Data Center
Complete Mission Critical Coverage
The data center industry has connectivity at the very heart of it. However, connections between data warehouses and their customers are not the only concern. Alongside ensuring constant and reliable access to stored data, mission-critical coverage of the site itself needs to be a priority. To comply with safety regulations worldwide, each data center facility needs complete mission-critical connectivity. It sounds simple but challenges ranging from metal racking blocking signal and interference from essential onsite equipment make it more difficult.
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Data Center Challenges
Interference
From the metal racking to the equipment itself, inside a data center is full of physical barriers to complete coverage. Data centers need a connectivity solution that is able to deliver full site coverage without connectivity blackspots caused by existing structures and equipment.
Mission-Critical
Robust connectivity is the backbone of data center businesses, and ensuring constant connectivity for their customer is business-critical. However, it is also essential to have complete mission-critical coverage across the data center site to meet safety regulations and ensure the safety of those working there.
Fire Safety
The main driver for data center managers to upgrade connectivity solutions is a need for full site coverage that will continue to operate in the event of a fire. Failure to ensure this risks contravening fire safety regulations.
Retrofitting
Many data center customers will need to retrofit connectivity systems into existing buildings. They need a solution that can work around existing physical barriers and be installed without disruption.
System design
Data centers are densely packed spaces making it challenging to determine how much equipment is needed and the best location for total site coverage. Data center operators need a partner that understands how to design and deploy all aspects of a mission-critical system, including cable routing and antenna location.
Industry Trends
Overcoming physical barriers
One of the biggest challenges for mission-critical connectivity in a data center setting is the interference caused by a high concentration of racking to store equipment. Both the equipment and its housing act as a physical barrier to RF. There needs to be a concerted effort to overcome these issues to install complete coverage.
- RADIAFLEX offers contoured coverage that works around physical barriers to wireless.
- RFS offers consultation services to ensure installations fully meet customer requirements.
- RFS’s RF expertise allows us to advise on the best solutions for difficult environments.
True Mission Critical
To ensure site safety, warehouses must have mission-critical coverage across the entire site. Wireless connectivity solutions that meet regulatory requirements and keep staff safe:
- Extend across every area of the site to give complete coverage in an emergency.
- Meet the highest global standards for low smoke, flame, and fire retardance.
- Support all communications technologies and frequencies up to 6 GHz.
Overcoming physical barriers
One of the biggest challenges for mission-critical connectivity in a data center setting is the interference caused by a high concentration of racking to store equipment. Both the equipment and its housing act as a physical barrier to RF. There needs to be a concerted effort to overcome these issues to install complete coverage.
- RADIAFLEX offers contoured coverage that works around physical barriers to wireless.
- RFS offers consultation services to ensure installations fully meet customer requirements.
- RFS’s RF expertise allows us to advise on the best solutions for difficult environments.
RFS Solutions
RADIAFLEX® Radiating Cables
RFS RADIAFLEX is the industry’s most advanced portfolio of 5G-ready radiating cables for contoured wireless coverage in buildings and underground. RADIAFLEX cables support all services up to 6 GHz with high performance, making them ideal for multiband, multi-operator applications in any indoor environment. With a variety of different bending radii, performance levels and outer conductor types to choose from, there’s a RADIAFLEX radiating cable for even the most challenging coverage requirements.
RADIAFLEX® Radiating Waveguide
The RFS RADIAFLEX radiating waveguide is a distributed antenna system for tunnels, mines, large building complexes and other challenging locations. The broadband solution simultaneously supports multiple one-way and two-way communications systems, so a single waveguide can be used for all applications. A specialized manufacturing and longitudinal seam welding process developed by RFS ensures optimal electrical performance and good bending properties.
Passive RF Components
RFS passive RF components operate in all frequency bands from 555 MHz to 6 GHz and provide optimal passive intermodulation (PIM) performance to reduce interference and support the highest throughput levels end-to-end. Our comprehensive portfolio includes all components required for an end-to-end, 5G-ready distributed antennas system, including: combiners, hybrid combiners and couplers, directional couplers, diplexers and triplexers, power splitters, loads and attenuators.
Connectors and Accessories
RFS OMNI FIT™ Premium and OMNI FIT Standard connectors are well-known for their precision-engineered performance, ease of installation and long life in the field. They can be used with copper and aluminum cables, and are the perfect complement to our CELLFLEX and CELLFLEX Lite coaxial cables. The connectors support all frequencies up to 6 GHz, making them ideal for smooth evolution to 5G globally. A comprehensive range of adapters, grounding kits, hangers, clamps and tools complete the portfolio.
Passive DAS
RFS’ end-to-end DAS portfolio includes the company’s world-renowned CELLFLEX® coax cables, RADIAFLEX® radiating cables and plenum-rated cables, as well as broadband and ultra-broadband antennas, and high-performance components. All solution elements are designed and proven to work seamlessly together to simplify and accelerate deployments in buildings and tunnels.
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