Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Mon, January 26, 2009
Southern Adventist University Deploys ADC In-Building Wireless System to Improve Communications, Reduce Costs
MINNEAPOLIS--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--ADC (NASDAQ: ADCT) ([ www.adc.com ]) today announced that Southern Adventist University (SAU), a 2500-student Seventh-day Adventist university in southern Tennessee, has deployed its InterReach Fusion® in-building wireless system to improve cellular connectivity in student housing and enable the decommissioning of wired telephone service for students.
For the past four years, the university had studied using in-building cellular systems to eliminate coverage issues inside student housing as well as to improve emergency communications and enable the elimination of wired telephone service in those areas. After an extensive research and proposal process, the university selected ADC's [ InterReach Fusion ] in-building cellular system.
"We chose the InterReach Fusion system because it could support all major carriers with one set of electronics, because it leveraged our existing fiber connections between buildings on campus, and because it was the easiest system for us to install with our own staff," said Doru Mihaescu, associate director of information systems for Southern Adventist University. "It has performed flawlessly so far, and the ADC engineering team has been incredibly responsive."
SAU chose to distribute Sprint and Verizon but the Fusion system can support other carriers in the area. Deployment of the DAS system began over the summer of 2008 and currently the institution's two women's dormitories are covered, with coverage slated for the men's dormitory by the end of January 2009. This deployment will enable the university to discontinue wireline telephone service in student dorm rooms during the summer of 2009. Since students will rely on their own cellular phones for voice connectivity, the university will save on the costs associated with operating and supporting the wired telephone system.
The Fusion system at SAU includes one Main Hub, eight Expansion Hubs, and 45 remote antenna units. Signals are pulled from the macro area network using rooftop antennas on the Wright Hall, home to the university's data center and telephony center, and are routed to the Fusion Main Hub inside the building. From there, signals are distributed via fiber to Thatcher Hall and Thatcher South (the women's dormitories) as well as Talge Hall, the men's dormitory. Thanks to its use of an active, Ethernet-like architecture and thin coaxial distribution cabling within the student housing facilities, the Fusion system has been easy to deploy by the university's own maintenance staff.
"With virtually all university students and staff equipped with personal cell phones these days, many institutions are finding they can eliminate legacy telephone systems while actually lowering costs and improving communications by deploying in-building cellular systems like ours," said John Spindler, vice president of product management for ADC. "The InterReach Fusion system is an ideal solution for universities like Southern Adventist because it supports all frequencies with just one system, and is far easier and more cost-effective to deploy than competing systems."
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