Niigata University of Health and Welfare Adopts Furuno Systems' Wireless LAN Access Points and Management System

Furuno Systems Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Sumida-ku, Tokyo; President: Satoshi Nakatani; an affiliate of Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.), a manufacturer of commercial wireless equipment, has been adopted by Niigata University of Health and Welfare, a school corporation of Niigata Sogo Gakuen (Kita-ku, Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture), for its campus network development. The university adopted the commercial wireless LAN access point "ACERA" and the wireless network management system "UNIFAS." The introduction of ACERA has established a comfortable communication infrastructure accessible anywhere on campus, and UNIFAS has enabled a system for stable management of the vast network.

### ■ Background of ACERA Introduction Niigata University of Health and Welfare has been progressively developing its campus Wi-Fi since 2008. Due to the construction of new buildings and the increase in student numbers with the establishment of new faculties and departments, problems such as "delays during high-volume connections," "communication disconnections," and "poor communication due to access concentration during online lectures" became apparent. Particularly, with the spread of online lectures, there was a demand for rebuilding the wireless network to ensure uninterrupted learning. To solve these issues, Furuno Systems' wireless LAN access points (hereinafter AP) "ACERA 1310" and "ACERA 1320" were adopted as the campus-wide network infrastructure.

With installation in lecture rooms, study spaces, corridors, and student cafeterias, comfortable Wi-Fi use became possible anywhere on the vast campus, which boasts an area equivalent to five Tokyo Domes. Furthermore, a network environment where connections are not interrupted even with multiple simultaneous connections was achieved, improving the quality of online lectures. The robust AP wireless communication infrastructure, which supports the expectation of "always being connected," supports the learning and research of students who will pioneer the future in the fields of healthcare, health, welfare, and sports.

### ■ Burden Reduction through Centralized Management by UNIFAS Stable operation of the campus network requires advanced monitoring and management. Niigata University of Health and Welfare operates network management with a limited number of staff, and the conventional system placed an excessive burden on administrators. With the introduction of the on-premise version of the wireless network management system "UNIFAS," centralized management of multiple APs installed across the vast campus and the connection status of various terminals has been realized. Operation settings for changing channels and signal strength can be easily done from the management screen, and automated night updates are possible with the schedule function. By eliminating the need for constant monitoring, the burden of manual update work has been reduced, making operations smoother with a limited number of administrators.

### About Furuno Systems Furuno Systems is a leading company in the wireless LAN system field.