Nokia maximizes network speed and capacity on path to 5G with launch of 4.9G technology and AirScale Active Antennas #MWC17
February 13 2017 - 3:05AM
Press Release
- Network performance-boosting 4.9G features - including massive
MIMO - available by end of 2017
- World's-first Cloud Single RAN to be demonstrated at Mobile
World Congress
- Comprehensive range of AirScale Active Antennas will allow
operators to densify 'megacity' deployments and drive much-needed
capacity on path to 5G
- New 4.5G Pro AirScale RRHs to optimize operators' limited
resources and make Gigabit speeds attainable
13 February, 2017
Espoo, Finland - Nokia will introduce its 4.9G
technologies by the end of 2017, allowing operators to
dramatically enhance their network performance and manage the
significantly higher infrastructure demands on the path to 5G. A
4.9G massive MIMO Adaptive Antenna will also increase cell capacity
by up to five times, while a new 4.5G Pro AirScale Micro Remote
Radio Head (RRH) will allow operators to take advantage of
unlicensed spectrum to enable Gigabit speeds.
Nokia 4.9G will provide significant increases in capacity and
several Gigabits of speed-per-second on the path to 5G. The
introduction of the AirScale massive MIMO Adaptive Antenna
is a milestone in the delivery of 4.9G, driving capacity increases
for megacity deployments. At Mobile World Congress 2017, Nokia -
working with the US service provider Sprint - will demonstrate the
technology using 3D Beamforming software to deliver throughput
gains of up to eightfold uplink and fivefold downlink. The
demonstration will leverage commercially-available devices
operating on TD-LTE band 41.
The AirScale massive MIMO launch complements Nokia 4.9G Cloud
RAN technology. At Mobile World Congress, Nokia will give a
world-first demonstration of Cloud Single RAN running
virtualized 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G radios and 2G and 3G network
controllers over commercial AirScale and AirFrame platforms..
A range of AirScale Active Antennas will
complement Nokia's existing commercial Radio Antenna System. In
addition to the AirScale massive MIMO Adaptive Antenna, the
AirScale Compact Active Antenna will provide an even leaner site
solution that increases performance and lowers operators'
costs.
Nokia will also make 4.5G Pro Gigabit data speeds a reality now
for operators with limited and disparate blocks of spectrum, while
allowing them to densify networks with the commercial introduction
of a new AirScale Micro Remote Radio Head (RRH).
This will allow macro sites to leverage unlicensed spectrum using
Licensed Assisted Access (LAA).
As cities grow and the world's population becomes increasingly
urban, operators need to rapidly densify networks in city locations
while slashing costs and CO2 emissions. Nokia is introducing
enhancements to its AirScale base station that
will allow them to do this with the most compact footprint while
reducing operational costs by up to 40 percent. The new AirScale
multiband remote radio heads include the world's first triple-band
example, while Nokia is also launching new frequency variants.
Nokia Zero Emission 3.0 will reduce operators'
energy consumption by up to 50 percent using new hardware and
software features while the Intelligent Deployment
Platform uses automation to accelerate AirScale deployment
life cycle by up to 40 percent.
Nokia continues to innovate using 4.5G Pro and 4.9G technologies
and will highlight many of its ultra-broadband developments at
Mobile World Congress, including:
- World-first demonstration of 4.9G AirScale technology to
achieve 3 Gbps peak rates
- World-first demonstration of 4.5G Pro CBRS-FDD four carrier
aggregation connected to Nokia Bell Labs Spectrum Access System
(SAS) using a commercial chipset*
- Nokia Bell Labs Liquid Cooling demonstration converting 80
percent of base station waste into useful heat to reduce site power
costs.
Frank Weyerich, head of Mobile Networks Products at Nokia,
said: "Nokia introduced 4.5G Pro and 4.9G last year to
allow operators to implement network capacity increases where and
when it made sense for them. Now we are delivering features that
will maximize their resources, speed deployment times and cut power
and costs especially in the most densely populated locations. We
are making 4.5G Pro a commercial reality now and working with
customers to innovate with solutions to their network densification
and evolution challenges in 4.9G and beyond."
Resources
- AirScale Cloud RAN video
- 4,5G Pro video
- White paper: The path to 5G: New services with 4.5G, 4.5G Pro
and 4.9G
- Image: AirScale Base Station (solar panel, power distribution
module, radio antenna system and remote radio head)
- Webpage: 4.5G Pro
- Webpage: AirScale Radio Access
- Webpage: AirScale Cloud RAN
- Webpage: Zero Emission
- Web Page: AirFrame Data Center Solution
Did you knowIn September 2016 Nokia announced a path to
5G, that allows operators to take advantage of major increases in
speed and capacity where and when they need it using 4.5G, 4.5G Pro
and 4.9G technologies.
* Qualcomm® Snapdragon(TM) LTE modem
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