Nokia AirScale Base Station

Nokia AirScale Base Station
Changes the way networks are built
Executive Summary
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Meeting the challenges of IoT and 5G
The rapidly developing Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to lead to billions of devices
connected by 2025. Meanwhile, within a few years, a vast range of new services and applications
will arise as 5G technologies become widespread.
Operators are being challenged to deliver extreme mobile broadband to provide new levels of
customer experience, to support huge numbers of simultaneously connected devices and to
ensure ultra-low latency connectivity. Flexibility in their operations will become essential and
ultra-high capacity networks of the future must meet the demand for carrier-grade resiliency.
At the same time, growing environmental pressures are forcing operators to become more
energy efficient and reduce their carbon emissions.
The world’s first 5G base station

Nokia AirScale Radio Access is a new-generation solution that will help operators meet all the
radio access network challenges they face today and in the coming years.
An integral component of the new AirScale Radio Access is Nokia AirScale Base Station. Providing
operators with a smooth and flexible journey towards 5G and cloud connectivity, AirScale Base
Stations support all radio technologies (2G, 3G, 4G and 5G) and network architectures
(Distributed RAN, Centralized RAN and Cloud RAN).
Nokia AirScale – a complete radio access solution

Nokia AirScale Base Station is part of a complete radio access that comprises:
 AirScale Base Station:
o RF Module
o Single, dual and triple band Remote Radio Heads
o Radio Antenna System
o AirScale System Module Indoor
o AirScale System Module Outdoor
 Power elements
o Power Rectifier
o Power Battery
o Power Prioritizer
 AirScale Active Antennas
 AirScale Cloud RAN
o AirScale Cloud Base Station Server on AirFrame Data Center Solution
o AirScale Radio Network Controller
 Wi-Fi Access including cloud-based Wi-Fi Controller and access points
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AirScale Base Stations offer market-leading 28 Gbps throughput per system module, which
handles baseband and control and includes fronthaul and backhaul interfaces. More baseband
capacity can be implemented by simply chaining together more system modules. Furthermore,
AirScale Base Station can take advantage of additional baseband capacity available from AirScale
Cloud RAN for unlimited scalability.
The world’s most powerful base station

Nokia AirScale Base Stations are visually discreet, energy efficient and sustainable. Yet this is the
most powerful base station on the market, delivering 240 W RF output power per unit with the
world’s first triple band radio and the dual band radio.
Built-in redundancy of all units and interfaces (control, baseband, power supply,
synchronization, backhaul and fronthaul) creates Nokia’s hexa-resiliency capability. If a failure
occurs, the base station automatically switches over to its redundant capability, avoiding the
need for an urgent site visit by an engineer.
All this innovation is compatible with existing Nokia Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Stations so
operators can evolve their current networks with AirScale Base Stations to make full and
continued use of their investments. AirScale-Flexi configurations allow seamless expansion of
Nokia Flexi Base Station sites with AirScale units.
Ultra-lean, ultra-efficient for 50% lower TCO
The Nokia AirScale System Module offers more than
20 times the performance of the previous generation
of Nokia base station. It is scalable: simply add plug-in
units to increase capacity as needed. Further scaling is
achieved by chaining system modules.
Sitting at the heart of AirScale Base Station is new
silicon technology designed by Nokia to create AirScale System Module
software-defined system modules and radios that are
ultra-lean and ultra-efficient, all supported by common multi-radio software.
Leaner and simpler site solutions will enable operators to more easily adopt new bands, layers
and the use of higher order multiple input multiple output (MIMO) schemes. Nokia AirScale Radio
meets this need by enabling unparalleled multi-band operation with up to three bands
integrated in a single radio unit and by adding new frequency bands to the portfolio. This
provides operators with more flexibility in network deployment, reduced installation complexity
for different bands at the same site and low total cost of ownership (TCO).
Integrated Passive Intermodulation (PIM) cancellation ensures the highest multi-band
performance for top network quality.
Deployment is simplified by the Nokia mounting with ‘slide and lock’ zero bolt installation with
horizontal or vertical orientation on any site. Simple and compact mountings reduce installation
time by two thirds and also cut the overall physical footprint of the site.
Nokia’s Zero Traffic - Zero Energy capability uses advanced features to consume very low energy
in the case of no traffic, or to shut off network layers experiencing low traffic. These result in up
to 60 percent higher energy efficiency, while the reduced energy requirements also allow
broader use of renewable energy sources, like solar power, to power the sites.
AirScale Base Station reduces site costs in other ways too, for example its compact size can lead
to lower site rental, while low wind loading means easier, less complex installation.
All of which adds up to 50 percent lower total cost of ownership.
Nokia AirScale Base Station changes the way networks are built.
Nokia is a registered trademark of Nokia Corporation. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks or
trade names of their respective owners.
Nokia Oyj
Karaportti 3
FI-02610 Espoo
Finland
Tel. +358 (0) 10 44 88 000
Product code SR1611002364EN (February)
© Nokia 2017
www.nokia.com

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What challenges are operators facing today and in the future?

How does Nokia AirScale Radio Access help operators meet these challenges?

Nokia AirScale Base Station

Changes the way networks are built

The world’s first 5G base station

Nokia AirScale – a complete radio access solution

The world’s most powerful base station

Product code SR1611002364EN (February)

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