Sharing an antenna and all related connections (coupler, feeder cable), in addition to passive radio site elements

Co-location (Cell Tower Colocation) is when two or more operators place their antennas on the same building or structure, which is not a ground-based mast.

 

Co-location (Cell Tower Colocation) is when two or more operators place their antennas on the same building or structure, which is not a ground-based mast

The eCo-Location system manages the process of rooftop management (colocation of mobile masts or cell towers) ICNIRP compliance and provides internal organisational and external business partner workflow.

 

Mast or Site sharing is when two or more operators locate their antennas on the same ground-based mast or locate their individual masts within the same compound.

Base station sharing is prospective while each operator: maintains control over logical Node B so that it will be able to operate the frequencies assigned to the carrier, fully independent from the partner operator and retains control over active base station equipment such as the TRXs that control reception/transmission over radio channels. Radio network controller and core network are not shared here

Passive Infrastructure sharing is nothing but sharing non-electronic infrastructure at cell site. Passive Infrastructure is becoming popular in telecom industry world wide.

Spectrum-sharing concept is based on a lease model and is often termed ‘spectrum trading’. An operator can lease a part of its spectrum to another operator on commercial terms. Though this mechanism, along with that of MVNOs, exists in the US, Europe, Singapore and Australia.