Qualcomm has been expanding its 5G technology with new additionals lately and in similar lines today at an event in Barcelona, the company has announced its 2nd generation 5G RAN (Radio Access Network) Platform for Small Cells and has also introduced a new 5G Distributed Unit Accelerator Card.
The 5G RAN Platform for Small Cells – FSM200xx is the industry’s first 3GPP Release 16 5G Open RAN (Radio Access Network) platform that brings support for bands n259 (41 GHz), n258(26 GHz), and FDD bands. With Release 16 support, this platform is designed to support features like Enhanced Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (eURLLC).
This 5G RAN platform which is designed to extend the mmWave coverage offers up to 8Gbps data speeds with 1 GHz bandwidth support on mmWave and support for wider 200MHz carrier bandwidth. It also supports spectrum aggregation of 200 MHz of Sub-6 GHz spectrum. Other features of this 5G RAN platform include open and flexible architecture, reliability, high performance, and power efficiency.
Further, Qualcomm has also introduced Qualcomm 5G DU X100 Accelerator Card which is a PCIe inline accelerator card with concurrent Sub-6 GHz and mmWave baseband support. Qualcomm says that this is designed to deliver a low latency, high Performance, and power-efficient solution.
Commenting on this, Gerardo Giaretta, senior director, product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc said:
Qualcomm Technologies’ engineers have been leading in the small cells industry for over a decade with our Qualcomm RAN platform. As Open RAN and small cells infrastructure continue to gain momentum, Qualcomm Technologies is at the forefront of delivering cutting edge 5G mmWave and Sub-6 GHz technology to power 5G networks on a global scale. Small cells have been at the heart of the global 5G proliferation and Qualcomm Technologies is leading the charge as the industry transitions to open and virtualized 5G RAN networks.
Durga Malladi, senior vice president, and general manager, 5G, mobile broadband and infrastructure, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc said:
Qualcomm Technologies, with its leadership in 5G, is uniquely positioned to drive the evolution of cellular networks and lead the industry towards 5G virtualized networks. We are working closely with mobile operators, network equipment vendors, standards bodies, and other key stakeholders, to enable the deployment of innovative, high-performance, virtualized, and modular 5G networks at scale