Enterprise Wireless and DAS
Wi-Fi designed for capacity rather than bars on a screen, cellular DAS engineered with the carriers, and licensed point-to-point links where fiber is not practical.
Coverage is the easy half. Nearly every wireless network we are called in to rescue has plenty of signal and not enough capacity — too many clients per radio, channels reused too tightly, and access points turned up to full power so they hear each other and stop transmitting. A real design starts from the client count and application mix, models the RF against the actual construction materials, and then gets validated on site instead of trusted.
What the scope covers
Predictive design
Modeled against the real floor plan with wall materials assigned. A predictive design built on generic attenuation values is a guess with a nice-looking heatmap.
Wi-Fi 6 and 6E
6 GHz adds substantial clean spectrum and wide channels with no legacy clients on it. It also has shorter effective range, so the 6 GHz layout is not a copy of the 5 GHz one. Most enterprise indoor deployments run as low-power indoor, which trades transmit power for freedom from frequency coordination.
Distributed Antenna Systems
In-building cellular for carrier voice and data, with the carrier approval process managed. Off-air donor or small cell depending on the available signal and the carriers involved.
Point-to-point links
Licensed and unlicensed backhaul with a real path profile, Fresnel zone clearance and fade margin — not a link that works until the first heavy rain.
How the work actually runs
Requirements and capacity model
Devices per area, applications, throughput per client and density at peak. This produces the AP count. Coverage is then checked against that number, not the other way around.
Site survey
Passive survey of the existing RF environment and neighboring networks, plus spectrum analysis to find non-Wi-Fi interference before it becomes an unexplained complaint.
Predictive design and validation
Model the design, then validate it in the field with an AP on a stick in the questionable areas. Concrete, foil-backed insulation, metal decking and elevator shafts rarely behave the way software predicts.
Deployment and tuning
Mounting, cabling and antenna orientation per design, then channel plan and power levels tuned to the measured environment.
Post-installation survey
Active survey walking the space with a real client: throughput, roaming behavior between APs, and packet loss. The report shows what the network delivers, not what it was supposed to deliver.
Standards & Compliance
- IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) and 6 GHz operation (Wi-Fi 6E)
- FCC Part 15 — unlicensed operation, including 6 GHz low-power indoor and AFC-coordinated standard power
- FCC Part 90 / Part 101 — licensed land mobile and fixed microwave
- ANSI/TIA-568 and TIA-569 for the supporting cable plant
- Carrier-specific DAS design and approval requirements
Code editions are revised periodically and local authorities amend them. The requirements that apply to your project are confirmed against your jurisdiction during design.
What You Receive
- Predictive design with heatmaps for coverage, SNR, capacity and channel plan
- Pre- and post-installation survey reports with measured data
- AP schedule, mounting detail and antenna orientation
- Channel and power plan as configured
Do we need Wi-Fi 6E everywhere?
Rarely. 6E is most valuable in high-density areas and where clients support it. A mixed design that puts 6E where it pays and keeps solid 5 GHz elsewhere is usually the better spend.
Will more access points fix our slow Wi-Fi?
Sometimes it makes it worse. Too many APs at high power in reused channels raises co-channel interference, and clients spend their time waiting for a quiet moment. A survey tells us which problem you actually have.
How long does carrier approval for DAS take?
It is the long pole on almost every DAS project and it varies by carrier and market. We start it at design, not at installation.
Talk to an engineer about wireless networks.
Tell us the building, the constraints and the deadline. We will tell you what the work actually involves before anyone quotes a number.