PCTEL Focuses on “Offloading” Solutions for Stadiums
February 03 2011 - 5:30PM
Business Wire
PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCTI), a leader in antenna and
scanning receiver solutions, unveiled its new high-performance,
dual-band Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO) panel antenna.
This antenna is optimized for cellular data offloading
applications. The antenna enables high speed video and data
applications on mobile devices through the use of 802.11n based
WiFi networks. Offloading data reduces the traffic load on cellular
networks in areas with a high concentration of data users such as
stadiums, other entertainment venues and transportation hubs.
PCTEL’s MIMO antenna has recently been deployed by a major carrier
at the Cowboys’ Stadium in Dallas, initially used for the Cotton
Bowl.
Over the last two years, there has been a significant increase
in the number of smart phones and real time video and data
applications. This has strained the capacity of cellular networks,
resulting in blocked or dropped calls. Cellular carriers are
utilizing MIMO enabled WiFi networks to “offload” cellular data
traffic so that when a smart phone user enters the coverage area of
a MIMO WiFi hotspot, the cellular carrier diverts data traffic over
to the WiFi network, keeping voice traffic over the cellular
network. This shifts the data traffic to unlicensed spectrum,
reserving licensed spectrum for a better quality voice call
experience. MIMO antennas for these WiFi systems have multiple
radiating elements covering multiple frequencies and need to be
properly designed and optimized. PCTEL’s MIMO antennas will be one
element of the data coverage system for this Sunday’s championship
football game.
PCTEL's new MIMO panel antenna provides six RF ports, three
each, covering 2.4 GHz and 5GHz frequencies. The antenna has been
designed with beam width and gain characteristics to provide
optimal coverage for areas with a large number of data users
without overloading access point capacity and minimizing
interference to adjacent sites. The antenna comes with a flexible
mounting solution and can be customized by PCTEL to blend in with
the aesthetics of the environment in which it is going to be
deployed.
"PCTEL has invested significant resources in the development of
high performance directional and omni-directional MIMO antenna
solutions to enable cellular offloading applications," said Jeff
Miller, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing for PCTEL. "We
will continue to work with leading carriers and WLAN radio OEMs to
develop custom antenna solutions to enable offloading in more than
five hundred entertainment venues nationwide," added Miller.
PCTEL FP2458-VP6RPC panel antenna is currently available for
sale. Further details can be obtained from our website at
www.antenna.com.
About PCTEL
PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCTI), is a global leader in propagation
and wireless network optimization solutions. The company designs
and develops software-based radios for wireless network
optimization and develops and distributes innovative antenna
solutions. The company's SeeGull® scanning receivers,
receiver-based products and CLARIFY® interference management
solutions are used to measure, monitor and optimize mobile
networks. PCTEL's SeeGull scanning receivers are deployed in
industry leading wireless test and measurement equipment and viewed
as an essential wireless data collection tool for cellular network
optimization, drive tests, and spectrum clearing. PCTEL develops
and supports scanning receivers for LTE, EVDO, CDMA, WCDMA,
TD-SCDMA and WiMAX networks. SeeHawk™, PCTEL's latest analysis
tool, facilitates the visualization of data from all of PCTEL's
data collection devices. PCTEL Secure, a joint venture with Eclipse
Design Technologies, designs Android-based, secure communication
products.
PCTEL's MAXRAD®, Bluewave™ and Wi-Sys™ antenna solutions address
public safety, military, aviation, defense and government
applications; SCADA, Health Care, Energy, Smart Grid and
Agricultural applications; Indoor Wireless, Wireless Backhaul, and
Cellular applications. Its portfolio includes a broad range of
WiMAX antennas, WiFi antennas, Land Mobile Radio antennas, and
precision GPS antennas that serve innovative applications in
telemetry, RFID, in-building, fleet management, and mesh networks.
PCTEL provides parabolic antennas, ruggedized antennas, Yagi
antennas, military antennas, precision aviation antennas and other
high performance antennas for many applications. PCTEL's products
are sold worldwide through direct and indirect channels. For more
information, please visit the company's web sites www.pctel.com,
www.antenna.com, www.antenna.pctel.com, www.rfsolutions.pctel.com,
or www.pctelsecure.com.
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