Cell on wheels (COW) is a portable mobile cellular site that provides temporary network and wireless coverage to locations where cellular coverage is minimal or compromised. COWs provide fully functional service, via vehicles such as trailers, vans, and trucks, to areas affected by natural disasters or areas with large user volume, such as major events.
Glossary Terms
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- 5G
- Aerial Work Platform (AWP)
- As Built
- Backhaul
- Bandwidth
- Broadband
- Broadband Network Services
- C-RAN
- CADD
- CBRS
- CD
- CDMA
- CDMA system
- Cell On Wheels (COW)
- Cell Site Agreement
- Cellular
- COI
- Colocation
- Construction Management
- DAS
- Ethernet
- EVDO (Evolution Data Optimized)
- FCC
- Fiber Optic Network
- Fixed Wireless Access
- Foundation Analysis
- FTTB
- FTTH
- FTTP
- FTTX
- GPS Mapping
- GSM
- HCS
- Hotspot
- HSPA
- Inside Plant Fiber Optic Design
- Lateral Connection
- Layer 1 Network
- LE
- Lease Review/Audit
- LOA (Letter of Authorization)
- Long Haul Networks
- LTE
- Media Access Control, or MAC
- Microwave
- Middle Mile
- MLA (Master License Agreement)
- MmWave
- Mobile Broadband
- Mount Analysis
- NEC and IBC
- NEPA
- Network
- Network Lateral Movement
- New Site Development
- NSB (New Site Build)
- NTP (Notice To Proceed)
- OSHA 10 & OSHA 30
- Outside Plant Fiber Optic Design
- Permitting
- Phase 2
- Private LTE
- Professional Engineer (PE)
- Project Management
- Pull Box
- RAD
- RFDS
- Right Of Way Sites
- RRH
- S&S
- SAP (Site Action Plan)
- SARF (Site Acquisition Request Form)
- SCIP
- Scope or Scope of Work
- Site Acquisition
- Small Cell
- Stealth Enclosures
- Sub-6
- Switch/Switching
- TDMA
- TIA-222
- TR-14
- Utility Easement
- VoIP
- Wireless Network
- Zoning