ADRF Case Study: Pretty Prairie, KS

Read about ADRF’s AXM-ICS Series Case Study featured on PICA’s Broadband Strategies Whitepaper (p.16).

Overview:

The town of Pretty Prairie, Kansas had poor LTE service on a leading carrier’s 700MHz band. Given the low density nature of the coverage scope (Area: 0.610 sq. mi, Population: 691), the carrier decided to cost-effectively enhance coverage utilizing the AXM700-9543-ICS, ADRF’s 20W Outdoor Repeater with patented Interference Cancellation System (ICS)™.

Goals and Process:

Benchmark testing showed low throughput speeds throughout the town, due to low RSRP and multiple PCI. Pretty Prairie had multiple neighboring BTS towers, the nearest 7.1 miles away. An outdoor DAS, with its equipment, installation, and maintenance costs as well as fiber backhaul and tower leasing fees, would have been cost prohibitive. Instead, the carrier decided to deploy a high power repeater to amplify one of the neighboring BTS tower’s signal and provide the town with a single, dominant signal. With its patented ICS™ technology to overcome isolation issues common in outdoor applications, ADRF’s AXM700-9543-ICS was the easy choice.

Solution and Outcome:

Deployment of the AXM700-9543-ICS repeater was completed much more quickly and efficiently than an outdoor DAS and resulted in a substantially improved end-user experience for Pretty Prairie residents, thus meeting or exceeding the stringent demands of the carrier. Should coverage on other frequency bands warrant enhancement in the future, the carrier can continue to rely on ADRF’s class-leading AXM-ICS Series, now available in Cellular, PCS, and AWS variants.