Colorado State University Now Has High Performance Wireless Networking
Colorado State University, located in Fort Collins, Colorado, is one of the nation's top research universities. With 25,000 students and 1,400 faculty, CSU is grounded in a rich tradition of scholarship and innovation. The university has eight colleges and 55 academic departments with bachelor's degrees offered in 62 fields of study and Master's degrees in 59 fields. CSU also offers doctoral degrees in 38 fields as well as a professional degree in veterinary medicine.
Requirements
- Support large number of simultaneous connected wireless users
- Provide seamless roaming and sufficient bandwidth for each user even in heavily concentrated lecture halls or outdoors
- Minimum devices installed with future-proof design
- Support for data and voice over Wi-Fi
- Easy management and long term ROI
Benefits
- Unsurpassed throughput and reliability of Wi-Fi coverage
- Support for data and voice on single infrastructure
- Controller based solution to support roaming and QoS
- Fewer devices installed to result in less cabling, switch ports, installation time and maintenance
Savings
- Ratio of Wi-Fi Arrays to traditional APs
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1:6 |
- Number of additional access points saved
|
400 |
- Number of additional cable runs saved
|
400 |
- Number of switch ports saved
|
400 |
- Average power savings per year (Kwh)
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52,560 |