14 DAY TRIAL // Motorola, Inc. announced recently the addition of a new solution to its LTE portfolio, namely the Wireless Broadband Radio (WBR) 500 series frame-based eNodeB. According to the company, the new solution is meant to complement the previously launched WBR 500 remote RF-based eNodeB series, being able to deliver great coverage and capacity, even if used in some of the most challenging RF environments.
The new WBR 500 series comes as an LTE standards-based solution, which has been developed on Motorola's FLeX Modem technology. The company stated that the new solution could be easily rolled-out on existing GSM, UMTS, HSPA, CDMA, or TD-SCDMA cell sites, and that it also came with support for Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) or Time Division Duplex (TDD). The WBR 500 series will become available in frequencies ranging from 700MHz to 2.6GHz, with bandwidths from 1.4 MHz to 20MHz, the company also added.
“LTE is an exciting new technology that will let users enjoy a desktop-like broadband experience while on the go, but it also presents an array of new technical challenges for operators,” said Bruce Brda, senior vice president and general manager, Wireless Networks, Motorola Home & Networks Mobility. “Motorola is a leading contributor to the LTE standards and has years of experience in designing and deploying optimized, end-to-end, flat all-IP networks. This expertise has given us the ability to deliver an LTE solution with our eNodeB that operators can rely on to provide the coverage and capacity needed to support their customers' growing demands for mobile broadband.”
According to Motorola, the new WBR 500 series shows its expertise in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and advanced antenna technology, not to mention the field expertise the company benefits from. The new solution can deliver power efficiency, as it has been built with advanced amplifier technologies, and can prove to be one of the environmentally conscious products from the company.
Motorola also stated that its “LTE solution was comprised of its OFDM broadband platform and a selection of radio options that included multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and smart antennas. It also features Motorola's advanced self-organizing network (SON) solution. Motorola's WBR 500 series LTE eNodeB offers flexible deployment options with frame based-mounted radios, remote radio heads and tower top radios to support a wide variety of LTE deployment scenarios across numerous spectrum bands to meet the needs of the global market.” Additional details are available here.