The Power of Loop Reduction
This 8-part series covers how to plan and engineer a line-powered DSLAM network. This comprehensive guide provides an understanding of how to use Line Power in a Loop Reduction program...
Stretching Your Cell Site CAPEX Budget
A leading wireless services provider embarked on a program to upgrade from 3G to 4G cellular service. Their goal was to complete the upgrade quickly in spite of budgetary limitations. To compound the challenge, their existing radio cabinets included ......
Costs of FTTH Powering
This paper explores powering solutions including enclosure systems, power supplies, and standby batteries that have gained acceptance in today’s FTTH market...
Alpha Powers first-of-its kind DAS Communication Network in NYC’s Subway
In 2011, an ambitious plan was developed by Transit Wireless Inc. and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to blanket all 279 underground subway stations with mobile voice and data coverage...
Line Powering IDAS Networks
This collection of five whitepapers will introduce Network Planners to a new tool in the network design toolkit: Indoor Distributed Antenna Systems (IDAS)...
A Lesson in Disaster Preparedness
When Hurricane Katrina knocked out power to SW Mississipi for 14 days in 2005, Franklin’s network resiliency was put to the test...
Hong Kong Broadband Network - Looks Outside the Box
A Hong-Kong-based broadband service provider noticed an increasing need for rugged UPS with the capability to survive under high temperature, unlike with traditional UPS and battery systems...
Powering Mobile Backhaul Networks
Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, wireless service providers have invested billions of dollars in power and battery backup systems, making many cell sites the rival of wireline facilities in terms of their ability to withstand AC power outages...
Powering the ONT: A Comparison of Line Power and Local Power Architectures
This whitepaper examines different methods of using Local Power to power the ONT and compares them to using Line Power...
Powering Wireless Networks 101
Customers expect both wireline and wireless telecom services to be operational around the clock, even when the power goes out. To meet these expectations, telecom service providers...
UPS Solutions Ensure Continuity of School Districts’ Critical Systems
The Delta School District suffered from problems with power failures rendering its PA systems unreliable...
Powering the most modern, integrated Public Safety system ever deployed in Mexico City
Mexico City, one of the world's largest megacities with a population of over 8 million at its core, tackled the ambitious goal of better protecting its citizens from risks including...
Grassy Mountain
This electrical system was built and installed for a county application in Southwestern Colorado as part of a project to improve emergency communications in the area...
Cox Solar Power
This system will generate more than 240,000 kilowatt hours per year, which is roughly the amount required to power 16 homes. The resulting CO2 offset of 392,081 lbs is equivalent...
Conductance Testing an Integral Element in Battery Management
Lapses in commercial utility power can be a serious, if not a costly predicament. Battery systems are provisioned specifically as insurance against such crises...
Broadband Gets Power Hungry
System reliability is one of the most critical technological challenges facing today’s Broadband communication service provider...
Power Save™ Reducing Energy Consumption in Alpha Cordex Power Plants
Alpha Technologies’ Cordex™ Controllers include a unique feature that is specifically intended to lower energy costs and extend the life of the rectifiers...
Designing Line Power Networks for FTTH Applications
Designing a line-powered FTTH network does require an additional layer of planning and design for the OSP copper cable...
The Greening of Telecom Power
This paper compares the energy consumption between two rectifier designs, projects recurring operating expense savings from replacing the Ferros..
Why the Smart Grid will fail without reliable Backup Power
The Smart Grid promises to transform the way in which power is made and delivered to our homes, workplaces and industry...
A Comparison of Typical UPS Designs in Today’s Markets
An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) is designed to provide backup power to support continuing operation of electrical or electronic devices in the event of a power failure...
