RF Path Understanding

CommScope:  Understanding the RF Path Chapter 1

.1.1 Introduction: We Introduction:  Welcome lcome to RF Communications Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.1

Chapter 2

.2.1 Where RF theory meets best practices: Cell Site Development and Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.1

Chapter 3

.3.1 Getting the signal across: Base Station Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.1

Chapter 4

.4.1 Working Wor king within the limits: Co-siting Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.1

Chapter 5

.5.1 A new kind of remote control: Remote control:  Remote Radio Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.1

Chapter 6

. 6.1 Talking and listening at the same time: Trans Transmission mission and Receiving Isolation Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.1

Chapter 7

.7.1 The many ways to connect: RF Transmission Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.1

Chapter 8

. 8.1 Making every connection count: Passive Intermodulation (PIM) Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.1

Chapter 9

.9.1 The infrastructure behind the connection: Microwave Backhaul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.1

Chapter 10

.10.1 The energy that connects the world: Powering Wireless Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10.1

Chapter 11

.11.1 Successfully planning against failure: Reliability in Wireless Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11.1

Chapter 12

.12.1 On call…even off-site: Control and Site Monitoring Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.1

Chapter 13

.13.1 Covering all the bases: Distributed Antenna Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13.1

Chapter 14

.14.1 Going to ground: Lightning Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14.1

Appendix A

Applicable Technologies

Appendix B

Biographies

Appendix C

Glossary