NIT6110 Advanced Wireless Networks: WLAN Design Project for HCP

This project outlines a wireless network design for HCP, an intra-solar company facing security and network infrastructure challenges. The existing wired network lacks centralized management and security, prompting a need for restructuring. The proposed WLAN solution involves Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls to enhance security, reliability, and scalability. The design extends network services from the second floor to the ground floor and implements Wi-Fi coverage throughout the building. The project schedule, resource management plan, and network device specifications are detailed, aiming to provide high-speed internet access, improve security, and reduce operational costs. The document also highlights the current network's limitations and outlines additional capabilities for the proposed infrastructure, including improved internet connectivity, redundancy, and wireless access in defined areas. Desklib provides access to similar documents and study resources for students.

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Executive Summary
The HCP is an intra solar company and it contains solar products which are needed to
install and sell. This company has an own building for Foots cay. This company has the security
problem without centralizing the management and control system. Within the HCP organization
headquarters they tend out the office space for other organizations like Furniture Company, Real
Estate Company and we donate site. All of these companies are located at second floor of the
building. Each organization has own offices and won solo network. But, recently the HCP found
the entire building has very serious workplace network problem. So, it needs to restructure the
network infrastructure. The proposed network infrastructure is needed to provide the high speed
network connection and internet access through HCP controlled facilities.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................4
2. Project Background..................................................................................................................4
3. Current Network and Its Capabilities.......................................................................................4
4. Limitations................................................................................................................................6
5. Additional Capabilities.............................................................................................................6
6. New WLAN Design.................................................................................................................7
7. Schedule of new WLAN Design Project................................................................................10
8. Resource Management Plan...................................................................................................13
9. Conclusions and Limitations..................................................................................................15
References......................................................................................................................................15
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1. Introduction
This project is to create the wireless network design for HCP Company. The HCP is an
intra solar company and it contains solar products which are needed to install and sell. This
company has an own building for Foots cay. This company has the security problem without
centralizing the management and control system. So, it needs to restructure the network
infrastructure. The proposed network infrastructure is needed to provide the high speed network
connection and internet access through HCP controlled facilities. This company needs to extend
the network services from the second floor to ground floor. It also needs to change the wired
network connection to wireless connection to cover the entire building with both levels. These
are analyzed and discussed in detail. The Proposed network infrastructure scheduling plan will
be analyzed by using the MS project. The Resource management plan for wireless network
design is also analyzed. The Cost and budgeting for the proposed network infrastructure will be
discussed.
2. Project Background
The HCP is an intra solar company and it contains solar products which are needed to
install and sell. This company has an own building for Foots cay. Within the HCP organization
headquarters they tend out the office space for other organizations like Furniture Company, Real
Estate Company and we donate site(Xiao, Shen and Du, 2011). All of these companies are
located at second floor of the building. Each organization has own offices and won solo network.
But, recently the HCP found that the entire building has very serious workplace network problem
without centralizing the management and control system. So, this organization has decided to
restructure the network infrastructure. The proposed network infrastructure is used to provide the
high speed network connection and internet access through HCP controlled facilities and it needs
to extend the network services from the second floor to ground floor. It also requires the wireless
connection to cover the entire building with both levels.
3. Current Network and Its Capabilities
The current network for HCP organization is wired network connection for all the four
company but, each company has solo network (Peikari and Fogie, 2003). Recently, the HCP
found the very serious network connection problem ie, it does not provide the security for an
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organization. It leads to makes the security problem. So, the organization has decided to
restructure the network infrastructure to provide the high security for all the four company within
the HCP organization. To provide a secure network by using the Cisco firewall and it is used to
provide the secure and effective network connection for an organization. The current network
does not use the Cisco products so, it creates the high operational and maintenance cost. The
current network devices do not provide the secure network and it creates the network security
problem. The current network uses the wired network capabilities and it does not provide the
effective network. So, these are needed to resolve by creating the secure network by using the
Cisco network devices for a proposed network infrastructure. The current network diagram is
shown below.
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4. Limitations
The current network limitations are encountered the some network limits that could be
affecting the framework design. Generally, the network limits are come from the nature of TCP
because the TCP is stream oriented which means there is no boundary for messages. So, it leads
to make the some network limitations (Lammle, 2011). These are needed to resolve by using the
appropriate network requirement for proposed network infrastructure. The proposed network
infrastructure requirements are listed below.
 Verify the technical, goals and requirement of the business.
 Determine the functions and features required to satisfy the organization needs.
 Perform a network readiness assessment
 Create a best solution and test plan of site acceptance.
 Create a overall project plan.
5. Additional Capabilities
The additional capabilities for a proposed network infrastructure are listed below.
 The proposed network infrastructure should stayed up all the time when the equipment
has failure, overloaded conditions and event of failed links.
 It should be easily modified to adapt to network growth and general business changes.
 It should reliably deliver the applications (Lammle, 2010).
 It should provide reasonable response time from host to host.
 It should easily recover the trouble shooting problem.
 It should time consuming when finding and fixing a problem.
 It should be secure and protect the organization data.
6. New WLAN Design
The proposed network infrastruture is shown below(Hallberg, 2013).
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The proposed network infrastructure is used to provide the overall security for an
organization. The operational and maintenance cost must be reduced by using the Cisco network
devices.. It provides the reliability and scalability for the organization. It easily resolves the
organization security problem. It improves the internet connectivity and adds the bandwidth. It
should easily update the access layer for LAN cabling. It also provides the redundancy for key
services. In defined areas, the wireless access are supported. The network devices and
specifications are discussed in below (Osman, 2011).
Routers - Cisco 2901/K9 Routers
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 It is used to enhance card slots of the high speed wireless interface.
 It is used to integrate the power distribution modules to support the Cisco enhanced
power of Ethernet connection.
 It uses the authentication, authorization, accounting and public key infrastructure to
easily identify the network managements.
 Provide the high security embedded hardware accelerated VPN encryption and it has
Cisco unified border element capabilities.
 It enhances the investment protection through the increased performance and modularity.
Switches - Cisco Catalyst WS-C2960-48TT-L Switch
 The Cisco Switches are used to provide the border network experience, ease of use
and improved sustainability. It reduces the network energy because it has high
energy consumption
 The branch office network has the fixed configuration access.
 It provides the highly secure business operations and the total cost of ownership is
low.
 It has high security features to provide the high scalability and security for a sports
complex (Huang, 2014).
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Firewall - Cisco PIX 501 Bundle Firewall
 The Cisco firewall is the most popular security appliance. In offices, the high security is
delivered by using this firewall.
 It also delivers the plug and play purpose, reliable and scalable build appliance. The
multilayer defense is delivered to the offices via security services.
 It is used to provide high speed securing broad band environments.
 It also provides the Dos attack prevention, IPv6 support, firewall and switching
protection, 256 bit encryption, Intrusion prevention system protection and DHCP support.
Access Point - Cisco Aironet 2700i Access Point
 The Cisco access point is used for indoor environments. The spatial streams are
provided by supporting the multiple inputs and multiple out technology for a
network.
 It improves the performance of downlink and the life of the battery on mobile
devices (Claise and Wolter, 2013).
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 It designed for high performance applications. It delivers a robust mobility
experience based on technologies .It also delivers the high speed spectrum
intelligence channel to provide the high wireless interferences.
Cables – RJ45 Connector and Ethernet Cable
 The Ethernet cables are used to connect the devices like switches, routers and PCs.
 The RJ45 connector is a standard that used with CAT6 and CAT5 cables. The
information is transmitted by using these cables along with their lengths.
 It provides the reliability and scalability of the network.
 It is standardized telecommunication network interface for connecting data and
voice equipment (Rozenblit, 2000).
7. Schedule of new WLAN Design Project
The proposed WLAN design project schedule is shown below.
Task Name Duration Start Finish
WLAN Design Report 52 days Mon 6/4/18 Tue 8/14/18
Gather the Project Requirement 2 days Mon 6/4/18 Tue 6/5/18
Analyze technical requirements 6 days Wed 6/6/18 Wed 6/13/18
Remotely review performance,
scalability, security, and availability
requirements for the proposed wireless LAN
technology and mobility services
3 days Wed 6/6/18 Fri 6/8/18
Cisco wireless advanced technologies are
identified and also support the requirements
for wireless LAN client devices,
3 days Mon 6/11/18 Wed 6/13/18
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infrastructure, management, and mobility
services
Review existing wireless LAN
architecture design
2 days Thu 6/14/18 Fri 6/15/18
new wireless LAN services and mobility
applications are supported by analyzing the
readiness of the existing infrastructure
2 days Thu 6/14/18 Fri 6/15/18
Develop a Wireless LAN Architecture
Design Review
4 days Mon 6/18/18 Thu 6/21/18
Document gaps between requirements
and the existing wireless network
2 days Mon 6/18/18 Tue 6/19/18
Architecture design for optimal
performance, security, and reliability are
improved by making recommendations.
2 days Wed 6/20/18 Thu 6/21/18
Assess technologies that meet design
requirements
4 days Fri 6/22/18 Wed 6/27/18
Identify Cisco wireless advanced
technologies are identified and also support
requirements for wireless
2 days Fri 6/22/18 Mon 6/25/18
LAN client devices, infrastructure,
network management, and mobility services
2 days Tue 6/26/18 Wed 6/27/18
Analyze potential network
infrastructure gaps
4 days Thu 6/28/18 Tue 7/3/18
The proposed wireless LAN technology,
services, and applications are supported by
analyzing the readiness of the infrastructure
2 days Thu 6/28/18 Fri 6/29/18
New wireless LAN technology and
mobility services with the existing wireless
infrastructure are integrated by analyzing the
potential gaps.
2 days Mon 7/2/18 Tue 7/3/18
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Develop a Wireless LAN Architecture
Design
16 days Wed 7/4/18 Wed 7/25/18
Create a custom, high-level wireless
LAN architecture design that includes:
2 days Wed 7/4/18 Thu 7/5/18
Wireless LAN architecture design
specifications
2 days Fri 7/6/18 Mon 7/9/18
Wireless LAN security design
specifications
2 days Tue 7/10/18 Wed 7/11/18
Required data rates, target throughput,
and desired availability
2 days Thu 7/12/18 Fri 7/13/18
Network management design
specifications
2 days Mon 7/16/18 Tue 7/17/18
Software release recommendations for
access points, controllers, Mobility Services
Engine (MSE), and Wireless Control System
(WCS)
3 days Wed 7/18/18 Fri 7/20/18
Client device recommendations 3 days Mon 7/23/18 Wed 7/25/18
Develop a Wireless LAN Detailed Design 9 days Thu 7/26/18 Tue 8/7/18
Create a custom Wireless LAN Detailed
Design that includes:
1 day Thu 7/26/18 Thu 7/26/18
Wireless LAN network technology 1 day Fri 7/27/18 Fri 7/27/18
Network topology, including switching
and routing design and IP
1 day Mon 7/30/18 Mon 7/30/18
addressing 1 day Tue 7/31/18 Tue 7/31/18
Access point configuration 1 day Wed 8/1/18 Wed 8/1/18
Client device recommendations 1 day Thu 8/2/18 Thu 8/2/18
Software protocols and feature
configurations
1 day Fri 8/3/18 Fri 8/3/18
Wireless LAN network management
specifications
1 day Mon 8/6/18 Mon 8/6/18
Wireless LAN security specifications 1 day Tue 8/7/18 Tue 8/7/18
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