3) Wired & Wireless LAN design for a typical floor, which includes the following

information:-

a) Computer desktop layout plan with network topology for a

typical floor level.

b) Switch/Wireless Access Point location on a typical floor,

vertical cable paths and lengths between the floors. Switch/Access Point

functional specifications. Assume the floor to ceiling height as 3 meters

approximately including the false ceiling.

4) Recommendation and justification of the structured cabling

selected, Access Point (AP), Switches i.e. distribution layer, building

backbone cabling and media type to be used for a typical floor level and for

the connection across the road to the existing LAN.

5) List of equipment and the wireless and wired specifications,

technical and cabling specifications. Note: Specifications/Technical details

should be included in the Appendix.

6) You need to outline design rules for a computer LAN, WLAN

& WAN network and describe it in detail. Your description should include:

a) Detailed steps required in the network design process,

b) methods used to form estimates of network performance for

each access point taking into account the types of antennae and wireless protocol,

c) An example of a basic sample design showing proposed floor

plan, assumptions, justifications and calculations.

d) Assumptions of backbone connectivity using wired/wireless

media needs to be reported.

e) Your new design should include IP addressing strategy for

both the acquired new buildings

7) Make report of maximum 3000 , not including diagrams and

pictures (you need have good report in around 2000 ).

Description of Wired & Wireless LAN Design

The submission of the assignment will be in the form of a

Technical report write-up with explanatory figures and other requirements for

reporting. The specifications are as follows.

A public transport company requires that its office building be

connected over a wired LAN & Wireless LAN (WLAN). You have been asked to

respond to the following excerpt from their (request for proposals) in the

newspaper:

About Return2Fender Transport Company

At present, the total number of office employee is 700 with 200

in Sydney & Melbourne and 100 each in Adelaide, Brisbane, and Perth. Each

office worker is provided with a multimedia desktop with wireless network

connection. Owing to a business acquisition, the number of employees at

Melbourne is expected to increase substantially.

Objectives and Scope of Work

The size of the Melbourne office both Wired & Wireless LAN

would increase/expand from 200 to 1000 stations; after two new 10-storey

buildings from across the road have been acquired to accommodate for the

additional office space needed to seat increased employees, see Figure 1.

The new buildings have not yet been wired for the LAN or WLAN.

The buildings also needs a WAN to be connected to the existing office network

(from across the road).

It is envisaged that the two new building in Melbourne office

would support a both wired & wireless networked office environment where

each of the staff PC would be equipped with desktop high resolution video

conferencing, VoIP alongside the usual business applications such as web,

email, and regular office productivity packages. It is anticipated that the

network traffic generated by each active-user is estimated to vary between

15-20 Mbps. The expected user activity pattern for all new buildings may be

seen in Figure 2. The Wired LAN infrastructure needs to be designed, which

should support the anticipated peak time data traffic, and in parallel you will

design Wireless-LAN to support LAN.

The technical report should contain the following three

important diagrams to support your report.

(1) Atypical floor-plan for any floor,

(2) Each Building floor switches and Access-point (AP) locations

& inter-connections to

building, and for each building switch and routers backbone

connection diagram with cross-section of a building &

(3) WAN connectivity to main head office diagram.

Details of structured horizontal floor cabling for desktop

computers, Access points & Switches, vertical floor-to-floor cross connect

structured vertical cabling diagram for a typical building and WAN connectivity

for two new buildings and the Main head office building layout is required.

The technical report should include details of LAN, WLAN &

WAN standards used for structured horizontal cabling, vertical cabling and

network topology used should be described, UTP Cable and Fiber optics cable

specifications, selection criteria and justifications and recommendations needs

to be included.