The looming global gridlock in mobile communications promises to be averted following the launch of pioneering technology, which will remove the bottlenecks constraining mobile networks and help deliver universal broadband coverage.
Alcatel-Lucent, the leading network technology group has joined forces with industry partners to develop lightRadio, a new system that signals the end of the mobile industry’s reliance on masts and base stations around the world.
Ben Verwaayen, Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel-Lucent, said: “Today’s and tomorrow’s demands for coverage and capacity require a breakthrough in mobile communications.”
According to him, “lightRadio will signal the end of the basestation and the cell tower as we know it today”, adding that governments and regulatory bodies are expected to welcome the technical development, which will help meet targets for universal broadband access by laying the foundation to address the so-called “digital divide.”
He disclosed that some other major benefits from lightRadio include the shrinking the carbon footprint of mobile networks by over 50%, reduction of the Total-Cost-of-Ownership of mobile operators by up to 50%, and improving end user services by significantly increasing bandwidth per user thanks to the deployment of small antennas everywhere
Wim Sweldens, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Wireless Division said: “lightRadio will help mobile operators evolve their networks to address the mobile broadband deluge.”
The lightRadio represents a new approach where the base station, typically located at the base of each cell site tower, is broken into its components elements and then distributed into both the antenna and throughout a cloud-like network.
LightRadio also shrinks today’s clutter of antennas serving 2G, 3G, and LTE systems into a single powerful, Bell Labs-pioneered antenna that can be mounted on poles, sides of buildings or anywhere else there is power and a broadband connection.
The innovation coincides with growing demand for third-and-fourth generation mobile networks and devices, involving the mass adoption of wireless television services and other forms of broadband content. The total addressable market for the radio technology necessary to serve such networks and devices is expected to exceed €100bn[1] over the next seven years.
[1] This is the total addressable market for multi-technology radio solutions that consist of radio access base stations that simultaneously support 2G, 3G, and LTE, and multiple frequencies in the same platform
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