Reducing Barriers for Small Cell Deployments

Reducing Barriers for Small Cell Deployments

by | Mar 26, 2021 | 5G, C-Band

As next generation wireless networks are deployed, the use of higher frequencies will require more cell sites. Higher frequencies mean shorter ranges, requiring more radios and antennas to be deployed to support our population’s growing thirst for wireless data. ...
How to Make a C-Band Radio Antenna from a Banana

How to Make a C-Band Radio Antenna from a Banana

by | Feb 25, 2021 | 5G, C-Band

Step 1: Take a banana and connect two piezoelectric quartz transducers to each end of the banana.  Step 2: Connect the transducers to a solid-state, high-power RF oscillator.  Step 3: Set the oscillator to 3.7 GHz.  Just kidding!  If only it were this easy to create a...
Fixed Wireless Internet Into the Home – No Excuses Now

Fixed Wireless Internet Into the Home – No Excuses Now

by | Jan 19, 2021 | 5G

In mid-January 2021, the US completed an auction of valuable wireless spectrum for 5G, raising an astonishing $81B in the process for C-band licenses.  The process raised nearly two times any previous FCC auction because of the value of the 3.7GHz mid-band...