Case Study
Broadband provision with wireless LAN
Page 1 LANCOM Reference Projects Broadband provision with wireless LAN Idea / Requirements ? Provision of Internet to areas without access to broadband ? High-speed Internet (WLAN) for club members in Dresden and its surroundings ? An initiative to install of the largest private wireless network in Germany Solution ? Erection of 120 radio masts (e.g. on the roofs of private households, tower blocks, or churches) with more than 200 LANCOM access points ? Equipment of the access points with external sector and omni-directional antennas Advantages ? High-speed DSL Internet connection for almost 2000 households and companies ? Site connectivity with relatively little effort and low costs ? Apart from the Dresden metropolitan area, other locations were connected as well (e.g. Pirna,