Mercedes Benz Stadium

Atlanta, Georgia

 
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Connecting fans at the Mercedes Benz Stadium and delivering a world-class communication experience across a converged fiber network.

Atlanta's own world-class sports and entertainment facility, the official stadium of the NFL Atlanta Falcons and MLS Atlanta United. With 71,000 seats (potential expandable capacity to 80,000 seats) delivering the best mobile experience to fans at every event is the top priority.

M-Communications worked directly with a major Carrier over 2 years and then with IBM on behalf of stadium owner, AMB Group to deliver a highly connected mobile experience across 2,000,000 sq. ft for the 2019 Superbowl, fans of Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United teams as well as daily visitors at stadium events.

Scope of Work

  • 2017: major Carrier appointed M-Communications to build their 48 Sector BTS network infrastructure supporting the 65 zone Stadium DAS.

  • 2018/19: major Carrier appointed M-Communications to increase their capacity within the stadium to 118 Stadium DAS Zones, 16 DRAN zones, 10 4G CRAN zones and 3 5G CRAN zones. We supported the DAS corrective action and DAS expansion to back the new stadium zones through AT&T, on behalf of IBM and AMB. This network was installed for the 2019 Super Bowl.

  • In the 1st quarter of 2020, M-Communications will undertake the major Carrier project to increase 5G coverage by installing 10 new nodes in preparation for National Collegiate Athletic Association Men’s Final Four Basketball event. This upgrade includes :

    1 Carrier UMTS | 6 Carrier LTE | LAA-licensed assisted access WiFi in Home Depot Back Yard and 5G

Approximately 2,800 Sq. Ft major Carrier head-end

  • First Floor: Appx. 1,650 Sq. Ft.

  • Second Floor: Appx. 1,150 Sp. Ft.

6 Dual Uni Cisco ASR903 SIADS

1 Cisco ME3400 SNMP Switch

689 Radio Units

  • 599 Stadium Zones

  • 20 Field Zones

  • 30 Transition Zones

  • 40 Home Depot Backyard

147 Zones

  • 118 Stadium DAS Zones

  • 12 Transition D-RAN Zones

  • 4 Field D-RAN Zones

  • 10 Home Depot Backyard 4G C-RAN Zones

  • 3 Home Depot Backyard 5G C-RAN Zones

6 GE Infinity-M Power Plants

  • 27 – Westell PDU’s

  • Approximately 100,000ft of Power/Ground Cable

73 Base Band Units

  • 3 – 5G Nodes for Home Depot Backyard

  • 4 – 4G Nodes for Home Depot Backyard

  • 2 – Nodes for Field Zones

  • 3 – Nodes for Transition Zones

  • 61 – Nodes for Stadium Zones

22 Relay Racks

8 Fiber Patch Panels

20 ISCO CPRI Servers

Approximately 500 Linear Feet of Fiber Duct Management System

Approximately 975 Linear Feet of Cable Superstructure

Approximately 125,000ft of Coaxial Cable

Approximately 4,275 Coax Connectors