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2. 1. Overview: Telecommunications Project  Planning and implementation (2007-today) 2. Discussion: Proposal to Improve Infrastructure  Upgrade horizontal wiring in buildings  $28.8M upgrade, 345 buildings over 4 years  Make systematic (vs. opportunistic) upgrades  Emphasis: improve research support  Need help identifying priorities 2

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4. 7-year Telecommunications Project  $22M project – accumulated reserves and augmentations  Approved in December 2007, upgrades began in March 2008  Support research  Refresh/upgrade campus data network  Enhance security enhancements  Expanded wireless  Converge services  Support emerging technology and services  Emphasize open standards and flexibility  Does not address horizontal wiring 4

5. Vision and Implementation  Scalable support for high bandwidth needs  Uplinks scalable – 1, 2, 4, 10 Gbps – upgrade as demand dictates  Supports 1 Gbps to the desktop, 10 Gbps to research space  Research network component  Improved redundancy, alternate paths, traffic engineering  Support converged / real-time services  QoS implemented to support VoIP, video-over-IP  Support cloud computing, on- and off-site storage, enhanced connectivity to regional and national networks 5

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7. Vision and Implementation  Expand centralized service  Addresses fragmented wireless services  Standardized across campus, fast roaming  Initial focus on high traffic areas  Adding external mount antennas – cover traffic corridors  Student Housing – Wireless in Residence Halls  Managed Desktop Access Points  More rapid deployment, reduces costs  Monitoring progress on femtocell offerings  Pre-positioning cabling in conjunction with WiFi deployments 7

8. 8 Today: 1048 Wireless APs Deployed Campus goal – 3,000 APs (including ResNet)

9. Voice Network Vision and Implementation  Flexible front-end: ties together VoIP, analog, software services  Integrate Unified Communications services into campus Active Directory service (OCS)  Ties together current PBX, desktop VoIP, OCS and softphone services into one management platform for call routing  Transition off analog PBX  Flexible, open standards based  Can integrate or interface to emerging services 9

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11. Status  Data network and fiber plant can support campus needs  Last 100 meters is the limiting factor 11

12. Deferred maintenance of horizontal wiring  Older buildings have a mixture of cable types  Installed wiring breakdown:  1% CAT-6a – 10 Gbps (emerging standard)  59% CAT-5e – 1 Gbps (current standard)  29% CAT-5 – 100 Mbps (outdated)  11% CAT-3 – 10 Mbps (outdated)  Significant amount (20%) of active NAMs use CAT-3 12

13. Deferred maintenance: Horizontal wiring  Units and research programs in older buildings disadvantaged with lower speed data connections  Impacts high speed research needs, access to remote sites and servers, data storage, desktop management, etc.  Wireless solutions – insufficient bandwidth and scalability  Affects approximately 60% of campus buildings (to varying degrees) 13

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15.  Upgrade CAT-3 and CAT-5 to CAT-5e in 345 buildings  Power, HVAC, pathway improvements where needed  Contingency  Design & Construction Management – project management  Selected upgrades for CAT-6a and fiber to research spaces  Not addressed – Telco room expansion (use renovation projects)  Timeline for upgrades – approximately 4 years  Estimated cost: $28.8M 15

16.  Emphasis: supporting research excellence  Upgrade on a per building basis  Group buildings into tiers based on priority for upgrade  Academic units determine first tier  Identify most critical buildings – emphasis on research spaces  Dean- and/or faculty-led advisory committee  Determine composition of subsequent tiers, scheduling  Develop process and criteria for prioritization  Some flexibility – changes accommodated 16

17. Possible Prioritization Criteria  Locations with IT-intensive research (existing or planned)  Improve grant award opportunities  Upgrade locations, first with CAT-3 then CAT-5  Tolerance for disruption Technical Indicators  Percent assigned research space in building  Percent CAT-3 and CAT-5 wiring  Building size / # NAMs  Bandwidth consumption 17

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20.  Upgrade horizontal wiring in buildings  $28.8M upgrade, 345 buildings over 4 years  Make systematic upgrades vs. opportunistic  Phased or tiered approach  Emphasis on improving research support  Need help identifying priorities 20

21.  Deans’ endorsement of proposal and approach  Continue work with BIA to establish financial commitments  Develop first tier building prioritization  Bring proposal to key campus stakeholders  Obtain approval from campus administration  Charge Advisory Committee 21