Up your campus game with Huawei AirEngine WiFi 6

Dealing with the needs of teenagers and young adults is no easy task, and if there is one thing known for sure it is that the "Gen Z" group do not tolerate poor WiFi, and with the tremendous leaps technology has made over the past few years, why should they?

The Gen Zs spend most of their time either at school or on campus finding humour in the days when the youth were educated using plugin projectors or DVDs. Those days, my friends, are long gone. Today’s youth are focused on visual learning, they are exposed to such high-end technology daily that if schools and universities are not able to provide the same in the education sector – they lose focus. Many schools and universities have unfortunately not kept their campus networks up to date with the needs of the youth, and surprisingly enough, this has an impact on their overall impression of the facility.

Huawei picked up on this trend some years ago and has been working with a handful of universities to set up “smart campuses”. Firstly, the needs of universities need to be addressed:

• VR and AR learning need to be possible.
• With the number of learners, faculty members, dormitories and use of higher-end applications creating a strain on bandwidth, the need for a high-speed, stable wireless network is a necessity.

In layman’s terms, users want speed, users want powerful coverage and users want wireless access wherever they are. In true Huawei fashion, it aims to not only meet the above requirements, but to exceed expectation with the AirEngine WiFi 6 powered by Huawei 5G. Thanks to the 30Mbps enabled by WiFi 6, AR and VR learning become a reality and provide advanced teaching experiences. Achieving four times higher network bandwidth than WiFi 5, as well as reduced latency, Huawei AI powered AirEngine WiFi 6 products achieve real-time analysis and optimisation of networks, which assists in improving network quality and provides the ultimate connection experience for users no matter where they are located on campus. This is achieved using industry-unique smart antennas that double signal strength and provide 20% greater coverage distance compared with competing WiFi 6 products.

There is no better time to reinvent your campus network than now. Aside from the "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" promotion currently running on the AirEngine 5760-10, Huawei is also committed to putting to rest any doubts you may have regarding the performance of Huawei WiFi 6 by providing POC testing. Huawei specifically builds a network to your requirements to verify the strength at no additional cost (Ts and Cs apply). According to Pinnacle’s Huawei Executive, Fred Saayman, one question he often gets asked is: “Is WiFi 6 really worth the hype?” If you are going to implement the Huawei WiFi 6 solutions, it will exceed the hype!

For more information on how you can improve your campus network, contact the Pinnacle ICT Huawei team: Huawei@pinnacle.co.za