Education & Campuses
Campus Wi-Fi
High-density wireless designed for the moment a full lecture theatre connects at once, not for the average across a quiet afternoon.
Campus wireless is a capacity problem disguised as a coverage problem. A signal survey can show excellent strength throughout a building that is nonetheless unusable at nine in the morning, because the constraint is airtime rather than signal: thirty devices sharing one radio each wait their turn, and the experience degrades long before the signal does.
Designing for that means counting devices per space at peak, not measuring square metres. A lecture theatre with two hundred seats needs several access points with their power turned down and their channels planned, which is the opposite of the instinct to cover a large room with one powerful unit.
The other campus-specific issue is roaming. Students and staff walk between buildings while on calls or in class sessions, and fast transition has to be configured for the session to survive. It rarely works by default.
What this covers
High-density design
Device counts per space at peak driving access point quantity, with power and channel planning so the units do not interfere with each other.
Surveying and validation
Predictive design against the real floor plans and construction, validated on site before sign-off.
Roaming
Fast transition tuned so a session survives movement between rooms and buildings.
Segregated networks
Separate staff, student, guest and device networks with policy between them, on one physical infrastructure.
Outdoor coverage
Courtyards, sports areas and walkways covered with equipment rated for the climate rather than indoor units in enclosures.
What we will ask you
These are the questions that decide the specification. Having the answers ready is what turns a first conversation into a real quotation.
- 01
What is the worst five minutes of the year?
Design against that. Term start, exams and assemblies are when the network is judged.
- 02
How many devices per person?
A phone, a laptop and a tablet each is now normal. Device count, not headcount, drives capacity.
- 03
Are the inter-building links adequate?
Excellent wireless on a building with a saturated uplink solves nothing. Check the backbone first.