Fixed Wireless Access for Urban and Suburban Areas
A Knowledge Network Article By CommScope
Tuesday 16 June 20
Cellular networks give operators a significant opportunity to offer internet and triple-play services to suburban and underserved customers using fixed wireless access (FWA). FWA has been successfully used for years in rural areas underserved by wireline broadband services. The distances involved the deployment of expensive outdoor consumer premise equipment (CPE) with line of sight to the cell site. So, connecting a new customer has been a complex, expensive, and time-consuming process, and this has somewhat limited the use of FWA.
Today, FWA is a viable broadband access technology for urban and suburban areas thanks to advances in LTE…
Cellular networks give operators a significant opportunity to offer internet and triple-play services to suburban and underserved customers using fixed wireless access (FWA). FWA has been successfully used for years in rural areas underserved by wireline broadband services. The distances involved the deployment of expensive outdoor consumer premise equipment (CPE) with line of sight to the cell site. So, connecting a new customer has been a complex, expensive, and time-consuming process, and this has somewhat limited the use of FWA.
Today, FWA is a viable broadband access technology for urban and suburban areas thanks to advances in LTE…
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