ATM backbone and 155 Mbps ATM edge devices to connect the school s 18-building campus. In addition to providing fast throughput for classroom learning centers serving 1,500 students, the network will enable NPS to offer distance learning and videoconferencing. Located 120 miles south of San Francisco, NPS is the armed forces premier center for graduate study and offers a curriculum tailored to the interests of the Navy and the Department of Defense. Students at the 627-acre campus, home to NPS since 1947, are uniformed officers from all five branches of the U.S. military as well as from 38 countries.
Selection is based on outstanding performance and promotion potential.
NPS awards graduate degrees in a broad range of studies including computer science, meteorology, oceanography, and political science. Its highly rated programs are competitive with those at top learning institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The new network is rapidly improving NPS s educational and administrative services. Chief among these is the Microsoft NetShow Theater Server, a high-speed video streaming application that enables NPS to capture, store and distribute classroom lectures to students PCs. The network is also expediting classroom computer laboratories access to online data on a wide range of academic disciplines as well as research conducted at six NPS learning resource centers.