Capacity Enhancement Solutions

Metro Cell Solutions:

Boost capacity in urban environments and minimize deployment costs
 It’s a jungle out there
The data demands of your Big City customers continue to rise, yet zoning
restrictions and site acquisition costs have made traditional macro cell
site deployment difficult in their dense, urban environments.

Customers want—and demand—a network that provides reliable

connections, with user loyalty only as durable as the next service
interruption. Your company risks suffering irreparable damage to its 55%
image before the first formal customer complaint finds its way to you—
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE
and, by then, it’s too late. DATA TRAFFIC THAT WILL
BE OFFLOADED FROM
Add to this the need to deliver state-of-the-art RF system THE MACRO NETWORK
BY 2020.
performance that’s capable of supporting multiple Source: Cisco VNI Mobile, 2016
technologies—all in a low-profile package that’s easy to
conceal—and you quickly realize that demand has
become more demanding than ever.

As of 2010, more
than half of all people
lived in urban areas.

By 2030, 6 out of every 10

people will live in a city, and World Health Organization

by 2050, this proportion will

increase to 7 out of 10 people.
World Health Organization

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INCREASE CELL DENSIFICATION

IMPROVE CAPACITY AND COVERAGE

Get it done—anywhere—
with CommScope Metro
Cell Solutions
CommScope’s Metro Cell site solutions optimize network performance and
accelerate deployments. Encompassing RF delivery, equipment housing and
concealment, these solutions improve performance of the RF airlink, expedite
construction and enable faster zoning approvals, decreasing CapEx and OpEx
and improving time to revenue.

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 Small cell antenna solutions power
your network’s growth.
CommScope is a leading solution provider of macro base station
antennas, so it’s no surprise that our new small cell network antennas Key features greatly improve performance
include the key features operators need to succeed. and reduce cost

• Single 65-degree panel and multipanel canister configurations

provide unique metro cell azimuth patterns, supporting MIMO Two studies confirm 40 percent throughput gain
and carrier aggregation on small cell networks equipped with electrical
• Compact form factors reduce zoning challenges downtilt*,**. That translates into a corresponding

• Electrical downtilt, narrow vertical beamwidth and superior upper 30 percent reduction in CapEx and OpEx in
sidelobe suppression for sharp cell edges and reduced network dense urban heterogeneous networks.
interference
• Multiband configurations satisfying bandwidth up to 2690 MHz

Quasi-Omni Bi-Directional
Typical Azimuth Pattern Typical Azimuth Pattern

Quasi-Omni Directional
Half-Omni 0–20° Tilt, High Band
Bi-Directional
0–16° Tilt, High Band
Half-Omni Directional
0° Tilt, Low Band
Typical Azimuth Pattern Typical Azimuth Pattern

* Xiao Li and Robert W. Heath, Jr. (University of Texas-Austin); Kevin Linehan and Ray Butler (CommScope);
“Impact of Metro Cell Antenna Pattern and Downtilt in Heterogeneous Networks,” CommScope, 2014 (not yet published).
** Telecom Technology Services, Inc. study, commissioned by CommScope, 2014.

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 Metro Cell concealment—
big power in a small package.

Metro cell sites are fast becoming the first option to improve network
coverage and add capacity. In dense, urban areas, these sites must
not only comply with local zoning and installation restrictions, but must
accommodate situations where ground leases are impractical.

CommScope’s Metro Cell solution has you covered on all points:

• A universal architecture reduces engineering and installation

times so you can deploy more sites faster
• Total concealment, stackable design lets you terminate up to two
1- to 5-Watt LTE and UMTS cells, including antennas, filters/
combiners, Ethernet switching, intra-system cabling and power
distribution in one slim, attractive form factor
• Compatibility with tapered and non-tapered poles helps the
enclosure blend visually and mechanically, simplifying zoning
approvals

The top solution from the industry leader

Each Metro Cell site we produce is built on CommScope’s
decades of leadership in the macro cell industry. Our proven RF
solutions are the backbone of Metro Cell’s reliability and simplicity.

CommScope’s Mini Macro concealment monopole

meets tough suburban requirements.
As an all-inclusive macro BTS housed in a single monopole structure, the
CommScope Mini Macro concealment solution is intended to meet the toughest
aesthetic standards and satisfy the strictest zoning regulations. Factory-assembled
and pretested, it contains high-gain, multiband antennas and operator-specified
remote radio heads (RRHs) for fast deployment wherever it’s needed:
UP TO 90 FT.

• Provides macro coverage in a slim form factor—its widest point is the 36-inch
(914 mm) diameter radome
• Satisfies antenna heights up to 90 feet (27 m)
• Houses up to three SBNHH hex port antennas and six remote radio units
• Can include integrated power and optional RBC36 cabinet with battery backup
• Stackable antenna elements and radios support three- or six-sector deployments
and multiple bands

Temperature (C)
129

110

91.8

73.4

55

Passive Cooling with Extensive Thermal Analysis

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 The CommScope
advantage
Metro Cell is integrated and tested before it
leaves our factory, leveraging our decades
of experience to simplify deployment. As a
result, your system can be installed faster,
with plug-and-play confidence that helps you
roll out more sites in less time.

Cell densification: made Metro Cell concealment solutions from

real, made simple—and CommScope address a difficult challenge

made small by delivering a pronounced advantage.

Metro Cell concealment solutions align
advanced technology and real-world
problem solving to deliver results that make a
difference for you and your customers:
It’s the perfect alignment of a slim profile,
an integrated design, modular architecture
and a technology partner that’s dedicated
to solving problems, not just pushing
technology.

• Reduced operating costs

Lower-power systems and smaller
footprints that require fewer maintenance
truck rolls reduce OpEx over the long
term
• Superior capacity and coverage
Provides your customers the bandwidth
That’s the CommScope promise—
and speed they demand
and the promise of a smarter way
All of which means more efficient to grow your business.
operations, a healthier bottom line, and
enhanced customer satisfaction. And it’s all
possible with CommScope and Metro Cell
concealment solutions.

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 Contact your local
CommScope sales
representative to see how
you can better serve your
metropolitan customers with
the Metro Cell concealment
solution options that deliver
coverage, capacity and
concealment.

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design, build and manage their wired
and wireless networks. Our network
infrastructure solutions help customers
increase bandwidth; maximize existing
capacity; improve network performance
and availability; increase energy
efficiency; and simplify technology
migration. You will find our solutions
in the largest buildings, venues and
outdoor spaces; in data centers and
buildings of all shapes, sizes and
complexity; at wireless cell sites and in
cable headends; and in airports, trains,
and tunnels. Vital networks around the
world run on CommScope solutions.

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