One needs only look to the North for details about what it takes for MSOs to expand into 4G LTE and 5G small cells. The first part of this session, presented by Shaw’s Dave Morley, details its work in testing and deploying both. Learn about small cell site selection and planning; the tradeoffs between distributed and centralized architectures; backhaul options; powering; RF planning, and related operational considerations.
XCelAir’s Narayan Menon continues the thread with a longer look at the opportunities and challenges associated with the spectrum of CBRS, which, like other bands owned by the federal government, also hosts other entities, like military radar and fixed satellite. Also: Spectrum databases, radio optimization techniques and coverage/interference issues common to multi-tenant occupancy in shared spectrum frameworks.