A major US wireless carrier
asked Argus Technologies
to develop a powering solution
to allow deployment of
Enhanced 3G technology
into their existing network.
National Account Managers
David Olps and Mark Beckley
worked closely with the customer
to understand the architecture
and their powering needs. The
technical challenge was to provide
-48V power, ample distribution and
alarming for the distributed remote
radios from their existing 24V power
system. The business challenge
was to meet the customers's tight
build schedule, while providing an
optimized solution with respect to
physical size and system cost.
It was determined that the new
Argus CXDF 24-48, 2kW converter
modules were an ideal fit to meet
the radio deployment guidelines.
An existing Argus front access
distribution panel was utilized to
meet the distribution requirements.
The final piece of the puzzle was
to incorporate the Cordex CXCi
controller to provide alarming back
to any legacy power system in the
network. This new system is called
the CXPS 24->48-i and provides
up to 8,000W of 48V power, 18
breaker positions and alarming,
all in 5RU of rack space.
This system highlights the
flexibility of the CXPS to be
seamlessly integrated into
existing networks that feature
non-Argus equipment, allowing
carriers to meet constricted build
schedules, ramp up wide-scale
deployments and do it all at
a reasonable cost.
