During the summer of 2010, a team of students, faculty and staff were assembled to review and recommend a new wireless plan for the University.  The team conducted a student survey and leveraged classroom utilization data to set deployment priorities and define campus requirements, use cases, and priorities for expanding and enhancing the Universities aging wireless network and wireless management infrastructure.  

Based on the data collected and recommendations made by the "Wireless Futures Committee", the plan involved the following components:

• study and accomodate the "use cases" identified by students and campus residents
• define a forward looking "standard" for wireless access points and infrastructure
• identify and set deployment priorities for campus buildings and sites
• solicit a "phased in" funding mechanism for the plan from STEP/SGA

In December, 2010, based on the above plan, the SGA approved and allocated the funding necessary to begin the project.  Information and Media Networks made the initial purchases of infrastructure hardware, management software, access points, and training.  The first deployment was Dupre' Library.

Project Roadmap

Building/Site	Status
Dupre' Library
Maxim Doucet Hall
Angelle Hall
Conference Center 3rd Floor*
Conference Center 4th Floor*
HL Griffin Hall
Baker Hall*
Conference Center 2nd Floor*
QEP Classrooms (Univ 200)
Picard Center*
Mobile Command Post*
Declouet Hall*
Oliver Tower*
Fletcher Hall
Bourgeouis Hall
Rougeou Hall
OK Allen Hall*
Huger Hall*
Burke-Hawthorne Hall
Wharton Hall
Stephens Hall
Abdalla (Emergency Operations Center)*
Billeaud Hall
Declouet
Hamilton Hall
Foster Hall*
Judice Hall
Martin Hall (Student Areas)
Madison Hall
Mouton Hall
Broussard Hall
Conference Center 1st Floor
Conference Center Mezzanine
Quadrangle
Girard Hall*
Rose Garden Dormitories*
Moody Hall
Parker Hall
Montgomery Hall
ROTC
Abdalla Hall
James R. Oliver Hall
* Project funded from alternative source. =Completed, = Work In Progress,  = Future Project

Links:

• New University Wireless Information
• Campus Map (Wireless Locations)
• UWIN Overview
• Helpdesk - Residence Hall Wireless Tips