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Compact Metro Cell Outdoor

February 11, 2015

9764 Compact Metro Cell Outdoor

Alcatel-Lucent has added the Compact Metro Cell Outdoor family to its portfolio of small cells devices to give operators greater flexibility to build heterogeneous networks. The small cells optimize coverage and capacity and meet customer data demands in a design that’s half the size and 43 percent more power efficient compared to existing metro cells

The Compact Metro Cell Outdoor is 50 percent smaller than existing metro cells, which provides more options for the integrating the device into street furniture, such as the digital advertising signage in bus shelters being developed by JCDecaux as part of a technology partnership with Alcatel-Lucent.

The Compact Metro Cell Outdoor (CMCO) family integrates embedded baseband, an LTE radio, higher power output and modular design options, including external antennas. It supports a greater number of active users and offers even more deployment flexibility. Their compact size also allows them to be wall-mounted and hidden from view, with just the antenna visible, and optimally placed to offer customers the highest service quality.

Operators can connect CMCO devices via backhaul into their wider network. In addition, the ability to bypass the embedded baseband unit (BBU) means they will also be able to connect via a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) to a centralized BBU, managing multiple radios. This will allow them to smoothly evolve networks and leverage the efficiencies offered by a virtualized RAN architecture.

The 9764 Compact Metro Cell Outdoor Family features a form factor of 6,000 cubic centimeters. Later versions using system-on-a-chip (SoC) technology will support 60 MHz within one box, as well as the ability to daisy chain to aggregate multiple small cell sectors. Radio-on-chip (RoC) technology enables 43 percent greater power efficiency. www.alcatel-lucent.com

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