Guest Column: Signal Boosters Are Not Plug And Play

By Alfred T. Yerger II

This article is part of a series of quarterly guest columns by Alfred T. Yerger II, RF Engineering Specialist, Bird Technologies. In this installment, Yerger describes how signal boosters, also called bi-directional amplifiers, or BDAs, are becoming very popular as public safety agencies, among others, move to provide seamless in-building communications. Many places now have ordinances requiring building owners to provide facilities for in-building communications.