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by Tom Leddo<\/strong>
\nVice President of Business Development<\/p>\n

If most people were to hear the term densification<\/em>, they would probably assume one was referring in some manner or another to the growth (maybe even a plight) of population in urban areas. But if you work in the wireless infrastructure arena, the term densification<\/em> refers to the rapid increase in the density of cell sites to accommodate the need for additional capacity.<\/p>\n

The industry is abuzz about the need to increase the number of cell sites to keep up with the demand for capacity. In reality, we have been enhancing existing networks for quite a while \u2013 through cell splitting and building fill\u2011in sites \u2013 we are just doing it now at an unprecedented pace and with the addition of new technology (i.e., small cells and DAS).<\/p>\n

The frenzy behind densification is being driven by the forecasts for exponential growth in wireless data traffic over the next few years. Some of my favorite statistics are published online<\/a> by Cisco. A few notable ones are:<\/p>\n