Shopping Centre WiFi Installation Project: Course Name

This project presents a detailed plan for installing a WiFi network in a shopping center. It begins by highlighting the importance of wireless communication and then outlines the equipment required, including access points, routers, and firewalls, along with their associated costs. The project also considers the number of access points, transmission speeds, and the connecting backbone LAN. A breakdown of the budget including the cost of the equipment, and labor costs is provided. The project includes a Gantt chart outlining the project timeline and references to support the design and implementation of the WiFi network. The project also considers transmission security and the coverage of the wireless network.

SHOPPING CENTRE:
WIFI INSTALLATION
(Professor’s Name)
(Course Title)
(Date of Submission)

Introduction
 Wireless communication has become popular in
the current communication industry
 As an IT specialist, this project will show how to
go about installation of WiFi for a shopping Centre
 The project will start by highlighting: equipment
needed
 cost of labor and the equipment

Essential considerations for
wireless installation
 Throughput; the MAC protocol ought to be efficient to
use so as to maximize capacity
 The number of nodes; in here the network engineer has to
consider the number of access points which are required
 The connecting backbone LAN; for successful wireless
installation it is easily accomplished via the use of
modules which connects to the different types of LANs
 The coverage of the wireless network; usually an access point
covers an area of 100 by 300 meters
 Transmission security and robustness (1)

Solution plan
Solution plan
Firewall
Server
Router
Gateway
Internet
ISP
Radio Access Point
Switch
Firewall
Server
Router
Gateway
Internet
ISP
Radio Access Point
Switch

Solution Plan
Each and Access Point to cover an area of
100 by 300 meters
Each Access Point to have a transmission
speed of 2.4 Ghz
All the Access Points are of Cisco types
buts connected to Miriki Software (2)
All the access point are connected
remotely via the radio access point

Equipment cost
Item Units Unit cost
(dollar)
# of units Cost
Back-up power 40 1000 30 $300,000
Fiber access
Points
60 20000 27 $540,000
Microtik Router 80 3000 5 $15,000
Cisco Access
Points
200 1000 120 $120,000
Meraki Software 1 10000 1000 $10000
Fiber to slice
(new)
30 30000 20 $600000
Total Cost $1585000

Labor cost
Labor Number of
people required
Unit cost
(dollars)
Total cost
(dollars)
Casual laborers 30 100 3000
Network
engineers
5 1000 5000
Total cost 8000 dollars

Gantt Chart
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
Activities 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Collecting of User requirements from
the sponsors
Site Survey
Creating of Floor Plans
Cabling
Installation of Aps, Routers, Gateway,
and Firewalls
Configuration
Testing
Phasing Out

References
(1) S. Anandamurugan and P. S. Nandhini, Wireless
networks by S Anandamurugan, New York: Nova
Science Publishers, 2016.
(2) J. López and J. Zhou, Wireless sensor network
security by Javier López, 1st ed., New York: IOS
Press, 2010.
(3) J. T. Geier, Wireless Networks First Step.,
Indianapolis: Cisco Press, 2004