Telecom Event -- Mobile World Congress 2010 Barcelona

Motorola showcases new LTE equipments

BARCELONA – Mobile World Congress – February 15, 2010

• CTU8multi (CTU8m) multi-technology radios

New Motorola Base Station Developments Combine Next-Generation LTE Capabilities with GSM/E-EDGE Efficiency Enhancements

New dual-mode base station radios protect investments with migration path from GSM to LTE, while a new base-band unit provides increased deployment options

providing high capacity GSM, Evolved-EDGE (E-EDGE) and LTE capabilities in 900 MHz and 1800MHz. Designed to support up to eight GSM carriers, or a combination of up to eight GSM and LTE carriers, the CTU8m series radios provide both an increase in efficiency for current mobile networks and next-generation readiness for migration to LTE. They also offer operators a solution that supports any future GSM spectrum band refarming.

Available as either rack-mount or remote radio units to suit different site configurations, the CTU8m series radios address the two key challenges that operators face: balancing cost and energy efficiency with the increasing demand for high-quality voice and data, while ensuring that CAPEX investment is protected when their mobile networks migrate to LTE. The remote radio version, the RCTU8m, is particularly suitable for ‘greenfield’ deployments, system expansions and for sites where space is at a premium, giving operators an opportunity to achieve a reduced total cost of ownership without compromising performance. Both radios offer class-leading energy-consumption figures through the use of multi-carrier power amplifier (MCPA), Doherty power amplifiers using crest factor reduction and digital pre-distortion technologies.

Complimenting the new radios, Motorola is also launching its next-generation, 19” rack-mountable GSM base-band unit (BBU) – the Horizon 2G-nx BBU. The new 2G BBU is both flexible and scalable, offering support for up to 48 carriers in a small form-factor for fast, straight-forward one-person installation within any industry standard 19” enclosure. This flexible, modular approach allows operators to deploy a multi-technology system using Motorola’s other 19” rack-mounted GSM, HSPA and LTE solutions in any combination. This multi-technology solution means that operators can benefit from ongoing reduced cost of ownership and the ability to deploy solutions today with capabilities for tomorrow and beyond.

“These latest GSM and LTE developments are a clear indication of Motorola’s strong and continued commitment to the cellular infrastructure market. These innovative product developments provide our operator customers with a smooth transition from 2G to 4G, and ultimately help to deliver rich media experiences to consumers,” said Bruce Brda, senior vice president, Motorola Networks. “The CTU8m radios help to evolve our customers’ network capabilities, reducing their total cost of ownership and readying them for the future. The addition of the new 2G BBU to Motorola’s portfolio means that operators now have a complete solution, offering GSM network refresh capabilities with an easy path to LTE.”

Available to service providers globally now, the CTU8m series radios and Horizon 2G-nx BBU will be showcased at Motorola’s stand (Hall 8, 8A51) during Mobile World Congress 2010.

• WBR 700 Series LTE eNodeB

Motorola’s WBR 700 Series 2nd Generation LTE eNodeB Provides Unprecedented Capacity to Deliver Enhanced Mobile Broadband Experiences

4G LTE-Advanced-capable platform delivers better subscriber experience and lower total cost of ownership for operators in an eco-friendly, compact unit

The WBR 700 Series, which is Motorola’s 4th generation orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) solution and its 2nd generation LTE platform, offers unprecedented capacity and density in a 1U rack that is one of the smallest and most energy efficient eNodeBs in the industry.

The LTE-Advanced-capable design, which will be able to accommodate 3GPP Release 9 and 10 based upon the current specification, and extra capacity of Motorola’s WBR 700 Series eNodeB also offers network investment protection and a simple software upgrade path to 4G. The addition of this industry-changing eNodeB is further evidence of Motorola’s readiness to deliver commercial LTE networks to the market.

Motorola’s new WBR 700 Series will support FDD as well as TD-LTE solutions in a wide variety of frequencies from 700MHz to 2.6GHz. It boasts an LTE baseband that has up to four times the capacity of the average LTE baseband currently on the market, enabling the deployment of multiple antenna schemes that support higher throughput to deliver superior mobile broadband experiences. For example, Motorola’s initial performance tests show the WBR 700 Series in a 4TxX8Rx TD-LTE configuration will offer up to 200 percent higher throughput compared to an average 2TxX2Rx LTE eNodeB.

Leveraging the high capacity of the WBR700 Series, operators will be able to deploy multiple LTE carriers at different frequencies. This additional capacity offers operators greater flexibility as well as investment protection as they roll out LTE across their network.

The WBR 700 Series builds upon Motorola’s more than 10 years of OFDM experience and multiple antenna technology expertise, along with its extensive field experience in wireless broadband, to provide a spectrally efficient and modular design that supports a large variety of site deployment scenarios.

Motorola’s WBR 700 features the tight integration of Motorola’s proprietary intelligent scheduler, the master controller of the radio access network that prioritizes voice and data traffic to further improve sector throughput and performance at the edge of a cell. The advanced receiver design, zero foot print architecture, compact and significantly low power consumption baseband, and advanced SON design of the WBR 700 Series all contribute to an up to 30 percent lower total cost of ownership for operators compared to an average 2x2 eNodeB.

The WBR 700 Series, scheduled to be available at the end of Q2 this year, will be featured in the LTE café at Motorola’s stand (Hall 8, 8A51) during Mobile World Congress 2010.

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