ZTE, a provider of telecommunications equipment and network offerings, has launched a next generation C-RAN (Cloud of Radio Access Network) wireless networking offering, at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Bercelona, Spain.
The company claims the new offering is future-proof for the next ten years and is expected to lower the total cost of ownership (TCO) of wireless networks by 40%.
The new C-RAN solution is expected to lower both CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) and OPEX (Operational Expenditure) for operators and reduce power consumption through its new wireless-access network architecture.
ZTE together with China Mobile Communications (CMCC) developed the new generation of wireless access networks through centralised processing, collaborative radio, real-time cloud infrastructure, clean system (green wireless access network architecture) and cloud computing.
ZTE’s C-RAN offering realises the separation of the Remote Radio Unit (RRU) and the Baseband Unit (BBU) on the wireless side, and has completed the centralised evolution from base-stations to base-station clusters.
Based on this, coordination between the stations in a base-station cluster through the upgrade of BBU is improved, and the coordination between the base-station clusters through the interconnection of large-capacity BBUs is realised.
The BBU infrastructure can be built using the general IT platform, to realise equipment virtualisation and super-strong scheduling ability through cloud computing.
