Wireless LTE deployment: How it is changing cell site energy and infrastructure design

Fixed mobile broadband is growing at a rapid pace and will continue to overtake existing wired solutions as speed and efficiency´s increase dramatically. The wireless industry believed that LTE is the vehicle to provide this transition. This has been evident by the overall growth in the marketplace for smart mobile devices and the applications driving the amount of data. As the use and evolution of smart devices increases, so too will the need for faster speeds and a mobile network capable of supporting such data devices. Although wireless networks are focused on mobile users today, it is merely a matter of time before this application will be required at fixed business and fixed residential locations. This will require broader based distributed antenna solutions that greatly focus on overall energy savings as well as infrastructure savings.