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Re: "Leaky Coax" [was: London incidents]


From: Thomas Kernen <tkernen () deckpoint ch>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:20:50 +0200


Matt Ghali wrote:
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Adam Rothschild wrote:

  As I understand it, cellular service in the tunnels is provided by
  cells co-located in the Weehawken, NJ and New York City, NY vent
  buildings, with "leaky coax" cable shared by all carriers running
  inside the tubes.

I was intrigued by the concept, and did a bit of googling. I managed to dig up a fascinating article on the applications for "leaky coax" antennas, in the tunnels we are discussing, to boot!

http://wirelessreview.com/mag/wireless_trouble_tunnels/

matto


It works great for in-building Wifi too if you do the proper engineering.

Thomas


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