CPRI: Enabling Wireless Base Station Evolution

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What to Expect

Wireless operators are being increasingly challenged to support a diverse array of emerging broadband, data-oriented mobile services. Simultaneously, they must find new ways to reduce the capital and operational costs of the networks that will deliver both these and existing services. In response to these challenges, two major equipment trends are beginning to emerge as enablers for deploying more cost effective, next-generation wireless access networks:

• The concept of distributed base stations through the use of Remote Radio Heads (RRHs)
• The emergence of vendor-driven open standards for next generation base stations

As a leading contributor to both of these trends, the Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) industry association has developed an open, publicly available specification that standardizes the digital interface to RRHs and enables the realization of this exciting new base station deployment topology.

This webinar will:

• Describe the distributed base station concept, RRHs and the many benefits that this new network architecture can bring for wireless operators
• Introduce the audience to CPRI and illustrate how CPRI fuels the growing paradigm shift to distributed base stations
• Explore the features of the CPRI protocol in detail
• Conclude with a live Q&A session

About the Presenter

Gerry Leavey, Technical Advisor, Communication Products Division, PMC-Sierra

Gerry Leavey is a Technical Advisor in the Communication Products Division at PMC-Sierra. Previously, he has held design and management positions with British Telecom, Lucent Technologies, and Toucan Technology.

Mr. Leavey graduated with a bachelor of Electronic Engineering degree from the National University of Ireland, Galway in 1988.

Who Should Attend

Design engineers, system architects, engineering management, product line managers, and marketing managers of wireless telecommunication systems and equipment.

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