These are the slides used for a BICSI regional meeting on November 19, 2015 at the Washington Dulles Airport Marriott. The meeting was co-sponsored with Southeast Region and the talk was given by Edward Donelan of Telecom Infrastructure

1. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
Total Turnkey DAS
A Path to Ensure Rapid Business Growth and
Career Success
Presenter:
Edward Donelan, RCDD
President Telecom Infrastructure Corp
BICSI Past President

2. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
TAKE A WAYS
 DAS Design/Build
 Best Practices
 Growing Your Business & Improving Your Career
 Insider Tips for Gaining the Competitive Edge

3. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
Industry
Observations
Back to the Future
BICSI Education Dashboard
MaBell
Breakup Broadband
Bottleneck
Staying
Relevant

4. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
Resources
• BICSI - https://www.bicsi.org/
• iBwave - http://www.ibwave.com/
• Hetnet - http://www.hetnetforum.com/
• NYSWA - http://nyswa.org/
• NEDAS - https://www.nedas.com/
• DAS Congress - http://www.dascongress.com/
• Vendor Events Verizon Wireless -
http://www.ibtuf.com/

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INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
Challenges to Keep Customers Happy
Figures in
parentheses refer
to 2014, 2019
device share.
Source: Cisco VNI Mobile, 2015

6. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
Today’s Challenges
 Process and Workflow
 Perils and Pitfalls
 Association and Industry events
(BICSI DAS Standard, CSI Div 27)
 SD, DD, CD, job commencement
(Steps along the way)

7. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
787 AoA Gantt Chart

8. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
CASE STUDY
Making Opposites Attract – Design Comparisons of 787 7th Ave. and 4 Irving Place
• Completed 1986
• Granite, Limestone facade
• Concrete, Steel Structural
• Post-Modern (for the architects
in the house)
• E-Glass
• Completed 1928
• Limestone Facade
• Brick, Steel Structural
• Neo-Classical
• Old Glass

9. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
Design Details
787 Avenue of the Americas
• 57 Floors
• 445 Antennas
• 4 Bands, 3 Technologies
• 16 High Power Remotes (20W) AC Power
• Primarily Continuous Riser
• 3 minor changes in floor footprint
• Design Challenges:
– Lobby – Atrium over 70 feet
– Concourse
– Mezzanine Offices
4 Irving Place
• 35 Floors
• 202 Antennas
• 4 Bands, LTE Only
• 7 High/4 Low Power Remotes (1W)
Remote DC Power
• 4 Riser Transitions
• 1 major change in floor footprint
• Design Challenges:
– 19th floor, unabated areas
– Transition to bell tower floors
– Basement

10. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
Site Survey Using iBwave Note

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INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
DAS Hotels
WiFi - Cellular - 1st Responder
Fiber
High Rise
Industrial
Residential
MDU
Stadium
Mall
Subway
DAS Hotel
 Redundancy
 Diversity
 Backup

12. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
3 Steps Towards DAS Success
Design
1. Initial Design Visit
2. Pre-Testing (CW)
3. RF Design ( 250k-1mil sf: 250-500k
increments)
4. Prepare RF BOM
5. Attend Bid Walk
6. Attend Pre-Con

13. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
Project Commencement
7. Project Management
8. Material Procurement
9. Make ready, cores, plywood etc.
10. Equipment Installation
11. Fiber Riser
12. Antenna Mounting
13. Horizontal Copper Coaxial cable
14. Sweep & PIM Testing
15. Antenna Connecting
16. GPS Installation
17. Head End Construction

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INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
Commissioning and Maintaining
18. Commissioning, Green Light System
19. Macro Network Commissioning
20. Post Test
21. As Built Drawings
22. Maintenance
23. Upgrades

15. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
All About the BOM
• Estimating Approach
– Optimistic
– Most Likely
– Pessimistic
• Antenna $ (Range)
Type Manufacturer Model Description Qty
Antenna Ethertronics D121014H1
1
Pigtail N-Type Wideband Low PIM <-
153 dBc Plastic Stem and Locking
Holder Mount Omni
445
Cable Generic Jumper MU
Teko 30cm
Coax cable, SMA connectors 106
Cable Andrew FSJ4-50B 50 ohms - 1/2" Superflexible Foam Dielectric Coax
Cable - FSJ Series
600
feet
Cable Microlab/FXR JA-10MN Jumper Cable 0.141 - Length 1.0 m - Coaxial, Low
PIM, Straight N-Male to Straight N Male
313
Cable Andrew HL4RP-50 1/2" HELIAX® Plenum Rated Air
Dielectric Coaxial Cable - Corrugated
Copper - Blue PVDF Jacket – 50-ohm
33000
feet
Cable Generic N M - QMA M 3' Jumper Cable 3' N-Male / QMA-Male 32
Cable Corning 012E88-33131-
A3
MIC® Tight-Buffered, Interlocking Armored Cable,
Plenum 12 F, Single-mode (OS2) -
1310/1383/1550 nm
See
SOW
Miscellaneous Generic Generic Fiber Patch Panel 20
Cable Generic 1M_SMA-M
QMA-M
Jumper Cable - 1m - SMA Male / QMA Male 12
Connector JMA Wireless UPL-NM-12 UPL N Male Connector for Air Dielectric Cables
1/2" Annular
1020
Connector JMA Wireless UXP-NM-12S UXP N Male Connector for Foam Dielectric Cables
1/2" Superflex
32
Connector JMA Wireless UXP-DM-12S UXP 7-16 DIN Male Connector for Foam Dielectric
Cables 1/2" Superflex
64
Fiber BDA Teko Telecom T7S8A19AWWV
AS
4-Band pole-mounted SMR700, AMPS850, PCS
and AWS, Very High Power, AC powered, WDM,
SC-APC
16
Fiber BDA Hub Teko Telecom TTRU4W-S-M 4-way MU Optical Transmitter/Receiver Module -
RF-to-Optical and Optical-to-RF Conversion (698-
2690MHz) with UL monitor ports
6
Type Manufacturer Model Description Qty
Filter Teko Telecom TAPOI-AWS Active Point of Interface for AWS Band - Duplex 6
Filter Teko Telecom TAPOI-
SMR700L
Active Point of Interface for SMR700 Low Band -
Duplex
3
Filter Teko Telecom TAPOI-
SMR700H
Active Point of Interface for SMR700 High Band -
Duplex
3
Filter Teko Telecom TAPOI-
AMPS-TRX
Active Point of Interface for AMPS (Cell850) Band
- Simplex
6
Filter Teko Telecom TAPOI-PCS-
TRX
Active Point of Interface for PCS (Extended) Band -
Simplex
6
Filter CCI
(Communicati
on
Components
Inc.)
DAST-850-
6dB
60 Watt DAS Interface Tray 850 Band RF
Attenuator (6 dB)
3
Filter CCI
(Communicati
on
Components
Inc.)
DAST-1900 60 Watt DAS Interface Tray PCS Band RF
Attenuator (20 dB)
3
Miscellaneous Teko Telecom TPANEL-7TE Blank panel for Master Unit sub-rack 7TE 12
Miscellaneous Teko Telecom TPANEL-
14TE
Blank panel for Master Unit sub-rack 14TE 6
Miscellaneous Teko Telecom TPSU Power Supply Module - Master Unit TPSU 4
Miscellaneous Teko Telecom TSPV Supervision Module - Embedded Web Server for
System Control and Management
1
Miscellaneous Teko Telecom SUB-TRX Hosting active (Optical) Subrack Module 6
Splitter CommScope C-15-CPUSE-
N-A
Directional Coupler / Unequal Splitter (0.4 dB / 15
dB) - 698-2700 MHz - N Connector
13
Splitter CommScope S-2-CPUSE-L-
Ni
Multi-Band, 2-way Low Power Splitter - 698-2700
MHz - N Connectors
64
Splitter CommScope C-10-CPUSE-
N-A
10 dB - Directional Coupler - 698-2700 MHz - N
Connectors
181
Splitter CommScope C-6-CPUSE-
N-A
Directional Coupler / Unequal Splitter (1.5 dB / 6
dB) - 698-2700 MHz - N Connectors
109
Splitter CommScope S-3-CPUSE-L-
Ni
Multi-Band, 3-way Low Power Splitter - 698-2700
MHz - N Connector
13
Splitter Teko Telecom TESA5-U Esaplexer US - 5-band filter/combiner
700/800+850/900/1900/AWS
6
Splitter Teko Telecom TSC2W-U Combiner/Splitter Module 2-way, 698-2690MHz 6
Splitter CommScope S-4-CPUSE-L-
Ni
Multiband, 4-Way Low Power Splitter - 698-2700
MHz - N Connector
12

16. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
FIBER BOM
QTY DESCRIPTION
1300 12F 8.3/125 SM OFCP ARMORED (DRAKA)
2660 2F 8.3/125 SM OFNP
600 INNERDUCT 1" PLENUM ORANGE
720 12F 8.3/125 SM OFCP ARMORED
1 BLACK VELCRO 1/2"W 75' ROLL
200 12F 8.3/125 SM OFCP ARMORED
1 BLACK VELCRO 1/2"W 75' ROLL
21 SINGLE PANEL HOUSING WALL MOUNT
3 WALL MOUNTABLE CLOSET HOUS
3
12F SPLICE TRAY HEAT SHRINK
6.9"/3.5"/0.4"
1 4U PRETIUM CONNECTOR HOUSING
21 6P SC/APC SM COUPLER PANEL
6 12P SC/APC SM COUPLER PANEL
2 12P SC SM DUP COUPLER PANEL COMPST
24 SC SM UNICAM CONNECTOR 8.3UM
100 SC/APC SM UNICAM CONNECTOR
10 SC/APC SM UNICAM CONNECTOR
2 HEAT-SHRINK SPLICE PROTECT PK/100
4 FOASSY DUP SC-SC SM 3-METER
44 FOASSY DUP SCAPC-SCAPC SM 3-METER

17. TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE CORP
Conclusion
 DAS Design Best Practices
 Growing Your Business &
Improving Your Career
 Insider Tips for Gaining
the Competitive Edge
Q&A