Mavenir Launched OpenBeam Massive MIMO to Serve the Growing Open RAN Market |
NEWS |
Network Equipment Provider (NEP) Mavenir announced a wide portfolio of Open RAN-compliant radio units in February 2022, with more details revealed during its analyst event that took place June 13 to 14, 2022. The OpenBeam portfolio follows the O-RAN 7.2 interface and supports both licensed and unlicensed spectrum ranges, consisting of macro, micro, Massive Multiple Input, Multiple Output (mMIMO), and Millimeter Wave (mmWave) radios for Open RAN deployments in 2022 and beyond. The radio solutions also address the needs of network operators to be cost efficient with low wind load, lower energy consumption, and built with intelligence and automation. The OpenBeam radios are available to the Open RAN ecosystem (e.g., vendors, operators, and system integrators), focusing on the U.S. and European markets first.
OpenBeam mMIMO versus Traditional RAN mMIMO |
IMPACT |
Traditional Radio Access Network (RAN) vendors have already launched 64T64R mMIMO that weighs approximately 20 Kilograms (kg) or even…
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