As companies in the industrial sector continue to upgrade their communications infrastructure to advance their digital transformation plans, there is a risk that smaller developments will not be adequately addressed by technology solutions.
To address this, Nokia announced a partnership with Intel to provide a more accessible private wireless solution for small business sites, allowing them to run virtual baseband functions on the Digital Automation Cloud (DAC). I did it like this.
Nokia and Intel believe that their partnership will effectively bring high-performance, cost-effective private 5G networks to more industrial sites. The companies said the solution’s enterprise edge RAN capabilities are designed to ensure that small industrial deployments have access to more compact 5G private wireless solutions and solutions that reduce cabling and installation requirements. Ta.
Nokia believes that companies are increasingly implementing Industry 4.0 use cases. For example, companies are increasing their demand for autonomous robots in factories and warehouses that leverage real-time situational awareness for safety, and zero-fault manufacturing that uses advanced real-time video analytics for efficiency. I think there are. High-capacity, on-premises edge processing is required.
By using Enterprise Edge RAN with the DAC Private Wireless solution, Nokia can further reduce the footprint of the DAC Private Wireless (PW) Compact by running baseband processing functions as an application on the on-premises MX Industrial Edge. says. (MXIE) is powered by Intel’s 5G enabling technologies, including 4th generation Xeon processors with vRAN Boost and FlexRAN software.
An integral part of Nokia’s private network solution, MXIE is said to be able to provide small business customers with access to a large catalog of digitalization enablers from leading third parties in the operational technology domain. Masu. Additionally, MXIE is said to enable enterprises to accelerate digital transformation beyond connectivity and support operational technology data applications and workloads.
With this new solution, enterprise customers will have access to Nokia’s proprietary DAC Wi-Fi, which enables Wi-Fi and 5G to be used together within industrial facilities, as well as a range of third-party industrial applications, the technology company said. I’m confident. Customers can use MX Boost systems to integrate Wi-Fi and 5G to improve performance and reliability. Additionally, the newly launched MX Workmate and Nokia Team Comms both support connected workers.
Enterprise Edge RAN is claimed to enable end customers to maintain access to wide spectrum band support and efficient radio resource utilization while reaping the benefits of a distributed radio base station architecture.
Private radio networks often need to utilize less common spectrum bands or more 5G bands than specified by 3GPP, so Nokia believes that the virtual RAN architecture offers more options. , said it plans to integrate open RAN-enabled third-party radio units to further increase its DAC PW. Global deployment of solutions.
As sites grow and more use cases are added, enterprises can add more radios and more capacity by supplementing their solutions with high-capacity discrete baseband units such as AirScale. Nokia assured.
Stephan Litjens, vice president of enterprise campus edge solutions at Nokia, said: “Virtualizing radio baseband processing improves resource utilization on MX Industrial Edge, ensuring even small-scale deployments can access our high-performance and reliable 5G private wireless connectivity solutions. It will be like this.”
Dan Rodriguez, corporate vice president and general manager of network and edge solutions at Intel, added: “Introducing his 5G capabilities to Nokia’s DAC solutions opens up opportunities for businesses across a wide range of industries. Such solutions will make 5G connectivity more widely available in smaller deployments. , we can help companies accelerate their digital transformation.”
