"Leaky Coax" [was: London incidents]

Fri Jul 15 09:20:50 UTC 2005

Matt Ghali wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Adam Rothschild wrote:
> 
>   As I understand it, cellular service in the tunnels is provided by
>   cells co-located in the Weehawken, NJ and New York City, NY vent
>   buildings, with "leaky coax" cable shared by all carriers running
>   inside the tubes.
> 
> I was intrigued by the concept, and did a bit of googling. I managed 
> to dig up a fascinating article on the applications for "leaky coax" 
> antennas, in the tunnels we are discussing, to boot!
> 
> http://wirelessreview.com/mag/wireless_trouble_tunnels/
> 
> matto

It works great for in-building Wifi too if you do the proper engineering.

Thomas