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The nation’s largest are deploying small cells, creating new cell sites, and adding antennas and new DAS network (distributed antenna systems) to support what is anticipated to be a “blizzard Brian is credited with overseeing the building of the stadium’s initial neutral host DAS network, which debuted with the opening of the Minnesota Vikings 2016-2017 NFL season, along with phase 2 construction, commencing with the Super Bowl. In addition, David’s work as DAS Construction Engineer will allow visitors at the “Super Bowl Experience,” being held at the Minneapolis Convention Center and party goers at Mystic Lake Casino to better share their experiences on social media and remain connected. Chris Schulz, one of the newest members of the Vertex team in Minneapolis, assisted the team to manage the more than 650 new 4-way site installations in the five-state region that includes Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and the Dakotas.

The definition of “dark fiber” generally extended to include all of the unused network equipment including the actual fiber optic cable, data switches and so on. Most installations of fiber optic cable include a portion of dark fiber since the actual fiber cable and equipment cost is minor in relation to the total installation cost of the network. It’s important to distinguish that this is not leasing shared capacity of an active fiber optic network where the network owner (lessor) operates the network for the lessee. Vertex works almost exclusively on dark fiber projects where the fiber network is being leased from a third party and will be operated as a private network.

Ericsson’s Adaptive Inventory system (XNG) is an Oracle relational database that provides users with a centralized storage system, manages company inventories, has multiple layers of security, provides effective user data management, provides an unlimited exchange of information and has dedicated servers with full redundancy. Strict data entry standards provide a consistent data format, efficient data entry, data reuse, and roll up reporting; they also preserve data integrity. They have been trained in industry equipment and data standards; these individuals have implemented XNG in markets across the country, developed teams that monitor standard compliance, developed XNG equipment models per vendor specifications, developed XNG user guides, provided training and much more. When data is not standardized, it causes many problems; increased down time in network outages, poor customer satisfaction, confusion in E911 notification, billing problems, site location issues, incorrect access information, repeated audits, inaccurate equipment utilization, and so on.

According to an article published by Data Center Dynamics, both the Internet of Things and growth in the edge of wireless networks have been major contributors to increased use of micro data centers around the world. Scalable solutions like the kind that micro data centers support become the best way to take advantage of concepts like the IoT without moving to a large scale facility. Information will pass from large scale data centers to edge-based micro data centers and back again, with a larger deployment of fiber, small cells and DAS filling in potential gaps along the way. Every network operator, whether they work for a large telecom company or other wireless carrier or for a private enterprise, should know a few key things before deploying micro data centers in their own facility.