TETRA  |  2013-12-10

Axell Wireless's Ingo Flomer talks DAS technology and mobile broadband

Source: The Critical Communications Review | Gert Jan Wolf editor

Network Rail intends to spend £1.9bn rolling out high-speed mobile broadband across the busiest parts of the UK's rail network. Julian Turner talks to Ingo Flomer of Axell Wireless about the ambitious project and why distributed antenna system (DAS) techn

Ingo Flomer is director of product marketing at Axell Wireless, a leading provider of distributed antenna systems (DAS) and wireless coverage products for public safety and cellular applications. Flomer is responsible for defining the company's product management strategy and has over 20 years' experience in telecommunication, wireless and fixed line projects.

Julian Turner: Please describe the evolution of Axell Wireless.

Ingo Flomer: Axell Wireless was formed over 40 years ago and is currently one of the top four providers of public safety and cellular wireless coverage solutions in the world.

The company has pioneered the use of fibre-optics to carry radio frequency (RF) signals and uses the technology to propagate wireless coverage in many of the world's leading buildings and transport networks. Axell has designed and supplied DAS systems to over 100 countries.

With the mass proliferation of smartphones, we all expect coverage wherever we are, it is no longer just a 'nice-to-have' feature. However, bringing coverage inside some of these environments can prove to be a challenge. We help mobile, train and metro operators as well as building owners to solve this problem and provide customers with seamless mobile coverage wherever they are.

JT: What specific advantages does DAS technology offer compared with other wireless solutions?

IF: DAS solutions help propagate a mobile operator's network seamlessly inside buildings and tunnels as well as across external environments such railway tracks. A DAS can be connected to an operator's base station housed inside the building, in a basement or 'comms' room for example, or even located several kilometres away. Another option is to 'feed' a DAS using an off-air digital repeater that takes the signal from the air and directs it inside.


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