Education has quickly embraced mobile and wireless technology with the use of laptops and handheld computers present in the classroom. Whether your environment is a K through 12 school or a campus wide deployment, Cumulus has the experience delivering data to students and faculty where and when it is needed. The ability to extend your current wired network, checkout library books, track student attendance or enable wireless data collection across a campus is quickly becoming a necessity in education environments. Mobile and wireless solutions deliver benefits for student administration, tracking and security, while also providing students with an enhanced learning environment.
Wireless in Higher Education
Universities are graduating to indoor and outdoor wireless Hotspots as the transformation from wired networks to Wireless LANS continues. Mobile computing is now an expectation versus a luxury as students and faculties have access to the Internet, course material, library resources and to each other from virtually anywhere within the campus. Although the obvious advantages of WLANs enhance the learning experience for the students, they also bring up certain issues for network administrators. Challenges such as rogue access point detection, user monitoring, access control and wireless network management are important considerations when designing and deploying any campus wide implementation.
 | Building and Campus Wide Wireless Site Surveys
One of the most important implementation step is the radio frequency site survey. This process ensures that the deployed wireless network will meet or exceed the performance and reliability requirements identified in the design phase.
| | Infrastructure Configuration and Installation
Proper network device configuration and installation ensures a successful deployment of your wireless network. Cumulus can verify the operational state of your installed wireless network and that the RF propagation pattern of each installed access point conforms with the coverage areas defined during the site survey process.
| | Wireless Network Design for Education Environments
Wireless network design based on your specific requirements provides needs analysis, infrastructure recommendations, architecture design and security analysis. This is especially important in schools and universities where rogue AP detection, access control, and wireless network administration present additional challenges for WLAN administrators.
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