HYBRIFLEX™ cuts Remote Radio Head deployment costs

HYBRIFLEX brings operators the world’s first hybrid cabling solution to combine optical fiber and DC power for Remote Radio Heads (RRHs) in a single, high-performance lightweight aluminum corrugated cable.

With RFS' patented single-cable architecture, mobile operators can connect up to three sectors with a single composite optical fiber and power cable with the grounding function incorporated directly in the cable. This breakthrough approach reduces the number of RRH cables required from nine to one to dramatically simplify and cut the costs of installation while enabling significant operational savings.

Installation of stripped fiber optic cable pairs directly to the RRH eliminates the need for expensive junction boxes and limits wind load. Incorporating the grounding function, which is critical to RRHs, also eliminates the need for and cost of cable grounding.

For maximum flexibility, HYBRIFLEX can be connectorized on-site. Alternatively, pre-connectorized solutions and services are available to help standardize the RRH cabling process.