Heavyweight in the end-to-end wireless coverage market, Powerwave Technologies, used Communicasia 2010 in Singapore last week to announce and show off its new DAS and WiFi Performance Boost offering, which the firm says supports 2G, 3G, 4G and WiFi a/b/g/n protocols.
The Performance Boost products can apparently be deployed both indoors and outdoors for a boost in wireless coverage when it’s most needed, for example in high-traffic venues like stadiums, casinos, airports, hospitals, resorts and business campuses.
The way Power Boost works is by balancing loads on traditional cellular networks by offloading data onto an ultra-broadband integrated DAS and WiFi network within the specified coverage zone and the firm says the offering gives that all-important bit of extra capacity and data throughput when existing spectrum is fully utilized. It’s not one-size-fits-all either, with the firm noting it can adapt Power Boost to its customers’ requirements. Tailored wireless, if you will.
Powerwave boasts that not only is Power Boost compatible with all current mobile wireless technologies and WiFi standards but reckons it is the only offering currently on the market offering neutral hosts, carriers and new entrants within the wireless space multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) capability. This means rather a significant increase in data throughput and link range without the need for additional bandwidth or transmit power.
RCR caught up with Powerwave at CommunicAsia to find out what Power Boost was really all about. See the video below:
Powerwave shows off Power Boost
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