Nokia launches next-generation AirScale 5G portfolio powered by ReefShark technology
24 Giugno 2021 - 9:00AM
Press Release
Nokia launches next-generation AirScale 5G portfolio
powered by ReefShark technology
- Nokia’s new, industry-leading 5G portfolio covers baseband,
radio, and massive MIMO antennas offering huge 5G capacity,
coverage, and easy deployment
- Introduces industry’s lightest massive MIMO units at 17kg
enabling simplified deployments and faster time to market
- Nokia’s new comprehensive range of products are powered by
Nokia’s latest generation of ReefShark chipsets
- Nokia’s extended Single RAN accelerates 5G rollouts and cuts
overall RAN Total Cost of Ownership
24 June 2021
Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced the global launch
of its latest range of industry-leading AirScale 5G products
covering baseband, remote radio heads, and massive MIMO active
antennas with digital beamforming. The innovative solutions are
powered by the latest generation of Nokia’s ReefShark
System-on-Chip (SoC) chipsets and deliver the highest capacity and
network performance while enabling efficient deployments and
operation. The rollout of the new products is already
underway.
Nokia introduces its new generation of ReefShark-powered
AirScale massive MIMO antennas with both 32TRX and 64TRX products,
as well as 8T8R remote radio head solutions. The 32TRX is the
industry’s lightest, at 17kg, simplifying and speeding up site
deployments. Notably, this low weight is achieved at the same time
as supporting high radio frequency bandwidth (200 MHz occupied
bandwidth and 400 MHz instantaneous bandwidth) and delivering high
radio frequency power output, without compromise. Both the new
32TRX and the new 64TRX massive MIMO antennas support both
fragmented spectrum and network sharing cases.
Nokia also introduces its new SoC-based baseband plug-in cards
to boost the capacity of the AirScale System Module. The new
ReefShark-powered plug-in cards deliver up to eight times more
throughput and serve up to eight times more cells compared to
previous generations. They are easily installed and simplify the
upgrade and extended operation of all AirScale deployments. Nokia’s
baseband module can support 90,000 connected users simultaneously
and has 84 Gbps throughput. The highly efficient ReefShark powered
plug-in cards also reduce power consumption by up to 75 percent.
Nokia’s modular AirScale baseband enables mobile operators to scale
capacity flexibly and efficiently and as their 5G business
evolves.
Nokia Single RAN software now includes 5G, accelerating 5G
rollouts and cutting overall radio access network TCO (Total Cost
of Ownership), by unlocking network efficiencies with common
transport, common operability, common software delivery, and
increased hardware sharing. The combination of Nokia’s Single RAN
software and the new baseband plug-in cards offer multi-mode (2G,
3G, 4G, 5G) and multi-band and supports the latest fronthaul
interfaces (eCPRI) on a single baseband platform, simplifying the
network and lowering costs.Nokia’s AirScale baseband architecture
is designed to be future-proof and support the increasing demands
for wireless traffic. By keeping the L1 and L2 (Layer 1 and Layer
2) computing separate from L3 (Layer 3) and Transport baseband
plug-in units, capacity can be added when and where it is needed in
the network. Network modernization can be simply achieved either by
software upgrade or by adding new plug-in units into the existing
baseband.
Nokia’s ReefShark chipsets will also play a critical role in
future Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
capabilities. Nokia has already introduced AI/ML features in areas
such as predictive load balancing, anomaly detection, and
intelligent traffic steering. All Nokia ReefShark platforms are
AI/ML ready and Nokia is carrying out proof of concepts with
customers this year in innovative areas such as Massive MIMO beam
pattern optimization, energy-saving, advanced traffic steering,
advanced packet scheduling, and alarm pattern discovery.
Patrick Filkins, Senior Research
Analyst, IoT and Mobile Network Infrastructure, IDC,
commented: “5G networks are absolutely critical for
improving network capacity and performance, particularly when
higher bandwidth is in demand. Nokia’s new portfolio addresses
these concerns by enabling mobile operators to flexibly scale
capacity while helping to smoothly transition to 5G from existing
technologies easily and cost-effectively. The integration of
Nokia’s ReefShark SoCs across both radio and baseband boosts
performance and capacity and the new massive MIMO antennas set a
new benchmark for low weight without compromising on performance.
These solutions will help mobile operators to address the
increasingly dynamic mobile services space that urgently requires
more capacity.”
Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks, Nokia,
said: “Our new generation of ReefShark-powered AirScale
radio and baseband products is evidence of the successful
transformation of our business and ability to deliver
market-leading products to our global customers. Nokia’s new
portfolio enables communication service providers to offer both
consumer and enterprise customers with cutting-edge 5G experiences
with premium speeds, capacity, and connectivity underpinned by
seamless, simple, and efficient ‘plug-in’ deployment. Our new
AirScale products are O-RAN ready. They consume less energy and
highlight our commitment to climate change. We’re excited to see
our customers deploying these products and see the transformative
impact of 5G technology.”
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