8 AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES: Mark Niehus,
38 I ICT TODAY
RCDD, is director of strategic accounts for
Connectivity Wireless Solutions. He has
more than 25 years of ICT installation, design
and project management experience and has
worked with enterprise customers to specify,
engineer, fund and deploy wired and wireless
networks. Mark has a BA from the University
of Iowa and an MBA from the University
of Phoenix. He can be reached at
mniehus@connectivitywireless.com
Scott Rahim is a national solutions engineer
for Connectivity Wireless Solutions.
Scott applies in-building wireless (DAS)
knowledge to ensure best-in-class system
design, performance and consistent RF
engineering for enterprise clients. With
project experience spanning many industries,
Scott has designed, engineered,
commissioned and managed some the
nation’s most complex venues. Rahim is
certified in all major DAS technologies
and has a BS in Engineering from Georgia
Institute of Technology. He can be reached
at srahim@connectivitywireless.com.
REFERENCES:
1. https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/
blog/2018/10/01/keeping-fast-pace-spectrum
2. https://indoor.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/
lbnl-47713.pdf
and https://www.buildinggreen.com/blog/
we-spend-90-our-time-indoors-says-who
3. http://info.ibwave.com/in-building-network
revolution-4g-to-5g-whitepaper
OPTICAL FIBER
Optical fiber, more than ever, is the foundation for tomorrow’s
next-generation wireless networks. Verizon recently
announced its plans to bring 5G to fruition in the U.S., and
one key foundation for this strategy is more than $1 billion
of new fiber optic infrastructure to support its network. The
bandwidth or information-carrying capacity for singlemode
fiber is still theoretically unlimited. Therefore, forwardthinking
ICT designers and planners, aware of future highspeed
wireless applications, are re-thinking cabling design and
media for buildings.
In the past, singlemode fiber systems served primarily
as a “backbone” for IT infrastructure. Today, some network
architects are instead deploying a “fiber-deep” or “fiber-tothe
edge” strategy in which singlemode fiber is brought as
close to the user or device as possible. Given what is known
about fiber and given what is expected in terms of significant
developments in near-term 5G solutions, this concept may
have merit for building owners who want to provide the most
runway for future needs and applications.
SUMMING IT UP
The ICT industry is at the cusp of a wave of new and
innovative near-term 5G solutions that will alter how building
infrastructure for next-generation wireless systems are
planned and designed.
The FCC’s 5G Fast Plan, with the potential to drive
massive change in how coverage inside buildings is addressed,
coupled with 5G’s promises of ubiquitous coverage, increased
throughput, and low latency, is paving the way for cellular
connectivity to become the primary connection for
enterprise customers.
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