In the 19th Asian Games that has ended, e-sports has become an official competition project for the first time, and it is the "top" among all events: it is so popular that it needs to be limited to 2 million people to buy tickets through lottery. Behind the scenes of the competition, Ruijie Wireless has served Hangzhou e-sports venues with reliable underlying network support services and smart operation and maintenance management platforms. It provides 24/7 high-power escort for e-sports and has successfully passed the test of standard venues for Asian Games-level e-sports competitions. Is e-sports really that popular? What is the difference between eSports and traditional sports events? What are the problems and tips for protecting the network of e-sports stadiums?

National e-sports is surging, and various places are seizing the high ground of the e-sports industry.

With the establishment of e-sports week at the Olympics and the establishment of the e-sports committee at the International Olympic Games, e-sports has become an official competitive event at the Hangzhou Asian Games. E-sports is gaining momentum in comprehensive international sports events. E-sports has become a new sector with huge potential in national sports.

At the same time, it is also a “new cake” with gradually enriched business formats. The "2022 China E-Sports Industry Report" shows that the number of e-Sports users in my country will exceed 480 million in 2022, and industry revenue will exceed 144 billion. Among them, ticket revenue from offline viewing is one of the main ways to make profits. Not limited to "top-tier" LPL, KPL and other events, there are tens of thousands of domestic game competitions every year, attracting the participation of audiences and gamers of all ages and regional cities online and offline: advanced immersive viewing experience Effective e-sports centers do not only belong to super first-tier cities. E-sports industry centers and e-sports event centers are booming in Suzhou, Xi'an, Wuhan, Yantai and other cities at all levels across the country. The Wugong Mountain Rural E-Sports Games in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province, and the “Village PL” competition in Guicheng Community, Nanhai, Foshan, witness the surging craze of e-Sports for all.

The difference between e-sports competitions: every millisecond of excitement and fairness is based on a reliable network

Under the craze, the ever-evolving competitions and the constant construction of venues have also exposed the differences between e-sports and other sports events. The fairness and excitement of e-sports require far more network requirements than other events: the deployment of e-sports network includes competitions. The station’s dedicated player network, audio intercom network, broadcast director network, distribution network for live broadcast platform push, staff’s office network, etc.

Fairness is the most basic prerequisite for sports competition. In e-sports, network fluctuations and failures at the millisecond level may cause problems during the game. In the League of Legends Mid-Season Championship held in South Korea in 2022, because the network delay at the competition venue was higher than the expected 35ms, the Chinese RNG team participating remotely was judged to have a lower network delay than its opponents. The official determined that the dominant RNG team would rematch based on this, which raised public doubts about the fairness of the event. But this is not the first world-class event to be questioned about fairness due to network problems. Since the birth of e-sports competitions, the shadow of unfairness brought by the "network" has been difficult to get rid of. A stable and efficient network is the basis for fairness in e-sports events. This puts forward strict requirements on the player network and audio intercom network of the arena.

In addition to competitors, improving the spectator experience also requires a stable and robust network. The current live event distribution and streaming platforms are extensive, ensuring that viewers in front of the screen can see real-time, stable, high-definition competition and commentary.

The opportunity for a better e-sports network has arrived: Ruijie Wi-Fi 7, which can “defeat ten games with one force”

During the Hangzhou Asian Games, Ruijie Wireless served Hangzhou e-sports venues with reliable underlying network support services and smart operation and maintenance management platform. It provided 24/7 high-power escort for e-sports and successfully experienced the standard venues for Asian Games-level e-sports competitions. test.

Wireless network topology diagram

On the basis of a robust wired network, the venue deployed 60 RG-AP820 (AR) Wi-Fi 6 APs with a rate of up to 3267Mbps, and implemented wireless networks in terms of equal channels, power, speed, roaming and video resource management. Optimize. The AI ​​Radio design of RG-AP820 (AR) can intelligently guide terminal roaming to ensure uninterrupted services, and at the same time provide independent radio frequency security protection, achieving both wireless experience and network security. WIS cloud unified management and smart tuning make operation and maintenance easier.

High-performance wireless products and scenario-based deployment solutions are Ruijie's "magic weapons" to overcome special network needs, and repeated calculations of Wi-Fi 7 technical specifications will further upgrade the e-sports application experience. This year, Ruijie timely launched the five-radio wireless AP RG-AP9850-R, which supports 16 spatial streams and a maximum access rate of 16.47Gbps. The smart scheduling technology developed on AI Radio can perform dynamic resource allocation and air interface slicing scheduling. In other aspects, it provides better experience guarantee for key businesses and key users .

Ruijie Wi-Fi 7 AP's key business and VIP terminal protection will make the network for high-priority services such as online games for competitive players more stable and reliable. At the same time, Wi-Fi 7's multi-resource MRU technology is used to finely allocate wireless resources and improve wireless spectrum usage efficiency, thereby increasing the rate of access terminals in high-density scenarios and reducing network latency. It ensures that spectators with thousands or even tens of thousands of seats can get a good experience with high-density access through the network; the compilation and dissemination of 4K/8K high-definition video of the event will also be smoother.

The powerful Ruijie Wi-Fi 7, which can “defeat ten conferences with one force”, will bring a more stable network foundation to the booming e-sports events and e-sports venues. Let the Internet no longer become a hidden concern for the fairness of the competition, a regret for players to "become kings", and an obstacle to exciting events, and bring a more stable, reliable, and efficient network foundation to the development of all-round e-sports.