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HetNet News: DragonWave offers 60 GHz small cells

DragonWave has new commercially available small cell products. The company said it now offers 60 GHz technology in its Horizon Compact+ and Avenue Link product lines, and that they have already been deployed in successful small cell trials for mobile operators.

DragonWave said the products have a small form factor and high-capacity, low-delay transport abilities designed for metro deployment in small cell networks, as well as a 5-inch, integrated antenna.

“60 GHz is globally available and emerging as a viable, low-cost spectrum that will be a key building block for large scale small cell networks, said Greg Friesen, vice president of Product Management for DragonWave. “We’re confident that the commercial release of this band adds a new, useful element to the operator’s toolbox and it is an important addition to our expanding small cell portfolio.”

Mobile Experts has a new forecast on Active Antenna Systems, including information about how beamsteering technology will be used in mobile networks. The research firm said that due to “massive” deployments of TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE base stations by China Mobile, this will be a big year for active antenna systems. The new report also looks at the impact of TDD beam-forming on the FDD market to determine the growth potential of AAS in new LTE deployments.

“Active Antenna Systems represent one more way to boost capacity in a mobile network,” explained Joe Madden, principal analyst at Mobile Experts. “It’s an expensive technology, compared to small cells and Wi-Fi, so we looked closely into the scenarios where AAS is the best alternative, where in-band interference rejection is required or other HetNet alternatives are not possible.”

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Kelly Hill
Kelly Hill
Kelly reports on network test and measurement, as well as the use of big data and analytics. She first covered the wireless industry for RCR Wireless News in 2005, focusing on carriers and mobile virtual network operators, then took a few years’ hiatus and returned to RCR Wireless News to write about heterogeneous networks and network infrastructure. Kelly is an Ohio native with a masters degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley, where she focused on science writing and multimedia. She has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, The Oregonian and The Canton Repository. Follow her on Twitter: @khillrcr