed and on-premises controllers
The same RUCKUS network that supports your digital curriculum can handle the intense demands of esports. No matter where you are in your planning—starting, expanding or upleveling—we’ve got the expertise and experience in esports to help you build an esports-ready network. Contact your local CommScope representative for more information:
estimated viewers worldwide by 2023
industry estimated by 2025
of internet users ages 16-24 are esports viewers
viewers for League of Legends championship
Education and professional teams
Higher education
A high-profile esports program can boost your reputation, recruitment and even revenue. Gaming attracts a lot of attention—from fans, faculty, the media, sponsors, alumni, and recruiters. Esports is also inclusive, drawing players from different backgrounds and areas of study. With your CommScope RUCKUS smart campus network, you’re ready for success—and a program that could expand beyond your wildest expectations. Learn more
Primary and secondary education
Esports can play a big part in digital equity, inclusivity, student engagement, and STEM career paths. Your school- and district-wide RUCKUS network handles the demands of an esports program. Gamers won’t be hampered by connection problems, latency or jitter—and gaming won’t disrupt digital learning. With your esports-ready CommScope RUCKUS network, you can keep growing—adding more teams and expanding participation from high schools to middle schools to elementary schools. Learn more
Professional teams
Championship teams require championship-level networks. CommScope RUCKUS networks provide the professional gaming and visitor experience that stadiums and arenas require, including ultra-high density wireless connectivity for tens of thousands of stadium fans, the speed and capacity of multi-gigabit switches, fiber-based backbones, management, security and analytics. We’re also an enthusiastic sponsor of the Philadelphia Fusion, a professional esports team that competes in the Overwatch League(OWL). Learn more
Funding for your esports programs
Helping you navigate funding for esports-related network technology
Some public funding programs for education may help you pay for technology improvements that will support your esports program.
Here’s an overview of public funding programs available, from the FCC’s E-Rate program to stimulus funding and more. Learn more
Watch this webinar on public funding for higher education and esports programs. Watch webinar
NASEF esports curriculum programs
Can your esports program help students develop a wide variety of STEM skills? Are there best practices for esports curriculum development? NASEF creates state-approved curricula for integrating STEM and esports for primary and secondary education.
Explore the CommScope Ruckus Network, NASEF and Skillshot Media collaboration. Learn more
Networking stadiums and arenas
We provide the technology for ultra-fast communications networks in stadiums and arenas, including venues that host professional esports tournaments. We connect visitors to the most advanced digital experiences, resources and amenities. From world-class fiber infrastructures to all-digital distributed antenna systems (DAS) and high-performance, high-density wireless, CommScope connects the world’s largest, tallest and most difficult-to-cover venues. Learn more
Featured resources
Collegiate esports: from fast startup to big impact
Esports is a big contributor to recruitment, reputation, and revenue. It’s an inclusive program that engages a broad audience beyond players and fans. Learn more about the advantages of esports, and how a CommScope network helps ensure a high-impact program.
The broad impact of Compton Unified School District’s esports program
In just three years, the Compton Unified esports program quadrupled in size. Esports has contributed to inclusivity, digital equity, STEM career paths and more. Learn how the district’s RUCKUS network helped ensure championship-level performance and smooth expansion across grades.
Esports is the new athletics
The popularity and growth of esports makes it a “must have” for your school. Your CommScope network helps you meet the performance demands of players and fans. Read more about how our technology supports your requirements for security, bandwidth and future proofing.
Navigating public funding for higher education and esports initiatives
This webinar focuses on different aspects of financial support, including federal funding for esports program. Our experts share best practices for getting esports and smart campus technologies funded.
Watch webinar
Why Home Networks?
End-to-end capabilities
We have you covered—Wi-Fi, switching, IoT, management, analytics, security, as well as in-building cellular, fiber and cable infrastructure, that enable exceptional connection experiences for schools, arenas, guests and the community.
Future-ready
When it comes to network infrastructure, our visionary perspective means your large-venue solution is built for the long haul—5G, Wi-Fi 6 and beyond. It’s our job to know what’s next.
Professional Services
We provide the resources to put our network technology to work. From network design and deployment to E-rate and other public funding assistance, we ensure you have the resources and expertise you need..