Network Design for a Shopping Centre and a University Campus

Case Study 1: Shopping Centre Network Design

Consider the use case with below requirements

A new shopping centre is being constructed in London City. You are hired as network planning consultant for this shopping centre. 

One 2 storeyed building with shops, gaming centre and cinema

The shopping centre consists of:

1. Total eight big shops on ground floor containing 4 fixed connections per shop 

2. Total four small shops on first floor containing 2 fixed connections per shop 

3. The gaming centre and cinema are located on the first floor. The gaming centre contains 10 gaming PCs. The cinema has two movie halls which are streaming video from UDP based IPTV streaming service.

Wired network access for all shops

Wired network access for all gaming PCs and movie halls  

Secure WiFi network to cover all visitors 

WiFi network for Guests (approx. 500)

Requirements:

1.Intranet and Internet access for all shops, gaming PCs and cinema hall 

2.Virtual networks for the shops, gaming centre and cinema (e.g. VLAN, zoning)

3.Guaranteed minimum 50 Mbps throughput connection for IPTV streaming per movie hall

4.Guaranteed minimum 15 Mbps throughput and 5 msec delay connection per gaming PC  

Consider the use case with below requirements

The main campus of a university (250 employees):

a. Four 2 storeyed building, faculty office and library
b. Four Departments
c. Faculty (150 employees)
d. Human Resource (50 employees)
e. IT Support (25 employees)
f. Library (25 employees)

1. Wired network access for all the employees
2. Data-enabled tablets for IT Support employees
3. Secure WiFi network for the premises
4. WiFi network for Guests/Student (Approximately 1000)*
5. Data centre holding all university information assets
6. Any given day 50 employees can work from home

Provide a network design for a case study (60% weight, approximately 1250 words)

1.Detailed Physical and Logical network diagrams (you can use any software that you are comfortable with, it could be packet tracer, lucid chart or draw.io)

a.Physical network diagram that shows the actual physical arrangement of the components that make up the network (including a diagram that shows the building layout, rooms, Cabinet details with all the links and cables)

b.Logical network diagram that shows how information flow throughout the network and how devices communicate with each other (IP addresses allocation details, subnets, ports details, subnet masks, network, broadcasts, IP range, devices to be used, such as switch, router, VPN devices, firewalls, routing protocols, security and protection by providing passwords for network devices execution mode, configuration mode etc.)

2.Recommended technologies/protocols (e.g. Cabling, WiFi standard, etc). Please also provide a discussion with a reason for the selected technology. 

3.Recommended QoS assurance technologies (e.g. Diffserv, MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) etc.) for each case study to ensure QoS (e.g. minimum throughput, maximum delay/latency) for the particular chosen case requirement. Please also provide the reasoning with a discussion for the selected technology. 

Discuss how the network security and management could be improved in the case study (40% weight, approximately 750 words)

1. (VPN, VLAN, IDS/IPS, Firewalls, Zoning, etc. )

2. Recommend emerging technologies (Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), edge computing) for effective management and monitoring for a growing network.