People counting with Huawei Wi-Fi
A Huawei WLAN you already run can measure footfall, and most venues need no new hardware. Bumbee Labs reads from its access points and controllers and delivers anonymous visitor counts, dwell times and movement flows to your dashboards and the API. Starting requires a managed Huawei WLAN and your permission for Bumbee Labs to connect to it.
No new hardware. Your Huawei WLAN doubles as the footfall sensor network.
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Why Huawei + Bumbee Labs
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No new hardware
The Huawei WLAN access points and controllers (AC) you already operate do the measuring, and most venues add no new hardware.
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Privacy-first
Signals are anonymised and aggregated so that no individual can be identified. The measurement is GDPR-compliant.
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One platform
Footfall metrics land in the Bumbee Labs platform alongside any other method you run.
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Sustainable measurement
The measurement runs on the Huawei WLAN you already operate. For most venues that means no new hardware to manufacture and nothing extra to scrap later.
Getting started on your Huawei WLAN
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Connect to your Huawei WLAN
Bumbee Labs connects to your managed Huawei WLAN, with your permission, and reads from the access points and controllers (AC) you already operate. Most venues have no new hardware to install.
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Filter & anonymise
The signals are filtered for noise, then anonymised and aggregated. Personal data is irrevocably deleted, leaving only statistics.
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Process & calibrate
What remains becomes visitor counts, dwell times, zone correlations and movement flows, calibrated to your venue.
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Deliver
Your dashboards and the API receive the anonymous visitor metrics, and your BI tools can collect them through the API. Standard metrics arrive the day after the visit.
What you measure on a Huawei WLAN
Wi-Fi is Bumbee Labs' whole-space method, strongest at covering entire venues and the journeys across them. Typical metrics from a Huawei WLAN:
- Visitor count (total) and unique visitors
- Dwell time, per zone and overall
- Visitor paths & flows between zones and between sites
- Zone data & correlation
- Passers-by and capture rate (passing → entering)
- Peaks & lows and long-run trends
For exact line-crossing in/out and live occupancy at a specific door, pair your Huawei WLAN with cameras or 3D sensors. See the full method-by-method grid.
Can you count visitors on a Huawei WLAN you already run?
Yes. A Huawei WLAN, whether it runs on-prem or is managed through CloudCampus, can measure movement as well as provide connectivity. Bumbee Labs takes the signals from the access points and controllers you already operate and filters, anonymises and aggregates them. The resulting visitor counts, dwell times and movement patterns appear in your dashboards and the API.
What you need to start: a managed Huawei WLAN and permission to connect Bumbee Labs to it. In most cases nothing new has to be installed and nobody needs to visit the site, and the network carries on as it does today.
Visitor counting and occupancy monitoring both run on the same Huawei WLAN, and together they show how many people are in the building and how they move through it.
Read about Wi-Fi people counting for background on the method, or browse what data you get to see which metrics to expect.
Curious what this looks like for your venue?
Huawei Wi-Fi vs other counting methods
Wi-Fi covers whole spaces and the journeys across them. Where you need point precision or wide-area catchment, pair it with cameras or cellular.
| Capability | Huawei (Wi-Fi) | Camera & 3D | Cellular |
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| Whole-space coverage | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Exact in/out at a door | Partial | Yes | No |
| Real-time occupancy | Partial | Yes | No |
| Paths & flows between zones | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Dwell time | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Catchment / origin | No | No | Yes |
| Uses your existing hardware | Yes | No | Yes |
| Built-in privacy protection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Approved and validated
You get the only footfall method in Europe approved by a data protection authority, so your Huawei network produces footfall statistics without touching personal data.
We are very happy to announce this partnership with Bumbee Labs to boost our Wireless solutions portfolio and bring what we believe is the future for retail businesses, measured by trustful data. What can't be measured, can't be improved.
Frequently asked questions
Does people counting on a Huawei WLAN need new hardware?
Usually not. Bumbee Labs works from the access points and controllers of the Huawei WLAN you already operate, so most venues can start without installing anything new.
How does Bumbee Labs connect to a Huawei WLAN?
Once you have given permission, Bumbee Labs connects to your managed Huawei WLAN, whether it runs on-prem or through CloudCampus, and reads the signals from its access points and controllers (AC). Those signals are anonymised and aggregated, and the resulting footfall statistics go to your dashboards and the API.
Which Huawei WLAN setups are supported?
Bumbee Labs needs a managed Huawei WLAN with access points and controllers, plus your permission to connect to it. If you're unsure whether your setup is supported, book a demo and we'll confirm against your environment.
Does it work with Huawei CloudCampus?
Bumbee Labs works from the data your managed Huawei WLAN already produces (the access points and access controllers, AC) whether you run them on-prem or through Huawei CloudCampus. Book a demo and we'll confirm against your specific environment.
Does people counting on a Huawei WLAN identify individual visitors?
No. The signals from your Huawei access points and controllers (AC) are aggregated and anonymised, and personal data is irrevocably deleted. What remains are statistics about groups of visitors, which cannot be traced back to a person.
Is people counting on a Huawei WLAN GDPR-compliant?
Yes, whether your Huawei WLAN runs on-prem or through CloudCampus. Personal data in the signals from its access points and controllers (AC) is deleted at source, and what remains is aggregated statistics. A European data protection authority reviewed the method Bumbee Labs uses to produce them, and approved it.