The new auditorium C.A.R.L. has recently been equipped with the newest in WLAN technology, thus supporting the expanding use of digital media in teaching.
Following a network design developed by the IT Center, a total of 90 WLAN Access Points (APs) were installed throughout the building. You will find most of them mounted on walls. Additionally, in the three big lecture theaters (H01-03), directional antennas were mounted on the ceiling in order to accomodate the large number of users.
For the techies among us, some facts:
- 802.11ac "Wave 2" standard
- 5 Gbps uplink for each Access Point
- 10 Gbps building uplink to the RWTH backbone
For our number crunchers, some more info:
- 66 WLAN APs with integrated antennas
- 23 WLAN APs with a total of 45 external antennas:
- 6 x 30 degree directional antennas
- 30 x 60 degree directional antennas
- 8 x 120 degree directional antennas
- 1 omnidirectional antenna
- 1 outdoor WLAN AP (4 dipole antennas)
More than 240 man-hours were needed to complete the HW installation
We look forward to good SNRs and high data throughput.
The Networks Department at the IT Center