Building a Wi-Fi Network for ATS.

Building a Wi-Fi Network for ATS

About project

iCore won an open tender for project implementation, having suggested creation of a Wi-Fi network on the basis of Aruba Networks equipment. ATS recognized this option as optimum based on general criteria: functionality and economic efficiency. The customer also took into consideration the system integrator’s high qualification, which was confirmed by cooperation while building the IT infrastructure.

Client АО «АТС»
Industries Energy IT
Solutions Smart Building

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Project Aims and Objectives

  • Arrange a wireless data transmission network (WDN) at the customer office for portable computers and mobile devices to access corporate network resources and the Internet.
  • Provide scalability – new devices added shall not change a network architecture.
  • Provide solution security – the network shall allocate resources’ access rights according to corporate security policies.
  • Provide simple administration – IT experts shall spend minimum time managing the network.
  • Provide high performance and fault tolerance – the network shall withstand a large amount of traffic, sufficient to comfortably carry out internal ATS work flows, and public events.

Solutions Used in the Project

iCore suggested creating the Wi-Fi network on the basis of Aruba Networks equipment. ATS recognized this option as optimum based on general criteria: functionality and economic efficiency.

The network architecture offered consists of 3 layers:

  • Aruba AP-225 Enterprise access points (APs) support the IEEE 802.11ac standard and have a bandwidth up to 1.3 Gbit/s;
  • the virtual network controller manages APs: any access point can act as a physical controller. If an AP fails, its function is automatically switched over to a different network element;
  • the AirWave monitoring system allows tracking the state of all APs, the virtual controller and WDN users.

Results and opportunities

After the project was completed, a high-speed and reliable wireless network was created in the Customer office that supports two access types. Corporate – ATS employees can access the Internet and corporate network’s approved applications or services. Depending on the access subsystem used, authentication is implemented using a domain account or a security key. Guest – users are connected to WDN only to access Internet. The access to corporate resources is prohibited. Authentication at a guest portal is implemented using login and password received according to internal regulations.

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