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Harris Communications has conducted site surveys throughout the United States. The purpose of a site survey is to determine what type of solution and design will work best for a specific facility. In most cases it is not feasible to provide an accurate estimate based on square footage of a facility alone. There are quite a few variables that structures can contribute to each project. The best way to get an accurate and efficient solution is to schedule a site survey prior to commissioning a design.
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You can boost more than one cellular signal. We prefer to conduct a site survey in order to determine the carrier readings in and outside your building to determine what solution will be the best fit.
Bandwidth has several related meanings, for our purposes in the wireless industry there are two primary definitions:
Bandwidth (computer)digital bandwidth: a rate of data transfer, throughput or bit rate, measured in bits per second (bps).
Bandwidth (signal processing) or analog bandwidth, frequency bandwidth or radio bandwidth: a measure of the width of a range of frequencies, measured in hertz.
Bandwidth is a measure of available or consumed data communication resources. As technology grows and our desire for seamless connectivity grows, bandwidth use increases as well.
How Cellular Reception Works
Cell phone reception is the strength of the connection the cell phone has to its network. There are a variety of factors that impact cellular signal, such as proximity to a tower. Most mobile devices use a set of bars of varying heights to display the strength of the signal where the device is located.
Our engineers custom design wireless solutions for our clients to suit specific needs.
A signal booster an interchangeable term for cellular repeater, cell phone repeater, or wireless cellular signal booster, a type of bi-directional amplifier (BDA) as commonly named in the wireless telecommunications industry.
A Wi-Fi enabled device such as a personal computer, mobile phone, MP3 player orvideo console can connect to the Internet when within range of a wireless network connected to the Internet.
As defined by PCIA, The Wireless Infastructure Association:
A Distributed Antenna Solution, or DAS, is a network of spatially separated antenna nodes connected to a common source via a transport medium that provides wireless service within a geographic area or structure. DAS antenna elevations are generally at or below the clutter level and installations are compact.
A distributed antenna system can be implemented using passive splitters and feeders, or active repeater amplifiers can be included to overcome the feeder losses. In systems where equalization is applied, it may be desirable to introduce delays between the antenna elements. This artificially increases delay spread in areas of overlapped coverage, permitting quality improvements via time diversity. DAS are customized for individual installations and designed to suit each facility.
Cellular Repeater Solutions can be designed to suit any size facility and repeat as few or as many carriers that the building owner desires. The outline below details how they work:
It is more and more common for first-responders, (Police/Fire/EMS), to demand reliable ubiquitous radio coverage to ensure the safety of the public, as well as their own. In many instances poor in-building radio coverage has a negative impact on first responders ability to communicate effectively in a crisis situation. The prevailing thought today is that “Mission-critical” coverage can no longer end at the hospital doorway, basement, or stairwell.