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NEW YORK OFFICE 445 PARK AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR NEW YORK , NEW YORK 10022 (212) 749- 1448 FAX (212) 932-2693
LESLIE J . SNYDER ROBERT D . GAUDIOSO
DAVID L. SNYD ER (1956-2012)
LAW OFFICES OF
SNYDER & SNYDER, LLP 94WHITE PLAINS ROAD
TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK 10591
(9 14) 333-0700
FAX (914) 333-0743
WRITER 'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
Lsnyder@snyderlaw.net
April 7, 20 17
Honorable Mayor Joseph A. Sack and Members of the City Counci l City of Rye 1051 Boston Post Road Rye, New York 10580
NEW .JERSEY OFFICE ONE GATEWAY CEN T ER, SUITE 2600
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102 (973) 824-9772
FAX (973) 824-9774
REPLY TO:
RE: Crown's Expansion of its Existing DAS System in the City of Rye
Dear Honorable Mayor Sack and Members of the City Council:
Pursuant to your request, enc losed please find the coverage maps and additional materials from New York SMSA Limited Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless ("Verizon Wireless'') in connection with the captioned matter. We respectfully submit that the enclosed documentation demonstrates Verizon Wire less' need for the 64 nodes being proposed in the City.
If you have any questions, please do not hes itate to call.
LJS: erw cc: Ver izon W ire less
Chris Fisher, Esq. Crown Castle Kristen Wi lson, Esq.
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April 7, 2017
Hon. Mayor Sack and City Council City of Rye 1051 Boston Post Road Rye, NY 10580
verizon"' 4 Centerock Road
West Nyack, NY 10994
RE: Crown's Expansion of its Existing DAS System in the City of Rye
Dear Hon. Mayor Sack and Members of the City Council:
In response to your request, I hereby respectfully submit the following on behalf of New
York SMSA Limited Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless ("Verizon Wireless") in connection with
the above referenced matter.
I am a Radio Frequency engineer employed by Verizon Wireless. As a Radio Frequency
engineer, I am trained to identify Verizon Wireless' network needs. As you are aware, Verizon
Wireless has been working with Crown Castle NG East LLC ("Crown") in connection with the
proposed expansion of Crown's existing distributed antenna system ("DAS") in the City of Rye
("City"). In connection with the foregoing, Crown is seeking to construct 64 DAS nodes
("Nodes") in the City to remedy Verizon Wireless ' significant gap in coverage as well as its
capacity needs. These Nodes consist of small equipment affixed to existing utility and other poles.
Currently, Verizon Wireless has only one cell site in the City consisting of several panel
antennas and related equipment on the building located at 66 Milton Road. As detailed below, the
other cell sites surrounding the City provide some coverage into the City but a significant gap in
coverage exists and these surrounding cell sites are reaching capacity so that they will no longer
be able to provide reliable service. The list of Verizon Wireless cell sites surrounding the City
which provide such coverage are set forth on Exhibit 1.
Pursuant to your request, Verizon Wireless has provided maps attached hereto as Exhibit
2 to depict its existing coverage in the City using its 700 MHz and 2100 MHz frequency bands, as
licensed to Verizon Wireless by the Federal Communications Commission. Verizon Wireless did
not provide maps depicting its existing coverage in the City using its 1900 MHz frequency since
neither Verizon Wireless' site in the City nor any surrounding sites are currently providing
coverage to the area utilizing such :frequency.
These maps set forth on Exhibit 2 include coverage from Verizon Wireless' existing sites
in the area, and confirm Verizon Wireless' significant gap in wireless service in the City by using
ATOLL computer generated software ("A TOLL"). ATOLL modeling software is an accepted
industry standard predictive modeling tool that identifies areas where reliable coverage will exist,
and where it will not, and said maps show the significant gap in Verizon Wireless' ability to
provide outdoor in-vehicle and in-building coverage.
It should be noted that natural and manrnade features, such as buildings, hills, trees, and
ridge lines all effect the way radio signals travel and can distort or obstruct radio signals. These
constraints are taken into account in determining the ability of sites to remedy a gap in coverage.
Pursuant to your request, I have included Exhibit 3 which depicts the location of the 64
Nodes on the 700 MHz coverage gap map and shows that such 64 Nodes are largely in dense areas
of the City where Verizon Wireless has no reliable service with its existing sites due to either a
coverage gap or exhausted sectors of existing sites. The 64 Nodes will remedy such significant
gap and enable residents, businesses and emergency service personnel on the network to have
reliable wireless communication services.
In the areas where Verizon Wireless is cunently able to provide coverage to the City due
to the surrounding sites outside the City, these sunounding sites have, or will imminently, reach
capacity so that they will not be able to provide reliable service. As mobile phone use continues to
rise and the demand for voice and data transmitted via such devices increases, the existing sites
responsible for transmitting and receiving such voice and data have become overburdened
resulting in dropped calls, denied access to the network, a reduction in data transmission speed, or
an inability to transmit data.
2
All cell sites have capacity/usage limitations; once those limitations are met or exceeded,
new sites are required to provide reliable service to the area. There are two basic Key Perfonnance
Indicators (KPis) used to determine if a site is experiencing capacity limitations. They are A)
Average Scheduled Eligibility Users (ASEU) and B) Forward Data Volume (FDV). The Scheduler
(where ASEU resides) is effectively the brains of a cell site and is used to detennine what users
can send data: and when it can be sent. If the ASEU is too high the scheduler becomes overloaded
and no new users can join the system and current users will experience data blocking and/or
lost/dropped calls. FDV is the amount of data a cell site can provide before users start to experience
poor data throughputs. Verizon Wireless keeps a close eye on these and other parameters and when
it looks that the trend is to exceed the limit, we seek capacity relief solutions.
As shown by Exhibit 4, the FDV (on the left) and the ASEU (on the right) for both Verizon
Wireless' cell site in the City as well as Verizon Wireless' cell sites surrounding the City have
reached capacity or are nearing same, resulting in dropped calls and causing a slowdown or
inability to access data from those sites. The Nodes will remedy this service issue and enable
Verizon Wireless to provide coverage to its users, including residents, businesses and emergency
first responders, including police, fire and ambulance personnel.
CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing, Verizon Wireless has demonstrated a significant gap in coverage
in the City as well as the need for capacity relief. The Nodes will remedy Verizon Wireless'
significant coverage gap as well as its capacity needs. The Nodes will enable residents, businesses
and emergency service personnel to have reliable service on Verizon Wireless' network without
having to construct new cell towers or other large structures in the City. Accordingly, the Nodes
are the least intrusive means for Verizon Wireless to provide its critical service to the City and
therefore, the requested approval should be granted forthwith.
Respectfully submitted,
Ali Aljibori
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Exhibit 1 Existing Verizon Wireless Cell Sites in Rye and Surrounding Area
Street Address State Municipality
330-340 S. Regent Street NY Port Chester
244 Halstead Avenue NY Harrison
275 North Street NY Harrison
99 Biltmore NY Harrison
66 Milton Road NY Rye
Harrison and Gleason Avenues NY Harrison
Fox Island Road NY Port Chester
Exhibit 2 Coverage Maps
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Exhibit 3 64 Nodes on the 700 MHz Coverage Gap Map
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