jefbal99 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Is this a Samsung panel? Its on a roof so its hard for me to tell? Sent from my rooted G Note 2 Using TapaTalk 4 Beta That looks like an at&t lte setup rather than a sprint. I only see 4 wires going into the RRUs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv1 Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Sprint gave Engadget a close tour of their Samsung roof top site. Great pictures: http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/12/sprint-testing-lte-cell-sites-in-san-francisco-we-go-hands-on/ Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Here's a short video of this article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID3232 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Im sorry if this was already discussed but what is the Canadian IBEZ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 It's the Canadian version of a PEZ dispenser. Seriously though, in an unofficial description it's the towers along the US/Canadian border. With 800mhz being a stronger signal than 1900mhz they don't want or aren't allowed to have the signal penetrate across the border like that. It's the same with Mexico IBEZ. Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefbal99 Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 I think it stands for International Border Enforcement Zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZorbatron Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 exclusion not enforcement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltimehack Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 More Samsung equipment. Panel and rru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryry4ya Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 More Samsung equipment. Panel and rru. that's 800 and 1900 RUU yes ? Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltimehack Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I believe just 1900 but I'm no expert on 800 rru id. I know we're slated to get 800 later on which is when the two legacy panels will come down and new equipment will go up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 More Samsung equipment. Panel and rru. Left: 800 Right : 1900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltimehack Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Awesome! So is it safe to say that when 1900 gets turned on 800 will as well on this site or can they control them individually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Awesome! So is it safe to say that when 1900 gets turned on 800 will as well on this site or can they control them individually? That is what we hope happens but each site is unique and anything goes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltimehack Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Gotcha. Thanks for the confirmation and info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 It is perfectly fine to call them panels. A panel is the whole assembly housing. There are multiple antennas within the panel. It depends how you use it whether it is right or wrong. It would be proper to say, "I see a panel up there." It would be improper to say, "The panel broadcasts a signal." It would be improper to say, "I see an antenna up there." But it would be proper to say, "I received the signal from the antenna." It's pretty semantical in many ways. It's not like the tower/site argument. Because not every site is on a tower. But every Sprint antenna is inside a panel. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Many sites have more than one tower, whether the same tower company or not. ;-) There are many types of antenna including panel, parabolic dish, grid dish, yagi, omni, horn, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug526 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I bought a Canon Rebel T3 and a 75-300 lens today and snapped some photos of some Samsung sites in my hometown. All of the camera settings were on Full Auto... so if anyone has any tips on how to use this camera to take the best shots of cell sites I'd appreciate it!! Here is a water tower site: Here is a site at the Avon CSX rail yard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordsutch Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 I bought a Canon Rebel T3 and a 75-300 lens today and snapped some photos of some Samsung sites in my hometown. All of the camera settings were on Full Auto... so if anyone has any tips on how to use this camera to take the best shots of cell sites I'd appreciate it!! Main things on any DSLR: make sure you have image stabilization/vibration reduction on (on Nikons, it's a switch on the lens itself; not sure on the Canon lenses) and hold the camera steady for a few seconds after focusing to let IS/VR do its thing. If you have trouble getting the tower in focus with AF, try using aperture-priority mode (A) on the mode dial and dial in a higher f-number for more depth of field, or manually focus at infinity. Both of your shots so far look great, though, so you're on the right track. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Any hints as to the configuration as depicted here? Two sectors have two antenna and four RRU for each sector. http://db.tt/F92IWFlf Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 Any hints as to the configuration as depicted here? Two sectors have two antenna and four RRU for each sector. http://db.tt/F92IWFlf Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 Super high capacity narrow beamwidth setup with 33 or 45 degree antennas. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Super high capacity narrow beamwidth setup with 33 or 45 degree antennas.What would the RRU setup be like? 3x 1900 1x 800? Or unknown, I guess. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 What would the RRU setup be like? 3x 1900 1x 800? Or unknown, I guess. Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2 1x 800 / 1x 1900 per panel antenna. Notice that they're pointed slightly away from each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhammett Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 1x 800 / 1x 1900 per panel antenna. Notice that they're pointed slightly away from each other. I did realize that and now feel stupid for having asked. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug526 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Took some more pics today of a high voltage mounted Samsung site in Indy. This site is currently marked 3G/800 complete on the Sponsor maps. Here is the base station cabinets. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug526 Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Here is a high capacity Samsung site in Indianapolis, currently 3G/4G/800 complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmeduri82 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 The two towers in my area look as if the antenna's and RRU are up but there is no sign of LTE yet, does one crew come and install the hardware and another run the cabling, both towers are shared sites with AT&T or Verizon who have already done a LTE install, so I am assuming the site already has backhaul. It just seemed odd to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 The two towers in my area look as if the antenna's and RRU are up but there is no sign of LTE yet, does one crew come and install the hardware and another run the cabling, both towers are shared sites with AT&T or Verizon who have already done a LTE install, so I am assuming the site already has backhaul. It just seemed odd to me. There is one large crew. Part of that crew does the installation of the Antennas, RRHs, Fiber Ethernet up the tower. Another part of the crew installs the Basestation equipment and configures the equipment (Ericsson). If the Backhaul Vendor has done their job and installed the backhaul prior to Ericsson configuring the equipment, the site will go Live with LTE, otherwise it only goes 3G or 3G/800 live. The problem is, Backhaul Vendors such as ATT and TWC are taking their damn time to get work done for Sprint. Each provider (Sprint, ATT, VZW, T-Mo) has their own line of Fiber from a backhaul vendor. Some don't even share the same vendor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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