OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION
5290 Concourse Drive
Roanoke, VA 24019
(Nasdaq GM: OCC)
www.occfiber.com
Heather Johnson: (800) 622-7711
PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT
September 17, 2012
OCC® showcases 4G Cellular Distribution System
OCC's expertise and experience in resolving in-building wireless coverage problems can make missed calls and poor data rates a thing of the past.
(Virtual Press Office) Optical Cable Corporation (OCC®) is proud to showcase their patented 4G Cellular Distribution System (CDS) at the 2012 BICSI Fall Conference & Exhibition. OCC's Cellular Distribution System is a wireless enhancement product designed to resolve low cellular signal strength issues inside buildings.
Designed as a complete kit, the CDS system provides everything needed to mitigate 4G communications dead zones, while also supporting legacy 2G and 3G services with a simplistic hardware approach in a standard 4RU rack mount chassis. The system is based on a donor antenna architecture, where an antenna is placed at an external location to capture the available signal from the provider's tower, delivers it to a rack-mounted system below which boosts signal strength, then redistributes the signal throughout the building where internal antennas are placed.
According to Stephen Porach, Manager, Business Development-Enterprise Solutions, each CDS system covers approximately 80,000 square feet for an open spaced building, and 40,000 square feet for a divided structure, dependent on outdoor signal and antennae cable lengths. Multiple systems can be tethered to increase coverage.
"In a typical scenario," adds Porach, "Application of CDS to a facility gives immediate improvement to cellular performance throughout the building. Improvement in signal strength at the mobile device can be dramatic, bringing signal strength inside the facility to the same level or even greater as that experienced at the rooftop donor antenna location. In our own manufacturing facility 4G data rates were measured at approximately 18 MB/s, where no 4G service was available whatsoever, prior to the CDS installation."
The CDS product line also includes several accessories for the best possible enhancement of in-building wireless service. These antenna and cabling accessories have been tested and evaluated explicitly for use with the CDS system, to ensure the CDS rack mount unit, cabling and antenna components all function to the highest system level performance.
For additional information on the OCC's Cellular Distribution System, please contact an Inside Sales Representative at 800-622-7711, or www.occfiber.com.
Company Information
Optical Cable Corporation (OCC®) is a leading manufacturer of a broad range of fiber optic and copper data communications cabling and connectivity solutions primarily for the enterprise market, offering an integrated suite of high quality, warranted products, which operate as a system solution or seamlessly integrate with other providers' offerings. OCC's product offerings include designs for uses ranging from commercial, enterprise network, datacenter, residential and campus installations to customized products for specialty applications and harsh environments, including military, industrial, mining and broadcast applications. OCC products include fiber optic and copper cabling, fiber optic and copper connectors, specialty fiber optic and copper connectors, fiber optic and copper patch cords, pre-terminated fiber optic and copper cable assemblies, racks, cabinets, datacom enclosures, patch panels, face plates, multi-media boxes and other cable and connectivity management accessories, and are designed to meet the most demanding needs of end-users, delivering a high degree of reliability and outstanding performance characteristics.
OCC is internationally recognized for pioneering the design and production of fiber optic cables for the most demanding military field applications, as well as fiber optic cables suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, and creating a broad product offering built on the evolution of these fundamental technologies. OCC also is internationally recognized for its role in establishing copper connectivity data communications standards, through its innovative and patented technologies.
Founded in 1983, OCC is headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia with offices, manufacturing and warehouse facilities located in each of Roanoke, Virginia, near Asheville, North Carolina and near Dallas, Texas. OCC primarily manufactures its fiber optic cables at its Roanoke facility which is ISO 9001:2008 registered and MIL-STD-790F certified, its enterprise connectivity products at its Asheville facility which is ISO 9001:2008 registered, and its military and harsh environment connectivity products and systems at its Dallas facility, which is MIL-STD-790F certified.
Optical Cable Corporation, OCC, Superior Modular Products, SMP Data Communications, Applied Optical Systems, and associated logos are trademarks of Optical Cable Corporation.
Further information about OCC is available at www.occfiber.com.
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