Utilising Commscope’s Onecell C-RAN LTE/(5G)NR Architecture our design teams fully utilised the capabilities of iBWave Enterprise. Not only building an accurate model but testing, calibrating and later validating those simulations produced. Phase One of this project saw deployment of;

• 6 x Bassband Controllers
• 3 x Aggregation Switches
• 14 x Access POE (Power of Ethernet)++ switches
• 82 x RP5000i OneCell Antennas
• Covering 18 Floors/Areas
• 2 Major Network Operators (MNO). B3 & B7. 2×2 MiMo (Multiple inputs, Multiple outputs) to increase the capacity of the system
• With further expansion capability for additional MNO’s and/or (5G)NR.

Once complete, the entire solution was then commissioned and tested in-line with the system design parameters, budget performance and design test criteria outlined within the JOTS guidelines. To validate the overall solution a thorough “walk test” was undertaken by our optimisation team – under simulated and controlled conditions. The data collected during this exercise was then processed, analysed and compared against the design propagation plans to verify and validate the solution.

Finally, a detailed handover pack was produced and submitted to our customer This pack covered details such as cabling routes, equipment location floorplans, cable test results, installation photographs, product serial numbers and validation results.

Including the construction phase of the hospital – from our initial survey, to design and through to build – the project took nearly 2 years to complete.