Designing a Wireless Enterprise Network: Hospital Case Study
An enterprise network, sometimes called a campus network, is a network that spans across multiple buildings. A case study is explored in this chapter that follows the process of planning, designing, and implementing a wireless network in a hospital and associated medical buildings on the hospital campus. It also reviews the advantages and cost savings associated with the implementation of this type of wireless networking versus leased lines. It overviews an enterprise network example involving a hospital. Wireless local area network (LAN) devices in this scenario were to help information services (IS) managers provide additional functionality and services. By installing wireless LAN access points, hospital personnel could access the LAN in the conference rooms and nearby offices. By installing IEEE 802.1 l b outdoor routers, the hospital was able to save leased line cost and increase bandwidth to 11 Mbps. Redundancy and security issues were also addressed in this case study.