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Flexi Zone Outdoor Micro & Pico BTS
Flexi Zone Solution
Flexi Zone Micro & Pico Base Station (BTS)
Flexi Zone is the most cost effective and highest performing solution for adding capacity to existing macro networks, using an underlay of coordinated small cell clusters.
Finding new sites for traditional macro cells is increasingly complex and expensive. Small cells will play a critical role in providing operators a solution which can be easily and quickly deployed in strategic locations to add capacity. These smaller radius sites will be characterized by “light” deployment principles involving low-cost, easily available locations such as light poles, traffic lights, building walls, and street level shelters. The critical enablers for these lighter deployments are base station size, low power consumption, wireless backhaul, and “all in one box” solutions.
Flexi Zone uses LTE (& optional Wi-Fi) to offload, add capacity, and boost subscriber experiences in both the indoor (public/ enterprise) and outdoor hot zone environments within a heterogeneous network. Award Winning Flexi Zone features a novel zone-based architecture comprised of multiple low power access points coordinated by a localized zone controller that enables the operators to offer very high user experience while offloading unwanted data traffic from their macro & core networks. Flexi Zone solution goes beyond the box to offer a holistic approach and innovation to solve street level and indoor capacity small cell underlay challenges. Additional information concerning Zone Controllers can be found in the separate Flexi Zone Controller data sheet.
Flexi Zone Micro & Pico • Enabling Future Proof Hot Spot deployments • S/w migration to Zone Architecture when densification/expansion to Hot Zones
Leading Form Factor and Power Consumption Flexi Zone Micro & Pico Base Stations use state of the art System-on-Chip (SoC) and RFIC technology, to create an industry leading compact form factor with low power consumption. This integrated “all-in-one” product provides a cost effective solution that can handle capacity growth, without the deployment complexity and cost of traditional macro cells.
LTE & WiFi Pico Cluster Underlay Offload Low Value Traffic Before Cost Impact
Wireless NLOS links
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Macro Layer Integration & Coexistence Enterprise
Controller Transport Core
Highly Scalable Capacity for Best User XP
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Offload
Simplified backhaul, Install & Operation paradigm Shift Public Hot Zone
Macro Capacity and Full Macro parity
Hot Zone & Hot Spot Evolution
Flexi Zone Micro & Pico BTS “Macro like” processing power allows the use of the same software as Nokia’s macro base stations making them very easy to integrate into Hetero geneous Networks (HetNets). Operators can enjoy identical features available in macro cells, such as easy software upgrade to LTE-Advanced and support by the same NetAct Operations and Support System (OSS) & iSON. In addition, they offer the same capacity as Nokia macro, run the same industry acclaimed Smart Scheduler1 and associated interference mitigation capabilities, bringing the highest subscriber performance in dense urban areas.
The Flexi Zone Micro & Pico BTS can be operated stand-alone initially and then evolve via software upgrade into a full Flexi Zone architecture as hot spots grow into larger hot zones or when more cells are needed to increase coverage. This enables
Ease of Deployment Deployment and operation of complex heterogeneous networks requires all involved network entities to be efficiently well configured with respect to their particular role and location within the network, and to be context-aware. Self configuration, often referred to as ‘plug-and-play’ or ‘no touch’, is a crucial feature to reduce network implementation and operational costs in macro networks, and this is obviously even more important in heterogeneous networks. Integrated Bluetooth functionality in the Flexi Zone Micro & Pico BTS eases initial staging and allow for faster deployment. In addition, it supports troubleshooting in the field from ground level (i.e. no bucket truck needed) and using the Nokia No Touch Troubleshooting handheld application. 1
operators to scale up capacity virtually without limit and with limited impact to deliver a superior customer experience while leveraging the small cell installed base. Design and Capabilities The Flexi Zone Micro & Pico BTS features a compact single enclosure, designed for ‘Light’ installations, whether they are pole, or wall mounted. The advanced modular design enables a faster time to market for the many variations of technology and bands expected for outdoor small cell deployments. The Outdoor Flexi Zone Micro & Pico BTS supports a single band 2Tx/2Rx MIMO (LTE-A capable) LTE module capable of multiple carriers. An integrated filter-diplexer combines transmit and receive antennas so only a single set of cellular antennas are required to be connected to the unit. An integrated RF-GPS antenna provides for synchronization when 1588v2 is not available or planned. Since site requirements vary, the Flexi Zone Micro & Pico utilizes external antenna connectors should site specific remote or integrated directional antennas be required.
mart Scheduler is a unique Nokia LTE scheduler that assigns blocks of frequency S spectrum to users every millisecond, according to their required Quality of Service and the demands of the application in use.
Product specifications Product1
Outdoor Flexi Zone Micro BTS
4G Support
Antenna Configuration Power Output 4G Bandwidth Support
Up to 5W per TX branch, power down to 250mW
Up to 1W per TX branch, power down to 250mW
Up to 20MHz (TD-LTE up to 40MHz) 5kg (weight up to 6.5kg for some frequency variants)
Volume
5L (some frequency variants have a 7.2L volume)
Power Input Synchronization4
4
2Tx/2Rx MIMO
Weight
Temperature3
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Outdoor Flexi Zone Pico BTS
1 FDD LTE or TD-LTE band
2
-40°C to +55°C 90-264VAC RF GPS, IEEE1588v2, SyncE
Backhaul
100/1000Base-T or Fiber
Mounting
Pole or wall
Antennas5
Integrated directional snap-on panel antennas or omni stick antennas
roduct specifications and features supported are subject to change. 2 Bands supported is dependent on market prioritization. 3 Temperature assumes solar loading. P Hardware supports phase 1588v2. Commercial support requires market prioritization. 5 Integrated directional antenna specifications and volume/weight impact under investigation and subject to market prioritization.
Product code C401-01045-DS-201408-1-EN
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