Smart Mobile Backhaul enables success in LTE and LTE-Advanced networks

São Paulo, Brazil, press-release via LTE-depot — A hundred mobile operators have launched commercial LTE service, says the Global Mobile Suppliers Association. While others will have to follow soon to keep up with competitors, mobile users won’t settle for poor quality of service (QoS).

LTE and LTE-A networks provide gigabit-per-second speeds to mobile devices. But operators also need smart functionality in mobile backhaul networks to improve user experiences and reduce churn.

Tellabs Mobile Backhaul Solutions offer expertise, innovation and adaptability to make the move to LTE and LTE-A smart – comprehensive, self-organizing and simple.

Comprehensive set of tools that stretch beyond basic backhaul
Tellabs provides a scalable solution from small cell aggregation to terabit routing. Tellabs has increased capacities across its entire mobile backhaul portfolio. On a full duplex basis: 

• Tellabs® 8611 and 8609 Smart Routers provide up to 7.5G
• Tellabs® 8630 Smart Router provides up to 80G
• Tellabs® 8660 Smart Router provides up to 240G
• Tellabs® 8800 Smart Routers provide up to 360G
• Tellabs® 9200 Smart Routers provide up to 5.5 Terabits.

Smart mobile backhaul calls for more than just transporting traffic. Tellabs Mobile Backhaul Solutions go beyond basic backhaul to provide intelligence, security and synchronization –built into a single mobile backhaul solution.

“Tellabs’ expertise, innovation and adaptability in mobile backhaul enable service providers to stay ahead of competition. Our customers can move to LTE and LTE-A cost-effectively and securely,” said Alberto Barriento, vice president, Latin America and Caribbean region at Tellabs. “Since 2005, when Tellabs introduced its IP/MPLS-based mobile backhaul solution, more than 160 mobile operators have chosen Tellabs. Some of these backhaul networks already deliver LTE services. Others are ready to evolve to LTE whenever operators want.”

New mid-sized EPC from ZNYX, Adax and Aircent

New mid size ATCA (5U) LTE Core solution - "easy to deploy and scalable". 6 payload slots in standard 5U chassis. Single platform can support up to 200 000 active and idle LTE users. \\marketwatch.com

Nokia Siemens Networks demonstrated 1.3 Gbits throughput over TD-LTE

It was showcasing LTE-Advanced in Arlington Heights, Chikago (ex-Moto) labs.

"Using our commercial Single RAN Flexi base station hardware, we demonstrated a speed of 1.3 Gigabits per second (Gbps) throughput over TD-LTE by aggregating 60 MHz of spectrum. At this speed, we were able to show how we can help operators meet their customers’ increased uplink capacity demand through a new LTE-Advanced feature, Multi User MIMO (or MU-MIMO). This demonstration replicated our recent record speed demo in Beijing, but used a different configuration of the 3GPP specification – config1 – and included MU-MIMO uplink capabilities". \http://blogs.nokiasiemensnetworks.com

That is really cool result, especially if we take into account that it was used commercial hardware.

Gartner named the leading vendors LTE infrastructure

Ericsson is on the top of the pack, NSN, Huawei and ALU are following. \blogs.nokiasiemensnetworks.com

The worldwide LTE infrastructure market for radio and core service architecture evolution equipment is expected to grow from $4.1 billion in 2012 to $21.1 billion in 2016. This segment is expected to grow to over 40% of mobile infrastructure spend in 2016 and become the fastest-growing segment within mobile network infrastructure (radio and core). 

Source: Gartner “Magic Quadrant for LTE Network Infrastructure” by Sylvain Fabre, Frank Marsala, Jessica Ekholm, Akshay K. Sharma, Joy Yang, Akiyoshi Ishiwata, Deborah Kish, Tina Tian. Published 12 July 2012 

Samsung to invest US$5 million in Stoke's SSX Gateway development

Samsung Venture Investment Corporation has made a strategic investment of US$5 million in Mobile Broadband innovator Stoke, Inc. supporting their accelerated penetration of the worldwide LTE market. \stoke.com

"Samsung has deployed and commercialized very large LTE networks and this proven experience in LTE deployments demonstrates the company's ability to support customers worldwide in this new era of communications," said Brian Kang, Senior Director of Samsung Venture. "We are excited by the market potential of Stoke's gateways to enhance and support the performance and value of differentiated solutions in the LTE space."

Used in LTE networks to secure voice, data and video traffic Stoke's SSX Multi-Service Gateway delivers unmatched IPsec processing capability together with eNodeB link resilience and high availability required for high-capacity, high volume mobile services networks. Stoke's secure eNodeB aggregation application, Security eXchange, is the current market leader in numbers deployed in live operator networks. Focused on delivering multiple critical, concurrent functions emerging between the LTE RAN and evolved packet core, Stoke SSX helps operators keep network device count down, while securing core network services and subscriber communications.