warehousing logistics
Private 5G replaces a tangled Wi-Fi mesh at a 900k sq ft DC
National 3PL
63%
fewer device handoffs vs. legacy Wi-Fi
4 mo
from design to operational cutover
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Warehousing & Logistics
Distribution centers fail in characteristic ways: forklifts mask APs, mezzanines kill 5 GHz, scanners roam slower than the operators carrying them, and the network always gets blamed last.
The problem we see
- Pick-paths cross signal boundaries every few seconds, generating handoffs that consumer Wi-Fi handles poorly.
- Inventory shape and density change weekly. Coverage that was fine in October is broken in November.
- AGV / AMR deployments add roaming clients that demand sub-100ms handoffs the existing network can't provide.
How we approach it
- We model the warehouse as it actually operates — pick volume, mezzanine layout, AGV pathing — not just as a footprint.
- Where Wi-Fi can be fixed with better antenna selection and channel planning, we fix it. Where the answer is private cellular, we say so and prove it.
- We document the assumptions about rack height, inventory density, and seasonal variation so the design ages gracefully.
Representative outcomes
63%
fewer device handoffs vs. legacy Wi-Fi (representative)
Predictable
performance across seasonal inventory swings
Designed
for the AGVs you're about to deploy, not just today's scanners
Next step
Have a coverage problem you can describe — but not yet solve?
Request a wireless assessment. An engineer (not a sales rep) will walk through what you're seeing and propose what we'd actually do.