The continued integration of various wireless technologies in order to provide a more complete and seamless user experience has become a significant focus of today’s mobile industry. This includes the greater integration of small cell technologies using both licensed and unlicensed spectrum bands.
However, stringing all of those hardware nodes together remains a challenge for carriers and network integrators to overcome.
Corning is looking to ease that challenge with its One Wireless Platform, that the company said is designed to handle “core cellular technologies” and support various deployment applications, including wireless local area networks, public safety and location-based services. The platform relies on fiber-to-the-edge that is then integrated into a single-input, single-output/multiple-input, multiple-output remote antenna.
Corning noted that the platform helps push its offering beyond its legacy distributed antenna system portfolio by providing support for various small cell deployments. The platform is initially targeted at in-building deployments, with Station Casinos in Las Vegas one of the early adopters. The establishment said it was using the service to support broader coverage of cellular and Wi-Fi at its location.
“The converged, modular and all-optical infrastructure will give us the capabilities we need today with the flexibility to expand in the future,” explained Abe Hong, CIO of Station Casinos. “Moreover, my team saw significant savings on equipment, space and cabling when we extended our Wi-Fi upgrade over the platform.”
