{"id":802,"date":"2020-10-10T05:34:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T10:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ligowave.com\/blog\/?p=802"},"modified":"2023-08-16T10:33:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:33:26","slug":"case-study-thames-valley-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ligowave.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/case-study-thames-valley-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study: Thames Valley College"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Thames Valley College<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Thames Valley College is an international coeducational secondary school, opened in September 2013 and offering a combined Nigerian\/British curriculum. Located in a remote area in the Sagamu District, Ogun State, Nigeria, the 35-acre campus includes full academic and administrative facilities, student housing, and a spacious sports area.<\/p>\n

Issue: No Affordable Internet Access in the Area<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Thames Valley College needed an internet connection that would be both fast and affordable, but because the school is located in a remote area, options were limited. Local ISPs could not provide affordable high-speed internet for a single college project due to a lack of inexpensive colocation towers and base transceiver stations (BTSs). Satellite internet was an alternative, but the limited bandwidth capacity was not enough to meet the needs of the entire school.<\/p>\n

Solution: LigoWave Wireless Land-Based Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tehilah Base Digital Ltd, a provider of internet, networking, software, and hardware solutions in Nigeria, took on the project and implemented an inexpensive land-based wireless solution.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Network Design<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Because the college requested there be minimal wiring and universal campus internet access, Tehilah designed a network that is strictly wireless (only using wires for powering the equipment) and one that covers the entire 35-acre territory using sector and omnidirectional APs.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The school\u2019s network was built as two sections:<\/h4>\n

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Internet Connectivity<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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A 15.84km (9.84mi) backhaul link was set up between the Tehilah BaseSPOT point of presence in Ikorodu and the transmission tower on the premises of the Thames Valley College. The BaseSPOT point of presence was equipped with a DLB 5-90 access point operating in PTMP mode for other potential customers in the area. On the other end, a LigoDLB 5 device with an external 32dBi dish antenna was mounted on a tower located in the college premises.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Campus Wi-Fi<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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The data travelling over the backhaul link is forwarded to 4\u00d7 LigoDLB 2-90 access points mounted on the school\u2019s tower to provide 360\u00b0 coverage to the entire school area. On ground level, there are multiple DLB 2 devices with 5dBi omnidirectional antennas deployed as indoor and outdoor APs\/repeaters. Buildings that are further apart are linked using DLB Propeller 2 wireless devices as bridges.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_column_text]

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Figure 1:\u00a0The topology of the network installed at the Tehilah Base Digital Ltd BaseSPOT point of presence and the Thames Valley College.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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Why LigoWave?<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Tehilah chose LigoWave because it was a single solution meeting multiple network requirements:<\/p>\n