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


From: "Neil J. McRae" <neil () DOMINO ORG>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:29:02 +0100


Orange used to supply something like this to put in your
building to improve coverage - worked reasonably well also. 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On 
Behalf Of Thomas Kernen
Sent: 15 July 2005 10:21
To: Matt Ghali
Cc: Adam Rothschild; nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: "Leaky Coax" [was: London incidents]


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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