As hospitality and education organizations transform their technology environments to support remote work, guest/student services, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), smart projects, and other initiatives, they’re finding traditional terrestrial and wireless networks don’t always meet their needs for latency, security, and coverage. Enter Private Wireless Networks from Cox Business.
What is a Private Wireless Network?
A Cox Business Private Wireless Network is a custom-designed and managed wireless connectivity solution that moves data securely from machine to machine or machine to people without traversing the public Internet. To do that, Cox leverages a mix of licensed and unlicensed wireless technologies, such as:
- Millimeter wave (mmWave)
- Microwave
- Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)
- LAA/LTU
- Long Range Radio (LoRa)
- WiFi
- LTE/5G
- Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE)
- Zigbee
What are the benefits of Private Wireless Networks?
Cox Business Private Wireless Networks provide many benefits for hospitality and education organizations, such as:
- Expanded coverage over larger geographic areas or device densities
- Dedicated bandwidth for specific use cases in a facility or campus
- Strengthened security over a network that’s separate from the public Internet
- Improved reliability and control over the connectivity experience for mission-critical use cases
- Enhanced mobility with seamless connectivity across extended areas
- Increased cost efficiency when a traditional wired network is cost-prohibitive or impractical
How are businesses putting Private Wireless Networks to work?
Businesses across industries are putting Cox Business Private Wireless Networks to work to solve their network connectivity challenges. Here are two examples from the hospitality and education industries:
Hospitality: 7 Cedars Casino & Hotel Serves Guests & Staff with Private Wireless Network
- Problem: The 7 Cedars Casino and Hotel’s weak cellular signal prevented staff from completing back-of-house operations and negatively impacted the guest experience.
- Solution: Cox designed and deployed a private LTE network using CBRS to enable 5G wireless service to 7 Cedars’ guests and staff.
- Results: 7 Cedars’ private wireless network offers dedicated, symmetrical connections with reliable, high speeds and low latency.
Education: Private Wireless Network Bridges Digital Divide for Adams Elementary
- Problem: Many students at Adams Elementary in Arizona’s Mesa Public School District lacked access to affordable, reliable Internet service at home to participate in school activities and complete assignments.
- Solution: Cox deployed a private cellular network as a wireless bridge, extending the school’s network to hotspots provided to students for educational use, including video conferencing calls.
- Results: Students within a square mile of Adam’s Elementary can access layer 3 private wireless extensions reserved for authenticated student devices. Plus, the modular and scalable architecture will support expansion to additional sites as enrollment grows.
Hospitality and education organizations uniquely serve the needs of employees and customers – be they guests or students. Often that requires a creative connectivity solution that only private wireless networks can deliver. With the help of an experienced managed services provider like Cox Business, these private wireless networks are built with current and future needs in mind.
