Kennesaw State University: DAS Deployed in Administrative Building

Kennesaw was looking specifically for improved service with AT&T and Verizon, and they needed a solution robust enough to provide 5-bar service throughout the building. Based on these requirements and an understanding of their budgetary constraints, we jointly determined that the best solution was an AT&T and Verizon small cell passive DAS.

This was a bureaucratic and formal bidding process involving multiple departments and approval from officials at the university and state level. The RFP required extensive explanation and clarification of the technology and implementation process. The overall proposal and approval process took almost 6 months.

Only two vendors were able to complete the bidding process due to its complexity. Of those two bids, only RSRF's met the budgetary requirements and included both the DAS and the signal sources necessary to get the system online.

RSRF installed one small cell each for Verizon and AT&T, connecting both back to the carrier's core networks over the university's Internet connection.

Because the small cells require minimal carrier coordination, the signal sources were fully online within a couple of days of the DAS being completed. Administrative staff in the building were able to enjoy fast data rates, stable calls, and improved cellular connectivity within just a couple of weeks of the deployment beginning.

Although Kennesaw didn't want to add T-Mobile initially, the DAS is set up and ready to add T-Mobile should it become necessary.

The RSRF solution provides excellent signal, stable coverage, and will work for years to come. The RSRF team will remain available to the university for future projects, consultation work, and ongoing maintenance of the RSRF solution.