Nokia expands Flexi Zone small cell portfolio, boosting performance and simplifying deployment for operators and enterprises
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* Self-Organizing Network (SON) features enable smooth deployment for ultra-
dense networks and enterprise adoption to deliver coverage and capacity
where it is needed
* 33 new Flexi Zone Multiband and Mini Macro variants introduced as well as
3G support in the Flexi Zone Micro and industry-first support for US 3.5GHz
Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band
* New features boost maximum data download speeds by up to 65 percent and
upload speeds by up to 100 percent
8 September, 2016
Espoo, Finland - Nokia is extending its innovative Flexi Zone portfolio of small
cell radios with new features that boost performance and simplify deployment,
enabling faster installation and optimization for operators and enterprises
seeking to satisfy surging data use.
Operators are expanding ultra-dense networks to provide capacity and
connectivity to support future demands including IoT and particularly in dense
'megacity' locations. As such, the deployment of small cells is becoming highly
attractive: enterprises wishing to deploy dedicated, secure and robust networks
to enhance their businesses will also require a simplified deployment process,
with the ability to self-install small cells without specialized network
knowledge.
With these requirements in mind, Nokia is introducing five Flexi Zone
Controller-enabled distributed Self Organizing Network (SON) innovations - in
combination with the Nokia centralized SON Eden-Net solution - to cut the
complexity and cost of small cell deployment.
These capabilities, which complement the Nokia Site Certified for Overall
Relative Efficiency (SCORE) service offer, will ease the addition of thousands
of small cells in an operator's operation and management system, improve plug-
and-play installation and offer real-time optimization of the small cell
layer to ease densification and deployment in multi-vendor macro networks.
25 new frequency band and radio access technologies (RAT) variants of the Flexi
Zone Multiband BTS and eight frequency variants of the Mini-Macro BTS portfolio
will further expand deployment options. In addition, 3G support in two frequency
bands will be added for the compact Flexi Zone Micro. The Flexi Zone micro and
indoor pico BTS in the US 3.5GHz CBRS* band, made commercially available in
June, are the industry's first mobile network
solutions to support this new band.
Nokia is also introducing three small cell world-first features that will boost
performance across the Flexi Zone portfolio to support 4.5G Pro. Uplink carrier
aggregation with two carriers will double peak upload data speeds to 102Mbps and
downlink 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) support will boost
subscribers' download peak performance by more than 30%. As mobile network
operators begin to leverage aggregation of licensed and unlicensed spectrum
technologies (LTE-U/LAA, LWA/LWIP), Nokia is doubling its LTE-U bandwidth
support to 40 MHz on the Flexi Zone Multiband BTS range, to further enhance LTE-
U small cell performance by up to 33 percent.
Mark Atkinson, head of the Small Cell Business Line at Nokia, said: "We continue
to boost the performance of our Flexi Zone portfolio to smooth operators'
deployment of much-needed capacity into their networks. This will allow them to
prepare for the ever-growing demands of people and IoT, particularly in dense
megacities. The future introduction of Nokia MulteFire technology will mean many
more enterprises will be able to deploy their own discreet networks to enjoy the
benefits that LTE will offer. The new Self Organizing Network (SON) features
will allow companies, who may not have technical expertise in this field, to
deploy small cells with ease."
Did you know
Nokia Flexi Zone Multiband BTS won the Small Cells Forum Awards 2016 in the
category of 'small cell access point design and technology' as the world's first
small cells to deliver more than 1 Gbps peak data rates.
Resources
* Photo: Nokia Flexi Zone Indoor Pico
* Web Page: Nokia Flexi Zone
* Web Page: Nokia MulteFire
* Web Page: Nokia Services for HetNets
* Web Page: Nokia Eden-NET
* Press Release: Nokia and Telefónica Chile complete world's largest indoor
small cell deployment in Santiago shopping mall
* Press Release: Nokia Networks launches world's first 1 Gbps small cell and
new services, features to solve deployment challenges #NetworksPerform
* Press release: Nokia announces AirScale-powered 4.5G Pro and 4.9G to
establish smooth path for operators to 5G
* Press release: Nokia and China Mobile deliver extreme mobile data capacity
and real-time video at major Shanghai motor race
* External Blog: Mobility as the Foundation for Enterprise Innovation Needs
MulteFire
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* The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed rules in the
3.5 GHz band that would allow the sharing of federal spectrum by carrier-grade
small cell deployments, fixed wireless broadband services and general consumer
use.
Nokia is a founding member of the CBRS Alliance
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Datum: 08.09.2016 - 12:00 Uhr
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