Industry
Wireless engineered for the front desk and the fire code
Tenant connectivity and multi-carrier coverage for offices, hotels, and convention centers.
- ERCES projects delivered
- 150+
- ERCES projects delivered
- First-pass AHJ approval, every system to date
- 100%
- First-pass AHJ approval, every system to date
- Years of RF leadership
- 25+
- Years of RF leadership
- First-pass AHJ approval on hotel projects
- 100%
- First-pass AHJ approval on hotel projects
Common challenges
What stands between guests, tenants, and great connectivity
Guest and tenant experience
Connectivity is now part of the product. Guests and tenants judge a property by how well their devices work in every room, on every floor.
Multi-carrier coverage expectations
Every visitor arrives on a different carrier, and expects full bars on all of them, from the lobby to the top floor.
High-density event traffic
Ballrooms and convention floors swing from empty to thousands of simultaneous devices in minutes. Networks designed for average load fail at peak.
Property-wide by design
One wireless fabric for the whole property
Guest rooms, lobbies, ballrooms, and back-of-house each stress a network differently. WZC engineers them as one system, high-density Wi-Fi, multi-carrier cellular, and code-mandated ERCES, so the experience holds from check-in to checkout.
- Predictive RF design modeled per floor, per venue space, and per peak load
- Multi-carrier DAS so every guest has bars, on every carrier
- First-responder coverage engineered to IFC 510 and NFPA 1225
How WZC helps
Wireless engineered for the front desk and the fire code
From guest Wi-Fi to code-mandated first-responder coverage, WZC designs, installs, and maintains the wireless layers a modern property runs on. At the AC Hotel Ann Arbor, that meant a building that had failed its benchmark test passing AHJ inspection first time, with no punchlist.
Guest and conference Wi-Fi, cellular coverage in elevators and back-of-house, and code-mandated ERCES are designed as one RF plan, so they share pathways and headend space instead of competing for them.
- High-density Wi-Fi engineered for guest rooms, lobbies, and event-floor peaks
- Multi-carrier cellular DAS that delivers signal on every carrier, throughout the property
- Code-mandated ERCES compliance handled end to end, from grid test to AHJ sign-off
Enterprise Wi-Fi
High-density wireless design and deployment for guest rooms, lobbies, ballrooms, and convention floors, predictive design, seamless roaming, secure authentication.See how it works on siteCellular DAS
Multi-carrier in-building cellular coverage so every guest and tenant gets signal, regardless of carrier, engineered BDA systems across the whole property.See how it works on sitePublic Safety DAS / ERCES
Code-mandated first-responder coverage for hotels and high-rises, engineered from grid testing through AHJ approval.See how it works on site
Coverage blueprint
Inside a covered hotel tower
Donor signal, 1.35 mi tower −61 dBm
- Donor signal1.35 mi−61 dBm
- Low-E glass−30 dB−91 dBm
- Concrete floor−15 dB−106 dBm
- Metal cladding−40 dB−146 dBm
- Parking garage−50 dB−196 dBm
- Elevator shaftTotal blockNo signal
- BDA in the top-floor equipment room
- Riser down the core
- Antennas on every floor
≥ 99% critical · ≥ 95% general
Passes fire code
Typical values; every building is measured on site.
Proof
Related work
“We have used WZC for years as our primary wireless support team, and we can't imagine life without them. Their knowledge is unmatched.”
Alexa MontesThe Oakwood Group
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.
- Cellular DAS & In-Building Cellular CoverageIn-building cellular coverage on every carrier: signal surveys, iBwave design, carrier approvals, and boosters, DAS or private LTE installed.
- Public Safety DAS & ERCESGrid testing, iBwave design, AHJ coordination, installation and annual recertification for public-safety DAS.
What this buyer asks us
Guests complain about no signal in the ballroom. Is that Wi-Fi or cellular?
Usually cellular, and usually the building itself. Ballrooms and conference floors are often below grade or behind a lot of concrete and steel, and guest-facing Wi-Fi does not fix a phone that cannot get a carrier signal to make a call. A signal survey tells you which of the two it is in an afternoon.
Who pays for in-building cellular: the landlord or the tenant?
Whoever needs it to be solved, which in practice means the landlord in a multi-tenant building and the operator in a hotel. Carriers do not fund in-building systems for ordinary commercial buildings. What we can do is scope it so it is a capital item with a number rather than an open-ended problem.
Can you phase the work around events?
Yes, and we assume it. Hospitality work is scheduled around the calendar you give us, overnight where it has to be, floor by floor where it can be, with each area handed back clean and finished rather than left open between visits.
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.