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Omnitron supports Orange County mobile backhaul efforts
Omnitron Systems Technology says it is providing equipment that enables mobile backhaul to new cell towers constructed along the SR 241 and 261 toll roads in Orange County, CA. Omnitron’s iConverter multi-service platform enables Ethernet and TDM backhaul for wireless carriers AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Metro PCS, who share these communication facilities. The project aims to provide seamless cell service to the thousands of drivers using mobile devices who travel on the toll roads each day.
The Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) operates toll roads in Orange County and installed a fiber network when building the 241 and 261 toll road that runs along Eastern Orange County near the Cleveland National Forest. Construction of the 105 foot high cell towers began in June 2009. Singlemode fiber was installed when the road was constructed, with multiple strands of fiber allocated per tower. Each wireless carrier has a dedicated strand of fiber to each of the towers.
The TCA and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) partnered with AT&T and Mobilitie (a telecommunications infrastructure company) on the improvement project. TCA contracted with Mobilitie as a neutral host site development company that acted as a leasing agent for the fiber network. Telecom Plus, a contractor and system integrator, was hired by Mobilitie to install the mobile backhaul equipment in the towers.
A challenge was deploying a variety of mobile backhaul transport technologies, including Gigabit Ethernet, T3 circuits, and multiplexed T1s. TelecomPlus selected Omnitron’s iConverter multi-service platform of Ethernet network interface devices, intelligent media converters, T1/E1 multiplexers, and CWDM multiplexers for mobile backhaul connectivity.
“The iConverter platform was selected as a cost-effective solution to deliver T1s, T3s, and future Ethernet to the towers for the wireless providers,” said Chris Downs, senior vice president of TelecomPlus. “It also gave us the flexibility to add new CWDM channels as needed for future upgrades without the need for additional fiber infrastructure which would be extremely costly. Verizon is using iConverter CWDM multiplexers for a planned, hot-switchover upgrade to 4G. AT&T Mobility is in the planning stages for a similar transition.”
Omnitron and TelecomPlus collaborated in network design and equipment configuration. Omnitron staged and pre-tested the equipment.
Posted by SFPlus Transceiver, the manufacturer of optical transceivers.
