A comparison of wi-fi and wimax with case studies - Florida State ...
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<strong>and</strong> faculties can use their NB’s to access the Internet everywhere on campus. This <strong>wi</strong>reless<br />
network follows the IEEE 802.11 st<strong>and</strong>ard <strong>and</strong> covers major buildings <strong>and</strong> most public areas.<br />
Figure 5-1[70]. The department which is in charge <strong>of</strong> FSUWIN is OTC (Of<strong>fi</strong>ce <strong>of</strong><br />
Telecommunications <strong>and</strong> Networking). It is also responsible for maintenance <strong>and</strong> network<br />
security. The <strong>fi</strong>rst <strong>wi</strong>reless network at FSU was started in 1999, <strong>and</strong> at that time it was only an<br />
experimental network. There was no plan for building a campus-<strong>wi</strong>de network. In 2002, OTC<br />
got the funding they needed to install the <strong>wi</strong>reless network at FSU. The goal is to provide an<br />
indoor/outdoor <strong>wi</strong>reless public network for all students <strong>and</strong> faculty. [147]<br />
5.1.2. Implementation<br />
Figure 5-1 The Coverage <strong>of</strong> FSU Wireless Network<br />
The reason why FSU used WLAN to extend the campus network instead <strong>of</strong> <strong>wi</strong>red LANs is<br />
because it is cheaper <strong>and</strong> more flexible. The implementation was started from upgrading the<br />
existing <strong>wi</strong>red network. The construction <strong>and</strong> installation were conducted in two parts. First part<br />
was Building-to-Building Connectivity (Bridges), <strong>and</strong> second part was Intra-Building<br />
Connectivity (AP). [70] Table 5-1 shows the basic information <strong>of</strong> FSUWIN.<br />
Part I contains three phases. In phase I, the goal was to install <strong>wi</strong>reless network equipment in<br />
6 buildings <strong>and</strong> support 89 users. The operators took 4 buildings <strong>and</strong> created two domains in two<br />
connectivity points <strong>of</strong> the FSU network. After creating these two domains, the network could<br />
simply be enlarged by adding additional buildings into each domain. The operators also<br />
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