The wireless network has been one of the critical pillars in Guangdong Technion-Israel Insitute of Technology(GTIIT) since its birth in 2017, connecting well over 75% of different types of mobile devices and shouldering over 90% of network traffic from end-user devices to internal servers or internet resources. The IT Department faces considerable challenges.
All staff and students rely on the university Wi-Fi for teaching and learning, but also HD-video-intensive entertainment after office hours, consuming significant amounts of bandwidth. The IT team is under heavy pressure to monitor the wide-ranging performance and latency issues and ensure service quality. Thanks to Aruba OS 8 platform and Wi-Fi 6, we brought device density to support the increasing number of mobile devices owned by staff or students.
The second challenge is the indoor Wi-Fi coverage in student dormitories and staff apartments. Although GTIIT is a new university with modern buildings, we are not an exception in terms of the Wi-Fi signal attenuation in buildings or structures. On the one hand, the IT Department deployed Aruba UX sensors to actively monitor the connection performance in different areas; on the other hand, through the published AirWave Heatmap, all staff and students can easily see the Wi-Fi signal strength across the whole campus to avoid a weak zone.
At GTIIT, adopting Wi-Fi 6 is critical to the Israeli-originated institution's overall mobility strategy and its desire to attract top-notch faculty and students. Amid nine Sino-Foreign universities across mainland China, GTIIT has long been viewed as visionary and innovative, and introducing Wi-Fi 6 is one of the key differentiators.
GTIIT positions educational informatization as a key enabler for the university’s goals, constantly examining how IT infrastructure can facilitate the university’s growth and remain competitive, innovative. GTIIT has a modern student hub which is the first place armed with Wi-Fi 6 technology. In the new South Campus under construction, it will be powered exclusively by Aruba Wi-Fi 6. The ultimate goal is a fully mobile campus where students, faculty, and staff can explore new methods of learning and living.
WIFI 6 is useless in a BYOD environment, You will not notice any added value. Looking forward to your real production input (not to the marketing)
@Amin Amor Thank you for your comments. I understand your challenges in managing the BYOD environment.
As I mentioned in this post, Wi-Fi 6 has been deployed in the Student Hub with positive feedback from students, recently in the administrative building.
I am not paid for this post or anything presented in this post but sharing my experience.