AT&T/Davis Wade Stadium Follow-UP
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installing mini coverage areas on the street lamps and other common objects in populated areas? If they could wire up a few of those and reduce the load on the current towers that would be wonderful.
campus right now. Around the Grove and Circle, they are putting up new less unsightly light poles. From an article earlier this week . . .
Distributed Antenna System
But, these poles serve another important purpose. They are stealth poles that house the antenna making up a Distributed Antenna System or DAS. A DAS is a network of small antenna nodes that support high cellular bandwidth and capacity needs within a well-defined geographic area. These systems have been used with great success in malls, airports, and cruise ships, and now they are being deployed in major sports venues. The DAS will address cellular service, not Wi-Fi, but there is a possibility of adding more equipment to the poles in the future to provide Wi-Fi service outdoors.
If you have tried to use your cell phone on a game day, chances are you experienced less than satisfactory service. Last year, Ole Miss contracted with a company called NextG Networks to build a vendor-neutral DAS for improving cell coverage. NextG’s first university customer was Notre Dame. Others include the University of Texas, Oklahoma University, and the University of Southern California. The first cell phone vendor to participate in the Ole Miss DAS is AT&T.
The first phase of the DAS includes the Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, the Grove and Circle, the Ford Center, and the Holman / Conner complex. All of these areas except for the Grove and Circle will be functional by early September. The Grove and Circle areas will be functional later in the fall semester. The longer timeline is needed for the Grove and Circle due to the extreme care that is being taken in these spaces. The project contractors are working closely with the UM Landscape Services Department to avoid causing any damage to the trees in the Grove and Circle. For example, these areas are being bored rather than trenched, and much of the work is being carried out by hand rather than with machines to minimize the risk of any damage.
Distributed Antenna System
But, these poles serve another important purpose. They are stealth poles that house the antenna making up a Distributed Antenna System or DAS. A DAS is a network of small antenna nodes that support high cellular bandwidth and capacity needs within a well-defined geographic area. These systems have been used with great success in malls, airports, and cruise ships, and now they are being deployed in major sports venues. The DAS will address cellular service, not Wi-Fi, but there is a possibility of adding more equipment to the poles in the future to provide Wi-Fi service outdoors.
If you have tried to use your cell phone on a game day, chances are you experienced less than satisfactory service. Last year, Ole Miss contracted with a company called NextG Networks to build a vendor-neutral DAS for improving cell coverage. NextG’s first university customer was Notre Dame. Others include the University of Texas, Oklahoma University, and the University of Southern California. The first cell phone vendor to participate in the Ole Miss DAS is AT&T.
The first phase of the DAS includes the Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, the Grove and Circle, the Ford Center, and the Holman / Conner complex. All of these areas except for the Grove and Circle will be functional by early September. The Grove and Circle areas will be functional later in the fall semester. The longer timeline is needed for the Grove and Circle due to the extreme care that is being taken in these spaces. The project contractors are working closely with the UM Landscape Services Department to avoid causing any damage to the trees in the Grove and Circle. For example, these areas are being bored rather than trenched, and much of the work is being carried out by hand rather than with machines to minimize the risk of any damage.
The University contracted with an outside vendor to build the "grid," and cell companies can choose to tap in. So, I don't guess any town/campus/site is due. Ole Miss just paid to get it done for our campus, and while I don't know, I guess they charge the cell phone providers to tap into their network.
that Ole Miss will have cell coverage, AT&T included, in our stadium on gameday, while MSU won't. Flagship omnipotent one.
I happen to be working with AT&T on this project. It isn't going to happen this year. The project is on the horizon, (entered in the system), but will beJanuary 2012 at the very earliest. Essentially, they will install 15-20 DAS units in various locations throughout the stadium, which will cover the increased traffic on gameday. Texas Tech's new system is being turned up this week. The entire design/build process takes a little less than a year, andDWS has not even been surveyed yet.
This is a 100% AT&T funded project, and has nothing to do with any "grid" provided by a vendor that AT&Tcan connect to as mentioned above.
Expect to turn your iPhone off on Gameday this year. Unless you don't wear a watch.
This is a 100% AT&T funded project, and has nothing to do with any "grid" provided by a vendor that AT&Tcan connect to as mentioned above.
Expect to turn your iPhone off on Gameday this year. Unless you don't wear a watch.
I am not trying to be ugly, but a distributed antenna system has absolutely nothing to do with capacity. I spent many years in the Cellular/Wireless infrastructure business. Got started in the industry with Judge Green's decision in the early 80's and stayed with it until the infrastructure companies consolidated/merged/died in the early 2000's. A DAS only rebroadcast the (control channel) signal that it receives from cell sites. Most DAS also amplify the return signal. These were first deployed (90's) in road tunnels and elevator shafts in NYC. They basically extend a cell site signal to "dead" spots. A third party 'vendor neutral' DAS is only listening to the cell sites(vendor independent) in Oxford and amplifying then rebroadcasting them. Capacity is based number of channels at the Cell Sites. The number of channels Traffic/usage projections are based on Erlangs. Erlangs are probability studies, based on 120 years of telephony experience. Service providers use Erlangs to determine capacity at each site, 6 days a year are blips that don't register. Some service providers with modern infrastructure equipment have the ability to shift capacity to heavily loaded sites. Most don't. A third party DAS would at best steal channels from Memphis, but most probably from the areas around Oxford. You will have a 5 bar signal, but still can't make a call. We witnessed this yesterday on the East Coast. The infrastructure equipment was fine, they were just out of Erlangs.
we are exploring temporary alternatives that will enable AT&T customers to have service while cheering on the Maroon and White.
Sounds like it.
Sounds like it.
The amount of forecasted capacity is determined, and the number of base stations needed to provide that is installed in a central location to feed that particular DAS, and those base stations are solely dedicated to the DAS.
Its not taking channels away from other areas. It's not functioning as a repeater.
Its not taking channels away from other areas. It's not functioning as a repeater.
The not being able to surf the web while talking doesn't bother me because I have never had any reason to do that. I can understand sitting on a conference call and doing it but that would not be something that bothered me.
If Cellular South gets it in January as is rumored, I will get an iphone again. Verizon is too pricey and I will not give ATT another dime of my money if I can help it. They have the most pathetic coverage and customer service of any company I have dealt with.
If Cellular South gets it in January as is rumored, I will get an iphone again. Verizon is too pricey and I will not give ATT another dime of my money if I can help it. They have the most pathetic coverage and customer service of any company I have dealt with.
mainly internal stuff like weblow said. My understanding is that Verizon is working on the talking and surfing but it likely won't be ready for a while.
I've had an iPhone for years now and I can't recall ever talking a surfing. If I'm talking and want to surf I go to my PC. So getting off the amazing shitacular service of AT&T is worth it.
I've had an iPhone for years now and I can't recall ever talking a surfing. If I'm talking and want to surf I go to my PC. So getting off the amazing shitacular service of AT&T is worth it.
And a verizon work phone. I travel a lot and my verizon phone almost always has service no matter how far outside of a city you are. My Iphone with at&t sucks and im switching over to verizon
