New solution automatically measures antenna rotation and tilt at the touch of fingertip using a mobile device improves tower climber safety and efficiency in network maintenance.
In the demonstration, an engineer on the ground used a smartphone with a remote control application to fly a camera-equipped drone that captured photos of the antennas installed on a building's rooftop. The visual data was viewable via the engineer's smartphone and then was transmitted to a cloud server within seconds. The deep learning-based artificial intelligence (AI) solution instantly verified the rotation and tilt of the antennas, so that the engineers could determine if the antennas were installed correctly at predefined optimal angles.
It took less than a minute to transmit the data and process the results, enabling the engineer to view results on-site in real-time on the smartphone screen. The demonstration verified that
In conjunction with this new solution,
Safety Improvements for Network Maintenance
Cellular antennas are typically installed at significant heights on sites such as cell towers or rooftops, in order to ensure optimal mobile coverage. Operator field engineers ordinarily carry heavy and expensive equipment as they climb up cell sites to measure the antenna configurations. With
The solution's safety benefits will be especially helpful during site audit and maintenance in the
'As the number of 5G network sites grows, there has been a heightened focus on network performance by operators, and we are seeing an increased market demand for intelligent solutions for site maintenance,' said Sohyong Chong, Vice President and Head of Network Automation, Networks Business at
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