Product Insight

Alcatel-Lucent's Breakthrough lightRadio Technology and its Implications for Wireless Infrastructure

Author: Aditya Kaul, Practice Director, Mobile Networks

Published: 09 Feb 2011

Telecom vendor Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has announced a breakthough wireless technology known as “lightRadio.” The size of a Rubik’s cube, it combines the functionality of a multi-array antenna, radio, and baseband processing unit into one compact unit. What has led to the emergence of this technology? How does this compare to existing femto and small cell technologies? And what are the implications for mobile wireless infrastructure and for the marketplace in general?

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