Under the umbrella of PERN, HEI’s are provided the internetwork WAN connectivity with provision of last mile media and internet, intranet, dedicated research bandwidth terminated on CPE device at their respective datacenters. However, effective utilization and disbursement of bandwidth within the campus was a challenge. Major bottlenecks in this regard were lack of network infrastructure within the campus, limited internet coverage at campus, old network devices (i.e. Active/ Passive equipment), unavailability of technical expertise and no internet usage policy etc.
Under the umbrella of PERN, HEI’s are provided the internetwork WAN connectivity with provision of last mile media and internet, intranet, dedicated research bandwidth terminated on CPE device at their respective datacenters. However, effective utilization and disbursement of bandwidth within the campus was a challenge. Major bottlenecks in this regard were lack of network infrastructure within the campus, limited internet coverage at campus, old network devices (i.e. Active/ Passive equipment), unavailability of technical expertise and no internet usage policy etc.
Smart Universities Project (SUP) facilitates public sector universities through providing blanket Wi-Fi coverage in all Indoor areas [i.e. library(s), Café(s), common room, corridors, auditoriums, indoor play areas etc. Under this project, following infrastructure has been deployed and configured:
- Access Points (both indoor and outdoor)
- Active and Passive Network isolated from campus network (switch, bridges and cabling)
- Power backup units (UPSs) for maximum uptime services
- Eduroam Server for local authentication
- Monitoring/ management (both centralized and HEIs based)
- Centralized/decentralized wireless controllers with remote management and local monitoring.
- Warranty and support services of active equipment’s for Seven (7) years.
Deployment Statues of Smart Universities/ Safe Campus in HEIs
- 63 Universities provided Wi-Fi Blanket Coverage
- 65,000 daily average smart university users.
- 14,587 APs deployed
- 4000 average daily Eduroam users.
- 1000 average daily Guest Users.
- 34 Universities provided Surveillance facility
- 5793 cameras deployed at universities.