Education Industry- wireless Passive survey case study

About the company

Over the past seventy-seven years, the institute has served as educators to more than three million students. Affordable, accessible, and practical, this school offers opportunities to all. Our doors are wide open for a diverse student population eager for skills, knowledge, and upward mobility. This school district educates almost three times as many Latino students and nearly four times as many African-American students as all of the University of California campuses combined. Eighty percent of the district's students are from underserved populations.

CHALLENGES

Inconsistent Wireless Signal Strength

As one of the largest community college districts in the world, it was a struggle for the district to provide stable wireless strength across campuses to all of its students. PM2NET was brought in to survey the campuses and identify areas of improvement.

Assessment and solution

Passive Survey

The PM2NET team used Ekahau-licensed software and hardware to perform both indoor and outdoor passive surveys at all 9 schools in the district. The team surveyed about 10 million square feet to identify areas of weak wireless signal coverage and reported the findings back to the district.  Although there was initial pressure to finish before the school year started, PM2NET was able to complete the project one month earlier than expected.

advantages

With PM2NET’s assistance, the district found areas with weak wireless signal and was better able to improve wireless access across all their campuses. Because PM2NET was able to find the problem areas and complete the project early, the district was able to start efforts to improve on those areas before the school year started. Students were able to enjoy a more consistent wireless experience at the beginning of the academic year, giving them an improved resource for their educational journey.