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.”
