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CASE STUDY experiential learning opportunities for students across our six colleges and 25 research centers .
It ’ s critical we have cutting-edge infrastructure to support experiential learning across all disciplines , allowing our community to quickly and securely share huge amounts of data with the highest level of performance we can provide across such an expansive and geographically diverse campus .
5G ’ s enhanced bandwidth and advanced connectivity helps us deliver this level of experience to our campus community comprised of tens of thousands of users with multiple devices .
Were you happy with the speed of the deployment ?
What ’ s exciting about this deployment is that the team was campus radio tower literally in a matter of days .
Can you explain the importance of the ability to partition private network resources and explain what advantages this has brought you ?
With the unique multi-tenancy capabilities of private wireless , we plan to partition private network resources for different requirements and user groups , starting with our DxHub and Technology Park , as well as various organizations on campus including IT services , facilities and academic research .
Why did you decide to work with Federated Wireless and Amazon Web Services ?
Both companies shared our enthusiasm , vision and sense of urgency in exploring the potential of 5G to accelerate cloud-based solutions as well as enhanced coverage across campus . p
This powers our Technology Park on campus , which houses the DxHub . Faculty have been lining up to access 5G so they can advance innovative projects with students and leverage its potential .
What was the single biggest advantage of the university shared-spectrum enabled CBRS 5G connectivity ?
The biggest single advantage is the ability to involve students every step of the way – from research and analysis to use cases and deployment . Cal Poly students will take these unique learnings about CBRS 5G as they begin careers in a myriad of industries .

THE BIGGEST SINGLE ADVANTAGE IS THE ABILITY

TO INVOLVE STUDENTS

EVERY STEP OF THE WAY – FROM RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS TO USE CASES

AND DEPLOYMENT .

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