CASE STUDY: EDUCATION SECTOR

Enterprise Wi-Fi & Campus Wireless
Aruba Wi-Fi 6E & High-Density Mesh

How Microlines engineered a campus-wide Wi-Fi 6E mesh infrastructure across a 25-acre university campus, serving 15,000+ concurrent student and faculty devices with sub-20ms roaming and captive portal RADIUS authentication.

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Education

Client Industry

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15,000+ Users

Concurrent Devices

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Wi-Fi 6E

6GHz Band Spectrum

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99.99%

Guaranteed Uptime SLA

analytics The Challenge

The university campus comprised 25 acres with multi-story hostels, lecture auditoriums, research labs, and open green quads. Legacy Wi-Fi access points suffered from severe co-channel interference during peak 1,000+ student lectures, frequent disconnection during campus walks, and lack of role-based security.

Key Objective:

Deploy a high-density Wi-Fi 6E infrastructure with sub-20ms 802.11r fast roaming, role-based RADIUS authentication for students vs faculty, and 10Gbps Multi-Gigabit switch uplinks.

wifi_tethering The Microlines Solution

Microlines deployed 180+ Aruba AP-635 Wi-Fi 6E tri-radio access points powered by Cisco Catalyst 9300 UPOE+ switches. Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager was integrated with Microsoft Active Directory to enforce automated bandwidth quotas and role-based network segmentation.

Engineering Deliverables:

✓ 180+ Aruba AP-635 Wi-Fi 6E Access Points with 6GHz Dedicated Spectrum
✓ Sub-20ms 802.11r / 802.11k Seamless AP-to-AP Roaming Across 25 Acres
✓ Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager with Student / Faculty Captive Portal
✓ Cisco Catalyst 9300 10G Multi-Gigabit UPOE+ Core Switch Stack
✓ Layer 7 Application Throttling to Prioritize Academic Portals & Classrooms

OEM Products Deployed in Project 4

High-density wireless hardware & policy orchestrators installed by certified Microlines engineers.

ARUBA NETWORKS

Aruba AP-635 Wi-Fi 6E AP

Tri-radio 3.9Gbps peak speed, 6GHz dedicated band, dual 2.5Gbps Smart Rate Ethernet ports.

ARUBA NETWORKS

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager

Role-based RADIUS access control, guest portal self-registration, and automated BYOD profiling.

CISCO SYSTEMS

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Multi-Gig

48-Port mGig UPOE+ 90W per port, 480Gbps StackWise, 10G SFP+ uplink module.

ARUBA NETWORKS Aruba Mobility Master

Aruba Mobility Conductor

Centralized wireless controller conductor with ClientMatch AI radio frequency optimization.

Frequently Asked Questions

Technical questions regarding high-density Wi-Fi 6E, student access policies, and roaming performance.

Aruba AP-635 tri-radio access points utilize 6GHz frequency channels, OFDMA, and ClientMatch AI, automatically steering devices to the optimal radio band to eliminate co-channel interference during peak 1,000+ user auditorium gatherings.

Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager integrates with Microsoft Active Directory to enforce Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). Students, staff, and visitors receive isolated VLAN credentials with customizable bandwidth rate limits.

Microlines implemented 802.11r Fast BSS Transition, 802.11k neighbor reports, and 802.11v BSS transition management, enabling seamless AP handovers under 20 milliseconds without interrupting video calls or learning sessions.

Yes, Layer 7 Application Visibility and Control (AVC) throttling rules limit recreational streaming bandwidth while prioritizing online learning portals, Zoom classrooms, and academic research databases.