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eSON™ for the next Generation of Networking
The explosive adoption of video-enabled smart phones has created a tidal wave of data traffic and exposed the capacity constraints of 3G networks, creating an urgency to deploy higher-capacity 4G networks. In order to achieve the full capacity promised by the standards, 4G networks will require a fundamentally different topology, relying on a dense mix of smaller cells including, microcells, picocells and femtocells. This approach will expose the network to significant interference and frequency reuse issues and will make network planning and operations much more complex and costly. Without new technology to deal with these issues, 4G networks cannot live up to their promise.
Self-organized networking (SON) technology will be mandatory to automate planning, installation and the initial configuration of basestations. While current SON solutions stop there, AirHop’s patent-pending eSON™ technology extends SON well beyond this initial set-up phase to include comprehensive, distributed, real-time inter-cell coordination capabilities that allow neighboring basestations to communicate with each other to dynamically manage inter-cell interference, optimize frequency reuse, data throughput, and QoS during the operation phase.
In addition to the capabilities for self-configuration promised by current SON solutions, eSON™ also provides:
- Direct inter-node communication and coordination that establishes neighboring basestation topology and inter-basestation communications via a unified application-level software platform.
- Active real-time interference management based on coordination among the neighboring cells.
- Enhanced Radio Resource Management (eRRM™) based on distributed algorithms and coordination among the cells. It optimizes frequency reuse, data throughput and QoS performance across the neighboring cells.
AirHop’s 4G eSON™ technology is available now for demonstration to customers and partners
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