For Booster And DAS Installers
Feed The Booster The Best Cell, Then Keep It There.
A booster or a DAS can only share what its donor antenna brings in from the roof. SOCA aims the donor on twelve measurements and re-aims it from a desk when the network moves.
What Changes For The Donor
- The donor is aimed on twelve measurements, not on a meter and a guess.
- Signal strength, quality and band are logged at every position, so the design can be checked against what the roof actually gets.
- When the operator changes the cell the donor was pointed at, you re-aim it from a desk.
The Figure
- Twelve positions, under five minutes, logged at every one
- SOCA-01-T-4G50 Smart 4G, on Cellular Path's comparison sheet.
What Cellular Path Publishes It For
Cellular Path publishes the Smart model for SISO antennas, boosters and distributed antenna systems: one coax run to a directional yagi or log periodic. That is the manufacturer's description of its own product, not a statement about any UK installation.
Which Model
SOCA-01-T-4G50 Smart 4G is the donor model. It carries its own modem, so it measures the signal for itself. Where a router Cellular Path has verified already feeds the site, SOCA-02 No Modem does the same job on that router's readings.
The UK Rules, Plainly
A mobile repeater transmits. A static indoor repeater may be used here without a licence only where it meets the Wireless Telegraphy (Mobile Repeater) (Exemption) Regulations 2022 and Ofcom's Interface Requirement IR 2102. Larger in-building systems are deployed with the mobile network operators' agreement instead.
SOCA aims the antenna. It is not a repeater and it does not make an unlawful one lawful. Check the UK rules and your booster's own requirements before you quote.
What It Means For You
- Logged readings to hand over with the job, so the customer sees what the roof gets.
- A re-aim from your desk when the operator changes the cell, instead of a return visit.
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Distributed in the UK by Boothroyd Distribution.
Made by Cellular Path, Inc. Boothroyd Distribution is an authorised UK distributor of Cellular Path. Specifications and photographs are Cellular Path's own, used with its permission; the installation photographs were taken in the United States. Cellular Path and SOCA are trade marks of Cellular Path, Inc.