Overview
Telecommunications Tower
The tower provides height for antennas so they can transmit and receive radio signals over a wider area. Telecom towers can support different types of antennas and radio equipment.
Main components visible:
- Steel lattice tower
- Sector/mobile antennas at the top
- Microwave dishes
- Antenna mounting brackets
- RF/fibre cables
- Tower foundation and surrounding security fencing
Sector Antennas / Radio Equipment
The long rectangular panels are sector antennas. They transmit and receive mobile signals.
The equipment connected around the antennas is likely remote radio equipment/RRUs or associated radio units. The exact model cannot be confirmed from the photograph alone.
A typical mobile site uses multiple sectors to provide coverage around the tower. A BTS/base station communicates with mobile devices through its radio equipment and antenna
Overview
Equipment Shelter
This is where important telecommunications and power equipment can be installed and protected from weather and unauthorised access.
Typical site equipment can include:
- Baseband equipment
- Transmission equipment
- Routers/switches
- Power systems
- Rectifiers
- Batteries
- Backup power equipment
- Monitoring equipment
- Cable termination equipment
- Air-conditioning/cooling systems
Telecom site infrastructure commonly includes towers, shelters, power systems, batteries, generators and associated equipment.