The first three articles, on universal planning, technology interfaces and transportation, are about differences in school settings.
University: Large number of users, complex scenes, sophisticated strategy
Universities are the most complex use scenes of a campus network billing system. The number of users is large (thousands, thousands and tens of thousands), there are many types of users (students, teachers, administration, visitors), there are many venues (houserooms, classrooms, laboratories, libraries, office areas) and there are many docking systems (identity certification, teaching system, financial system, one cartoon).
The college's billing system is designed to be and processed. The 50,000 user online system, which is not the same as the 5,000 user online system, has a completely different architecture."How many users are supported"This parameter depends on the actual operation case.
At higher education institutions, different colleges, different professions, and different user groups may have different costing strategies. Computer colleges, for example, may need more bandwidth, and departments of arts and sciences may be more cost-sensitive. The system should support multidimensional strategic definitions.
The third is the ability to connect. There are many systems for information in universities, which require a system of billing that can be connected to the unified identity certification system, to the teaching system (e.g. automatic decomposition from graduation), and to the financial system (fee reconciliation).
I've served a college that used to use small billing systems, which made it impossible for the user to last until 8,000, and increased the time of certification response from 200 ms to five seconds. The enterprise-level system was replaced, and the user population remained stable until 30,000. It is important to reserve sufficient excess performance when selecting.
Vocational colleges: value for money is first and travel is easier
Vocational colleges generally have smaller users than higher education institutions, but they also have more tight budgets.
The network of vocational colleges is characterized by the high number of student dormitories, their relatively small use and the small number of teachers and managers.
The information centres in higher education institutions usually have a few professionals, and the vocational colleges may be one or two people to handle all of the information.
I suggest that when a vocational college is selected, it should be emphasized: do you have a graphical configuration interface? Do you have a common configuration template? Does the vendor technical support respond quickly after a problem?"Support not supported IPv6"Such functions are more practical.
Primary and secondary schools: safety first, management simple
School network billing systems in primary and secondary schools are not required to be charged for their students."Control"Not."Fees"。
Control what? Controls how much time you use it, controls access.
For example, school hours do not allow students to access the Internet; afternoon breaks provide limited access to educational sites; and after school, they are reasonably open. These strategies must be configured in a system of billing and automatically put into effect on time.
Another feature of primary and secondary schools is that parents may ask"What did the kid do to get online at school?"♪ The billing system needs to generate easy-to-understand online reporting to reassure parents.
I've done a program for a high school. The billing system is configured."Student list online"The parents are very satisfied and feel that school management is in place.
Different technologies in different contexts
The same is the campus network billing system, with different priorities for technology in different settings.
The university focused on: high-speed processing, complex strategic engines, multisystem interface capabilities and big log processing.
The emphasis of vocational colleges is on: value for money, ease of use and quality of technical support from manufacturers.
Primary and secondary schools focus on: behaviour management linkages, parent reporting, simple controllable strategy configuration.
I suggest that when you choose a model, you should determine your own location and see if the manufacturer's plan matches it. Don't be superstitious."Big brand.""Full Function"The best thing to do is fit your own scene.
User behavior analysis, different scenes of interest
The vast amount of data accumulated by the system is actually a valuable management resource. Analysis focuses differently in different contexts.
Universities: Focus on traffic trends, unusual flow detections, and popular application distribution.
Vocational colleges: Focus on overall usage, unusual user testing.
Primary and secondary schools: Are there any attempts to access poor websites by looking at whether students are connected to the Internet?
I did a flow analysis for a college, and found that 30% of the bandwidth was taken up by several P2P downloads every night at 8-11 p.m. The whole network experience has improved significantly since then by adjusting its strategy to limit the bandwidth ratio of P2P downloads.
The future is going to evolve in different ways.
Campus network billing systems are also evolving. IPv6 support, mobile end support, cloud deployment, AI-aided carriers are the way forward.
Universities should follow up on these new technologies proactively, given the complex network environment and the benefits of such technologies.
Vocational colleges can be followed up appropriately, but not too radical. Stability is more important than functioning.
Primary and secondary schools should not consider too complex functions for the time being, and it would be sufficient to have basic controls and reporting in place.
Summary
Campus Network Billing System is not."A plan to fight the world."The needs vary widely across school settings.
The most feared words I hear are:"Some college used it well. We used it too."The rate of transfer of the higher education programme to vocational colleges or primary and secondary schools is not appropriate.
The last one I will talk about is the future of campus network billing systems, including IPv6, AI transport dimensions, cloudization and how we should respond.