Nokia extends 5G-ready AirScale radio and services portfolio to meet demands of cloud-based, ultra-connected world
September 12 2016 - 3:04AM
Press Release
- Nokia AirScale RNC cloud-based radio network controller to
offer unrivalled scalability, greater automation and flexibility
for radio resource management
- Three new AirScale radios expand innovative multi-technology
portfolio to cover broader spectrum range and meet even more needs
of operators
- Services for AirScale Cloud RAN implementation launched for
operators to maximize value of virtualization, reducing time to
roll out cloud-based radio access networks
ESPOO, Finland, Sept. 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nokia is
extending its innovative AirScale Radio Access family and
services portfolio to accelerate the planning, design and roll-out
of cloud-based radio access networks by operators. This will
increase the agility with which they respond to growing data-driven
subscriber demand and the onset of the Internet of Things, and
ensure a smooth evolution toward 5G technology.
The Nokia AirScale RNC - the first true cloud-based 3G
radio network controller - will deliver operational and cost
efficiencies for the world's most widely deployed radio access
technology. Analysts estimate that 40 percent of mobile network
subscribers will continue to access 3G networks in 2020*, so by
moving the controller to the cloud, operators will be able to
protect investments and benefit sooner from unrivalled scalability
across technologies, greater automation and inherent flexibility.
Nokia has already conducted successful tests of the AirScale RNC
with operators; and will make it commercially available during the
first quarter of 2017.
Nokia is also extending the portfolio and driving
commercialization of its innovative ultra-lean and efficient
AirScale radios, announced at Mobile World Congress 2016. New
radios supporting additional paired and unpaired frequency bands
will meet more operators' multiple technology radio access network
demands:
- Nokia AirScale RRH 4T4R B40 160W for 2300 MHz (Band
40), with the highest transmit power in its category at 160W, can
provide support for up to 100 MHz of unpaired spectrum and will
allow operators in parts of the globe, including China, India, the
Middle East and Africa, Europe and North America, to grow network
capacity and data rates massively with 4.5G Pro.
- Nokia AirScale RRH 2T2R B28 120W for the Asia
Pacific Telecommunity band (APT) 700 MHz (Band 28) supporting
operators in parts of the world including India, Asia Pacific,
Latin America and Europe. This thinnest full-band radio at 73mm
offers world-leading macro site compactness, allowing network
coverage to be dramatically extended to close the digital divide
and acting as a foundation for multiband carrier aggregation of
4.5G Pro.
- Nokia AirScale RRH 2T2R B11 120W for 1500 MHz (Band
11) is available in the advanced market of Japan. With the lowest
power consumption and highest transmit power of 120 W, it will
enable the lowest total cost of ownership for Japanese operators as
they expand their networks with coverage and capacity for 4.5G
Pro.
The new Nokia Services portfolio for the AirScale Cloud RAN and
AirFrame Data Center will assist operators in accelerating the
planning, design, roll-out and operations of their cloud-based
radio access networks.
- Transformation Consulting guides operators through the
different evolution scenarios to Cloud RAN, identifying how it will
impact their operations and organization, and how they will need to
prepare.
- Network design uses performance driven design to help
operators maximize the value of virtualization.
- Smart Deployment focuses on delivering the fastest and
highest-quality technology roll-out and integration.
- Data Center Energy Solutions allow operators to minimize
energy losses by using Nokia high efficiency uninterrupted power
supply solutions.
- Cloud Operations ensures a highly automated
industrialized environment to reduce time to market for subscriber
services.
Arnaud Vamparys, VP Radio Networks and Microwaves at Orange
Group said: "We were impressed with the performance of this new
virtualised RNC product in the key capabilities tested, in
particular its ability to scale capacity to fulfil traffic demand,
which will satisfy the future needs of our 3G networks. Based on
what we've seen, this product will perfectly fit in our global
mobile access evolution towards virtualisation ."
Frank Weyerich, head of Mobile Networks Products at Nokia
said: "The journey to 5G can be smoothed by choosing the
right technology path. With 4.5G Pro and cloud-based radio access
networks, operators can leverage scalability and flexibility as
they start to provide 5G-like use cases on top of LTE, taking user
experience to the next level. Also, with prime examples such as the
launch of the first true cloud-based RNC and the expansion of our
AirScale radios and services portfolio, we are showing that Nokia
is leading in this space, enabling customers to evolve in the most
cost-effective and timely way."
Resources
- Infographic: AirScale RNC
- Press Release: SK Telecom and Nokia implement world's
first cloud-based Radio Access Network
- Web Page: AirScale BTS
- Web Page: AirScale RNC
- Executive Summary: AirScale RNC
- Web Page: AirScale Cloud RAN
- White paper: AirScale Cloud RAN
- Executive Summary: Cloud RAN
- Video: Four ways Nokia AirScale Base Station changes how
networks are built
- Ebook: AirScale
- Web Page: AirScale Radio Access
- Web Page: Nokia Cloud wise services
- Executive Summary: Services for Cloud RAN
- Press Release: 5G-ready Nokia AirScale redefines radio access,
closes the gap between the IT and telco worlds #MWC16
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