The original campus network was designed and implemented in 1996. During the past five years, OCCS has been expanding the network by adding new technology as necessary. As a result, the complexity of the network and its required maintenance have grown significantly. With the installation of Gigabit Ethernet, we will be starting fresh and creating a new network. The key to our project is the implementation of a Gigabit Ethernet backbone.
Distribution connects the individual buildings to the backbone.
Access connects the individual desktops to the building network. Gigabit Ethernet increases the capacity of each primary communications link to one billion bits per second, a 60 percent increase in high-volume data transfer speed. More intelligent data transmission . This is unacceptable for the delivery of real-time voice and video, which require the smooth data transmission. The new infrastructure provides the basic building block that will enable a new generation of applications requiring a guaranteed quality of service.