Industry
Campus-wide wireless for K-12 and higher education
Campus-wide coverage for K-12 and universities, spanning academic halls, dorms, and stadiums.
Common challenges
What campuses are up against
Lecture-hall and dorm Wi-Fi, cellular coverage across buildings that were never wired to each other, and code-mandated ERCES are designed as one RF plan, so they share pathways and headend space instead of competing for them.
- High-density lecture halls and classrooms
- Sprawling multi-building campuses
- Mixed-age construction
How WZC helps
Enterprise Wi-Fi
predictive design and site surveys built for high-density lecture halls, classrooms, dorms, and stadiums, with seamless roaming.Learn moreWireless Bridging
high-speed point-to-point and multipoint links that connect multi-building campuses without costly cabling.Learn morePublic Safety DAS / ERCES
brings mixed-age construction up to code-mandated first-responder coverage, from grid testing through AHJ approval.Learn more
Coverage topology
One network across the entire campus
Campus topology, point-to-multipoint bridge links carry backhaul from the IT core to every building, with high-density Wi-Fi inside and ERCES coverage where code requires it.
Testimonial
Trusted on campus
“The staff are friendly and knowledgeable. The service is fast and cost effective, making it a great value for our money.”
Tim AndersonBay College
Related services
- Enterprise Wi-Fi Design & DeploymentEnterprise Wi-Fi surveys, predictive design and deployment for high-density facilities, validated on site and managed 24/7.
- Point-to-Point Wireless Bridging & BackhaulPoint-to-point and multipoint wireless links that connect buildings without trenching fiber: path study, link budget, install and validation.
- Public Safety DAS & ERCESGrid testing, iBwave design, AHJ coordination, installation and annual recertification for public-safety DAS.
What this buyer asks us
Can you handle lecture halls and stadiums as well as classrooms?
They are different design problems and we treat them that way. A lecture hall is a density problem: hundreds of devices in one room, all active at once. A stadium is a density and outdoor-coverage problem. A dorm is a coverage and roaming problem with a residential traffic profile. The survey and the model are sized to each.
Can you connect buildings across a campus without trenching?
Usually, yes. A surveyed point-to-point wireless link will carry gigabit-class traffic between buildings in days rather than the months a fiber build takes, and it is a fraction of the cost where a road or a protected landscape sits between the two. We run the path study first so you know whether the link closes before anything is ordered.
Are you an E-Rate service provider?
Ask us before you build the funding request: the answer depends on the category of service and the year, and it is worth getting right early rather than discovering it at filing. If a different route is cleaner for your district, we will say so.
Operating more than one facility? We standardize the design and repeat it, with one point of contact for the portfolio and one set of drawings every site is built from.
Let's solve your wireless challenge
Tell us about your building and goals. A WZC engineer will get back to you within one business day.