Architectural interior with a ceiling-mounted wireless access point integrated into the detail

01 / Capability · Seamless Wi-Fi Networking

High-Speed Wi-Fi

Surveyed, controller-managed wireless — designed to the room, the device count and the backhaul.

Unified Wi-Fi 6 / 6E / 7 — surveyed, designed and tuned to the building it lives in.

02 / The foundation

Reliable Wi-Fi is a design problem before it is an installation problem. Coverage, capacity, materials, interference, roaming behaviour and the wired network behind the access points matter far more than the number of APs on the ceiling.

Zentrum plans wireless coverage with the architect and interior team so access points sit where the physics work, on a switching and cabling plant designed to carry them.

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03 / System anatomy

How the infrastructure is put together.

AP positions, ceiling type, mounting details and containment are far easier to resolve on drawings than on site. Materials — glass, concrete, mirrors, metal cladding — change wireless behaviour, and the design responds to them rather than fights them.

  1. 01 /

    The building fabric

    Concrete cores, block walls, glass and metal decide where signal actually goes — before any hardware is chosen.

  2. 02 /

    Wired infrastructure

    Cabling, containment and PoE capacity reaching every position an access point may need to occupy.

  3. 03 /

    Access-point positions

    Positions set by the plan and the ceiling detail, coordinated with lighting, sprinklers and the interior.

    • Interior
    • Circulation
    • Outdoor
  4. 04 /

    Coverage

    Signal reaching the spaces people use, including stairs, lifts, terraces and back-of-house areas.

  5. 05 /

    Capacity

    Enough throughput for the number of devices in a room at once — coverage and capacity are not the same problem.

    • Device density
    • Throughput
  6. 06 /

    Roaming

    One network name and a clean hand-off as people move between floors, buildings and outdoor areas.

Outcome /

Wireless that behaves the same in every room.

Conceptual only — real coverage is set per project against the drawings and the materials in the build.

Conceptual wireless coverage diagram: the building fabric informs wired infrastructure, which reaches coordinated access-point positions, producing coverage, then capacity for device density, and finally seamless roaming between areas.

04 / Design principles

What we hold the installation to.

  • Coverage planning

    AP layouts based on the rooms and spaces designed for wireless use.

  • Capacity sizing

    APs and controllers sized for the number of devices that actually connect.

  • Wired backhaul

    Switching and PoE budget planned as part of the wireless design.

  • Roaming behaviour

    Handover between APs tuned so calls, streams and sessions survive it.

  • SSID and segmentation

    SSID structure, VLANs and authentication treated as part of the network design.

01 /

Concrete walls, glass partitions and marble — material-aware AP placement

02 /

Roaming for staff devices and IoT endpoints

03 /

Quiet upgrades — no all-night cutovers in occupied spaces

05 / Applications

Wireless that is simply there.

Workplaces and headquarters

Offices where the systems are judged on how little attention they need day to day.

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Hotels and resorts

Guest-facing and operational systems planned together, and commissioned around opening.

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Also delivered in: Premium residences and villas · Corporate offices · Hospitality · Retail · Education · Development common areas.

06 / Coordination and delivery

How the package runs.

  1. 01 /Understand where wireless needs to work — and how well.
  2. 02 /Plan AP positions, wired backhaul and controller architecture against that intent.
  3. 03 /Coordinate containment, power and mounting with the design team.
  4. 04 /Install, tune and validate coverage, capacity and roaming behaviour on site.
  5. 05 /Hand over configuration, monitoring and documentation the team can operate.
  • 01Predictive and on-site Wi-Fi surveys
  • 02Access points sized for floor density and material penalties
  • 03Single controller view across the whole building
  • 04Guest portals, voucher access and tenant segmentation
Turnkey delivery →Assessment and support for existing systems →

07 / Related systems

What connects to this.

Data & IT Infrastructure
Wireless performance depends on the switching, PoE and cabling below it.
Connected Communication
Wireless voice, video calling and mobile clients depend on well-planned Wi-Fi.
Audio Visual Systems
Wireless presentation, streaming and control ride the wireless network.
Building Automation
Wireless sensors, controllers and tablets increasingly share the same infrastructure.

Technology ecosystem /

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Next step /

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