Samsung Unveils C-RAN2.0

SEOUL, Korea -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading provider of mobile broadband networking solutions, announced its C-RAN2.0 solution -- an enhanced Centralized RAN (C-RAN) platform designed for radio performance enhancement as well as additional cost savings for operators.

C-RAN2.0 builds upon Samsung's successful C-RAN solution which relocates baseband units (BBUs) -- the equipment used to process transmission signals -- from each base station to one or more centralized locations. Major two new innovations of C-RAN2.0 are baseband capacity pooling and baseband clustering.

Baseband pooling represents a new line of defense against data spikes that are often the result of large gatherings, such as concerts, festivals or sporting events. It works by allowing the network to efficiently aggregate its baseband resources across a large cluster of cells and introducing dynamic capacity management.

This is made possible by Samsung's newly developed C-RAN switch, which enables dynamic routing of traffic between cell sites (remote radio units) and the centralized BBUs. The C-RAN switch also provides significant energy savings by de-activating BBUs during times of low network load. As a result, it brings critical value to operators in terms of network reactivity, flexibility and scalability.

The second new innovation, baseband clustering, enables very fast and efficient coordination between BBUs, improving cell edge performance and facilitating the introduction of advanced scheduling features, such as coordinated multi-point (CoMP) and inter-site carrier aggregation.

Key highlights of Samsung's CRAN2.0 Solution for LTE:

C-RAN2.0 provides the following benefits to the mobile operator:

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