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MINNEAPOLIS, Nov 16, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ADC (NASDAQ: ADCT) (www.adc.com) today announced that its FlexWave Prism(TM) outdoor distributed antenna system (DAS) has been deployed at Michigan State University (MSU) to support current mobile voice and data traffic and enable an easy transition to LTE services support.
MSU's 5,200-acre campus is one of the largest in the United States. Its 553 buildings host tens of thousands of people on a typical day and many more during events at the 75,005-seat Spartan Stadium. Macro cell towers surround the edges of the campus but do not provide adequate service for the dense user population, nor do they penetrate campus facilities effectively.
Since 2004, service providers enhancing their on-campus services at MSU have chosen ADC's outdoor DAS products to do so - including MetroPCS, Sprint, Nextel and Verizon. This latest upgrade was done by Verizon Wireless, which replaced existing ADC LRCS products with FlexWave Prism. Prism accommodates multiple frequency bands or service providers and supports LTE upgrades in a single system. As with MSU's previous DAS deployments, this latest project leverages a 60-mile existing fiber optic network owned by the university.
"Outdoor DAS is really the most efficient way to cover buildings and outdoor spaces at a large and densely-populated campus like ours," said Jeff Carpenter, planning and engineering supervisor for telecommunication systems at Michigan State University. "We like DAS because the products use a small amount of fiber, so we don't have to allocate a lot of dark fiber resources, and their electronics are also small and low-power, so we can easily accommodate discrete systems from multiple carriers in our limited equipment rooms. We've really seen a drop in service complaints as each carrier's system has been installed."
The recent FlexWave Prism deployment includes 15 mast- and building-mounted DAS remote units. The compact and low-power consuming remote units are deployed in rooftop mechanical equipment spaces on each building.
"With the ability to cover up to four sectors with a single, compact antenna unit, FlexWave Prism is ideal for delivering high-bandwidth coverage to complex environments like the Michigan State campus," said Tony LeFebvre, director of product management for outdoor DAS products for ADC. "Service providers like Verizon are now realizing that Prism's multi-band, multi-protocol flexibility also enables an easy transition to 4G services because they can simply plug a new module into an existing system and through software adjust the digital simulcast configuration to adapt to changing user patterns."
About ADC Network Solutions
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Network Solutions Business Unit offers products that deliver
high-performance wireless coverage and capacity to business and consumer
subscribers in any indoor or outdoor location. ADC is the global leader
in advanced in-building wireless solutions and compact network systems,
and is a leader in solutions that enhance coverage in macro networks.
About ADC
ADC provides the connections for wireline,
wireless, cable, broadcast, and enterprise networks around the world.
ADC's innovative network infrastructure equipment and professional
services enable high-speed Internet, data, video, and voice services to
residential, business and mobile subscribers. ADC (NASDAQ: ADCT) has
sales into more than 130 countries. Learn more about ADC at www.adc.com.
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