JDSU has announced enhancements to its RFoFiber technology (Radio over fiber), adding RF over OBSAI (RFoOBSAI) analysis components of Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) interfaces to its CellAdvisor product family. RFoOBSAI lets technicians quickly and more affordably identify and fix signal interference problems across all types of cell sites: from conventional sites with coax feeders to modern sites with fiber links between the baseband unit and remote radio units.
The growing use of modern macro cells, small cells, distributed antenna systems (DAS), and C-RAN architectures is driving deployments of fiber-based remote radio units to achieve low latency and high bandwidth. These environments widely use CPRI and OBSAI protocols. With CellAdvisor, technicians safely and accurately test interference from the base of the cell site—without climbing a tower.
JDSU RFoOBSAI and RFoCPRI technologies capture and analyze RF metrics whether the fronthaul is coax or fiber-based with either CPRI or OBSAI protocols. Technicians capture and analyze RF components from mobiles (uplink) as well as radios (downlink) to identify interference. This ensures end users receive the highest-quality mobile service. Unlike other field test solution, CellAdvisor base station analyzers conduct cable, interference, CPRI, OBSAI, cellular signal analysis, and fiber tests in a single instrument. JDSU StrataSync cloud integration lets you remotely track your inventory, perform upgrades, store and share trace and configuration files, and secures and makes your data available for analysis via complimentary JDSU Viewer software. CellAdvisor with RFoFiber technology effectively reduces maintenance costs and risks to the technician, providing increased efficiency and productivity by virtually eliminating tower climbs to safely and quickly manage mobile services.
