Nokia announced the availability this week of the latest additions to its line of E-band. The products answer a market need for the high-capacity E-band market, which is expected to grow more than 60 percent in 2023, according to Sky Light Research.
“It’s no secret that capacity and radio efficiency are driving the market,” said Emmy Johnson, Chief Analyst, Sky Light Research. “Nokia’s newest products answer this call but with the added benefit of high power and energy efficiency.”
The OEM added an additional radio to its Wavence product line, known as the UBT-m XP, which is a single ultra-broadband transceiver with an integrated modem and diplexer. It offers energy efficiency with twice the transmit power of the industry average, which extends the reach of 5G deployments in both dense urban and rural environments. As Nokia’s newest E-band (60 GHz-80 GHz) radio, the UBT-m is a high-capacity outdoor unit with a small, light form factor and a high transmit power that is designed for urban microwave transport applications.
Also, Nokia launched the SteadEband, a stabilized three-foot antenna that combats common E-band issues, which include tower vibrations and movements due to thermal effects. Combined with the UBT-m XP, it can increase the typical E-band link distance by up to 50 percent, helping mobile operators deliver multi-gigabit 5G connectivity to their customers. In recent tests, Nokia demonstrated a 7.4-mile long link using the Nokia UBT-m XP and the SteadEband antenna.
Additionally, Nokia launched the Outdoor Channel Aggregator (OCA) to support mobile operators looking to expand the reach and capacity of their networks for rural broadband applications. The OCA aggregates multiple UBT-T XP radios, Nokia’s high-capacity, high-power, outdoor dual-band radio, for N+0 operations and allows for increased throughput with improved system gain of up to 10 dB, which increases the link distance.
Also increasing the backhaul link distance, Nokia is introducing the Carrier Aggregation High Density (CAHD) card, which adds ‘single pipe’ capacity to the backhaul. The CAHD module enables 10 Gbps backhaul capacity over multiple channels and supports migration from existing low-capacity backhaul to high capacity hence preserving an operator’s investment.
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