Product Description

Benefits of Nokia AHEGC PN 474914A

Enhanced Coverage and Capacity across Low Bands: Supporting both 800 MHz (B20/n20) and 900 MHz (B8/n8) provides excellent wide-area coverage and improved in-building penetration. These lower frequency bands are crucial for extending network reach, especially in rural and suburban areas. The 4T4R configuration enhances capacity within these coverage areas.
Superior Uplink Performance: With 4 receivers (4R) on both bands, the RRH offers excellent uplink sensitivity. This ensures that the base station can effectively receive signals from mobile devices even at the cell edge, leading to better voice quality and data rates for users further away.
Robust Downlink Performance: The 4 transmitters (4T) with a combined output power of 320W (likely split between the two bands) deliver a strong downlink signal, ensuring good data speeds and service quality for connected users.
Cost-Effective Wide-Area Coverage: Operating on lower frequency bands like 800 MHz and 900 MHz typically requires fewer cell sites to cover a large geographical area compared to higher frequency bands. This can significantly reduce deployment and operational costs for mobile operators.
Improved In-Building Penetration: Lower frequency signals penetrate building materials more effectively than higher frequencies, leading to better indoor coverage and a more consistent user experience inside buildings.
Part of the Modular AirScale System: As an AirScale RRH, it integrates seamlessly with Nokia’s other AirScale baseband units and components, offering flexibility and scalability for network evolution.
Energy Efficiency: Nokia’s AirScale products are designed with energy efficiency in mind, helping operators minimize power consumption and reduce their environmental impact.
Compact and Lightweight Design: RRHs are generally designed to be relatively compact and lightweight, simplifying transportation, installation, and reducing tower loading.
Support for Multiple Radio Technologies: While primarily for LTE on Bands 8 and 20, AirScale RRHs often support software upgrades to accommodate future radio technologies, including 5G NR on n8 and n20, ensuring future-proofing.
Facilitates Network Densification Strategies: While providing wide-area coverage, these lower bands can also be used in conjunction with higher frequency bands in network densification strategies to provide both coverage and capacity layers.
Enhanced Voice and Data Services in Rural Areas: The excellent coverage characteristics of Band 8 and Band 20 make this RRH particularly well-suited for providing reliable voice and data services in less densely populated areas.

Applications of Nokia AHEGC PN 474914A (AirScale Dual RRH 4T4R B3/20 (n3/n20) 320W)

The Nokia AHEGC PN 474914A, as a high-power AirScale Dual Remote Radio Head (RRH) supporting Bands B3/n3 and B20/n20 with a 4T4R configuration, is designed for deployments requiring a combination of coverage and capacity across different frequency layers:

Multi-Band and Multi-Technology Deployments: It is primarily used in cell sites needing support for multiple frequency bands and radio access technologies (2G, 4G LTE, and 5G NR). Integrating two bands into one RRH simplifies site deployment and management.
Coverage and Capacity Layering:
Band 20 (800 MHz) / n20: This lower frequency band provides excellent wide-area coverage and good in-building penetration. It is often used as a coverage layer for 4G LTE and increasingly for 5G NR to extend the reach of the network.
Band 3 (1800 MHz) / n3: This mid-band frequency offers a good balance of coverage and capacity and is a key band for 4G LTE and 5G NR deployments, especially in urban and suburban areas. The dual-band RRH allows operators to leverage the strengths of both for optimized network performance.
Network Modernization: It facilitates the upgrade of existing 2G/4G networks to include 5G NR by allowing deployment of 5G on n3 and n20 while continuing to support legacy technologies on the same hardware.
Enhanced Capacity in Mid-Band: The 4T4R configuration on Band 3 (n3) provides significant capacity for handling higher data traffic in densely populated areas.
Improved Coverage with Lower Band: The support for Band 20 (n20) ensures wider coverage and better signal penetration, improving the user experience at cell edges and indoors.
Facilitating Carrier Aggregation: The ability to operate on both Band 3 and Band 20 enables the implementation of carrier aggregation techniques, which can significantly increase data rates and overall network efficiency for LTE and 5G NR users.
Optimized Site Density and Cost Efficiency: By combining coverage and capacity layers in a single unit, operators can potentially reduce the number of required cell sites and lower deployment and operational costs.
Improved User Experience: The combination of wider coverage from Band 20 and higher capacity from Band 3 leads to a more consistent and better mobile broadband experience for users across different locations.
Support for Rural and Urban Deployments: The combination of a lower coverage band (B20/n20) and a mid-capacity band (B3/n3) makes this RRH suitable for both extending coverage in rural areas and providing capacity in urban and suburban settings.
Future-Proofing for 5G Evolution: Supporting 5G NR on both bands ensures the network is well-positioned for future increases in 5G adoption and the deployment of advanced 5G services.