People counting with Huawei Wi-Fi
Bumbee Labs turns a Huawei WLAN into a privacy-first footfall sensor network. The same access points and controllers you run for connectivity, now measuring visitor flows.
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
Your existing Huawei WLAN access points and controllers (AC) do the measuring.
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Privacy-first
Anonymised and aggregated by design, so no individual can be identified. 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 by design
Your existing Huawei WLAN does the sensing, so there's no new hardware to manufacture and nothing to scrap later.
Getting started on your Huawei WLAN
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Connect to your Huawei WLAN
Bumbee Labs reads from the Huawei access points and controllers (AC) you already operate. Nothing to mount, nothing to cable.
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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
Clean, anonymous metrics arrive in real time through your dashboards and the API, ready for your BI tools.
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.
Footfall analytics on your Huawei WLAN
A Huawei WLAN, on-prem or managed through CloudCampus, was built for connectivity, but it can measure movement at the same time. Bumbee Labs reads from the access points and controllers you already operate, anonymises and aggregates the signals, and returns visitor counts, dwell times and movement patterns in real time via dashboards and APIs.
What you need to start: a managed Huawei WLAN and permission to connect Bumbee Labs to it. No new hardware, no site visit, no change to how your network runs.
Visitor counting and real-time occupancy monitoring both run on the same Huawei WLAN, so one WLAN budget answers two questions at once: is the network healthy, and how do people move through the building?
New to the method? See how Wi-Fi people counting works, or browse what data you get.
Huawei Wi-Fi vs other counting methods
Every method has a sweet spot. Wi-Fi covers whole spaces and the journeys across them; pair it with cameras or cellular where you need point precision or wide-area catchment.
| 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 |
| Privacy-first by design | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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- Partial
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Curious what this looks like for your venue?
Compliant where it counts
You get the only footfall method in Europe approved by a data protection authority, so your Huawei network delivers insight 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
Do we need to install new hardware?
No. Bumbee Labs uses the Huawei WLAN access points and controllers you already operate, so there is nothing to mount or cable.
How does Bumbee Labs connect to a Huawei WLAN?
Bumbee Labs reads from the access points and controllers (AC) in your managed Huawei WLAN and turns those signals into anonymous footfall analytics.
Which Huawei WLAN setups are supported?
Bumbee Labs reads from the access points and controllers in a managed Huawei WLAN. 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 it identify individual visitors?
No. Signals are anonymised and aggregated, and personal data is irrevocably deleted, so only anonymous statistics remain. No individual can be identified.
Is it GDPR-compliant?
Yes. Personal data is deleted at source, leaving only aggregated statistics, and the underlying method was reviewed and approved by a European data protection authority.