ISTANBUL , Nov. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — At the Global Mobile Broadband Forum 2024 (MBBF 2024), Cao Ming , Vice President of Huawei and President of Wireless Solution, launched 5G-AA solutions. Cao said, “Mobile AI is changing our lives. Emerging new connections and services place increasingly higher requirements on networks. Huawei’s 5G-AA 10 solutions build ultimate multi-dimensional network capabilities through full-series advanced radio, enable full-domain site digitalization through Ambient Site, and achieve L4 network autonomy through agent-based digital engineering team. With such excellent performance, these solutions will help operators meet the increasingly diversified demand for services in the mobile AI era.”
Huawei’s 5G-AA solutions will deepen the convergence of 5.5G and AI through “Networks for AI” and “AI for Networks.” “Networks for AI” will enable networks to possess sufficient capabilities required to address differentiated service requirements and improve both network performance and user experiences. “AI for Networks” will empower networks with L4 autonomy through digital sites and RAN agents. Operators can utilize these solutions in a wide range of scenarios to maintain their leading positions.
1. Sub-1 GHz Massive MIMO creates a ubiquitous foundation layer for mobile AI . Sub-1 GHz Massive MIMO provides an innovative solution to many technical challenges to meet overall site engineering deployment requirements by bringing Massive MIMO to the low bands. While providing wide coverage, low-band Massive MIMO improves downlink, uplink, and low-latency experiences. It supports full access from all RATs, complete IoT connectivity, and full real-time service assurance.
2. Unique integration of all sub-6 GHz bands into a single box enables simplified Massive MIMO deployment with a single antenna . Blade AAU X is the industry’s first product to use a single antenna to support Massive MIMO deployment across all sub-6 GHz bands. Unlike other Massive MIMO modules, this product can be deployed on a single pole and requires 50% less site space and 70% less OPEX. It supports GHz-level bandwidth with one pole, maximizing spectral efficiency.
3. The industry’s first single U6GHz AAU ensures continuous 10Gbps . The U6GHz AAU integrates over 1,500 antenna elements and uses leading MU-MIMO algorithms. With the collaboration of leading hardware and software, it supports capacity up to 100Gbps and speeds up to 10Gbps. It enables coverage to be aligned with the C-band to ensure uninterrupted Gbps experiences indoors.
4. LampSite introduces passive IoT (P-IoT) for enhanced indoor digital intelligence for the first time . LampSite X supports 10Gbps access and P-IoT indoors. It can be deployed in half the time and enables asset inventory to be performed daily, rather than monthly, compared to other solutions.
5. The industry’s lightest AAU unit enables simplified mid-band deployment with high bandwidth . EasyAAU is the industry’s lightest AAU product, weighing half of an 8T RRU model. This enables deployment on walls in urban areas and poles in rural areas to quickly provide 5G coverage. Delivery time is 40% shorter and capacity can also be doubled.
6. Industry-first microwave antenna integration overcomes antenna installation challenges . The Integrated Antenna and Microwave (IAM) houses E-band microwave units and antennas in a single enclosure, reducing the weight of a single enclosure by 30% and the space required for installation by 50%. The antenna also supports automatic scanning of all beams, helping to reduce maintenance costs.
7. Industry-first full-duplex microwave improves transmission capacity . The industry-first full-duplex microwave, MAGICSwave, uses super-isolated antennas and interference cancellation algorithms to double spectral efficiency. It has a capacity of up to 50Gbps, enabling operators to cope with the huge data transmission demand in the era of mobile AI.
8. The industry’s first single-box rural network solution helps bridge the connectivity gap in rural areas . RuralCOW represents an upgrade to RuralStar and RuralLink. By integrating fronthaul units and radio units into a single box, it can be deployed without the need for backhaul, BBUs and main power supplies. This significantly reduces site costs for multi-RAT deployments in remote areas and suburbs.
9. Agent-based digital engineering team enables next-level network autonomy . Based on the intelligent RAN agent, the agent-based digital engineering team has been established, which includes four digital experts who perform unattended maintenance, real-time network optimization, 24/7 energy saving, and accurate service provisioning assessment.
10. Full-domain digital sites enable visualized site-level sensing and control . Ambient Site links a site’s core equipment to its antennas, power supplies, and transmission devices, helping to achieve full site digitalization. This enables networks to improve energy savings and user experiences.
“Mobile AI is on the horizon. We will continue to work with all industry partners and innovate to promote the integration of 5.5G and AI,” Cao concluded.