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Public Safety DAS Deployed on Rio Metro For Olympics

August 11, 2016

August 11,2016 — The only thing more important than a gold medal in the Olympic games is the safety of the public. The new metro train line built for the Rio Olympics in Brazil came equipped with a TETRA public safety network, thanks to OEM Cobham Wireless and telecom infrastructure provider Kapsch. The installation will provide premium public safety communications for the Line 4 route, expected to transport 300,000 people per day during August.

The TETRA system provides mission critical communications facilities for emergency services and transport staff, spanning the entire length of the new Line 4. This covers nearly 10 miles of track from General Osório in Ipanema to Jardim Oceânico in Barra da Tijuca and includes all tunnels, stations and an outdoor perimeter around each station. Cobham Wireless is providing a fully redundant public safety DAS solution including remote radio units (RRUs), head end equipment (OMUs), passive components, design and commissioning engineering services.

This project is the latest of several high-profile Cobham Wireless installations in Brazil, with the company providing public safety DAS infrastructure for the rest of the Metro network and DAS solutions in three of the largest stadia in the city: the Engenao Stadium, Mineirão Stadium, and the Maracanã Arena.

“Working with Kapsch has enabled us to provide the Brazilian authorities with one of the most efficient, robust, and powerful TETRA networks available. This is one of the first systems of its kind in the Americas and it has already set a new standard for future deployments,” said Hebert Sedas, director of sales, Latin America, Cobham Wireless.

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