Get Ready to Stay Connected: How Next-Gen Small Cells + DAS Are Driving Future-Focused Buildings
*Blog by Jan Schaar, Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific, Mavenir
Mavenir’s 5G small cells and DAS coverage extension solutions offer a disruptive approach to readying businesses for next-generation in-building connectivity needs. In a landmark deployment in Sydney’s $3 billion Tech Central precinct, technology partners Mavenir, and Australia’s leading tier-1 telecommunications and technology provider and property fund manager ISPT are transforming office wireless connectivity for building users with small cells and low-power active DAS – delivering reliable, high-speed, multi-storey indoor coverage, from underground car parks to skyline meeting rooms.
Poor cellular connectivity in today’s modern building environments is a persistent and challenging issue. From notorious underground car park ‘not spots’ to dead zones in stairwells or during lift journeys, the frustration of ill-timed signal drops in the workplace is, unfortunately, an all-too-common experience for many building users. Now, Mavenir is applying its 5G small cells and Distributed Antenna System (DAS) technology to the problem – and, together with innovation partners – is transforming office connectivity with reliable, high-speed coverage wherever it’s needed.
In a first-of-its-kind implementation for Australia’s property sector, Mavenir has collaborated with Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology provider and leading property fund manager ISPT to deliver next-generation 5G indoor connectivity at ISPT’s iconic 477 Pitt Street building in Sydney. This recently redeveloped innovation hub is home to a vibrant ecosystem of emerging tech start-ups, scale-ups and entrepreneurs, who are attracted by the building’s inspiring, flexible and sustainable workspaces. ISPT’s tenant partners at 477 Pitt Street are actively creating the data-intensive future – leveraging pioneering applications in augmented reality (AR), AI, robotics and automation technology – so access to high bandwidth, low latency wireless infrastructure is a mission-critical requirement.
Today, Mavenir’s indoor small cells and active DAS infrastructure solution is enabling near gigabit mobile connection speeds and an enhanced user experience for the building’s workers and visitors, from the underground car park all the way up to the 32nd storey. Thanks to this new, robust high-speed connectivity, tenants are now benefiting from seamless mobile coverage – and able to send large files or hold a high-quality video meeting call wirelessly anywhere in the building without worrying about dropped calls or weak signals.
This next-generation active DAS system is centred on Mavenir’s Pico RRU 8T8R picocell – a 4G/5G multi-RAT indoor Remote Radio operating in 3GPP-defined bands. Harnessing MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) to deliver extremely high levels of capacity, Mavenir’s picocell solution at 477 Pitt Street is integrated with the existing DAS system and utilises antennas connected by fibre, eliminating the need for high cost coaxial cables and the negative impact of interference – instead offering exceptional ease of installation, testing and reconfiguration to agilely support coverage needs as they evolve across the precinct.
This stand-out DAS extension implementation is just the beginning of the story, and the launchpad for an ambitious future-focused partnership between Mavenir, ISPT and Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology provider. The aim? To revolutionise office in-building connectivity with the latest 5G DAS technology, and ensure reliable, high-speed coverage in lifts, car parks and across the entire office facility footprint – whatever the unique layout or network challenges of each building.
In a separate breakthrough deployment in Australia, Mavenir’s DAS technology is driving major advantages for building users at another flagship tower block. High-rise building operator QV1 was recently recognised with Best Innovation Award at the Property Council WA Awards for the enhanced 4G and 5G in-building mobile connectivity experience achieved in its signature modernist skyscraper in Perth. The solution was publicly honoured at the Property Council WA Awards, which celebrates innovation, leadership and sustainability in the Western Australia property industry. The successful Active DAS deployment was delivered in partnership with CBRE Asia Pacific, siteXcell, a leading Australian telecommunications provider, OneWiFi & Infrastructure, with Mavenir as the key technology solution partner.
For the building operator, this milestone DAS upgrade to Active Mobile Antennas and end-to-end optic fibre cabling significantly reduced deployment cost and complexity versus legacy coaxial-based passive solutions. The solution is now delivering seamless 4G and 5G connectivity and a best-in-class experience to thousands of tenants and visitors across all 60,000sqm of the 43-storey tower.
By enabling fast, reliable, future-ready indoor mobile connectivity even in the most challenging and complex office locations, Mavenir’s advanced small cell and DAS solutions are proving a strategic enabler of innovation and growth – helping businesses to stay connected, productive and focused, and empowered with always-on access to the cutting-edge applications that can drive the next wave of innovation and success.
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