Recommended broadband capacity estimation system for school boards

Abstract

The required broadband for school and school board depends on curriculum delivery, the administrative and operational needs of the school and many other factors. These represent very different usage patterns, but both require a high level of reliability and performance. Therefore, there are no standards define what is the suitable broadband for the school and school board. This article is the first investigation of students Internet need in Canada based on real data and future expected bandwidth (BW) required. The study offers a comprehensive discussion of the process to obtain a mathematical model that relates number of students in school and District School Board (DSB) with the required bandwidth. Based on real data provided by 7 DSBs with 713 schools and more than 341, 000 students and educators, this paper gives a general practical equations that able to recommend the BW required for Canadians' School and School Board.