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Chinese university deploys campus-wide wireless LAN

By Jianggan Li | 5 September 2008

Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications has deployed a campus-wide wireless LAN (WLAN) to its two campuses, becoming one of the few universities in China to provide complete wireless LAN coverage to every building in addition to the campus’ outdoor spaces.

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The network, implemented by Motorola, will enable multimedia internet-based teaching, automatic academic office management, Internet access, long-distance teaching and many other services.

Jian-Zheng Xu, the university’s Campus Network Manager, says that the system will help the University realise its goal of providing convenience to the lecturers and enhancing the students’ learning experiences.

The network is equipped with 600 access points and mesh connectivity in order to deliver coverage spanning more than 4.5 million square feet of both indoor and outdoor space and with the potential to support 15,000 users,

Xu and his colleagues can centrally control and monitor the entire wireless work at the campus network centre to ensure that if any access point fails, the blind spot area will be immediately compensated for by nearby access points.

Wireless internet access will now be available for the University’s lecturers, students, staff and important visitors. User verification is managed through a central verification platform at the campus network centre to ensure security, stability and manageability of the network.

The inclusion of a wireless intrusion protection system (WIPS) further enhances security by monitoring, detecting, protecting and helping prevent intrusions to the wireless network.