NEC: Analog Devices, Massive MIMO Antenna Development: 5G O-RAN
October 23, 2020
NEC: Analog Devices, Massive (ADI)
We have jointly developed a Massive MIMO antenna for 5G base station equipment radios for Rakuten Mobile.
Massive MIMO Antenna:
Analog Devices’ 4th generation wideband RF transceiver solution is used to achieve high precision Massive MIMO.
This 5G radio is compatible with “End to End Fully Virtualized Cloud Native Mobile Network” for Rakuten Mobile.
Equipped with 5G open vRAN interface.
5G open vRAN interface:
3.7GHz Massive MIMO * 1 (ultra-multi-element antenna),
With digital beamforming technology * 2 that forms a high-precision beam
Achieves high-capacity transmission with high efficiency.
Carrier cost savings benefits:
Carriers are on the physical infrastructure of traditional networks.
Maintenance management,
Maintain,
Repair,
Personnel costs, etc.
By eliminating the burden, the cost is greatly reduced.
NEC has started shipping this product for Rakuten Mobile.
ADI: 4th Generation Wideband RF Transceiver
4-channel transmitter,
receiver,
Distortion correction function (Digital Pre-Distorion: DPD)
Integrated solution.
Designed to support wireless apps such as Massive MIMO and small cell systems.
With this solution, system design can be simplified, size and weight can be reduced, and power consumption can be reduced.
Press Release | NEC
https://jpn.nec.com/press/202010/20201023_01.html
NEC and Analog Devices Collaborate to provide a 5G O-RAN Massive MIMO Radio for Rakuten Mobile:
Norwood, MA and Tokyo, Japan –
October 23, 2020 –
NEC Corporation (NEC) and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI)
announced today that they have teamed up to design a 5G Network Massive MIMO Antenna Radio Unit for Rakuten Mobile.
The radio unit
adopts ADI’s fourth-generation wideband RF transceiver solution to achieve high precision Massive MIMO
possesses a 5G open vRAN (virtual RAN) interface corresponding to Rakuten Mobile’s end-to-end fully virtualized cloud-native mobile network.
It delivers large capacity transmission with high efficiency by using 3.7GHz frequency Massive MIMO*1 and digital beamforming technology.*2
The cloud-native virtual network
heralds a major shift in how communications providers can offer high-speed internet access worldwide, at significantly lower costs,
made possible without the maintenance, upkeep, repair and labor costs associated with the physical infrastructure that hinders conventional networks.
NEC
has already started shipping the 5G Network Massive MIMO Antenna Radio Unit to Rakuten Mobile.
NEC
https://www.nec.com/en/press/202010/global_20201023_01.html
NEC and Analog Devices Collaborate to Provide 5G O-RAN Massive MIMO Radio for Rakuten Mobile | Analog Devices