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Wireless Lan Proposal

WIRELESS LAN PROPOSAL

A RESEARCH PROPOSAL PRESENTED TO THE
Faculty of the College

In partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of

By

April 26, 2005

Table of Contents

Section

I. Statement of Purpose

II. Statement of Problem

III. Participants

IV. Objectives:

A. Development Objectives
B. Evaluative Objectives

V. Data Collection

VI. Data Analysis

VII. Definition of Terms

VIII. Budget

IX. Timeline

X. Bibliography

XI. Exhibits


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

WIRELESS LAN PROPOSAL
By

April 26, 2005

The purpose of this proposal is to determine if implementing a Wireless LAN in the Bank's T-4 conference center will not only improve LAN services for employees, tenants, and visitors, but also determine if this can be a self funding and secure initiative. In order to make this determination, we desire to perform a small research experiment that we believe will clearly illustrate the need for pursuing the full implementation of a Wireless LAN. We also believe that this experiment will provide the justification to obtain full management support to pursue this initiative.

The research experiment that we propose to initiate consists of two surveys, contacting other companies in the area that host conference centers, and implementing a small Wireless LAN as a pilot. The two surveys will be issued to Bank employees who have reserved a room in the conference center in the past, and to Bank tenants and visitors, who have also reserved the conference center in the past. These surveys will ask the respondents demographic questions, such as the department or industry they work in, preference questions such as if they have been satisfied with the current LAN services in the conference center, and finally if they are familiar with Wireless technology, and if they would be willing to pay a small fee to have access to Wireless technology in our conference center. We will also be contacting other companies, in the...