NOKIA-IT. NOKIA X-Haul portfolio today includes solutions able to transport data rate up to 10Gbps exploiting frequency band up to 86GHz, fitting with the requirements of current mobile backhaul network. The evolution of the network and the forthcoming 5G will reshape the backhaul network scenario, asking, mainly, for more capacity and lower latency. In additional to that, the market is looking for new backhaul solutions that have to be cost effective and more energy efficient. To cope with this scenario, it is generally perceived as mandatory, for a backhaul radio solution, to investigate the use of the bands above 100GHz, the so called upper millimeter bands and, in additional to that, to investigate different approaches than those today adopted. These are the main motivations that stimulate NOKIA in making continuously strategic investments devoted to evolve its portfolio. The introduction of a new product using new bands implies the need to face some not trivial tasks, starting from the “right to use” of such bands (regulation), passing through the identification of an efficient, effective and feasible solution, up to the chance to place that solution on the market (standardization). NOKIA, in considering adding a D-band transceiver to its current portfolio, is motivated to investigate, through DREAM, the following main three points: Whether the D-Band will be devoted to this scope (for Fixed radio) and whether in a proper manner to address a 100Gbps wireless network/solution (Regulation). Thanks to the work carried out by NOKIA during the first year of the project, this point could be considered today already achieved. Whether a 5G and beyond backhaul radio solution: a) exists, b) is feasible using technologies today available, c) is energy and cost effective The solution is, at the time being identified and preliminary studies included into D1.1 and D1.2 indicated with a good confidence it feasibility, that anyway has to be proved considering the final DREAM demonstrator. Point c) will be assessed later Whether the identified solution can be adopted for a commercial product. Then the solution can respect the EU mandatory “Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU” (RED) [2]. RED directive is setting the essential requirements for safety and health, electromagnetic compatibility, and the efficient use of the radio spectrum, a radio solution has to fulfill. The radio profile of DREAM solution is already designed considering what, reasonably, can be achieved and...
NOKIA-IT. NOKIA X-Haul portfolio today includes solutions able to transport data rate up to 10Gbps exploiting frequency band up to 86GHz, fitting with the requirements of current mobile backhaul network. The evolution of the network and the forthcoming 5G will reshape the backhaul network scenario, asking, mainly, for more capacity and lower latency. In additional to that, the market is looking for new backhaul solutions that have to be cost effective and more energy efficient. To cope with this scenario, it is generally perceived as mandatory, for a backhaul
