*Modern network infrastructure installations in higher education and healthcare environments can face unique challenges that demand specialized troubleshooting approaches.*
11 min
Sun Kim
**The growth of enterprise 5G deployments is one of the most pressing priorities for the wireless industry this year. This is not exclusive to large corporate campuses either—it extends to the “middleprise” and small businesses. It was evident during Mobile World Congress (MWC) Las Vegas 2024, one of the industry's premier annual wireless events, that major players are actively seeking ways to reduce costs and streamline installation to accelerate in-building cellular adoption. A show that used to be heavily carrier-focused has now balanced more evenly between enterprises, wireless operators, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).**
Wi-Fi has become the cornerstone of connectivity, connecting everything from smartphones and laptops to smart homes and industrial IoT devices. As the demand for faster, more reliable wireless networks continues to grow, network professionals must have a deep understanding of testing and troubleshooting these complex systems.
19 min
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Bree Murphy, RCDD
Digital technology has become a foundational element in modern healthcare. Among the technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are now playing a transformative role in revolutionizing hospital processes and driving innovation across the medical industry. At the heart of this transformation lies various wireless technologies, serving as the backbone for seamless communication and empowering better-informed healthcare.
21 min
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Allan Johns, Cliff Coolidge
Global bandwidth demand is growing at a rapid pace, and the networks of the future will require additional bandwidth and power to support the growth of streaming services, online gaming, mobile devices, cloud computing, and the internet of things (IoT). Multi-gigabit and Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) technology are viable solutions for delivering various levels of bandwidth and power.
12 min
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Josh Simer
It is important to know how to build access networks that can take advantage of this generational moment and stand for generations to come. Learn how access networks need to be built for growth and expandability, while needing to be flexible and accessible to accommodate unexpected opportunities and new connections.
While a worldwide pandemic put some technology improvements on hold during 2020, the need for connectivity in the hospitality industry moved forward. Discover the many wireless and other technology advancements deployed.
Zoren Bullock, Rodney Casteel, RCDD, NTS, OSP, DCDC, CBRS CPI, Tony Irujo, Robert Reid
The increases in bandwidth throughout every segment of the network are going to require more optical fiber everywhere in the network. Capacity per cable is the main driver supported by both increases in capacity per fiber and the number of fibers in cables. Similar requirements will emerge in the access and data center market segments as 5G rolls out.
18 min
Wi-Fi 6E is described as a private highway for the latest and greatest devices and services. Discover the unique advantages of this technology, how it benefits from 6 GHz unlicensed spectrum, how it impacts PoE, why the lines between it and 5G are blurring, and much more.
Take the journey beyond the buzzwords, media hype, and often conflicting forecasts to understand the current status and the future potential of “the edge” and edge data centers (EDCs) that will impact the ICT industry.
Selecting appropriate media for a robust and reliable industrial Ethernet network is imperative. Three viable media types are optical fiber, balanced twisted-pair and wireless. Their various characteristics are defined and use criteria outlined to help ICT physical infrastructure designers identify the correct media choices.
19 min
With the rise of digitization, IoT, and the internet protocol (IP), it becomes increasingly important for ICT designers, engineers, and installers to understand the wireless platforms that support the integration and convergence of systems and to examine the challenges of deploying wireless components, backed by recommendations and best practices for successful implementation.
14 min
As the ICT industry is transitioning into the IoT world of network convergence and IP device-driven global connectivity, ICT designers and installers should become familiar with AI’s general capabilities, misconceptions, trends, and its most lucrative uses in order to recommend, design and build the most innovative and efficient networks for their enterprise customers.
There are many recent positive data points indicating that enterprise-based POL has experienced accelerated growth in 2018 due, in part, to greater awareness, increased players and customers, and emerging trends driving fiber-based enterprise LAN growth.