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ERA Ordering Guide

For North America

ERA C-RAN antenna system is built on C-RAN architecture that consolidates and simplifies distributed

antenna system head-end resources and flexibly allocates capacity where and when it’s needed across

the covered area through a simple drag-and-drop software interface.

Cloud and centralized radio access networks (C-RAN) represent a shift

in the way operators are managing wireless capacity. This breakthrough

architecture offers substantial advantages in both capex and opex. ERA

extends C-RAN advantages to in-building wireless solutions.

Like a distributed antenna system, CommScope’s ERA C-RAN antenna

system employs a network of interconnected antennas that provide users

access to the wireless network. However, unlike traditional distributed

antenna system solutions, CommScope’s C-RAN antenna system

coordinates wireless capacity throughout a campus, office park or even a

metro area from a centralized head-end location or even from operators’

existing C-RAN hubs.

ERA® C-RAN Antenna System

Benefits

• Consolidates baseband functions into a single, less complex head-end instead of requiring one in each building

• Flexibly and dynamically allocates baseband capacity across many buildings

• Requires less fiber and can even share fiber with other services for major deployment cost savings