Strand Mount Gear?

[Trip]

Does anyone know what the strand-mount equipment looks like?  I ask because I've got a bunch of weird GCIs in my log west of George Mason University, and I didn't spot any apparent small cells or similar.  I do see boxes on poles that do not have antennas on them, and the cables seem to go up to the lines, like this one on Google Street View.

https://goo.gl/maps/VNGZBdZDjfR2

Any thoughts/pictures?

- Trip

[clbowens]

23 minutes ago, Trip said:

Does anyone know what the strand-mount equipment looks like?  I ask because I've got a bunch of weird GCIs in my log west of George Mason University, and I didn't spot any apparent small cells or similar.  I do see boxes on poles that do not have antennas on them, and the cables seem to go up to the lines, like this one on Google Street View.

https://goo.gl/maps/VNGZBdZDjfR2

Any thoughts/pictures?

- Trip

I was wondering that also.  I know Sprint announced a strand-mount deal with Cox a while back.  And I live in a Cox service area (Parma, Ohio).  But I don't think I've seen any movement on that yet.

[nexgencpu]

1 hour ago, Trip said:

Does anyone know what the strand-mount equipment looks like?  I ask because I've got a bunch of weird GCIs in my log west of George Mason University, and I didn't spot any apparent small cells or similar.  I do see boxes on poles that do not have antennas on them, and the cables seem to go up to the lines, like this one on Google Street View.

https://goo.gl/maps/VNGZBdZDjfR2

Any thoughts/pictures?

- Trip

Here are some shots of engineering screen/strand mount in Oklahoma.

https://twitter.com/OKWireless/status/1112844337442947073

[ingenium]

Does anyone know what the strand-mount equipment looks like?  I ask because I've got a bunch of weird GCIs in my log west of George Mason University, and I didn't spot any apparent small cells or similar.  I do see boxes on poles that do not have antennas on them, and the cables seem to go up to the lines, like this one on Google Street View.
https://goo.gl/maps/VNGZBdZDjfR2
Any thoughts/pictures?
- Trip

These are the ones that are deployed in the NY/NJ area via Altice. Also attached an old SCP screenshot while connected to one.

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[Trip]

That GCI looks like the ones I have in my log. 

At some point my wife and I are going to walk around over there and I'm going to try to get some pictures, if I can find the things.

- Trip

[CrossedSignals]

https://www.airspan.com/airstrand/

There’s an embedded video with an interview of a Sprint executive discussing the use of this product. 

[Tengen31]

On 4/8/2019 at 3:57 PM, ingenium said:

These are the ones that are deployed in the NY/NJ area via Altice. Also attached an old SCP screenshot while connected to one.

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Can't those do more than one carrier? Only one carrier would likely be Slow.

[nexgencpu]

48 minutes ago, Tengen31 said:

Can't those do more than one carrier? Only one carrier would likely be Slow.

Regardless if they are limited to single carrier they do not cover a huge area, so with Docsis backhaul they perform quite well.

[ingenium]

Regardless if they are limited to single carrier they do not cover a huge area, so with Docsis backhaul they perform quite well.

Yes, in my limited testing they only covered about a block. Probably similar coverage to a magic box if it was outdoors. The ones I found were all in a residential neighborhood.

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[CrossedSignals]

From the airspan spec sheet:

4T4R channels configured as dual sector with LiteCoMP, dual carrier* or 4×4 MIMO*.