DAS
Neutral Host Solutions. Tailored RF Signal.
Distributed antenna systems (DAS) is a shared-infrastructure or neutral host model for expanding a wireless network footprint by adding coverage in hard to reach areas, resulting in increased quality without requiring customers to make the capital investment to build their own network system or manage additional infrastructure. Our custom designed indoor and outdoor DAS solutions are an important complement to our core tower business, providing pinpoint coverage and capacity solutions for customers as well as seamless integration with our tower and rooftop assets.
Crown Castle designs, develops and operates cost-effective fiber-fed DAS networks to improve signal strength and network capacity and coverage. Crown Castle specializes in indoor and outdoor DAS solutions for the private and public sector and has industry leading expertise across a variety of markets including:
- Densely populated urban areas
- Colleges and universities
- High-end, exclusive communities
- Hotels and convention centers
- Venues, including stadiums, convention centers and theme parks
- Resorts
- Hospitals and medical centers
For an indoor DAS network, remote antennas are strategically placed throughout a building and are connected with fiber optic cable to a single hub containing all of the wireless service provider’s equipment. The indoor DAS solution provides building owners with a single system to address their wireless needs and provides wireless carriers with a system that allows them to tailor their RF signal to meet their specific coverage and capacity needs.
An outdoor DAS network consists of a central hub location which links, via fiber, a system of strategically placed antenna locations (or nodes) to provide carriers with pinpoint coverage not provided by traditional coverage methods. In addition, antennas can be placed on street lights or utility poles or cleverly camouflaged as street signs, cactus, boulders or other objects when there is a need to preserve the aesthetics.
Crown Castle is a leader in the shared infrastructure industry and one of the country’s largest owners and operators of towers, rooftops and DAS networks. With the strength of an enterprise value of more than $17 billion, we own and manage more than 22,300 premiere sites, with offices nationwide and more than 1,100 employees. Crown Castle has over 10 years of DAS experience. In September 2010, Crown Castle acquired Newpath Networks, Inc. (NewPath). Founded in 2004 by experienced wireless industry professionals, OEM providers and wireless communication tower developers, NewPath grew their footprint to include more than 1,000 nodes in 17 states. This integration of NewPath with Crown Castle has created one of the largest DAS network operators and allows us to leverage the combined expertise of both organizations to provide extensive coverage to our customers.
The demand for DAS is growing and as a Fortune 1000 company, Crown Castle has the expertise, strength and long-term commitment to support its continued growth. Crown Castle currently has 44 DAS indoor and outdoor networks in operation or under construction at venues, universities, residential developments and municipalities.
