A Prophecy fulfilled: The 2015 Small Cell Surge
CAMPBELL, Calif., March 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Mobile Experts released their annual Small Cells market study. Their research shows very promising signs indicating a near-term upsurge in shipments, with some small cell deployment categories doubling or even tripling during 2015.
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The new market study provides details on bands, air interfaces, power levels, and baseband processing options. Major operators have completed their trial phase and officially initiated the deployment phase. As a result, the small cell market will swell in every category this year: Residential, Enterprise, Carrier, and Rural, as well as Low Power RRH.
"We developed a model during 2012 and 2013 that predicts the use of small cells based on mobile data density, using a metric for Gbps per square kilometer, per Megahertz, better known as GkM," explained Joe Madden, Principal Analyst at Mobile Experts. "Our model has proven to be quite accurate in predicting where and when mobile operators will need DAS, Wi-Fi, and small cell solutions to supplement macro capacity. Our 2012 and 2013 predictions are now coming through."
"In addition, we have conducted a deep-dive investigation into split-baseband architectures for low power RRH. The CPRI radio head will change toward a new architecture with lighter requirements for the 'fronthaul' connection to centralized baseband processing. We have detailed analysis of how this trend will impact the small cell market."
This report also tackles the introduction of new technologies such as License Assisted Access (LAA) and Wi-Fi integration for small cells. The lines between some market categories are now blurred as the technology adapts to provide mobile data at lower cost; the Mobile Experts report provides analysis of these new techniques and their impact on small cells.
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Mobile Experts provides insightful market analysis for the mobile infrastructure and mobile handset markets. Our analysts are true Experts, focused on topics where each Expert has 20 years of experience or more. Mobile Experts is truly independent, and does not engage in "pay for coverage" practices. Research topics center on technology introduction for radio frequency (RF) and communications innovation. Recent publications focus on Small Cells, In-Building Mobile Infrastructure, Macro Base Station Transceivers, Semiconductors for RRH, Active Antenna Systems, Backhaul for Small Cells, Semiconductors for Small Cells, LTE-A, Cloud RAN, Sync in the HetNet, DAS, and 5G.
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