When a mobile user is in an urban setting, the RF signal traveling between the user’s handheld and the base station antenna often bounces off the many buildings in the way. Such bouncing around of the RF signal is called multipathing, a phenomenon that...
Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) is a method of combining or separating multiple wavelengths of light in or out of a single strand of fiber with each wavelength of light carrying a different signal. The use of optical filters allows a certain range of wavelengths...
Improved network performance, greater agility, lower costs, and new services – the transformational benefits of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) for service providers are truly compelling. In this video, Joe Depa interviewed Pat Thompson, VP of Central Office and Headend...
Picture this: you are tasked with building a wireless network across a country for an operator. You need this network to support current 2G and 3G technologies, but also be ready for 4G and beyond. Here's the problem, though. To have the capabilities in...
CommScope’s Unified Wireless Infrastructure solution ION®-E offers a breakthrough alternative to the expensive, inflexible, limited capabilities of traditional deployments. ION-E achieves true physical layer convergence with IT infrastructure, leveraging your structured cabling assets and personnel to deliver a faster-deploying, more-reliable wired and wireless network.
Distributed antenna systems (DAS) are proliferating fast as operators struggle to meet capacity demands, but DAS deployments can be complex and costly. The answer is ION®-U, the next-generation solution that offers DAS capacity without DAS complexity. As a unified low- and high-power platform, ION-U...
Throughout the years, we have seen many examples of the benefits of connecting multiple building systems through a common physical infrastructure:
Ave Maria University saved over $1 million on building costsby converging 23 disparate systems on a common IP network
Pennzoil Place reduced energy usage by...
In 2015 the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance published a white paper of 5G requirements, codifying for all intents and purposes the objectives of 5G. The paper includes things like consistent user experience, higher speed, lower latency, greater spectrum efficiency and support for Internet...
Progress has been swift since the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance published its influential 5G whitepaper at Mobile World Congress 2015. Just recently, significant steps forward were announced in the US. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to open spectrum in the millimeter wave bands...
As traffic growth soars in mobile networks, operators and network infrastructure vendors face two related but distinct challenges. First, they must seek ways to improve network efficiency in an attempt to transport as much data as possible in limited spectrum. Second, they must do so...
Convergence of wireless and wireline, highlights benefits of HFC, coax and fiber
PHILADELPHIA – “Our big priority is to understand the convergence that we’ve been talking about today. What makes more sense: fiber to the home or fixed wireless?"
That was the message from John Chamberlain,...
CommScope is selling two product lines to Adtran for an undisclosed sum. Adtran, a provider of cable networking equipment, will buy CommScope's active Ethernet passive optical network product platforms, as well as CommScope's radio frequency over glass product line. The transaction is not expected...
Densified networks are necessary to support increasing traffic loads with the current spectrum allowances. The webinar will assess multiple densification strategies: indoor vs. outdoor; public spaces vs. enterprise; small cells vs. DAS; contribution of carrier Wi-Fi of LTE unlicensed and LWA; neutral-host and infrastructure-sharing...
New site deployments and the need for more RRU’s at the top of the tower can be costly as your network grows to meet capacity demands, so network sharing is once again a common topic of conversation. But since a shared antenna potentially interacts...
Network densification and small cells are on the roadmaps of every major U.S. operator, but those maps will need to include some hiding places along the way. Small cell concealment is a growing part of the wireless industry as Americans want full bars and...
A conversation about densification with Ben Cardwell, SVP and segment leader, CommScope Mobility Solutions
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the full report “Massively densified networks. Why we need them and how we can build them.”
Densification to expand coverage or increase capacity...
