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Small cellular base stations or small cells are low-powered radio access points that improve 3G and 4G cellular coverage in order to increase capacity and backhaul traffic at a lower cost. Small cells, which can consist of femtocells, picocells and macrocells, allow mobile operators to deploy IP based devices using the existing IP infrastructure while providing a seamless evolution to IMS. There are many challenges providers face regarding 3G and 4G capacity issues that small cell sites can address. By utilizing small cells, additional spectrum, HSPA+, LTE, WiFi offload and femtocells all attempt to add more wireless broadband capacity and coverage. Therefore, in order to reduce the number of 3G and 4G coverage holes, operators can deploy large numbers of small cell sites at the 3G and 4G macrocell cell edges.

Small Cells Featured Articles

Zayo Boosts Wireless Network Capacity for 2013 Indy 500
5/21/2013
A major wireless network contracted to cater to the 2013 Indianapolis 500 reportedly enhanced its capacity by employing the dark fiber backhaul solution from Zayo Group, a Colorado-based provider of fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure services and carrier-neutral colocation and interconnections services.

BLiNQ Unveils Network Intelligence for Large Scale Deployments of Small Cell Wireless Backhaul
5/21/2013
Building off of its Managed Adaptive Resource Allocation (MARA) and Backhaul Self-Organizing Network (B-SON) technologies, BLiNQ Networks Inc. has announced an upgraded suite of software modules. These updated software modules help network operators to cope with the demands of small cell backhaul networks as they grow.

Australian Carrier Experiments with Small Cells to Ease Broadband Congestion
5/20/2013
With mobile operators straining under the bandwidth demands from smartphones and tablets, a variety of methods-including small cells complete with Wi-Fi-are being employed as a way to meet the demand.

AT&T Bets on Small Cells for Improved Services, Growth
5/20/2013
For improved service and future growth, AT&T is betting on small cells. In fact, the largest U.S. telecom carrier is set to deploy over 40,000 small cells by the end of 2014. Speaking at the recent Jefferies 2013 Global Technology conference in NYC, President of AT&T's network operations, Bill Smith highlighted the importance of small cells in the company's toolbox for maintaining the vitality of wireless network going forward.

Small Cells Play Important Role as Demand Increases for Capacity on Networks
5/16/2013
In a recent white paper, the NGMN Alliance - which represents mobile network operators - noted how many operators are weighing the use of small cell technology to "complement their macrocell networks in order to improve coverage at 'not-spots' and ease congestion at hot-spots."

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