The Juniper-Poplar residence hall complex is the latest and greatest of USF’s facilities serving students residing on campus. Apart from all the immediately obvious innovations, they also have a number of advanced behind-the-scenes features.
The entire complex is covered with 802.11n-compliant wireless coverage. In simple terms this means that students can enjoy speeds of up to 300 megabits on wireless — as compared to 54 megabits supported by the previous 802.11g standard, and 11 megabits supported by the traditional 802.11b standard. 802.11n also adds advanced features to deal with multipath and other radio intereference.
In addition to wireless, every active Ethernet jack in the building is capable of 1 gigabit speeds, and the building backbone as well as connection to the campus backbone is 10 gigabits.
The practical implications of all this technology is that students and faculty residing in Juniper-Poplar will have faster-than-ever access to on-campus resources such as streaming video and audio, large project files, and other data-intensive uses.