Education
More coverage, simplicity, safety and reduced costs
5G and the future of education: new opportunities for students and educators
The impact of 5G technology on education, particularly in recent years, is undeniable, and it has forever changed the field for the better. With thousands of people working collaboratively in campuses and schools, and with external communities, there can be intense network communications requirements. Administrative, scheduling, reporting and coordination tasks are increasingly requiring both voice and digitalized workflows on a large number of smartphones, tablets and laptops. Higher education students are also taking advantage of the agility delivered by wireless technology to find productivity and utilization gains from new, flexible ways of organizing themselves and their workflows.
Which are the benefits of 5G in education and how will 5G change education?
5G and private networks have, now more than ever, the power to digitalize the education systems around the world, providing new tools and instruments to bridge the gap for disadvantaged students and provide equal and simplified access to education.
- Virtual and augmented reality in education. Applying augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies could provide students with interactive, more realistic and immersive learning experiences that books and traditional learning environments cannot provide.
- Extended reality and immersive learning experiences. As AR and VR, 5G-powered XR is an alternative solution to traditional teaching, boosting the engagement of the students.
- Increased access to education and remote learning. 5G networks have the power of bridging the digital divide in education, as it supports and provides the opportunity to students in remote and rural areas to have equal access to schooling.
- Smooth remote learning experiences. With 5G fast speed and lower latency, online and remote learning experiences will no longer be abruptly interrupted by lagging connectivity. This means less time spent waiting for better connection, and faster and real-time communication among students and teachers participating in online classrooms.
More coverage, simplicity, safety and reduced costs
Main challenges
Traditional fixed line plant and extensions
maintenance and adjustment is getting increasingly expensive
Campuses need a highly secure unified communications platform
for all their voice and data requirements, rather than have separate data and voice networks
Campus staff bring their own personal mobile devices to work
and are increasingly wanting to incorporate them into workflows, rather than carry additional devices
Wi-Fi based unified communications suffer from poor performance
in crowded environments
Video and data intensity requirements
how we solve them
Private mobile networks are perfect for campuses as they offer the security and the coverage of public cellular plus the simplicity and cost-optimization of Wi-Fi.
Athonet’s private mobile network solutions cut through the duplication, cost and complexity of current systems with a single, highly-controllable network.
Private mobile networks bring the following advantages:
clean, new, unused spectrum dedicated to your campus
3-4 times better coverage compared to 5GHz & 6GHz Wi-Fi
native ability to support mission-critical communications, including high definition video
telco-grade voice, dialer-based integration with enterprise PBX, integration with PSTN, and optionally, mobile operator cellular networks
superior access control and security
in-built security capability to allow network segmentation, access control and policy-based isolation of particular users, applications and traffic
simplicity of guest worker access with eSIM
native ability to support mobility requirements across large campus estate
reduced operational cost and complexity
Athonet EPC
Athonet 5G Core
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