Nokia is taking the wraps off of its next generation, AirScale radio access solution, which puts multiple radio technologies simultaneously in one base station and is designed to leverage open cloud-based architecture.
Nokia said operators will be able to use its AirScale Radio Access to profitably satisfy future demands including the Internet of Things, virtual reality, augmented reality, factories of the future and other advanced scenarios such as video that demand extreme performance.
Highlights of the Nokia AirScale Radio Access:
- Supports any radio technology (2G, 3G, TDD-LTE, FDD-LTE, LTE Advanced, LTE Advanced Pro) running simultaneously in the base station as Single RAN, integrates carrier-grade Wi-Fi access and is 5G-ready
- Baseband units can be chained to create virtually unlimited capacity and connectivity to meet the needs of massive IoT connectivity and 5G speeds
- The Cloud RAN uses Nokia’s AirFrame IT hardware that meets stringent radio access capacity, security and latency requirements
- Implements Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) on the same servers as Cloud RAN for easy integration of applications that can use information from the radio for low latency services
- Nokia’s management solution, Nokia NetAct and Nokia CloudBand, can be used for both legacy radio networks and new Cloud RAN, offering easy transformation to virtualization
Nokia AirScale Radio Access solution components at a glance:
- Nokia AirScale Base Station, which includes new multiband RF elements and system modules
- Cloud RAN with Nokia AirScale Cloud Base Station Server running on Nokia AirFrame data center solution
- Nokia AirScale Wi-Fi, including Wi-Fi Access points and Nokia AirScale Wi-Fi Controller running on Nokia AirFrame data center solution
- Common software across Nokia’s radio access including small cells
- Supported by services that utilise intelligent analytics and extreme automation to maximise the performance of hybrid networks
“The world will witness immense changes over the next few years. Broadband traffic will continue to surge as people go beyond video and take advantage of augmented and virtual reality. The Internet of Things will see billions of devices connected, and 5G will enable new scenarios such as Industry 4.0, smart cities, e-health and mobile living. Nokia AirScale is designed from the ground up for this new era, while also introducing ground-breaking cloud-based capabilities,” stated Samih Elhage, President of Mobile Networks at Nokia.
http://networks.nokia.com/portfolio/products/airscale-radio-access
Nokia Launches its AirFrame Data Center Servers and Switches
The Nokia AirFrame Data Center Solution is the company’s foundation for meeting the latency and data processing requirements of the future, including 5G and distributed cloud applications. The portfolio is build around highly integrated, Intel-based servers and switches that are optimized for low-latency, scalability, flexibility and business agility.
- Nokia AirFrame Cloud Servers and Switches – Pre-integrated racks with ultra-dense servers, high performance switches and software defined storage, including Nokia Networks specific enhancements that make it more efficient than other solutions to run demanding VNFs
- Data center services – AirFrame is complemented by a suite of professional services provided by the company’s services experts and geared to implement, monitor and operate telco cloud data centers