Education Solution



Children and students are growing up in a new era, and education institutions face the challenge of keeping up. The evolution and modernizaion of learning  environments us underway. With wireless technology becoming as indispensable as traditional textbooks. The benefits of WLAN deployment are enormous with smart, interacive classrooms, new teaching tools, digital materials and enhanced interactive learning resources. And technological proficiency is an increasingly critical factor in young students' higher education and employment  prospects later in life. 
Case Study - Wi-Fi Encoursges Efficient Laerning Experiences

 
Background

An information Technology Institute in Allahabad, India - established in 1999 and ranked in India's top 75 engineering colleges. Their existing network offered slow speeds, low coverge and low capacity - consisting of improvised solutions designed for home use. The computer classrooms where students learn the newest computer technology ironically and outdated Wi-Fi speeds. The school established plans to upgrade academic building's Wi-Fi to the newest higj-speed 11ac Wi-Fi standard so that students facilities and learning experiences can be improved. 

Requirement

The academic building and the computer labs needed 11ac high-speed Wi-Fi coverage with the following specific needs: 

  • Lag-free multimedia & streaming for lesson content, high-res images, video streaming and interactive activities
  • Efficient access points with greater coverage and capacity for Wi-Fi devices per each AP for cost-efficiency
  • Easy upgrades for deskpots in the computer labs to utilize the new high-speed 11ac Wi-Fi network 
Solution 
A total of twelve Edimax Pro CAP1200 access points were deployed for high-speed Wi-Fi up to 867Mbps (5GHz) and 300Mbps (2.4GHz) in the main academic building class rooms, computer labs and corridors, supporting up to 100 concurrent users each. Approximately fifty desktop computers in each lads were upgrades with Wi-Fi EW-7822UAC USB 3.0 Wireless Adapter, which support 11ac Wi-Fi and USB 3.0 - since lower USB standards will bottleneck speeds at below 11ac capacity.