Warsaw Airport
The Project
The Warsaw Airport project to expand the radio communications into the new Terminal Two complex is a co-operative activity between Tyco Integrated Systems in the UK and M/A Com (Tyco Electronics) based in Warsaw, Poland. Contract value is approximately €100,000. Built in 1992 the original terminal was designed to provide services for 3.5 million passengers a year but by 2002 the number of passengers had reached nearly 5 million.
The second terminal will service 6.5 million passengers and with the associated modernization of the old terminal the airport's total capacity would increase to nearly 12.5 million passengers per year.
The New Terminal
This significant new development required an expansion of the original M/A Coms EDACS radio communication system as the coverage of this system now needed to extend through both the public and service areas of the entire airport.
To deal with the challenges of delivering radio coverage through a complex multi-storied concrete structure, Tyco Integrated Systems and M/A Com (Poland) designed, supplied installed and commissioned an EDACS radio re-broadcast system based on an off-air repeater and a network of radiating cables and antennas.
The design, equipment supply and I&C supervision was provided by Tyco Integrated Systems Cambridge, whilst local supplies, co-ordination of contractors, installation and commercial negotiations were undertaken by the M/A Com team in Poland.
Site work for the installation of the radio re-broadcast system commenced in November 2006 with a December completion date to coincide with the formal opening of the new Terminal.
The Warsaw Airport contract builds on previous co-operative projects undertaken by Tyco Integrated Systems and M/A Com (Poland) and forms part of the European business development activity for integrated transport sector solutions.
