DAS solution uses Radisys software, Benetel hardware
As venue owners race to deploy robust in-building cellular and Wi-Fi coverage, Hillsboro, Ore.-based Radisys has partnered with Benetel to roll out a new distributed antenna system platform.
Radisys brings to the table its TotalENodeB LTE small cell software to join Benetel hardware. The joint offering is designed to accelerate time-to-market for carriers, according to the companies.
DAS are a network of hardwired cellular nodes placed throughout a large structure to provide uniformly dense coverage and capacity.
Benetel’s Donal McKeagney, sales and marketing manager, touted Radisys’ track record of small cell deployments.
“Radisys is a leader in LTE small cell deployments with more than 60 LTE customer wins, and its TotalENodeB software delivers both FDD and TDD functionality, which will enable our platform to support LTE spectrum allocations globally. Integrating Radisys’ software with Benetel’s hardware offers customers an ENodeB platform that they can productize for their specific application and bring to market quickly,” he said.
The joint product offering uses part of Radisys’ CellEngine software line, which includes radio resource management, self-organizing network technology and other applications.
“We are pleased that our market-leading CellEngine LTE small cell software portfolio has enabled Benetel to build a platform that provides such a tremendous value-add for mobile operators,” CellEngine and Trillium product line GM Tom McQuade said.
“Our role in the development of Benetel’s ENodeB hardware platform reaffirms our industry leadership in delivering LTE small cell solutions,” he said.
In February Radisys teamed its ENodeB LTE small cell software and 3G femtocell software with Octasic’s dual-sector small cell SDR platform. Radisys designed the solution for niche markets like aerospace and defense, test and measurement, ID catchers and lawful intercept applications.
