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Small cells and DAS: the balance is shifting

by Oliver Bosshard | Jun 5, 2020 | 5G, Featured 5G, Real Wireless blog, Use case

Small cells versus distributed antenna systems (DAS)? Is it really that stark a choice? Of course not. Both technologies have their advantages and disadvantages. But it is true to say that the balance has shifted slightly in recent years. Not long ago there would be...

AutoAir: a lasting achievement

by Simon Fletcher | Apr 21, 2020 | Events, Real Wireless blog, Wireless Industry use case, Wireless Users use case

The AutoAir project has come to an end. Of course, in one sense it’s not over at all. The findings of this two-year UK Department for Digital Culture, Media, and Sport-funded project looking at the development of connected and autonomous vehicles and the use of 5G on...

Rail Wireless

by Oliver Bosshard | Jul 23, 2019 | Real Wireless blog

What do rail passengers in 2019 want from wireless? Voice, web browsing, emailing and social media are pretty much a given, but it’s the ‘streaming’ services that are forecasted to generate 75-90% of traffic on trains. Assuming an unconstrained usage...

Real Wireless at Small Cell World Summit 2019

by Max Slinger | Mar 27, 2019 | Real Wireless news

Real Wireless Chief Technology Officer, Simon Fletcher, has joined the judging panel for the SCF Small Cell Industry Awards 2019. The awards recognise the highest levels of innovation in small cell technology and best practice in deployments around the world. Simon...

Solving the Wi-Fi challenge on trains

by Oliver Bosshard | Jun 8, 2016 | Real Wireless blog, Uncategorised

It’s been just over a year since the government announced its ambitious target to have free Wi-Fi on trains by 2017. While the intention is obviously a good one (who doesn’t want connectivity on trains?) there are still significant barriers in place that are hindering...

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C-RAN – all still up in the air?

by Simon Fletcher | Aug 27, 2020

C-RAN seems to have been a long time coming. I first started exploring the potential of C-RAN back in 2007. Since then there’s been a great deal of industry talk and thousands of pages of standards describing dozens of C-RAN architectures. And I’m still waiting. Cloud...

Can Satcoms at sea improve operations on land?

by Mike Walsh | Aug 27, 2020

We write a lot about the needs of industry and how LTE, Wi-Fi, DAS and 5G, incorporated into a private network, could improve logistics and security and underpin just-in-time operations for airports, sea-ports, factories, stadiums, malls or local government. But what...

Connected vehicles: The long and winding road

The automotive industry’s goal was for every new vehicle to be connected by 2022. Now, less than 18 months out, things are more or less on track. But on track for what? M2M vehicle connectivity is already widely available. This enables a vehicle to be connected to an...

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