Technical publications

Pushing the Limits of Wind Loading on Macro Sites

As the appetite for data continues to grow, wireless providers need to deploy more and more base station antennas to keep pace and deliver the required capacity. With 5G roll outs gathering momentum, we are seeing existing cell sites pushed to their loadbearing limit, but more is still needed. Du...

Building a converged oil and gas field automation network

To overcome immense challenges, oil and gas companies are embracing Industry 4.0. They transform by seizing digital technology advancements and adopting an automation paradigm. Foundational to this transformation is a converged communications and field automation network (FAN). This white paper e...

Tackling Indoor 5G Coverage

Operators are picking up serious momentum when it comes to 5G roll outs. As of December 2021, 487 operators in 145 countries or territories had invested in 5G mobile or fixed wireless networks with 200 of these having launched some level of 5G network coverage. However, there is still a long road...

RFS Booted Jumpers Accelerate Installations in Brazil

RFS booted jumpers were recently installed at a threesector cell site that provides LTE700 service in the city of Caieiras, Brazil. During the installation, the customer took the opportunity to time the jumper installations and analyze VSWR performance.

Reduce Tower Climbs, Get Ready for C-RAN and Carve the Path to 5G with CPRI Panel Solutions from RFS

RFS’ new Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) panel enables easy RF over CPRI testing at the bottom of the tower, reducing the need for unnecessary tower climbs, to minimize maintenance costs and overall OPEX for customers.

Eileen Januszkiewicz, RFS Commercial Product Manager of Cables, contributed to Microwaves & RF’s recent report, "Passive Components Punch Through Walls"

Due to their superior power-handling capability, passive components are an extremely important aspect of a high performance distributed antenna system.  Throughout the article, RFS addresses how its passive components go above and beyond when it comes to satisfying the imperative need for co...

Southern African Wireless Communications - On the right frequency

RFS has been developing unique wireless infrastructure solutions for over 70 years. JEAN-LOUIS HUREL explains how the company is helping network builders overcome the challenges they face.

Going underground with LTE in Hannover

Attempts to offer a 4G LTE mobile network service in tunnels remain in their infancy. However, trials with "leaky feeder" cables in Hannover have shown that it is possible to deliver reliable mobile broadband services underground, as Axel Schroeder, commercial product manager indoor sys...

Teppo Lukkarila, RFS global product line manager for base station antennas, contributed to Wireless Design & Development's recent Brainstorm topic, "What are the most effective methods to prevent RF signal interference?"

Passive Intermodulation (PIM) - the unwanted mixing of multiple signals in non-linear junctions within a system resulting in undesirable harmonic signals - is a leading cause of significant quality and performance problems at communications sites. RF interference problems arise when downlink sign...

Aluminum RF coaxial cables - a real alternative to copper

e-StayConnected - March 2011With copper reaching 10,000 USD/ton and copper security risks wordwide, RFS CELLFLEX Lite aluminum cables are a must-consider alternative to copper.

Miners quickly adopt new communications systems

Coal Age (USA) - January 2011The results of tests conducted by Hughes Supply, a leading supplier of mining communications solutions, confirm that RFS’ RADIAFLEX “leaky feeder” cables are the best available in North America today.

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), Transit Wireless and SOLiD Bring Wireless Service to New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) Riders

Massive endeavor will bring wireless voice and data communications capabilities to 277 New York subway stations by 2018.

RFS RADIAFLEX® Radiating Cable Helps Provide Seamless Wireless Connectivity to Millions of Boston’s MBTA Subway Riders

One of the primary challenges in designing a solution to offer comprehensive wireless access within the Bostonsubway system was addressing the city’s highly complex system of underground and underwater tunnels.RFS RADIAFLEX® radiating cable was the key to achieving unparalleled technica...

Pushing the Limits of Wind Loading on Macro Sites

As the appetite for data continues to grow, wireless providers need to deploy more and more base station antennas to keep pace and deliver the required capacity. With 5G roll outs gathering momentum, we are seeing existing cell sites pushed to their loadbearing limit, but more is still needed. Due to the cost and logistical challenges, acquiring new sites is often not a practical option, meaning equipment designers need to push to extend the wind loading limits to ease the problem.

Mining and mission-critical wireless connectivity

Laying the foundation for the digital transformation of mining

Tackling Indoor 5G Coverage

Earlier this year, we expanded our HYBRIFLEX portfolio to support DRS, Small Cell and Active DAS for in-building and across campus deployments. Read our latest whitepaper for a more detailed look at how we’re helping our customers address 5G challenges.

Making higher education institutions smarter with private wireless

Higher education institutions are seeking to rapidly digitalize their operations so they can better serve the changing needs of students, academic staff and researchers on their campuses. To succeed, they must evolve their wireless communications infrastructure to offer higher-performing applications and tools that will help their staff and students work more productively. Until now, their main approach has been to upgrade or replace existing Wi-Fi networks, but Wi-Fi technology is starting to show limitations in its ability to meet the increased demands of mobility, latency, throughput and total cost of ownership (TCO).

Creating the connected digital mine

Nokia and RFS provide critical communications solutions for making mine operations safer, more productive and efficient

Railways: Leading the way to 5G

As we enter the era of 5G, rail operators now have a game-changing opportunity to modernize aging railway infrastructures, creating new applications, revenue streams and operating models based on mobile broadband capabilities.

A New Platform for Rail Communications

5G offers a major opportunity for rail operators to transform their operations for the better. Its high speed and extreme traffic handling capacity, together with ultra-low response times, highest reliability and support for massive machine type communication (IoT), will allow rail networks to improve safety, optimize costs and make their services more attractive to passengers in many ways. Such capabilities will make the telecommunication network the cornerstone of railways’ ambitions for further digitization.

Private wireless communications for underground mines

The automation of critical processes is vital for mining companies seeking to increase operational efficiency and productivity while improving worker safety. To enable the automation applications that will deliver these results, mining companies need pervasive and dependable wireless connectivity above ground and underground. Reliable critical communications is the foundation for mine digitalization, automation and autonomous operation.

Digitalizing the oil & gas value chain

Take a look at critical communications solutions that transform E&P operations and fuel the energy transition.

A Primer on Passive Intermodulation (PIM)

In this document we will cover several topics related to PIM, including a basic definition of PIM, the effect on a system, measurement techniques, real world causes, and methods of mitigation.

Microwave Backhaul, the conundrum that is African wireless

Despite what some wireless infrastructure suppliers would have the industry believe, Africa is a very different marketplace for wireless communications architectures to the rest of the world. Incredibly varied terrains and network topologies across the continent, coupled with extremes of temperature, and the steady but extremely protracted decommissioning of legacy 2G, and even 3G cell sites, all conspire to make wireless network installation and management in Africa an unusually complex and demanding task.

Overlay strategies for 700 MHz LTE deployments

Implementation of Long Term Evolution (LTE) at 700 MHz in North America calls for a cost-effective and rapid rollout. LTE provides wireless carriers with a common next generation (4G) platform and delivers much higher data rates. Deploying this technology in the 700MHz band allows for more efficient RF propagation and greater structural penetration. However, there are also issues with 700 MHz associated with a multitude of interference scenarios.

AWS auctions spawn spectrum shuffle

As the FCC re-allocates microwave backhaul spectrum for 3G advanced wireless services, incumbent carriers needing to relocate will seek out flexible backhaul solutions that can be deployed quickly.

Dual-band in-building wireless networks

Industrial maintenance and safety needs often require multiple communications systems. Getting them to co-exist on one network doesn't have to be costly.

Using Continuously Adjustable Electrical Down-Tilt (CAEDT) Antennas To Optimize Wireless Networks

This paper will address why operators need CAEDT antennas, the benefits that these antennas provide and their ability to solve wireless system problems