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Design study for a multi-site public Wi-Fi network

Telecom operator

Scope

Coverage study, access point sizing and captive portal architecture for busy public areas.

Context

A need to open public Wi-Fi access across several busy areas, with user authentication and bandwidth control.

Work done

Coverage study, access point sizing, captive portal and authentication design, full costing and a phased rollout plan.

Outcome

Technical dossier and costed architecture, directly usable in a tender, with centralised monitoring planned from the first phase.

Nature of the engagement

This engagement is a design study, delivered as a technical dossier. It does not include the rollout, which belongs to a later phase.

Context

The operator wanted to open public Wi-Fi access across several busy areas, with user authentication and bandwidth control.

Work done

Coverage study, access point sizing, captive portal and authentication design, full costing and a phased rollout plan.

Outcome

A dossier directly usable in a tender, with centralised monitoring planned from the first phase.