by John Hayes - DASpedia | Mar 1, 2016 | DAS Articles
DASpedia recently sat down for a free-wheeling interview with Scott Willis, the newly hired CEO of Zinwave technologies. Subject matter ranged from the state of the current DAS market to his thoughts on its future to Zinwave’s strategy for coping with the...
by DASpedia Admin | Oct 26, 2015 | DAS Articles, News
John K. Bramfeld0 entries0 comments Over the past couple years, discussing 5G in increasingly detailed terms has become a virtual sport in wireless. But behind all the news and discussion are the real standardization initiatives and research driving the technology...
by DASpedia Admin | Oct 22, 2014 | DAS Articles
Common Public Radio Interface, or CPRI in short, is a standard initially developed by Nokia Siemens. Soon it was joined by Ericcson, Huawei, NEC and Alcatel-Lucent, together comprising the five largest telecommunication equipment manufacturers in the world....
by DASpedia Admin | Oct 12, 2014 | DAS Articles
DAS is an acronym which stands for Distributed Antenna System. The term DAS has been around since the mid-1980s and is typical jargon used among wireless professionals over the last few years. DAS is a system used to distribute wireless signals throughout a...
by DASpedia Admin | Oct 12, 2014 | DAS Articles
The majority of DAS installations today involve active equipment. Active DAS simply means the components require a power source to operate. an active system utilizes fiber optic cables to connect with remote nodes. Passive DAS systems don’t need fiber optic...
by DASpedia Admin | Oct 12, 2014 | DAS Articles
DAS is common terminology wireless industry professionals use to describe the infrastructure designed to distribute a cellular signal within a certain area, either indoor or outdoor. In most cases, the term references indoor DAS, however there are instances...
by DASpedia Admin | Oct 12, 2014 | DAS Articles
A question we commonly hear is “What does the future hold for the DAS market?” Obviously, the wireless industry in general is growing and will continue to do so. The most visible segment of that expansion is the consumer sector, including...
by DASpedia Admin | Oct 12, 2014 | DAS Articles
Typical iDAS installations today are considered analog. This is because the BTS converts the digital feed into analog RF form (see Figure 3.) The analog RF signals are attenuated and fed into a multi-carrier DAS Head-End for distribution. Most DAS Head-End...
by DASpedia Admin | Oct 12, 2014 | DAS Articles
Wireless carriers are always looking for ways to offload their data traffic because it relieves their capacity problem. However, WiFi has been treated by wireless carriers as something to always be cautious of. This is for several reasons. First, carriers don’t...
by DASpedia Admin | Oct 12, 2014 | DAS Articles
The simplest form of DAS can be built using over-the-air directional antennas . This is suitable for small buildings with a limited number of users. Such a setup tends to cover a particular frequency or carrier. Typical installation involves a directional...