UNE利用Aruba Networks解决方案创造创新的校园体验，并支持他们在Wi-Fi校园范围内实施Microsoft Skype。

新英格兰大学（UNE）位于新南威尔士州北部地区的阿米代尔地区，是澳大利亚最古老的区域大学。今日大学成立于1938年，迎合23,000名学生，并雇用了约3,000名员工。该组织在整个州又有10个地点，其中包含160栋建筑物以及9座住宅
colleges.

Dedicated to positioning itself as the most innovative and technologically advanced university in Australia when it comes to both on-site and learning by distance education, UNE offers more than 200 courses at undergraduate, postgraduate, and higher degree research levels to its 23,000 long distance and onsite students. The University is currently working to represent the campus of the future, and recently sought a next-generation IT infrastructure that provided its staff and students with communication and collaboration capabilities anytime, and from virtually anywhere.

Focused on modernising its technology, UNE’s management team completed a comprehensive review of its IT infrastructure in early 2013, and made the decision to upgrade from an 802.11g wireless network, to the latest 802.11ac networking standard.

“Wi-Fi coverage was previously patchy as students and staff moved about campuses. As the UNE campuses are more widespread as opposed to tall skyscrapers, we needed a wireless solution that would give us more total coverage,” said Gordon Smith, Associate Director, Infrastructure Services, Information Technology.

“我们希望改善用户可用的带宽，以便我们更好地支持新兴的数字学习工具，例如流视频。在旧网络上，这是完全不可能的，任何给定的访问点在任何给定的时刻都在该AP上的用户数量共享25MB。”史密斯继续说道。

网络上的负载越来越重 - 用户经常操纵大型文件。在上面使用的内容没有限制。每个人都可以通过更多获取信息来授权。
去rdon Smith,基础设施服务副董事信息技术

UNE在与Aruba Networks合作以全面进行无线环境之前，进行了全面的招标过程。所选网络的关键要求包括与统一通信平台Skype for Business（以前是Lync）以及Palo Alto Networks提供的安全基础架构的无缝集成。

“We wanted a secure Wi-Fi fabric that was very meshed, gave us control over the network, linked with third party solutions, and allowed us to manage data through the system. Our decision came down to Aruba or Cisco. Aruba’s reputation for most effectively supporting both Skype for Business and the highly secure Palo Alto firewall platform, compared to other wireless vendors in the market, made Aruba the clear winner. Cost-wise, Aruba is also very appealing as you scale it out, so this was also a ‘nice to have,’” said Smith.

“无线服务现在已经成为一个重要的部分icularly in Education – its mandatory and expected to be provided everywhere, all the time. Previously, we had about 300 APs covering the campus, and now we’re deploying a total 1200Aruba APacross the entire grounds,” added Smith.

Future-proof Wi-Fi that has no limits

Aruba提供的802.11AC企业移动解决方案目前正在整个UNE校园内实施网络集成商UXC Connect，这是亚太教育领域中此类部署的最大部署之一。

史密斯说：“ Aruba 802.11ac技术可以为我们提供每个最终用户设备的千兆位吞吐量，因此我们每个接入点正在安装两条互联网电缆。”

The enterprise mobility network at UNE is being used for a range of different purposes at UNE from teaching, learning, research and administration to collaboration.

“People are already using Skype, downloading and uploading videos for course work. There’s an increasingly heavy load on the network. There is no limit to what’s being used on it. Everyone is empowered by more access to information,” said Smith.

The阿鲁巴空军网络管理solution allows Smith and the wider three person IT team identify the operating systems and types of devices accessing the network, at any time from a single dashboard.

“学生们在一个带2 - 3设备上network and increasingly, I see academics using tablets in meetings to record or view documents, whereas previously these offices wouldn’t have had wireless access. In the past few months, we’ve seen 12,000 devices enter the network. There’s been up to 2,300 devices connected at any given minute. This has all been powered and stabilised by Aruba,” said Smith.

此外，Aruba的企业移动网络已在UNE的九座住宅学院中部署，最新的设施与230名学生的63个访问点非常紧密，可满足每位学生的多个设备。

“We’ve not had any complaints regarding the new network to date. With its faster speeds and Aruba’s ClientMatch roaming technology, it has the capacity to get people on and off the access points faster, so there’s no slowing down while moving about the campus,” added Smith.

Calling on an a secure, all-wireless campus

UNE has also adopted a unified communication solution and uses the full capability of Microsoft Skype for Business including voice and video over Aruba Wi-Fi to further create an allwireless campus, and remove the ‘distance’ from distance learning programs. This new platform delivers an interactive educational experience regardless of whether students are in a classroom or not.

“我们用Skype for Business完全替换了UNE的电话系统，使其能够在学生的个人设备上作为应用程序运行，因此他们可以通过网络连接以无需额外的费用与讲师和同行迅速通信。Skype for Business还可以使学生拥有一系列工具，包括即时消息传递，桌面共享和应用程序 - 为学生员工的合作增加了额外的一层。”

The wireless network also combines with Palo Alto Networks’ security platform to ensure all data travelling along Wi-Fi air passes through a secure firewall. As new users and devices connect to the network, Aruba’s mobility defined network architecture shares contextual data with the Palo Alto Networks platform monitoring for any policy violations to the network.

“拥有下一代防火墙，以及一个可以在没有任何滞后的设备上安全地移动数据的工具至关重要，而帕洛阿尔托最能满足我们的需求。Palo Alto和Aruba都以无缝整合而闻名，这在我们的使用中是正确的。它只是有效的。”史密斯解释说。

A long-term, expanding partnership

With UNE continuing its roll-out of additional 802.11ac access points, Smith describes each deployment as painless. “It’s very quick, taking no more than five minutes per access point to be pre-configured before being fixed to the corridors. The speed of deployment is high,” said Smith.

UNE plans to deploy more Aruba features in the future, enabling deeper integration and optimisation with Microsoft Lync and other applications, as well as rolling out a mesh solution to students residing in surrounding campus areas. Armidale is a very well connected town, known for its access to the fastest National Broadband Network connection in the country. However, Smith says the Aruba solution is significantly higher performing wireless solution.

“We plan to better manage Skype for Business wireless calls through Aruba Airwave by minimising any potential dropouts, as well as better utilise Airwave’s robust reporting facility. Next, we’re also looking to deploy the solution even more widely to students residing in the town centre, as well as the airport. Using my laptop while connected to the Aruba mobility network is five times faster than the fastest NBN connection that’s available in Armidale,” continued Smith.