Weaving a Full-Optical Network for Smart Hospitality! AINOPOL Powers Full-Optical Network Upgrade for Rezen Hotel at Gankeng Ancient Town, Shenzhen

Nestled in Gankeng Ancient Town, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Rezen Hotel serves as a core high-end business and hospitality pillar within the ancient town’s cultural tourism ecosystem. Rooted in profound Hakka cultural heritage and catering to urban leisure travelers, the hotel has consistently centered its service system on delivering premium accommodation and travel experiences.

With the deepening digital transformation of the cultural tourism industry, a full suite of services including smart guest rooms, full-site wireless coverage, IPTV, security surveillance, voice calling and online concierge has been fully deployed. Constrained by the stringent requirements for high concurrency, ultra-stability and seamless full coverage in hospitality scenarios, traditional network architectures have gradually exposed numerous bottlenecks.

I. Pain Points of Cultural Tourism Hotels: Traditional Networks Fail to Support Hospitality Service Upgrades

As a high-end business hotel anchored in the ancient scenic town, Rezen Hotel faces dual pressures: massive network concurrency from fully occupied guest rooms and rigid renovation restrictions imposed on historic buildings. Conventional copper-based network solutions have revealed four critical pain points during long-term operation, severely hindering service quality and operational efficiency improvements:

Poor wireless coverage in guest rooms and public areas with frequent lag and disconnections under high concurrency

Densely arranged guest rooms and partitioned walls create extensive signal dead zones when using centralized deployment of traditional wireless APs. Guests frequently encounter network stuttering and dropouts while moving between rooms and common spaces. During peak tourist seasons with 100% occupancy, mass simultaneous device access triggers severe bandwidth congestion, impairing high-definition video streaming, remote office work and smart room control, which directly undermines guest satisfaction.

Cumbersome legacy cabling complicates renovations and damages the ancient town’s architectural style

Traditional networks require separate data cables and power cords for wireless APs, IPTV, telephones, surveillance cameras and other terminals. Given the large number of guest rooms and sprawling public areas, extensive wiring leads to arduous, lengthy construction work and compromises the original architectural aesthetics of the ancient town, violating scenic area renovation regulations. In addition, aging and tangled cables pose fire hazards and escalate operational risks for the hotel.

Siloed independent service networks drive high O&M costs and low efficiency

Separate standalone systems for guest Wi-Fi, IPTV, voice communication and security surveillance require multiple sets of hardware, independent network structures and disjointed maintenance workflows. Technical staff must inspect each system and access point individually for fault troubleshooting, resulting in heavy workloads, delayed responses and disruptions to daily hotel operations.

Limited scalability cannot accommodate smart room upgrade demands

As the hotel advances intelligent transformation with new applications such as smart room controllers, service robots and cloud-based management systems, traditional networks demand invasive wall chiseling, recabling and equipment retrofits for every new service rollout. Such construction disrupts normal hotel operations, incurs excessive costs and lengthy lead times, failing to align with the hotel’s long-term intelligent development roadmap.

II. Tiered Deployment of Full-Optical Network: Single Fiber Backbone Carries All Hotel Scenario Services

Core Equipment Room Layer: Centralized Business Hub Deployment

Deploy ZH-H200 (Ultra) streaming gateway to support in-room IPTV services;

Equip ZH-4O external trunk gateway and ZH-F886W internal intercom gateway to deliver end-to-end hotel-wide voice communication;

Adopt ZH-AC200S egress router to manage external network security and bandwidth allocation;

Install ZH-4E central office OLT to centrally govern all optical fiber terminals;

Supplement with ZH-SW1024S-PWR POE switch and ZH-F4P 4-port POE ONE to guarantee wired network access for back-office administrative areas.

Guest Room & Public Area Terminal Deployment

98 units of ZH-F4225W Dual-Band PON Optical Cloud AP are rolled out across all guest rooms. A single fiber line concurrently transmits wireless data, IPTV signals and smart room control commands, eliminating indoor signal blind spots entirely.

6 units of ZH-AP30006S-M Opto-Electric Converged AP are installed in lobbies, corridors and conference rooms to support ultra-high-density concurrent internet access during peak foot traffic.

The passive optical fiber architecture features streamlined cabling with minimal wall trenching, preserving the ancient town’s original building structure. Fiber optics deliver robust anti-interference performance and extended service life. Future capacity expansion only requires adding new terminal devices without any modifications to the main fiber backbone.

III. Detailed Procurement List & Total Investment of Core Project Hardware

All core devices for the full-optical network upgrade project of Rezen Hotel at Shenzhen Gankeng Ancient Town are supplied by AINOPOL, accompanied by official manufacturer warranty and exclusive technical support. Scalable, seamless upgrade solutions are available for subsequent business expansion and intelligent iteration. The detailed equipment breakdown is as follows:

Streaming Gateway (Model: ZH-H200 (Ultra)): 1 unit, Unit Price: ¥47,817, Subtotal: ¥47,817

External Trunk Gateway (Model: ZH-4O): 1 unit, Unit Price: ¥5,445, Subtotal: ¥5,445

Egress Router (Model: ZH-AC200S): 1 unit, Unit Price: ¥15,752, Subtotal: ¥15,752

Internal Intercom Gateway (Model: ZH-F886W): 1 unit, Unit Price: ¥5,833, Subtotal: ¥5,833

OLT Optical Line Terminal (Model: ZH-4E): 1 unit, Unit Price: ¥42,000, Subtotal: ¥42,000

POE Switch (Model: ZH-SW1024S-PWR): 1 unit, Unit Price: ¥9,982, Subtotal: ¥9,982

4-Port POE ONE (Model: ZH-F4P): 1 unit, Unit Price: ¥2,136, Subtotal: ¥2,136

Dual-Band PON Optical Cloud AP (Model: ZH-F4225W): 98 units, Unit Price: ¥1,618, Subtotal: ¥158,564

Opto-Electric Converged Gigabit AP (Model: ZH-AP30006S-M): 6 units, Unit Price: ¥2,413, Subtotal: ¥14,478

Total Investment for All Core Hardware Equipment: ¥302,007

IV. Outcomes of Full-Optical Implementation: Dual Upgrades for Guest Experience and Hotel Operations

Following the deployment of the AINOPOL full-optical network solution, Rezen Hotel at Gankeng Ancient Town has achieved comprehensive optimization in network performance and operational services, completely resolving longstanding drawbacks of legacy infrastructure and injecting new momentum into brand reputation and revenue growth.

1. Transformative Upgrade of Guest Hospitality Experience

Wireless signals achieve 100% blind-spot-free coverage across all guest rooms and public zones. Guests enjoy seamless zero-roaming connectivity with zero dropouts while moving throughout the premises. Even under full occupancy in peak seasons with hundreds of online terminals, the network maintains stable and fluent transmission, enabling lag-free HD video streaming, remote work and smart room control. The solution fully eradicates network stalling and disconnection issues, drastically lifting guest satisfaction, boosting positive online reviews and customer repurchase rates.

2. Cost Reduction and Efficiency Enhancement for Hotel Administration

One unified full-optical backbone converges all services including guest Wi-Fi, IPTV television, voice calls, security surveillance and intelligent room control, dismantling the fragmented multi-network maintenance model of the past. The centralized network management platform delivers visualized full-device monitoring, automatic fault alerts and precise localization, sharply elevating maintenance efficiency and slashing daily workload for IT administrators.

The full-optical architecture boasts outstanding elastic scalability. Once the main fiber trunk is laid, it can serve the hotel for decades. Future rollouts of smart room upgrades, service robot systems and cloud management platforms only require additional optical terminals without reconstructing backbone cabling, featuring short construction cycles and marginal incremental costs to perfectly match the hotel’s long-term intelligent development roadmap.

A single optical fiber links every guest room and public corner of the hotel. The stable, high-performance full-optical network lays a solid digital foundation for Rezen Hotel’s premium hospitality services.

This renovation project not only addresses core pain points in network coverage and O&M management, but also sets an exemplary benchmark for digital transformation across the cultural tourism hotel sector. Powered by cutting-edge full-optical technology, it elevates the quality of hospitality services and fuels high-quality development for the entire cultural tourism industry of Gankeng Ancient Town.