Rugged Construction Site Connectivity
5G COMMUNICATIONS IMPROVE JOB SITE SAFETY AND REDUCE DOWNTIMEDelays during construction projects can cost your organization big time. Whether brief or prolonged, construction delays can impact the faith your clients and investors hold in your company's ability to meet promised deadlines. Many builders are looking to ensure all their construction sites are networked with the fastest connectivity solutions possible to improve communications, minimize downtime, and boost productivity.
Business Needs
Fast and Reliable On-site Communications
Fast and reliable job site connectivity is no longer a wish list item, it’s a must-have. It has become standard practice to utilize technologies that help ensure on-site safety, security, and efficiency. From wireless cameras to hand-held radios, seismic and sound monitors, laptops, tablets and more, the number of devices that need to get and stay connected have increased considerably - especially since the days iron workers use to eat from lunchboxes as they dangled hundreds of feet above city streets. All these pieces of equipment whether directly or wirelessly connected, need the latest and most rugged communications devices capable of operating on the fastest carrier networks to function optimally.
Solution Overview
5G Adapters and Omni-Directional Antennas
The W2005-5GB 5G Wideband Adapter is purpose-built for outdoor deployment in the coverage and capacity spectrum layers. To address the tradeoff of lower propagation in the capacity layer, Cradlepoint designed the W2005-5GB to be placed on the outside of buildings for optimal signal reception and built it to rugged IP67 ratings for harsh outdoor environments.
To maximize the 5G 4x4 MIMO cellular signal of the W2005, we use the XPOL-1-5G whose radiation patterns are omni-directional and exceptionally well controlled. This makes the antenna perfect for most application areas, such as urban and commercial to achieve the best possible coverage over a large area. The robust mechanical enclosure design makes the antenna weather, dust and vandal resistant and gives it an IP65 rating, suitable for punishing construction site environments.
To utilize the W2005's 2x2 MIMO WiFi, we utilize the WLAN-61, whose wide beam width ensures good coverage in offices, halls, factories, and outdoor environments. The WLAN-61 can operate in both popular Wi-Fi frequency bands 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz (though the W2005 only requires 2.4), offering excellent utilization of the radio spectrum. The antenna has 9 dBi gain in the 2.4 GHz band and 11 dBi gain in the 5 GHz band, which offers the best performance with a reliable connection. The housing is made of ABS which is a high impact-resistant plastic and is also resistant to acids, water, and dust that may be present at job sites.
Benefits Observed
Increased Job Site Communications and Awareness
With Rugged Avigilon Cameras, Motorola Ion Radios, Panasonic Toughbooks, and Deep Earth Logic sensors from USAT and its’ partners you can maintain job site safety while ensuring compliance with city ordinances - streamlining site communications and avoiding construction delays and fines. Your teams hand-held radios will connect immediately, your wireless video will stream lag-free, and your sensors will send noise and vibration data in real-time - all enabled by a lightning fast network infrastructure the team at USAT can help you deploy. And, with NetCloud, your central operations team can monitor the connectivity devices in use across every active job site from behind a single pane of glass.
Our Team
Device Provisioning, Activation and Installation Services
For over 25 years USAT has provided expert IoT communications solutions to construction and design firms. USAT provides top-tier support for every aspect of your business-critical pop-up and temporary connectivity projects. The solutions engineers we employ configure, provision, kit, and ship all your devices hot and ready for immediate use. And when you utilize our installation services, our technicians ensure each device is functioning securely, reliably, and at peak performance on ultra-fast 5G network carriers like Verizon.
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