Fiber to the antenna
A cell site includes a tower, a multi-service terminal mounted to the tower and a base transceiver station in communication with the multi-service terminal. The multi-service terminal includes a housing and a plurality of adapters mounted to the housing. Each of the adapters includes an outer port accessible from outside the housing and an inner port accessible from inside the housing.
1. A cell site of a telecommunications network comprising:
a tower;
a multi-service terminal mounted to the tower, the multi-service terminal having:
a housing;
a plurality of adapters mounted to the housing, each of the adapters including:
an outer port accessible from outside the housing and an inner port accessible from inside the housing;
a plurality of remote transceivers in communication with the outer ports of the adapters of the multi-service terminal; and
a base transceiver station in communication with the multi-service terminal.
2. The cell site of claim 1 , wherein the multi-service terminal is mounted to a top portion of the tower.
3. The cell site of claim 1 , wherein the multi-service terminal includes a cable spool disposed on an exterior of the housing.
4. The cell site of claim 1 , wherein the cell site includes an enclosure in communication with multi-service terminal and the base transceiver station.
5. The cell site of claim 4 , wherein the enclosure includes a housing defining an interior region, a fiber optic cable stub being disposed in the interior region, the fiber optic cable stub having a first end portion and an oppositely disposed second end portion, the first end portion including a multi-fiber connector, the second end portion including a plurality of single fiber connectors.
6. The cell site of claim 5 , wherein a connectorized end of a fiber optic cable of the multi-service terminal is connected to the multi-fiber connector in the interior region of the enclosure.
7. The cell site of claim 4 , wherein the enclosure includes a housing and a cable spool disposed on an exterior surface of the housing.
8. The cell site of claim 4 , wherein the cell site includes a hut, the enclosure being disposed on an exterior surface of the hut.
9. A telecommunications network comprising:
a cell site including:
a tower;
a multi-service terminal mounted to the tower, the multi-service terminal having:
a housing;
a plurality of adapters mounted to the housing, each of the adapters including an outer port accessible from outside the housing and an inner port accessible from inside the housing;
a plurality of remote transceivers in communication with the outer ports of the adapters of the multi-service terminal;
a base transceiver station in communication with the multi-service terminal; and
a backhaul in communication with the base transceiver station.