They are heavy. Good concentrator for a beamforming array. But there are other methods that lighter and just as good. The actual antennas are mounted to the back side of the ball. The ball just serves as kind of a dish focusing signals from different directions to the appropriate feed antennas.
From: Gino Villarini Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 9:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] ATT deploying weird ball antenna at SXSW http://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2015/03/t-deploying-giant-ball-boost-capacity-sxsw Luneburg Lens array How long unti; UBNT, Cambium or Mimosa comes out with a similar ball? Gino A. Villarini President Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. www.aeronetpr.com @aeronetpr
