As service providers continue to grow their RF network footprints, they are under tremendous pressure to reduce deployment time to meet constant network demands and reduce OpEx. Fiber to the antenna (FTTA) sites offer significant coverage and capacity benefits, but at the same time...
Quickly locate RF interference sources with advanced interference hunting techniques.
With RF spectrum proliferation, interference issues are inevitable. Interference can reduce coverage, capacity, and throughput by desensitizing receivers, increasing noise floors, and lowering signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). All of this has a major impact on user...
To meet an increasingly diverse set of usage profiles, mobile network operators are building heterogeneous radio access networks that combine macro, small cell and WiFi technologies from different vendors across 2G, 3G and 4G. The level of diversity in subscriber requirements and the surging...
Field Dailies software for field crew management helps monitor expensive operational resources during increasingly complex network rollouts
In an era of exploding demand for mobile data, service providers around the world are constantly investing in network rollouts ranging from fiber-to-the-home for consumer internet to LTE...
Mobile edge computing (MEC) is one of the most significant current developments in wireless networks, with immense promise to transform the economics of dense data networks and to enable new services and revenue streams driven by a broadened ecosystem. By providing a cloud IT...
As backhaul becomes more flexible and complex, make SLA monitoring simple
The consensus is there will be a “5G” radio access standard by 2020. However, 5G networks will be much more than just radio access. There will be a foundational change as these future networks...
Verify installation, configuration and operation prior to commissioning with virtual baseband unit
In the tower industry, it’s important to get the job done right the first time. Unanticipated truck rolls and tower climbs drive up opex, which in a capital expenditure heavy business, can hurt...
No matter what industry sector you operate in—health, insurance, safety, government, or consumer discretionary, etc.—it’s unlikely that the Internet of Things (IoT) hasn’t become your market’s latest must-have. A key part of IoT is how the things connect to the Internet. Since the answer...
No matter what industry sector you operate in—health, insurance, safety, government, or consumer discretionary, etc.—it’s unlikely that the Internet of Things (IoT) hasn’t become your market’s latest must-have. A key part of IoT is how the things connect to the Internet. Since the answer...
The Internet of Things depends on three pillars, the silicon (in the device itself), the software (in the application that uses it) and the communication (providing the connectivity that allows it all to work). A look at the used cases across industry verticals reveals...
Suddenly, on a Monday morning around 9:30 am, we started to get calls at the NOC of high dropped calls near a strip mall; this continued till 6 pm. Everything was working fine last week; we did not make any changes to the network,...
Despite all the hype about small cells, digital repeaters are still the easiest, lowest cost, and most reliable solution for improving in-building wireless coverage for all carriers. I am not talking about the broadband signal boosters that are not carrier-authorized, which can potentially interfere...
Maintain market competitiveness as macro builds give way to DAS deployments
The next major hurdle for carriers is providing the LTE coverage customers expect everywhere, indoors and outdoors. As the macro layer reaches build-out, service providers are turning attention to in-building wireless deployments.
Fluctuations in capacity...
Indoor coverage is one of the biggest challenges for both public safety and commercial networks, with most buildings relying on “outside in” coverage from nearby network sites that may or may not penetrate well. For first responders in particular, the extent and quality of...
5g, 4g, SDN, NFV, Small Cells – what is a common requirement for the success of each of these? Reliable, scalable, performance driven backhaul. Tier1 Cell carriers have recently added new technical and service level mandates for backhaul. These specifications highlight the structural shift...
As virtualization, VoLTE and more add network complexity, make QoS simple
Telecom—and all the industries it touches—stands on the precipice of a foundational transformation. Consumer demand for mobile video is exploding and enterprises are looking to embrace the full promise of the Internet of Things....
Indoor coverage remains a major issue and Small Cell Forum reports that as many as 61% of enterprises have noticeably poor indoor coverage (I’m sure many of us can relate to that!). With 80% of all traffic happening indoor, the end users desire (and...
A mobile network should draw lessons from cloud providers to adapt to new traffic, application and service demands that threaten to destabilize quality of experience, and limit opportunities for growth.
Although trends are emerging, MNOs are still unsure how applications (video, IoT, wearables, etc.) will impact...
Add capacity with off-the-shelf hardware to maximize spectrum resources
Spectrum is an inherently limiting factor to communications service providers; it’s expensive, there’s a finite amount available, and regulation mechanisms can make coordinated spectrum deployments a challenge.
For carriers this means it’s fundamentally important to make the...
As data pipes gain intelligence and flexibility, network owners have to provide monitoring to monetize investments
The flexibility associated with cloud computing and fully programmable, software-defined networks is fundamentally changing the telecommunications industry into a customer-facing business focused on end-user quality of experience.
SLA and circuit...
As 5G standards progress, beamforming, mmWave technology are key
While groups like 3GPP and the ITU push for standardization of 5G mobile network technology by 2020, new use cases and mobile services taking shape today are helping inform the specifications that will ultimately define 5G.
Despite the lack...
Consistency in nationwide public safety networks is critical; how DAS systems must measure up
Public safety networks are critical to the safety of people everywhere – they are implemented across high-rise buildings, campuses, tunnels, shopping malls, airports, parking garages and more in order to protect...
The Internet of Things, or IoT, is a hot topic in telecom. The connectivity needs range, on the low end, to sending just a few Kilobytes at fixed intervals, to incredibly high-throughput, low-latency applications like autonomous driving.
To support IoT needs, particularly machine-type communications, networks...
‘Internet of Things’ Applications use XpressWorkX Application Server as the SIP to GSM MAP Gateway for Voice Calls
April 19, 2016 – ROCHESTER, NY, and TORONTO – IMSWorkX, Inc., a global provider for telecom applications and service platforms, today announced that Iristel, Canada’s largest and...
