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Prioritization Guidelines

In keeping with the earlier findings of the CCFIT Wireless Task Group, the general prioritization of deployments will adhere to the following plan:

1. Whenever a new building is to be built, or an existing one to be remodeled, part of the design procedure and cost is to go through a comprehensive wireless design analysis to determine how many APs are needed to cover the building with wireless, and where those APs are to be located.
2. Public safety areas where wireless would significantly contribute to safety should be a high priority.
3. Some areas have high benefit and low cost; these should be done as quickly as possible.
4. The next priority should be where we have existing coverage. This means persuading units running their own wireless to fold it into CR's network, or decide they cannot and figure out how to make them compatible with CR's network. This includes compatibility with respect to security and management issues.
5. Other areas, such as common areas, education areas, departments not now on wireless, administration areas, recreation areas, existing buildings, and research labs.
6. Adding wireless to residence halls could be an attraction for students living in the campus residence halls; any proposals for changes in services and costs for student residence halls would be jointly developed by Student Housing and IET.

This Working Group will meet regularly to recommend deployments of wireless services based on input from the following sources:

• UC Davis constituent groups
• Service requests made to IET/Communications Resources
• Service requests made to A&E and O&M
• Planning groups responsible for new buildings in any phase of construction
• Planning groups responsible for existing buildings being modified
• Campus planning personnel responsible for major area deployments such as the West of 113 plan.
• Individual departments desiring campus-provided wireless access.