Deployment of new Wi-Fi technology in All Building Areas (Projects UIT16926 - UIT16934) - University of Houston
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Deployment of new Wi-Fi technology in All Building Areas (Projects UIT16926 - UIT16934)

Overall Project Status: Complete

Project Goals & Objectives

  • Meet or exceed our SLA of minimum 5Mbps in all academic and research areas
  • Cover room at capacity in all academic, research, and administrative areas
  • Replacement of all existing building Wi-Fi Access Points to Aruba 802.11ac Wave 2 (Gigabit Wi-Fi)
  • Replacement of all existing switches supporting Wi-Fi to Aruba/HPE gigabit switches
  • Upgrade core and distribution networks supporting Wi-Fi as needed

Scope of Work

  • Buildings: MDA Library, Student Center North, Student Center South, UC Satellite, Engineering D, Engineering D2, Engineering D3, Farish Hall, and Hilton
  • Replace all existing building Wi-Fi access points to Aruba 802.11ac Wave 2
  • Install additional access points to cover room at capacity in academic, research, and administrative areas

Major Milestones

ACTIVITYSTARTENDNOTES
MD Anderson Library 509 7/5/16 7/22/16 Complete
UC South 565 7/13/16 7/19/16 Complete
UC North 487 7/19/16 7/20/16 Complete
UC Satillite 567 7/20/16 7/22/16 Complete
ENG 1 579 7/5/16 7/22/16 Complete
ENG 2 580 7/19/16 7/19/16 Complete
ENG 3 581 7/20/16 7/27/16 Complete
Hilton 590 7/20/16 8/4/16 Complete
Farish 587 7/14/16 7/25/16 Complete
All Buildings 7/26/16 8/11/16 Complete
Project End   8/10/16 Project is complete