Industry
Logistics & Warehousing Wireless Engineering
Warehouses, distribution centers, and fulfillment facilities depend on wireless for handheld scanners, mobile computers, AGVs, forklift-mounted terminals, and voice-picking workflows. We design and validate networks that account for high ceilings, metal racking, changing inventory profiles, cold storage, and the demanding roaming requirements of automated fleets — across a single building or an entire multi-site network.
Typical wireless failure modes
- Metal racking, high ceilings, and shifting inventory continuously altering RF conditions
- AGVs, AMRs, and forklifts requiring seamless L2 and L3 roaming at speed
- Handheld scanners and mobile terminals sensitive to latency, retries, and disassociation
- Automation, connected devices, and IoT adding sustained airtime demand
- Multi-site standardization across dozens of distribution centers with different footprints
How NetRobin engineers address them
- Predictive Wireless Design accounting for racking, ceiling height, and material
- AP-on-a-Stick Surveys to validate coverage before full deployment
- Active Surveys to measure roaming, throughput, and scanner performance
- RF Optimization for fast-roaming (802.11r/k/v) tuned to fleet client radios
- Spectrum Analysis where automation, motors, or non-Wi-Fi devices degrade a band
Common engagements in this sector
- Capacity Planning for scanners, AGVs, and IoT Connectivity
- RTLS and BLE/UWB Asset Tracking for pallets, equipment, and vehicles
- Validation Surveys after seasonal re-rack or facility changes
- Standardized reference designs for multi-site rollout consistency
What the outcome looks like
- Predictable scanner and AGV performance across every aisle
- Consistent wireless experience across every distribution center
- Improved throughput and reduced client disassociations
Relevant technical guides
Problems that commonly arise in logistics & warehousing environments
Technical guide
How should Wi-Fi be designed for a warehouse or distribution center?
Warehouse Wi-Fi is a roaming and airtime design problem, not a coverage-map exercise. Racking, ceiling height, antenna choice and client capability drive the outcome.
Technical guide
Why do warehouse scanners lose connection while roaming?
Scanner and AGV drops in distribution centres are usually roaming, cell-edge and racking-related RF problems rather than coverage shortfalls.
Technical guide
How can wireless infrastructure support indoor location, wayfinding and asset tracking?
Location accuracy depends on AP density, placement geometry and the underlying technology — Wi-Fi, BLE, UWB or RFID. A network designed only for coverage rarely locates well.
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