TE Connectivity (TE) has introduced Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) in India. The in-building and outdoor wireless systems enable mobile coverage and capacity in places where service providers and enterprises have difficulty delivering wireless voice and data services to their customers.
Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) are crucial to mobile operators for 4G service rollout plans because of the need to cost-effectively deploy small cells. While media attention is often focused on picocells and microcells as the keys to small cell deployments, TE contends that DAS will be essential to getting the maximum potential out of these small base stations.
“DAS is a proven solution for extending coverage and capacity throughout venues and outdoor areas of all sizes,” said KK Shetty, Director, Enterprise, Telecom & Wireless Networks, TE Connectivity – India & SAARC, “By combining DAS with small base stations, mobile operators can get the best of both worlds—the reach, backhaul efficiency and spectral efficiency of DAS with the right-sized capacity of a small base station.”
DAS is currently being deployed regularly by major service providers in stadiums, malls, hotels, universities, airports, and other venues, and they are the preferred solution when a structure or an outdoor area would call for more than one small base station to support the needed coverage and capacity. Rather than competing with small base stations as a solution to data demands, DAS complement small base stations to extend their reach and provide a more flexible way to deliver 4G capacity.