Developing Specifications for Cellular‐Telephone Base Stations
Publication: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
Volume 120, Issue 3
Abstract
The emergence and continued growth of the cellular‐telephone and related telecommunications industry has been phenomenal. The cellular industry has the potential of evolving into a “100‐year industry,” as did wire telephone, radio, and television. New systems (networks) continue to be built, and there is a continuous need to expand existing systems (networks). A cell is the basic building block of a cellular‐telephone system (network). Each cell contains a base station (cell site), which provides transmitting and receiving facilities. This paper discusses various factors that are unique to the development of specifications for sites, buildings, and building improvements used for cellular‐telephone base stations (cell sites). The discussion is limited to the equipment shelter or building, applicable site work, the tower or antenna mounts, and the alternating‐current electrical system with a possible generator backup system. The objective of this paper is to provide insight relevant to the special considerations required in the development of specifications for cellular‐telephone base stations (cell sites).
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Copyright © 1994 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Apr 19, 1993
Published online: Sep 1, 1994
Published in print: Sep 1994
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