Mavenir, a telecom software provider, has announced the commercial availability of its 4G Open RAN small cell for outdoor deployments, having been tested and deployed in commercial operation with a Tier 1 European carrier. Mavenir’s outdoor small cell supports both distributed and centralized Open RAN architectures, according to the company, and it uses a modular hardware architecture and scalable, cloud-native software platforms that expedite time-to-market.
“By leveraging our modular hardware architecture and cloud-native scalable software, Mavenir is capable of delivering new products in an agile fashion which integrate and work seamlessly with other network components deployed by carriers,” said Mavenir’s Aniruddho Basu, SVP and GM of Emerging Business. “This 4G outdoor small cell is the precursor for a completely new line of 4G and 5G Open RAN-based small cell products with integrated DU, as well as Multi RAT radio access solutions in general.”
The outdoor small cell supports both Split 2 and S1 interfaces and can be configured remotely for full deployment flexibility and upgradability. Possible deployments include rural and remote locations, sites which are constrained by size, power, backhaul and planning restrictions. The solution is plug and play, with zero-touch provisioning and installation. It is also powered with Power over Ethernet and offers interfaces with the same Open RAN CU as the macro network, and with common management with macro.
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