Nokia announces AirScale-powered 4.5G Pro and 4.9G to establish smooth path for operators to 5G
September 01 2016 - 8:23AM
- 4.5G Pro, available fourth quarter this year and powered by
Nokia's 5G-ready AirScale portfolio, charts path to future networks
by increasing initial 4G network speeds ten times to gigabit data
rates
- Builds on Nokia 4.5G technology, already in place with more
than 90 customers
- Evolutionary step to Nokia 4.9G will provide future service
continuity with 5G network fabric
- Band 43 support and extended TDD-FDD carrier aggregation meets
'megacity' data demands
Nokia is to introduce 4.5G Pro, an advanced mobile
technology that will deliver the significant capacity and speed
enhancements needed by operators as they build towards
next-generation networks, including meeting the demands of
ultra-connected megacities. Nokia has also outlined its plans for
4.9G, which will allow users to maintain a continuous 5G service
experience using an evolved LTE to complement 5G radio
coverage.
Future 5G technology promises to deliver extreme mobile
broadband and large-scale critical communication between machines
to serve diverse industries, enterprises and vertical applications,
especially in large urban environments with huge concentrations of
people and businesses. To help operators get there, Nokia has
defined 4.5G Pro as the next step in a technology path that will
optimize the journey to 5G. 4.5G Pro will enable major increases in
LTE capacity, coverage and speed where and when they are
needed.
Powered by the Nokia AirScale radio portfolio, 4.5G Pro will
deliver ten times the speeds of initial 4G networks, making it
possible for operators to offer gigabit peak data rates to meet
growing demands from the programmable world, aligned with upcoming
next-generation device launches. Using extended carrier aggregation
techniques across up to five frequency bands, operators will be
able to leverage their diverse paired (FDD) and unpaired (TDD)
licensed spectrum as well as unlicensed spectrum, in line with
local national regulations, supported by the upcoming generation of
user devices.
With urban populations growing steadily, ultra-connected
megacities are becoming a challenge for operators of mobile and
fixed broadband networks. 4.5G Pro builds upon Nokia 4.5G
technology for which the company already has more than 90 customers
across the globe. Nokia 4.5G technology leverages techniques such
as aggregation of up to four carriers, advanced radio modulations
techniques and network based IoT connectivity to boost LTE
capabilities and help operators address these challenges.
While 4.5G Pro focuses on the 2017 user device ecosystem and
5G-readiness of the network, deployment in the future of Nokia
4.9G will bring significant capacity and data rate enhancements
and network latency reductions to let users maintain a continuous
5G service experience complementing 5G radio coverage. 4.9G will
comprise features to further increase capacity and speeds to
several gigabits per second, including allowing additional numbers
of carriers to be aggregated, opening the door to additional
licensed and unlicensed spectrum, and advancing the radio systems
to allow highly directional antennas to be used and to allow
signals sent via multiple transmit / receive paths to be added
together. Furthermore, it will utilize cloud-based networks with
intelligence added to the edge in order to reduce latencies to less
than 10msec.
Support for Band 43* and the previously announced Band 42 will
allow operators across the globe to take advantage of newly
available TDD-LTE spectrum. With modifications for the Citizens
Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band, operators in the US will be
able to leverage 3.5GHz 4G spectrum to dramatically enhance
capacity.
Ken Rehbehn, Principal Analyst at 451 Research said:
"Exceptional advancements in LTE over the last six years now make
it possible for end users to enjoy peak rates of 1 Gbps. A
major waypoint on the journey to 5G, it marks the start of a new
mobile broadband era between early 4G systems and future 5G
technology. But more than just speed boosts, these latest LTE
advancements bring potent new feature sets empowering enterprise
innovation. Nokia's move to infuse these capabilities into operator
networks is important because advanced LTE functionality remains a
vital factor for high performance mobile connectivity even after 5G
takes root."
Samih Elhage, President of Mobile Networks at Nokia said:
"While the ever-connected world of people and IoT drives huge data
demands, the speeds enabled by 5G will be a colossal step in
operators' network evolution. However, with our 4.5G, 4.5G Pro and
4.9G technologies, we will provide a smooth evolution path that
will allow them to increase capacity and improve the user
experience while creating new revenue opportunities."
Did you know
- Gartner recognized Nokia a leader in the LTE mobile network
infrastructure market in its Magic Quadrant for LTE
infrastructure report
- Nokia showcased 1.2Gbps speeds using Carrier Aggregation and
4x4MIMO on AirScale recently with Deutsche Telekom Group in
Poland
Resources
- Web Page: LTE
- Web Page: TD-LTE
- Web Page: Nokia AirScale Radio Access
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*Note: Network enhancements that build upon carrier aggregation
and spectrum efficiency techniques are needed as more spectrum
continues to be made available. 400MHz of TDD LTE Spectrum has been
made available in the 3.5GHz Bands 42 and 43 and the US CBRS band
will enable 150MHz of 3.5GHz shared spectrum. To help operators
build on their 4.5G networks, Nokia is now introducing enhancements
which include:
- Expansion of carrier aggregation schemes to FDD-TDD, allowing
operators to leverage their unpaired spectrum assets not only for
capacity but also for faster data rates
- Support for TD-LTE Band 43 with the industry's highest transmit
power enabling high speeds, wide coverage and beamforming to
provide the deep indoor penetration required in built-up urban
locations.
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