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Digitally transform your campus by empowering educators to embrace changes in teaching, learning, and research using technology in schools that helps them reach the ultimate goal of a student centric smart campus.

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise provides the foundation for digital transformation (DX) with high performance networking and Wi-Fi equipment. Create an environment that supports your institution’s scholarship and research goals with automation that eases deployment and operations, AI for predictive network management, and unified security policies.

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Empowering education in the 21st century

Deploy an agile network that allows educators to confidently and securely introduce new ways of teaching, learning, and conducting research. This service-centric infrastructure is the foundation for a nimble and resilient network that can face unprecedented challenges, with multi-layered cybersecurity protecting campus assets and reputation.

  • Agility to securely embrace new teaching modalities and operations
  • Cybersecurity protecting intellectual property and institutional reputation
  • Efficiency enabling cost reductions through automation
  • High-performance networking supporting academic and research needs
  • Standards-based IEEE 802.1aq network with sub-second failover
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How Alcatel-Lucent helps education customers

Academic and research environments place even greater demands on the network. They require a high-performance foundation using carrier technology to create a non-blocking network and a controller-less Wi-Fi foundation for next-generation teaching, learning, and research. One platform manages both Wi-Fi and Ethernet networks through OmniVista for centralized operations, security, and reporting.

  • Unified network access profiles enabling common security across all access
  • OmniSwitch with low-latency, DoS protection, automatic quarantine, and multi-gig
  • Centralized Wi-Fi and Ethernet management through OmniVista
  • Cost-saving network automation with SDN, Python, and REST APIs
  • Enhanced resilience with geo-spatial redundancy and hybrid cloud options
Students in library using campus Wi-Fi connectivity
100G
high-performance networking
ZTNA
zero-trust network access
SPB
carrier-grade fabric
AI
predictive network management
Capabilities

Purpose-built for smart campus

Enterprise-grade technology designed for your specific environment.

Campus-Wide Connectivity

High-density Wi-Fi 6/7 coverage across classrooms, libraries, dormitories, and outdoor areas — supporting thousands of concurrent devices with seamless roaming and controller-less design.

Smart Building Integration

IoT-ready network infrastructure connecting HVAC, lighting, access control, and energy management systems for sustainable campus operations.

Campus Safety & Security

Real-time location services, mass notification systems, and video surveillance networking provide comprehensive campus safety with automated emergency response.

Zero-Trust Network Security

Multi-layered security with unified network access profiles, granular ACL and QoS control, automatic device quarantine, and SD-WAN connectivity.

Benefits

Value for every stakeholder

For Educators & Researchers

  • High-performance non-blocking network for demanding research workloads
  • Controller-less Wi-Fi enabling flexible teaching spaces anywhere on campus
  • Rainbow integration with LMS recreating the physical classroom remotely
  • Seamless connectivity across classrooms, labs, libraries, and outdoor areas

For Campus IT Teams

  • Unified network access profiles for consistent security policies
  • Automatic topology and self-healing network fabric reducing manual work
  • One-pane-of-glass management for both Wi-Fi and Ethernet via OmniVista
  • Support for SDN, Python scripting, and REST APIs for automation

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