In early September, coinciding with the start of the fall semester, the university's 2025 Weak Current Renovation Project achieved a key milestone. Through coordinated efforts across departments and intensive construction during the summer break, the first batch of fiber optic networks has been activated alongside the renovation of Student Dormitory Buildings 14, 15, and 17 in the South Zone. This marks the official entry of the university's network infrastructure into the "All-Optic Era." The next priority is ensuring network service activation in buildings for new students, with full project completion expected before National Day.
The renovation encompasses three major components: pipe-jacking construction for weak current pipelines under main campus roads, optical cable laying along main trunks, and fiber optic network access in student dormitory areas. Through systematic integration, the project has fundamentally resolved previous issues of disorganized weak current cabling and fragmented management, establishing a new model of "end-to-end conduit management and a unified network administration system." This significantly reduces operational complexity and costs. The upgrade delivers a convenient, converged network access experience. Staff and students can now seamlessly use high-speed network access anywhere on campus through "single-account authentication with seamless roaming." Network bandwidth has achieved a leap from hundreds of megabits per second to 10 gigabits per second, effectively supporting high-bandwidth applications such as online teaching, HD video streaming, and large-scale experimental data transfer. Furthermore, the comprehensive replacement of traditional active switches with optical equipment has drastically reduced potential failure points, lowered energy consumption and operational noise, resulting in a more stable and quieter dormitory network environment.
Construction on a Main Road. Photo by Li Yinhua
Construction in a Student Dormitory. Photo by Li Yinhua
This fiber optic network upgrade is a concrete implementation of the university's reform philosophy, which emphasizes "breaking new ground through top-level design and solving problems through effective plan execution." It provides crucial infrastructure support for the university's strategic goals of "breaking boundaries, integrating into the mainstream, transforming and upgrading, striving for advanced standing, and charging towards first-class status." The project achieves not only a comprehensive upgrade of the network medium but also establishes a digital foundation supporting the university's high-quality development. The new all-optical network will significantly empower the development of intelligent applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and smart classrooms, providing teachers and students with a superior teaching and learning environment.
Officials from the Information Management Office stated that the next steps involve continuing to advance the campus optical network renovation, persistently optimizing the network service system, and creating an efficient, intelligent, and green digital campus environment. By refining the digital service system, they aim to build a solid technological support platform for the university's transformation, upgrading, and high-quality development, injecting new momentum into the institution's pursuit of high-quality development during its 15th Five-Year Plan period.
