Sunday, January 6, 2013

Can Security Solutions be part of DAS components?

AT&T Mobility's CEO Ralph de la Vega recently announced that it can maximize the wireless platform for new revenue growth and is focusing on four key products and services. One of those products is AT&T's Digital Life home security and automation service, which AT&T plans to launch commercially in early 2013. Interesting aspect to me was that it is part of a wireless platform offering. Being in the DAS industry, I started thinking if security solutions can be part of DAS.



Integrating Security into DAS may not be commercially viable for home or small commercial properties. However, for large newly built commercial buildings this may be a viable option. Every building's plenum area is actually a limited or finite real estate property. Smart building owners and facilities managers know this and usually tries to manage the space accordingly. For new buildings we may see a trend towards integration of devices, cables and related infrastructure that reside above the ceiling tiles. I am not aware of any DAS product or platform in the market. However, if I had to imagine a conceptual block diagram this is how I would imagine it would look like (see the image with this posting). One of the benefit towards integration will be using one fiber infrastructure for DAS and Security.


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