A Privately Endowed University Will Use Mew Media-Ready Wireless
Posted by ecsem2 on Jan 20, 2010A Privately Endowed University Will Use Mew Media-Ready Wireless
Today, Cisco announced that Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), a privately endowed university in Rochester, N.Y., will use new media-ready wireless local area network (WLAN) capabilities as part of its Cisco? Unified Wireless Network to deliver innovative learning applications to its students of Fujitsu lifebook t4220 battery. Cisco is also announcing VideoStream, an innovative set of new features that ensures the optimal performance of video and multimedia over the wireless and wired network.
With the wireless network, RIT will bring a wealth of new applications to students and faculty, including mobile, closed-captioned video for its deaf and hard-of-hearing students for A1175 battery .RIT comprises of eight colleges and institutes and serves more than 17,000 students including a population of 1,100 deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
To deliver pervasive coverage across its 5.3-million-square-foot campus, which encompasses residence halls, RIT deployed a Cisco Unified Wireless Network including 3,400 802.11n access points, 15 Wireless Services Modules (WiSMs), and Cisco’s Wireless Control System (WCS) of ThinkPad T60 Battery , ThinkPad T60 Battery The resulting wireless network gives students and faculty access to a variety of mobile collaborative applications and services including video channels for the redistribution of educational materials and replays of major campus events.
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RIT is deploying the Cisco VideoStream technology to enhance students’ use of video relay services that allow deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals to communicate over video telephones with hearing people in real-time, via a sign language interpreter for Fujitsu lifebook t4220 battery ,Fujitsu lifebook t4210 battery RIT is also exploring capabilities for students to use laptops and other mobile devices to view close-captioned lectures, visual signing and transcription services in real-time.
RIT has also deployed Cisco’s Mobility Services Engine (MSE) and Context-Aware Mobility solution, allowing information technology (IT) staff members to view the exact location of a user requiring support to troubleshoot technical issues faster and more efficiently of ThinkPad T60 Battery ,ThinkPad T60 Battery This capability also lets IT staff identify and mitigate rogue users and devices on the wireless network, track usage of the wireless network to better evaluate high-usage areas, and deploy access points.
RIT has tested additional applications of Fujitsu lifebook t4220 battery,Fujitsu lifebook t4210 battery including voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services for faculty, using Cisco Unified Wireless 7925 IP Phones, and plans to deploy additional voice and video services over the WLAN in the near future.