Intelligence DAS goal of Dali Wireless HDS platform

Distributed antenna systems have had a long history in the mobile network space, having been one of the first widely deployed “small cell” technologies used to densify network coverage and capacity in public venues. However, recent years has seen the rise of more specialized small cell technologies that have included more advanced software to further increase network efficiencies in dealing with such locations.
That is not to say that DAS has lost out in the race for small cell deployments. A number of tower companies have seen growing use of DAS by carrier customers, with some claiming that DAS is indeed making a comeback. This comeback has received commercial support from AT&T, which has made its extensive small cell and DAS strategy part of an advertising campaign touting its improving network quality.
Helping the cause is the influx of smarter technology for DAS networks that are beginning to help what have traditionally been passive deployments to become more active. One move came this week as Dali Wireless launched its High Density System solution that can help DAS systems to dynamically allocate capacity to squeeze further spectral efficiencies out of deployments.
Dali claims its solution is a “digital-to-the-edge” radio distribution system that is technology-, vendor- and band-agnostic, and that it supports up to 10 gigabits per second and 300 megahertz of spectrum over a single fiber connection.
“In a typical urban deployment, operators need to support the wireless peak load for each individual building where mobile usage and user density are high,” the company explained. “With HDS, capacity over-provisioning is no longer an issue. HDS can dynamically pool capacity together and route it to where and when it is needed.”
RCR Wireless News spoke with Dali Wireless CTO and co-founder Shawn Stapleton to provide more details on the solution.

Dali earlier this year was selected to provide coverage to the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel. The system covers more than 800,000 square feet of the facility and uses Dali’s RF router network, including the host, low-power remote transceivers and high-power outdoor remote transceivers supporting 3G and LTE MIMO coverage. AT&T is the anchor operator for the system, which can support multiple operators.
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