- Creates cost-effective, high-performance fronthaul networks
- Accelerates and simplifies deployments
Nokia has expanded its mobile fronthaul solution with new 1830 Versatile Wavelength-divisional Multiplexing (WDM) Module (VWM) optical platforms, allowing operators to accelerate the deployment of centralised radio access network (RAN) architectures to satisfy growing consumer demand for streaming video and downloading high-definition movies on mobile devices, as well as traffic demand from Internet of Things (IoT)-connected objects.
According to Nokia, operators can meet surging data traffic on their networks and offer consumers higher-speed mobile broadband services profitably by moving to a centralised RAN architecture. In centralised RAN architectures, baseband processing is separated from radio frequency (RF) equipment such as remote radio heads (RRHs) and run in a single location, allowing faster mobile broadband, increased capacity and lower operating costs.
Adoption of centralised RANs had previously been hindered by an inability to deploy fronthaul networks in a cost-effective, easy to operate and scalable way, with high enough performance to quickly transfer massive amounts of traffic between the remote radio heads and centralised baseband equipment. Nokia's 1830 VWM portfolio removes these barriers with a cost-effective platform able to deliver the scale, ease of operation and performance needed to make fronthaul networks viable in large centralised RAN deployments.
The Nokia Mobile Fronthaul Solution comprises five new products offering minimal footprint and power consumption with maximum reach:
The 1830 VWM Photonic Managed Unit (PMU), an optical multiplexing unit for combining multiple wavelengths over a single fibre with management capabilities for service level agreement and demarcation.
The 1830 VWM Translation Line Unit (TLU), a wavelength translation unit for colourising non-WDM optical signals.
The 1830 VWM Optical Supervisory Unit, an operations, administration and management (OAM) unit for end-to-end network monitoring.
The 1830 VWM TLU/PMU-4, a fully outdoor hardened unit combining multiplexing, colourising and management functions for small cells.
Site Monitoring Module, provides proactive monitoring of alarms based on user-defined inputs at cell site locations with the ability to turn on/off appliances and devices.
Andrew Schmitt, Founder and Principal Partner, Cignal AI, said: "As a leading vendor of both RAN and optical transport equipment, Nokia is well positioned to deliver total solutions for the transition to centralised RAN. WDM-based optical fronthaul equipment like the 1830 VWM series is an essential part of this transition since transport requirements for centralised RAN and LTE-A will totally saturate fiber capacity previously designed for 4G networks and Ethernet backhaul. Nokia's solution allows operators to scale fibre resources by adding capacity through WDM, making it economically viable for operators to deploy fronthaul networks at scale in support of their move to centralised RAN as a path to 5G."
Dimitris Mavrakis, Principal Analyst, Intelligent Networks, Ovum, said: "Radio network densification is one of the structural evolutions operators are now assessing on the journey to 5G, and while centralised RAN is a key element of this, mobile fronthaul is a key challenge. We are estimating that global spending on mobile fronthaul equipment will grow annually by 24% to US$1 billion by 2020. Nokia has positioned itself for this opportunity by offering operators a compelling, cost-effective transformation platform that meets the strictest Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI)/Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) requirements while reducing cost and power consumption and simplifying operations by providing full visibility and management of the fronthaul network."
Sam Bucci, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Optical Networking at Nokia, said: "Recognising the need of mobile operators to move to centralised RAN architectures, we have been collaborating with some of the largest operators in the world to expand the 1830 VWM portfolio. Through 30-plus customer engagements, we've been able to develop a toolkit that will successfully tailor our fronthaul solution to fit any number of deployment scenarios. With this expansion of the 1830 family of optical products, Nokia further solidifies its mobile transport leadership with the industry's most comprehensive fronthaul and backhaul solutions."
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