AXELL WIRELESS

Overview and Product Portfolio

Prepared for
September 12, 2013

Agenda

Brief Overview of Axell Wireless

Public Safety Fiber Fed Solution
Public Safety Off-Air Products
Commercial Off-Air Products
Commercial Fiber Fed Solution

Who is Axell Wireless?

Global developer and manufacturer of DAS
and wireless coverage products
250 employees in 14 offices worldwide,
including Operations centers in Stockholm,
London and Tel Aviv
Focused on Public Safety, Cellular and Rail
applications
40 years of experience in providing wireless
coverage solutions
Reputation for high quality and innovative
technology
Expertise in DSP technology
Globally deployed in over 140 countries by
more than 150 network operators
Specialist in multi band technology - FM to 4G

Axell Wireless Customer

6 Million Sq. Ft.

Public Safety Market Leader

DAS & Coverage Products for:
FM, VHF, UHF, 700/800/900 MHz, P25,
Tetra, Tetrapol, PMR and LTE
The Pentagon

German Bundestag

The Peoples Palace - Romania

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Burj Khalifa

Beijing Metro

Dulles Airport

Cellular Innovation
DAS and coverage products for all major cellular bands and technologies,
including: GSM, DCS, PCS, CDMA, WCDMA, UMTS, EDGE, and LTE
Olympic Stadium

Fairmont Hotel, Durban

Shangri-La Hotel - Paris

Lainzer Tunnel, Austria

Hong Kong Metro

The Shard

In Building Case Studies

Heathrow Terminal 5
Multiband in building System providing coverage across the
terminal 5 campus. Includes VHF systems for baggage
handling and security, Tetra for public safety and 2G and 3G
cellular coverage for all UK operators.
Pentagon
A dual band fibre system for public safety and security in
the Pentagon. All the remote sites provide UHF and
800MHz coverage with redundancy. The RF head-end also
provided some unique functionality to reduce noise to the
external area.
Burj Khalifa Tower
Fibre distribution system for Tetra coverage across key
areas within the tower in addition to providing coverage
inside Dubai Mall connected to the Burj. Fully redundant
system offering un-interrupted Tetra services for the public
safety authorities.

Campus & Stadium Case Studies

Olympic Park London

Multiband cellular system providing coverage across the
park. Includes 2G and 3G cellular coverage for all UK
operators in all the main venues.
Male Maldives Capital
BTS hotel in Male providing 2G and 3G coverage at street
level, in the narrow streets of the city. The stand alone base
station concept was not viable in this densely populated
city. Multi band fibre fed repeaters were deployed at street
level to provide comprehensive coverage.
Stade de France
Multiband VHF and UHF providing radio coverage of the
pitch, spectators, VIP areas, the internal road and team
changing rooms for the Fire, Ambulance, Police and
Gendarmerie services. The original system was supplied
in 1997 with an upgrade to the Polices TETRAPOL system
in 2010.

Leading Innovator In Wireless

Coverage
The broadest and most advanced offering in the market
Track Record Of Industry Firsts
1st commercial RF repeater

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1st EDGE repeater

1st TETRA repeater
1st GSM-R repeater project

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Dragon
team to
provide
pictures
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1st

Digital Channel
Selective repeater

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1st digital TETRA

repeater
1st digital range of Cellular
MINI repeaters

Axell is 1 of only 2 vendors worldwide

with patents on digital repeaters

Technology Highlights & Client Benefits

Public Safety and Cellular solutions: most complete
portfolio for in-building coverage
Complete DAS systems and cost effective Off-Air
repeaters: unmatched breadth of offering
Multi-band: flexibility to align with available spectrum
Multi-operator: adapt to business requirements,
minimize interference
SDR: reconfiguration via software upgrades, reduce
hardware swaps
Low-power and high-power solutions: solutions for
any environment
Flexible management platform: efficient and secure
remote network management

Axell boasts the most complete and most

flexible product portfolio, substantially
lowering TCO

Why Axell Wireless?

One stop shop

Fiber DAS and off-air BDAs (head-end)

Public safety and commercial

Axell does not do integrationpartners with Integrators

Allows Axell to focus on developing the best products

Enable integration partner to grow its business with Axell support

Patented Digital Filtering

Variable Bandwidth filters that can be changed remotely without physical

hardware changes
Re-banding with no physical HW changes
Lower noise

Advanced Systems

Auto-calibration (Smart ALC) / Spectral Equalization

IMOP (Isolation Monitoring Oscillation Prevention)
Alarm Systems with Discrete fault monitoring
Uplink Squelch reduce impact on macro system
Axell is offering Digital, Channelized, State-of-the-Art
solutions at the prices of band selective devices

PUBLIC SAFETY
FIBER DAS

Examples of Major USA Fiber Fed

Projects
New World Trade
Center Complex
Dept. of Homeland
Security Campus
Mark Center
Pentagon
Portland Trimet
MWAA Dulles Airport
Social Security Admin.
Campus

Baltimore Metro
Baltimore Harbor Tunnels
Pittsburgh LRT
SEPTA
Seattle Sound
Lincoln & Holland Tunnels
Meadowlands

The Axell Wireless Portfolio

for Public Safety Fiber Fed

Bands

Low
Power

Medium Power

High Power

typ. 33 dBm

typ. >36dBm

typ. 20dBm

FM, VHF, UHF,

TETRA

BSF
3302
(VHF)

BSF
3301
(FM)

BSF 3604
(UHF/Tetra)

One common
platform

700 / 800 MHz

LMR
One common
platform

MBF26 700/800 - NFPA

MBF40 700/800 NFPA

Axell Coverage Systems

POIs and Customized Systems

Example: Fiber DAS Diagram

Donor Antenna

Service
Antennas

Remote Unit

Coax

Public Safety
Amplifier
Wireless
Base Station
Fiber OMU Head End

Fiber
Bi-Directional Optics
Amplifier

Combined Commercial & Public

Safety Services on Same DAS

This example shows a scenario of 3 channels

that are occupied, channel1 is not used

INPUT LEVEL

Automatic Level Control Action

Mitigates Near Far Effect

Channels 2,3 and 4 are used by mobiles at

varying distances from the repeater antenna,
giving varying input signal levels

The output power level is almost constant for

all three channels to allow homogenous
coverage
Mitigates impact of Near Far Effect by
reducing gain on that channel if someone
keys up near the antenna.

CH 2

CH 3

CH 4

GAIN

CH 1

CH 1

CH 2

CH 3

CH 4

CH 1

CH 2

CH 3

CH 4

OUTPUT LEVEL

The digital repeater gain is very quickly

adjusted to the correct gain for each channel
input to give the output level controlled by the
ALC setting

SQUELCH
THRESHOLD

SQUELCH
THRESHOLD

CH 2

CH 3

CH 4

GAIN

CH 1

CH 1

CH 2

CH 3

CH 4

CH 1

CH 2

CH 3

CH 4

OUTPUT LEVEL

Channel 1 is not used so that is generating

only noise in the repeater during this time.
The noise level is below the squelch threshold
of the digital repeater.
The squelch function of the repeater mutes
the repeater for the unused channel, reducing
the gain to literally zero.
With very low gain in the repeater for Channel
1, the repeater is not emitting any noise
towards the base station.
The BTS sensitivity is not degraded for any
call on CH1 coming from another area.

INPUT LEVEL

Uplink Squelch Function

Reduces Noise on Macro Network

Fiber Repeater
148 - 174 MHz
33 dBm composite
Filter Pass BW: 1-2 MHz with options to 5 MHz
Noise Figure: <4 dB at max gain
Nominal Gain: 30-60 dB in 1 dB steps
Delay: <2 usec
Nema4 Enclosure
Convection cooled
ALC implemented

Multiband Fiber Repeater

763-869 MHz (Single or Dual-band)
42 dBm composite (39 dBm per band)
12/18 MHz BW @ 700/800 MHz
Noise Figure: 3 dB
Nominal Gain: 30 dB
Delay: <2 usec
Nema4 Enclosure
Convection cooled
ALC Implemented

Dual Band

Single Band

PUBLIC SAFETY
OFF-AIR

What is it?

Recommended Fire code that

provides regulations and
requirements regarding Public
Safety DAS.
Expected to be adopted more
extensively by 2012.

NFPA option available for VHF,

UHF, 700 MHz, and 800 MHz BDAs
Alarm output to dedicated Panel
(via supervised circuit)
Painted red
Optional 12 or 24 hour Auxiliary
Power back-up
Optional PSTN Dialer
NEMA4 enclosure (already
standard with these products)

The Axell Wireless Portfolio

for Public Safety Off-Air Applications

Bands

Low
Power

Medium Power

High Power

typ. 33 dBm

typ. >36dBm

typ. 20dBm

FM, VHF, UHF,

TETRA

BSR
1804
( UHF/Tetra)

D-CSR

D-CSR
2702/3302
3301
(VHF)
(FM)

BSR
BSR
700 / 800 MHz
2408 -NFPA 3308
LMR
NFPA

D-MBR
3007-3008
NFPA

D-CSR BSR
3604
3604
(UHF/Tetra)

D-MBR
3707-3708NFPA,
D-SBR 4008

Advanced DSP Filtering Technology

Band and channel selectivity
Independently programmable filters
Filter bandwidth can be adjusted via SW to include one or multiple channels
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809

816

821

BEFORE
NOISE AND INTERFERENCE

Axell
PATENTED
FILTER

FILTER

FILTER

FILTER

FILTER

AFTER
ISOLATED SIGNAL INTERFERENCE MITIGATED

FILTER

FILTER

FILTER

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Input Level [dBm]

Why Channelized over Band Selective:

Example Spectrum with Interferences

Donor & Interference Signal

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Why Channelized over Band Selective:

Output Spectrum Channel vs. Band Selective

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Public Safety LTE

D-MBR 3007-3008 PS NFPA
Supports LTE D Block, PSBB, and PSNB in one solution
Software defined filters allow you to activate 700 LTE PS D Block
whenever you need it.

851-869 MHz
85 dB Gain
33 dB Composite power
IF-SAW Filtering
Single Block Switchable BW (3/10/18 MHz)
Two non-contiguous blocks available
Delay <5 usec
NEMA4 Enclosure
NFPA Compliance
Web-based GUI

Summary
Market leader for Public Safety
Support all bands for both off-air and fiber fed solutions
NFPA compliant

Exciting New Commercial Products

DIGImini
Low Power Fiber DAS Solution
Capable of providing a complete solution
Public Safety and Commercial
Fiber DAS and Off-Air
Frequency Translating
Simplex or Duplex
Engineering Support

Any Questions?

Thank You

Kevin Persing
Western Regional Manager
Kevin.persing@axellwireless.com
831.325.8201