Why is it important that my Wi-Fi system is specific to the bus?

When bus companies decide to implement Wi-Fi networks, whether corporate for internal use or as a public service to their customers, they must analyze several factors that will influence the performance, management and efficiency of the network. In this sense, the choice of the router is fundamental, aspects related to the hardware must be taken into account. Where am I going to locate it? What are the needs of the environment? And also with the software Is it a mobility environment? Am I going to give simultaneous service to multiple users?

How to choose a wifi router for the bus

Choose the hardware of the router. Where am I going to place it?

The first questions to ask yourself before choosing a router are : what use am I going to give it? And in what environment am I going to place it ? With these three examples we can see how the choice of this device influences on a physical level (hardware) according to its functionality.

Specific hardware criteria for the bus sector

These are just examples of how the environment in which the devices are installed fully conditions their choice. Similarly, a bus company that decides to install Wi- Fi routers in its fleet to provide this service to its passengers must ensure that the chosen routers meet the needs of the environment at the hardware level :

Do I need specific software for the bus?

So far we have discussed how the choice of router affects the hardware level when we are going to allocate our equipment to a bus, but what about the software part? Are we also conditioned by the use for their choice? The answer is yes.
Like any software, it must be specific to the sector/use to which it is to be put, for example, an application for the management of a large company does not have the same need as an SME or a distribution company as a dedicated to projects.

At this point, we can see that the bus sector, like any other sector, has special software needs when it comes to providing Wi-Fi service, and this is motivated by two factors:

1) It is a mobility environment and not a static one .

2) Must provide simultaneous service to multiple users outside the company.

As we can see, the software of our Wi-Fi system must satisfy both factors if we want to have our needs covered, this implies being able to manage each and every one of the connections of the passengers to our system in order to have control of our network of which, Let's not forget, the company owns it.

Why NOT choose a solution not intended for passenger transport

Choosing a Wi-Fi solution NOT intended for the bus and passenger transport environment will inevitably lead to poorer service for passengers both due to poorer mobility data coverage and connectivity and the absence of functionalities for configuration and management of the network by the transport operator.

This absence results in connections with abusive bandwidth on the part of passengers and deficient at the same time on the part of others, traffic through websites not suitable for public viewing, as well as massive data consumption that dramatically reduces our monthly data volume contracted with the operator. telecommunications; In short, we generate a negative perception of the Wi-Fi service and associated with it is the brand of the company itself.

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