New high-density wireless network will make BYU more mobile-friendly

Many students have grown accustomed to the speed of Internet BYU involuntarily tense during peak school activity connection.

The connection speed have made ​​new mobile Internet services, such as mobile myBYU BYU and less convenient to use, the students said.

Michael Brown, director of communications for the Office of Information Technology, said his office worked with the Vice Presidents of Brigham Young University to provide online services to reach a "mobile first" mentality. The project will include the creation of more online services to users of mobile Internet and creating a network supporting a better mobile access.

"We are in the process of redesigning the buildings on campus," Brown said.


Designated buildings , the ILO will install a new high-density wireless network . The new network is designed to provide mobile network connections optimized classrooms , work areas for students and faculty offices .
"Mobile devices consume much of the activity in terms of access to services ( our ) - particularly tablets and smartphones," Brown " If you have an iPad, whether or not use , said he spoke network, the . phone is doing the same thing . And if we build the network to produce this kind of saturation. "
Kevin Allen, a freshman from Bountiful, said due to the current conditions of the network, which does not use the mobile application as BYU , but improvement of network capacity would change their behavior.
" If network speeds , probably going to use more because it is now a little slow ," Allen said.
Those who run the Wireless HD ILO project have high expectations for network capacity . The vision is that every student will be able to connect to the network with three different devices.
Minimum speed of these devices should improve two megabytes per second for each person - enough speed for each student Hulu and Netflix to stream videos, or download a song in less than 3 seconds.
Gigabit premium service will be available through direct connections to those who are willing to pay a small fee cable.
In a YouTube video posted by the ILO , the results of a load test were recorded. The test was carried out in the Tanner building in late July . Over 120 people attended the event , bringing with them a total of 426 devices to connect to the network during the test. The test results confirmed the jurisdiction of the High Definition wireless network with average connection speed of 2.1 megabits per second , per person, with an average of 3.5 units each.
HD Wireless has been installed and is operational in the building Tanner and Jesse Knight building.
According to Brown, Joseph Smith , Joseph F. Smith and Clyde engineered buildings are next to receive the same update for the end of the fall semester underway, with the construction of Benson and Spencer W. Kimball tower to follow in early 2014 . Plans to expand the network to include students Wilkinson Center confirmed yet.

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