The communications landscape is laboring under extreme stress, with wireless operators trying to meet consumer demands that keep rising and mobile devices storming the network, stifling it with excessive data.

Capacity crunch, big data and spectrum availability are terms being thrown around constantly in the IT industry, and helpless operators are at the receiving end of both networks and consumers.

Nexius, which delivers end-to-end wireless services and software solutions to industries worldwide, is attempting to defuse the situation by availing “The Nexius Small Cell Playbook,” providing operators with a viable option to maximize networks' existing capabilities.

The playbook is a guide to cable and wireless operators examining the small cell technology options that could prove to be the answer to consumer and operator woes.

Of course, managers and executives searching for new technology approaches to improve coverage and capacity may well benefit, as will the others who are exploring small cells to solve the capacity crunch.

Small cell technology does boost the capacity of cell networks, requiring smaller transmitters and promising more coverage and cheaper data transmissions. But those are just the positives. Any new technology is bound to elicit more questions than answers, and small cell technology is no exception.

These are the things the Nexius Small Cell Playbook attempts to solve. It lists the benefits, the drawbacks, the latest market trends and the target customer for each technology.

It's pretty exhaustive in its approach, dealing with small cells in detail, Wi-Fi offload, LTE (News - Alert) and Wi-Fi, heterogeneous network and utility operators, and smart grid.

With the wireless industry rapidly being preferred by millions around the world, mobile devices fast replacing landlines and advanced technology threatening to erupt on the communications scene, small cell technology could at least partly answer everyone's questions. Nexius' small cell playbook, which claims to understand to-day's challenges, could prove to be of much use.

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