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Radio Access Networks

Research Service

The radio access network is the most expensive component of a mobile network both from CAPEX and OPEX perspectives and has become one of the most critical components that can make or break a carrier’s business case. With carriers increasingly depending on their revenues from mobile data and with voice becoming a commodity, mobile network infrastructure needs to keep up with the pace of change. The carriers realize that they need more agile, reconfigurable, scalable, easy-to-deploy and cost-effective equipment in order to meet next-generation service challenges.

Fundamental changes are occurring in the radio access network, from multistandard multimode base stations, tower and RAN sharing, and the need for RAN offload, to active antennas, remote radio heads, and the promise of baseband pooling and cloud RAN, which could lead to the complete re-engineering of networks going forward. To track these changes, the Radio Access Networks Research Service covers the trends in the macro radio access infrastructure market, covering vendors, solutions, operator strategies shipment forecasts, technology and spectrum deployments for radio access.

This Service Covers the Following Technology and Market Issues:

  • Strategic and Quantitative Assessment of Global Mobile Infrastructure Market Dynamics
    • Key trends, market sizing, market share analysis, forecasts, segmentation by technology standards and region
  • Radio Network Evolution
    • UMTS, HSPA, LTE, CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B, UMB, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX, Dynamic Spectrum Access, spectrum and regulatory issues
  • Base Station Site and Tower Coverage
    • Site costs, RAN sharing, Tower sharing, Active and Passive Sharing, Tower service providers, Roof-top sites
  • Radio Network Technologies
    • Base Station, Tower Electronics, Antennas, Remote Radio Heads, RF Power Amplifiers, Tower Mounted Amplifiers
  • Future Trends in RAN
    • Baseband Pooling, Cloud RAN, Active Antennas