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NEDAS Live! Where Wireline and Wireless MeetE12: Smart City Planning and Development- With Wade SarverWade Sarver, author, consultant, and solution architect, joins the program to share his perspective on smart cities, 5G, and smart poles. He reveals the challenges and trends that are driving the distribution of infrastructure investment, and shares potential monetization strategies. Wade also discusses the charities that he supports and why they are important to him. 2020-03-0334 min
Wade4Wireless BlogCastHow do we get more Backhaul Bandwidth?One thing that the tech industry needs is more backhaul. It’s more than just connecting homes. It’s making each location as efficient as possible. While business and enterprise need more backhaul, how do they get it? We all need fiber, is there going to be enough? Let’s face it, running fiber is not cheap. The … Continue reading How do we get more Backhaul Bandwidth? →2018-02-2624 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWho has enough spectrum for 5G!I have to tell you. I have been speaking to so many people about 5G. It seems that the front-runners are AT&T and……….. Sprint! That’s right. AT&T is no surprise because they are always on the front bleeding edge of technology along with Verizon. That’s why we are so enamored with #1 and #2. They … Continue reading Who has enough spectrum for 5G! →2018-02-1929 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWould 5G Help the Auto Industry?Yes, obviously and I will tell you why. However, many people say that the auto industry needs 5G. Here is something I read about all the time. The fact that everyone says we need, I mean absolutely need 5G for vehicles. I’ll let you in on a secret, you don’t. I am a big … Continue reading Would 5G Help the Auto Industry? →2018-02-1223 minWade4Wireless BlogCastLAA, CBRS, LTE-U are 5G Building Blocks!Carrier Aggregation and Private LTE Hey, guess what? Remember when I talked about LAA, LTE-U, and CBRS, well, we’re almost there! That’s right, all those add-ons that we talked about over a year ago may finally be released. The new CBRS spectrum in the US creates new opportunities. It will be a game changer once … Continue reading LAA, CBRS, LTE-U are 5G Building Blocks! →2018-02-0526 minWade4Wireless BlogCastAbout Massive MIMO BeamformingWhat is Massive MIMO Beamforming? Let’s put them together, beamforming and massive MIMO, and we get massive MIMO beamforming. This combination of great ideas and technology allow us to go beyond what has been done in the past. It takes all the antenna elements to work together and separately to create 3D beamforming and … Continue reading About Massive MIMO Beamforming →2018-01-2915 minWade4Wireless BlogCastThe 5G EcosystemFYI – this is a partial report of the new collection of reports I am compiling for my new book, “The Road to 5G Deployment”. The 5G ecosystem seems endless, but we must look at all aspects. The NR is something that will have the true 5G format. It’s going to be the driver for … Continue reading The 5G Ecosystem →2018-01-2222 minWade4Wireless BlogCastThe Race to 5G between Fixed and Mobilehttps://wadesarver.com/Podcast/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Race-to-5G-between-Fixed-and-Mobile.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS The Race to 5G between Fixed and Mobile. Which will be deployed as 5G First? Which will be first to market, deployed, and be 5G? Which system could be the one to bring 5G to the market, for real? Will they deploy fixed broadband to provide service to … Continue reading The Race to 5G between Fixed and Mobile →2018-01-1526 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWhat is Beamforming?Antenna’s that can control their own beam shape, what?!? Control the beam on demand? How can that be? Beamforming is a little more complicated than that. First, a quick, high level, history lesson. I don’t know how familiar you are with antennas, but they must be installed correctly. You could physically tilt the antenna a … Continue reading What is Beamforming? →2018-01-0824 minWade4Wireless BlogCastThe Art of Solutioning (Estimating for Profit)I often am tasked with putting a solution together for services to deploy systems. One thing that you learn by doing this is that many times there are things you can’t foresee. That’s the Art of Solutioning. Putting together the solutions for customers that will make your company money and be competitive. Most companies call … Continue reading The Art of Solutioning (Estimating for Profit) →2018-01-0121 minWade4Wireless BlogCastNo Holiday for Tech or it’s Workers!Technology does not get a day off. In fact, people rely on it more on their days off. Can you deny that you won’t be on the internet, posting pictures from your smartphone, or anything like that over your holiday break? Can you possibly live without Facebook to share those special moments with family that … Continue reading No Holiday for Tech or it’s Workers! →2017-12-1012 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWhat is Carrier Aggregation?Did you ever hear of carrier aggregation and wonder, “What is Carrier Aggregation?”, at least in the wireless world. How does it work and how will it help improve bandwidth and what does it have to do with 5G? Well, I am so glad you asked! Let’s do this! Carrier Aggregation, a LTE feature … Continue reading What is Carrier Aggregation? →2017-12-0414 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWhat is Massive MIMO?What is massive MIMO? Let’s start with MIMO, Multiple in Multiple out. What is MIMO? Well, in wireless technology MIMO means that you have several antennas and radios all on one BTS. So, you have one BTS with a sector that has multiple antennas for transmit and receive. So, the alpha sector could have four transmit … Continue reading What is Massive MIMO? →2017-11-2725 minWade4Wireless BlogCastSmart City Use Cases ReportTo make all our lives easier, we needed to create a report, in the form of a book, which put together many “smart city” use cases, case studies, and development notes all in one handy book. Introducing the “Smart City Use Cases” book which is a comprehensive collection on smart city initiatives that range from … Continue reading Smart City Use Cases Report →2017-11-2206 minWade4Wireless BlogCastSmart City Broadband Initiatives Part 3This is part three of a three-part series. This has been taken from my upcoming book, Smart City Use Cases, with Smart City Development Notes. City Strategies for a Broadband Initiative There are several strategies for any city to start the initiative. Do you want to undertake this effort? Is this something that you need … Continue reading Smart City Broadband Initiatives Part 3 →2017-11-2015 minWade4Wireless BlogCastSmart City Broadband Initiatives Part 1This is part one of a three-part series. This has been taken from my upcoming book, Smart City Use Cases, with Smart City Development Notes. Smart City Broadband Initiatives Are you curious about some broadband initiatives that are out there? Some broadband case studies that are have rolled out? What broadband initiatives have been successes … Continue reading Smart City Broadband Initiatives Part 1 →2017-11-1433 minWade4Wireless BlogCastSmart City Broadband Initiatives Part 2This is part two of a three-part series. This has been taken from my upcoming book, Smart City Use Cases, with Smart City Development Notes. Facilitator Where the city supports the rollout, maybe offers some rules and regulations that make it easier to get started and deploy, but otherwise, it hands off. Cities … Continue reading Smart City Broadband Initiatives Part 2 →2017-11-1321 minWade4Wireless BlogCastSmart City Broadband Initiatives Part 1This is part one of a three-part series. This has been taken from my upcoming book, Smart City Use Cases, with Smart City Development Notes. Smart City Broadband Initiatives Are you curious about some broadband initiatives that are out there? Some broadband case studies that are have rolled out? What broadband initiatives have been successes … Continue reading Smart City Broadband Initiatives Part 1 →2017-11-0633 minWade4Wireless BlogCastThe Dallas Smart City Case StudyWhat are some smart city use cases? Well, here is Dallas. This is from my upcoming book on Smart City Use Cases. You have been asking for smart city examples and what is in each smart city. Here is an example. This is from a new book to be released very soon called, Smart City … Continue reading The Dallas Smart City Case Study →2017-10-3007 minWade4Wireless BlogCastIt’s not an Interactive Kiosk. It’s a Smart City Hub!This is a chapter from my upcoming book about Smart City use cases. It’s a good overview of the kiosk and how it is transforming major cities. This interactive kiosk will be the keystone of any smart city because it’s visible to people in the city. They can’t see the fiber or the cell … Continue reading It’s not an Interactive Kiosk. It’s a Smart City Hub! →2017-10-2314 minWade4Wireless BlogCastHow would you Initiate a Smart City Plan?How would you Initiate a Smart City Plan? What are some typical smart city approaches? I think I have a quick summary of what is out there. I added this to my upcoming book, Smart City Use Cases, which I think will cover many of the smart city rollouts that have already happened. How … Continue reading How would you Initiate a Smart City Plan? →2017-10-1611 minWade4Wireless BlogCastFixed Wireless is a Focal Point of 5GFixed Wireless is a part of 5G that many carriers want to roll out quickly. They see it as a new form of revenue and a way to compete with the cable companies. The cable companies see it as a way to extend the coverage that they already have and as a stepping stone … Continue reading Fixed Wireless is a Focal Point of 5G →2017-10-0216 minWade4Wireless BlogCastBuilding your own Private LTE NetworkThe great thing about 5G is that we will soon see private LTE networks. How is this possible? Because we finally have spectrum open to businesses everywhere. We already have license-free spectrum in 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz that we currently use for Wi-Fi. The FCC is going to allow users to use LTE in that … Continue reading Building your own Private LTE Network →2017-09-2609 minWade4Wireless BlogCastiPhone X Missing Spectrum & Technology!Did anyone notice that the latest iPhone did not have 600MHz in it that T-Mobile is rolling out? What is that about. It doesn’t have the CBRS spectrum in it either! WHAT? The iPhone X is an eXample of what not to do! It’s a failed eXperiment! It’s a loser at any X games. It’s … Continue reading iPhone X Missing Spectrum & Technology! →2017-09-2107 minWade4Wireless BlogCastLearning 5G in the Real WorldAre you trying to find out more about 5G in the real world? It’s so new, and yet there aren’t many books out there about 5G systems, just theory. After all, it will follow many principles of current networks. We’re all trying to get a better grasp on 5G systems. So why not get a … Continue reading Learning 5G in the Real World →2017-09-1805 minWade4Wireless BlogCastSmart Cities need a Bigbelly!For those of you who don’t understand the title, Bigbelly is a solution for smart cities and smart campuses. It started as a waste management solution for cities and has grown into so much more. I was attracted to Bigbelly because of the way they took the common trash can and made it a critical … Continue reading Smart Cities need a Bigbelly! →2017-08-1545 minWade4Wireless BlogCastThe Smart City Tech Planning HandbookBook release alert for the Smart City Tech Planning Handbook. It is out! The Smart City Tech Planning handbook which will give you case studies, technical avenues for smart cities, and ways to deploy! Yes, it’s a guide to get you started. The pain point is most groups working on a smart city, or a … Continue reading The Smart City Tech Planning Handbook →2017-08-1104 minWade4Wireless BlogCastHow Next Century Cities Collaborate with Deb SociaBuilding a smart city is not easy, nor is adding the infrastructure to create smart city features. It helps to work with partners who have done it before. That is why Deb Socia of Next Century Cities works hard every day to reach out and contact as many communities as possible. Collaboration is the key … Continue reading How Next Century Cities Collaborate with Deb Socia →2017-08-0749 minWade4Wireless BlogCastKeep the CBRS Open for Small Business!I have been reading about T-Mobile’s request to capture all the CBRS for the carriers, to be auctioned off. I get it! They want it all for themselves. What is the price that American small business pay? I put this together as an open letter to the FCC so Americans can understand how this is … Continue reading Keep the CBRS Open for Small Business! →2017-08-0308 minWade4Wireless BlogCastCBRS Deep Dive with Steve MartinI am so into CBRS, so when I had an opportunity to interview the CTO of Ruckus, Steve Martin, I jumped at it. I was lucky enough to learn even more about CBRS with this deep dive of knowledge from someone who has been working on it. Ruckus has developed devices that perform in the … Continue reading CBRS Deep Dive with Steve Martin →2017-07-3146 minWade4Wireless BlogCastArt King Teaches CBRSOn today’s show, I have Art King of SpiderCloud, the King of Enterprise small cells is back on the show, he was on in 2016, link found here. Do you wonder about enterprise small cells and their applications? Have you wondered what CBRS is? How does CBRS work? Who watches the licenses? How is … Continue reading Art King Teaches CBRS →2017-07-2552 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWhat is the Broadband Spectrum Repack?I have been following the broadband repack for some time. I thought I would share what I learned and how I found teams to help. First off, what is it? It is where the FCC held 2 auctions. Yes, 2 auctions so that they could get the spectrum back from the television broadcasters. You … Continue reading What is the Broadband Spectrum Repack? →2017-07-1717 minWade4Wireless BlogCastIndoor Connectivity for the Smart CityI know what you’re thinking, indoor connectivity, why does that matter for the smart city? What is indoor connectivity for the smart city? Is it part of a smart building? I mean really Wade, who cares? Indoor connectivity will matter just as much as outdoor connectivity. After all, the smartphone should not stop working … Continue reading Indoor Connectivity for the Smart City →2017-07-0319 minWade4Wireless BlogCastOSHA & FCC Best Tower Climbing PracticesThat’s right, the FCC and OSHA DOL have teamed up to use their superpowers for the good of the tower climber. These are two of the most influential divisions of government on American business, the world really, that worked hard to provide a safety guideline for an industry where people die every year. They … Continue reading OSHA & FCC Best Tower Climbing Practices →2017-06-2517 minWade4Wireless BlogCastAn Outline of Smart City BroadbandWhat is smart city broadband? It’s just broadband, let’s not make it complicated. If you ask what broadband is, I have to ask you if you live under a rock, seriously. Broadband is everywhere. We expect so much from our connections. If it is a Cable modem, then we expect to have connections in … Continue reading An Outline of Smart City Broadband →2017-06-1926 minWade4Wireless BlogCastHow do you get Broadband to the “Underserved”?Broadband is needed everywhere, so much so that even the federal government sees broadband as a utility that is needed by all people. How do you get broadband to the underserved areas? Tower Safety and Instruction has online training and eBooks at http://teltech-college.com/ where you can get drone, tower, safety, 5G, and deployment material on your laptop! … Continue reading How do you get Broadband to the “Underserved”? →2017-06-0519 minWade4Wireless BlogCastSmart City “Other” ServicesLet’s look at some services that you may not think you may not have thought of; some may call them unusual. I think it’s good to look outside of the box and think of what’s coming or maybe a way to solve a problem that you didn’t think of. Here are some things that … Continue reading Smart City “Other” Services →2017-05-2918 minWade4Wireless BlogCastSmart City Planning AuditsIf you think you have a plan for a smart city, great. If you don’t them decide what to do, just don’t waste this time by not knowing what you have. One thing I have seen with Wi-Fi rollouts and Fiber rollouts is that in most cases the city is guessing at who owns … Continue reading Smart City Planning Audits →2017-05-2221 minWade4Wireless BlogCast5G Fixed Wireless Spectrum and Why it MattersI am excited that we talk of 5G and fixed wireless. Fixed Wireless is where we put a radio up and shoot it to a building or a kiosk or a small cell or even a macro cell. If you’re in the wireless deployment business, then you would call this point to point, PTP, or … Continue reading 5G Fixed Wireless Spectrum and Why it Matters →2017-05-1534 minWade4Wireless BlogCastSprint and UE Backhaul equals a Magic BoxThis is very exciting to me, Sprint unveils something that only needs power to provide small cell coverage. Did you hear me? I did NOT miss the backhaul. They have a box, apparently made by Airspan, that is the small cell providing enough coverage for a 30,000-square foot building and to cover a hundred … Continue reading Sprint and UE Backhaul equals a Magic Box →2017-05-0828 minWade4Wireless BlogCastFixed Wireless Access OverviewWhat is Fixed Wireless? What is FWA? What is the future of fixed wireless? Will FWA replace FTTH? Will FWA replace FTTx? Will the carriers roll out FWA to compete with the cable companies? Read on to learn the answer to all of these questions! Chances are it will take off, in fact, the major … Continue reading Fixed Wireless Access Overview →2017-05-0134 minWade4Wireless BlogCastIOT and the Smart CityWill Smart Cities use IOT? Will IOT be an integral part of the smart city vision? Yes and yes! IOT is going to be a key factor in many smart city services and it will fill the holes for services other than broadband. If you wonder if it will take off, just ask AT&T … Continue reading IOT and the Smart City →2017-04-2417 minWade4Wireless BlogCastCBRS and the Shift in Spectrum OwnershipI have been speaking about how the spectrum of 5G will shift into the hands of the small business once again. Well, now there are more people on board with this theory. It seems that CBRS is making it all happen and IWCE had CBRS as one of its focal points. (Even though I could … Continue reading CBRS and the Shift in Spectrum Ownership →2017-04-1733 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWill IOT be a 5G Service?Of course. When we look at 5G it is well beyond the devices that we are used to. It’s time to expand your horizons beyond a simple device. That is why IOT is used along with 5G in so many conversations. IOT and 5G are used synonymously even though they are not the same thing. … Continue reading Will IOT be a 5G Service? →2017-04-1007 minWade4Wireless BlogCastThe PA Wireless Happy Valley Technology Rally ReviewI had the opportunity and honor to speak at the Pennsylvania Wireless Associations’ (PWA) event at State College, Pa. I was on a panel that discussed the IOT use in smart cities. I’ll get into that in a minute, let’s talk about the event and the other panelists first. If you want to see the … Continue reading The PA Wireless Happy Valley Technology Rally Review →2017-04-0419 minWade4Wireless BlogCastSmart City SustainabilityI have seen some smart city questions come my way, specifically, how can the smart city be sustainable. When I think of sustainability, I think of how to make the system pay for itself. To make it a viable and long-lasting program that doesn’t rely on tax dollars just to survive. Those systems often die … Continue reading Smart City Sustainability →2017-03-2028 minWade4Wireless BlogCastBuilding the Smart City Foundation – AssetsThe foundation for a smart city is really the assets it can provide. The key to good assets is to use what is existing. I am going to focus more on wireless, but there are great opportunities that the larger cities are already thinking of. Here it is “The 5G Deployment Plan” available now! Assets … Continue reading Building the Smart City Foundation – Assets →2017-03-1318 minWade4Wireless BlogCastMounting Small Cells in a CityWith the coming densification of cities, we often try to figure out how we will mount the devices in our cities. After all, urban areas are going to be the key focus of how to grow. Smart cities are not the only reason we will be mounting the equipment in cities. We want to bring … Continue reading Mounting Small Cells in a City →2017-03-0617 minWade4Wireless BlogCastDrone Pilots have Rule!Drone update! Put Drones to Work! The eye in the sky (in the USA) is the FAA and they have laid out some drone pilot rules and. Your eye in the sky is your drone. As we move into an era of IOT, drones will play a larger part in businesses. In fact, there will … Continue reading Drone Pilots have Rule! →2017-02-1325 minWade4Wireless BlogCastThe Smart City 5G Business PlanThe Smart City 5G Business Plan Here it is “The 5G Deployment Plan” available now! Build your business case around your needs. Think of who will use it. Most cities think that they can put everyone on one system, but that’s not practical. The thing about a smart city is that there is more to … Continue reading The Smart City 5G Business Plan →2017-02-0617 minWade4Wireless BlogCastThe 5G Deployment Plan Book Release!The 5G Deployment Plan Handbook! You bombarded me with questions about 5G, like what is it, what’s special about it, and how will it be deployed. You also said you didn’t care about the technical details, just how to implement it and how to build the business plans. You kept asking, so I worked on … Continue reading The 5G Deployment Plan Book Release! →2017-01-3005 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWhat is NB IOT and how will we use it?Are you curious about IOT? Do you know the different flavors of IOT? Do you wonder why they use IOT and 5G interchangeably? Who would use this technology? Read on wireless tech fan if you want to find out. Here it is “The 5G Deployment Plan” available now! Isn’t IOT just the internet of … Continue reading What is NB IOT and how will we use it? →2017-01-3018 minWade4Wireless BlogCastCommercial 5G RAN Backhaul and Fronthaul OverviewHere it is “The 5G Deployment Plan” available now! When looking at the RAN you may not think of backhaul or fronthaul as a component, but it is a critical one. Think about it, without backhaul you have no connection to the core, and without fronthaul, you have no connection between the BBU and … Continue reading Commercial 5G RAN Backhaul and Fronthaul Overview →2017-01-2420 minWade4Wireless BlogCastAn Overview on TDD and FDD FormatsHere it is “The 5G Deployment Plan” available now! There are two technologies for LTE. For LTE, they have FDD and TDD which both are viable options. Both are viable options. They are both used by carriers in the USA although FDD has been the choice in the past. There are two technologies for … Continue reading An Overview on TDD and FDD Formats →2017-01-1612 minWade4Wireless BlogCast5G Network SlicingHere it is “The 5G Deployment Plan” available now! Network slicing is 5G’s way to get you everything. What is 5G network slicing? It is slicing up the wireless networks to serve specific purposes. You see, one network will not provide all services for everyone, so they have 5G which will encompass many networks, wireless … Continue reading 5G Network Slicing →2017-01-0915 minWade4Wireless BlogCastBuilding the 5G Business Case for Health CareHere it is “The 5G Deployment Plan” available now! If you are in health care, then you probably want to cover a hospital or a medical center for a specific reason. Your customer may be the patients or doctors or specialists or technicians. For patients, it may be a public network, but it’s likely you … Continue reading Building the 5G Business Case for Health Care →2017-01-0228 minWade4Wireless BlogCastHappy Holidays to All!Thank you, all of you! For all of your support, feedback, following me, and purchases! I appreciate all of you for all of this. To all of you field workers out there, Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah. Happy holidays to all of you. We all work very hard all year and we deserve the rest … Continue reading Happy Holidays to All! →2016-12-2504 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWhat would happen if Sprint and T-Mobile Merged?Are you curious about the merger and what it will bring? Do you want look into the future and see what could happen? This report covers the future and the past to give you a history as well as makes some predictions on a potential merger. If it does happen, would they downsize? Would they … Continue reading What would happen if Sprint and T-Mobile Merged? →2016-12-1917 minWade4Wireless BlogCastIs the Work Model for Wireless Changing? Part 3 of 3.This is part 3 of 3-part series. How does this change our model here in the US? Well, for tower climbing most contractors are trying to get crews to work on the same model that the carriers have built. This is because they can no longer carry the burden of absorbing problem costs. Trust me, … Continue reading Is the Work Model for Wireless Changing? Part 3 of 3. →2016-11-2213 minWade4Wireless BlogCastIs the Work Model for Wireless Changing? Part 2 of 3.This is part 2 of a 3-part series. For the contractor, flat pricing causes change order issues. If there are problems at the site, then the contractor must ask for a change order. If the GC who hired them does not want to pay, then the contractor risks not getting paid if the job is … Continue reading Is the Work Model for Wireless Changing? Part 2 of 3. →2016-11-2111 minWade4Wireless BlogCastIs the Work Model for Wireless Changing? Part 1 of 3.This is part 1 of a 3-part series. I got news for you, it already has. Think about how the wireless work has changed over the last decade. Most workers expect to have an hourly job or they expect to capture a salary. From what I see, those days are coming to an end. I … Continue reading Is the Work Model for Wireless Changing? Part 1 of 3. →2016-11-2011 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWill President Trump change Wireless Business?How will President Trump change the wireless industry? For one, let me say I don’t know. It is president Trump, not King Trump. Just like President Obama, not King Obama. The president has great power and influence, but can’t just wave a scepter and say, I have said it so let it be done”! He … Continue reading Will President Trump change Wireless Business? →2016-11-1437 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWhat is 5G?Did you ever wonder, what is 5G anyway? What does that mean to me? If you’re not interested in technology, then it’s just another buzz word, but if you’re reading this, then you asked the question. Here it is “The 5G Deployment Plan” available now! The 5G network, as of 2016, is still being defined. … Continue reading What is 5G? →2016-11-0122 minWade4Wireless BlogCastChad Tuttle of the B+T Group Talks TowersToday I spent time with Chad Tuttle of B+T Group who has really grown over the year. It is an interesting story for several reasons. Chad’s family was in the tower industry since the 1950s, in fact, they built out some of the AT&T towers, you know, the big towers with the “ice cream … Continue reading Chad Tuttle of the B+T Group Talks Towers →2016-10-2350 minWade4Wireless BlogCastCould you build an indoor carrier grade wireless network?We have been talking a lot about 5G and how the networks going to look. I brought up some 5G business cases in a post that are feasible for more than the carriers and I am working on many more. What about the enterprise and the building owners, how will they benefit? What about … Continue reading Could you build an indoor carrier grade wireless network? →2016-10-1813 minWade4Wireless BlogCastDeploying 5G Small CellsHow will 5G small cells be deployed? How will 5G small cells be installed? How will the 5G small cell planning go? These are all good questions. Let’s touch the surface to understand what the starting points are. Let’s also cover how you can play a part in the 5G expansion. Here it is “The … Continue reading Deploying 5G Small Cells →2016-10-1115 minWade4Wireless BlogCastMove over Wi-Fi, here comes LTE-U!Have you been reading about all the tension between LTE-U and Wi-Fi? I wish the FCC would just release an authorization to use LTE-U. After all, it is license-free spectrum, right? Let’s look at what’s happening. Here it is “The 5G Deployment Plan” available now! LTE-U is being backed by OEMs like Qualcomm, Nokia, and … Continue reading Move over Wi-Fi, here comes LTE-U! →2016-10-0421 minWade4Wireless BlogCastLTE will be the Foundation for 5GI have been reading a lot about 5G and it seems there is a misconception that 5G will replace LTE. That is far from the truth. If anything LTE will be the foundation of 5G. That is why the carriers went to LTE so it could expand to 5G and beyond. We should look at … Continue reading LTE will be the Foundation for 5G →2016-09-3021 minWade4Wireless BlogCastDo Smart Cities need Wireless?I would say yes, like I always do with wireless. However, to be honest most people don’t know what smart city is. It’s a cool buzz word that most people throw around. They include renewable energy, like solar, because solar is cool and easy on the eyes. I don’t see too many cities throwing up … Continue reading Do Smart Cities need Wireless? →2016-09-1329 minWade4Wireless BlogCastGerard Carroll of Empirix explains the E2E Solution for RAN Network Improvement and Troubleshooting.My guest on today’s show explains how capturing data on the network can not only find problems but improve the network. Let’s welcome Gerard Carroll who is the RAN Solution Manager for Empirix, http://www.empirix.com/, an end to end data analytics solution provider. Gerard is a smart guy who was the CEO of Verios when … Continue reading Gerard Carroll of Empirix explains the E2E Solution for RAN Network Improvement and Troubleshooting. →2016-09-071h 00Wade4Wireless BlogCastWhat will the IOT wireless protocols look like?The Internet of Things, IoT, is more than a buzz word, it is the way things are moving. When you hear of 5G they often talk of IoT and how everything will be connected. This is very exciting but the technology is already here. It is being tested and proven as we speak. So what … Continue reading What will the IOT wireless protocols look like? →2016-09-0415 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWhat will the IOT protocols look like?The Internet of Things, IoT, is more than a buzz word, it is the way things are moving. When you hear of 5G they often talk of IoT and how everything will be connected. This is very exciting but the technology is already here. It is being tested and proven as we speak. So what … Continue reading What will the IOT protocols look like? →2016-08-3115 minWade4Wireless BlogCastA Tale of Two Carriers, T-Mobile burns past SprintYou have all heard about the race for #3 and the drop to #4. T-Mobile is the solid #3 while Sprint is the solid #4. T-Mobile seems to be heading forward while Sprint seems to be falling hard. Sprint has so much debt while T-Mobile is building the dense network that Sprint talked about. You … Continue reading A Tale of Two Carriers, T-Mobile burns past Sprint →2016-08-2417 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWhat is the 5G Business Plan?I have heard a lot about 5G and the roll out and how small cells will boom with 5G. Let’s look at the facts, if 5G is in the millimeter wave spectrum, then they will be very small and very line of site networks. How is this going to work? Are the carriers really … Continue reading What is the 5G Business Plan? →2016-08-1928 minWade4Wireless BlogCastDoes IOT need Wireless?Hell yeah! Don’t get me wrong, you could use CAT 5 to connect most of this stuff, but the idea is to have the equipment everywhere and talking all the time, or at least when we need to. They need to be wireless controlled for it to work properly and to be autonomous. What fun … Continue reading Does IOT need Wireless? →2016-08-1015 minWade4Wireless BlogCastThe Wireless Deployment Bundle!Announcement! The Wireless Deployment Bundle ready for release! Do you need some help getting started in the wireless deployment business? If you’re looking to work on macro sites or on small cells and DAS systems, then get some help here. This isn’t for everyone, just groups that are serious about wireless deployment. I will add … Continue reading The Wireless Deployment Bundle! →2016-08-0702 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWireless Carriers State of Affairs CommentaryThe carriers seem to be very slow this year on growth, at least wireless network growth. Oh sure, if you talk to them they are growing by leaps and bounds. But if you are in deployment, you are either busy or really slow. It seems like more of the same old work. Don’t get me … Continue reading Wireless Carriers State of Affairs Commentary →2016-08-0230 minWade4Wireless BlogCastWhat will 5G networks look like?Here is what I see, the carriers are pretty stubborn to keep the LTE systems in place, they really don’t want to do another network build for another 10 years. Do expect them to improve LTE, which does stand for Long Term Evolution, for another 10 years or so. Luckily they found ways to … Continue reading What will 5G networks look like? →2016-07-2715 minWade4Wireless BlogCastJim Grasty of ALLTEC Talks about Lightning and Surge Protection!On today’s show I learned so much about lightning protection and surge protection. How do you protect your equipment from lightning, from surges? What about all the little surges that kill your equipment over time? I have the surge protection answer man, Jim Grasty, on the podcast to tall us some real world stories and … Continue reading Jim Grasty of ALLTEC Talks about Lightning and Surge Protection! →2016-07-1938 minWade4Wireless BlogCastBob McCook Explains D3M Radio SolutionsToday I have Bob McCook on my podcast and he explains the best way to take your system from the pre-sales design phase all the way to the customer then delivery and then to maintenance. This is such a great solution for any VAR, (Value Added Reseller) to create the design, present to the customer, then … Continue reading Bob McCook Explains D3M Radio Solutions →2016-07-1444 minWade4Wireless BlogCastTower Safety Veteran Patents Credentials Verification Service (CVS) to stop The FraudToday I wanted to talk about how we can clean up the tower industry’s sloppy credential problem. There are several companies out there that fake safety credentials and certifications! Advanced Safety Pros’ Founder, Clifford Wilcox found a way to improve the system of uploading, tracking, and verifying a field worker’s credentials. This is a way … Continue reading Tower Safety Veteran Patents Credentials Verification Service (CVS) to stop The Fraud →2016-07-1252 minWade4Wireless BlogCastKathy Brand Takes Training PersonallyToday I talk to Kathy Brand, CEO and founder of Tower Safety and Instruction. She worked for AT&T doing outside plant and CO work for years. In the interview she talks about how the lack of respect for safety training was commonplace. This encouraged her to start the school for one of the most dangerous … Continue reading Kathy Brand Takes Training Personally →2016-07-0652 minWade4Wireless BlogCastKeven Gambold Explains Using Drones for Tower WorkToday, just for you, the Unmanned Experts CEO tells us why drones are a great tool for tower work. He explains how frustrating it is to wait for the FAA to open up the rules for drones so that the commercial work can happen on a widespread scale. How training really matters, and that you … Continue reading Keven Gambold Explains Using Drones for Tower Work →2016-06-1445 minWade4Wireless BlogCastAT&T offers a $60K reward for Injured TechnicianUpdate on fallen climber – For those of you that Didn’t hear, we lost a climber, 73-year-old Milt Jenson who fell 50 feet on an amateur tower doing volunteer work, I added some new links , the full story is here; https://wade4wireless.com/2016/06/10/man-dies-from-fall-at-mt-lemmon/ to see the updated links. Now the Kenneth Cleveland story: AT&T is showing that they … Continue reading AT&T offers a $60K reward for Injured Technician →2016-06-1112 minWade4Wireless BlogCastHow to make Close Out Packages SimpleI understand that the close out package is a key KPI for most tower work done today. To close out the site you need to have all of the information documented and presented in the format that the customer, usually a carrier, wants to see it. They want all of the information in a specific … Continue reading How to make Close Out Packages Simple →2016-06-0611 minWade4Wireless BlogCastRick Ledford Explains Comstar TrainingToday I have Rick Ledford of Comstar, www.Comstarusa.com goes over the training that Comstar offers. He is the COO of Comstar. I would like to thank Rick for taking the time to talk to me, it was a great talk. Now the audio at the end got a little choppy, sorry, but the interview … Continue reading Rick Ledford Explains Comstar Training →2016-06-0229 minWade4Wireless BlogCastCan Sprint Get Back to Good?Commentary and my opinions! Can Sprint get back to #3? Boy, Sprint keeps telling us how great their network is, then they make announcements that they are going to put the minimal amount of money into the network. Trust me, if you are a Sprint vendor, you feel the pinch. They aren’t just driving … Continue reading Can Sprint Get Back to Good? →2016-05-3113 minWade4Wireless BlogCastArt King is the King of Enterprise Small CellsIn this show we have a small cell legend. Art King of SpiderCloud, who had a great career in IT and made the move into carrier small cells for the enterprise. He actually had the idea for the enterprise small cell long before it was a thing. He would collaborate with the SpiderCloud gang before he … Continue reading Art King is the King of Enterprise Small Cells →2016-05-241h 00Wade4Wireless BlogCastSteve Yapsuga Talks Wireless IntegrationI met Steve at the NEDAS show and got to know him afterwards. He is an easy guy to talk to about wireless, we all love wireless. The groups he works with are really something. They are all there to help inform you, the wireless worker, about the wireless industry. DAS, Small Cells, and all … Continue reading Steve Yapsuga Talks Wireless Integration →2016-05-1941 minWade4Wireless BlogCastClimber Falls to Death in MarylandThis is a sad day, in the tower industry. According to reports in The Washington Post and WJLA in DC, a climber fell and died from a tower near the WSSC treatment plant in Damascus, Md. About 3Pm on Monday, May 16th the Montgomery police responded to a call and they are treating it like a … Continue reading Climber Falls to Death in Maryland →2016-05-1700 minWade4Wireless BlogCastFCC DAS and Small Cell Workshop 2016FCC DAS and Small Cell Workshop 2016 Once again the FCC is working to improve broadband access in the USA. For that, I say thank you. This time they had a workshop to understand what DAS is and what small cells do. Hey, the FCC is busy trying to improve this wireless world for you! … Continue reading FCC DAS and Small Cell Workshop 2016 →2016-05-0915 minWade4Wireless BlogCastDay 2 Lessons at NEDAS NYC 2016#NEDASNYC In my last post I spoke of Day 1, which was the shorter day, here is day 2. Like I said, great show and I made so many connections and met so many great people. The videos of this can be found here, this way you can see the people that I have met! … Continue reading Day 2 Lessons at NEDAS NYC 2016 →2016-04-1933 minWade4Wireless BlogCastTower Related Injuries and MoreThere were a few accidents this week I wanted to report on. They weren’t communication tower accidents but they were all tower related. Newsletter sign-up! Hey everyone, there was another injury this week. Wally Reardon posted this on Facebook and we are trying to gather more information. On county road 170 near county road 120 … Continue reading Tower Related Injuries and More →2016-04-1604 minWade4Wireless BlogCastLessons Learned at NEDAS NYC 2016 Day 1#NEDASNYC I attended and spoke at the NEDAS show in New York City this year. What a great show! I got to hear the experts talk about new technology and real world problems. I was there for both days, attending all the sessions. Let me tell you, if you think that new technology will … Continue reading Lessons Learned at NEDAS NYC 2016 Day 1 →2016-04-1615 minWade4Wireless BlogCastCBRS Citizens Broadband Radio Service UpdateI am so excited that the FCC will be releasing more spectrum for the rest of us. The Citizens Broadband Radio Service, (CBRS) here in the USA. I am not talking about the Billions of dollars that the US carriers need to spend to get LTE spectrum. I am talking about the spectrum that … Continue reading CBRS Citizens Broadband Radio Service Update →2016-04-1217 minWade4Wireless BlogCastShelter Monitoring, Cooling, Design, and Power @IWCEThe sessions at IWCE show were really great and I did go to many of them but I also moderated this session. I thought it would be good for you to see what is available for your site needs, especially if you are working mission critical operations. This is where the FirstNet system may … Continue reading Shelter Monitoring, Cooling, Design, and Power @IWCE →2016-04-0818 minWade4Wireless BlogCastCarriers need a VAD and VAR Program for Small Cells and DAS!Commentary: Verizon’s Enterprise unit started a Value Added Distributor, VAD, program. Now, this has little to do with wireless at this time because it includes, “Verizon’s RRR service includes forensics, cyber incident assessments and designated security experts from Verizon who can go out to customer sites to conduct IT investigations 24/7.” Per the story at … Continue reading Carriers need a VAD and VAR Program for Small Cells and DAS! →2016-04-0406 minWade4Wireless BlogCastIWCE 2016 Review of Choosing the Right TechnologyMore on IWCE! I was in another session which was great if you work in public safety. It was session N259 – Pick Me, Pick Me! Choosing the Right Technology for Your System which was moderated by Steve Macke, a great moderator. He knew about all of these technologies, mostly because he consulted for people … Continue reading IWCE 2016 Review of Choosing the Right Technology →2016-03-3113 minWade4Wireless BlogCastNortheast DAS and Small Cell 2016 Spring In Building SummitHello again, I will be on a round table talking about indoor antenna design at the Northeast DAS and Small Cell 2016 Spring In Building Summit in New York City on April 6th, 2016. It is being put together by NEDAS. I am looking at it from a deployment perspective. Remember that in building installations have … Continue reading Northeast DAS and Small Cell 2016 Spring In Building Summit →2016-03-2902 minWade4Wireless BlogCastIWCE 2016 Review on Next Generation of Wireless NetworksI got back from IWCE 2016 exhausted. There was so much going on at that show that I can’t begin to tell you everything. So what I will go over is what I was able to attend. Of course, my sessions were really important! To me anyway. I talked about LTE deployment on Monday with … Continue reading IWCE 2016 Review on Next Generation of Wireless Networks →2016-03-2807 min