Cavium Intros Chipesets for Next Gen Base Stations

Cavium introduced a family of chipsets designed for a new category of Macrocells and Smart Radio Heads with integrated Layer 1 functionality to enable seamless virtualization of the upper layers in a Cloud RAN deployment. The goal is to support macrocell BTS augmented with Cloud RAN for additional scalability and enterprise small cells for coverage and capacity. Cavium said current the architecture of the macrocell BTS utilizes a combination of...

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Verizon Deploys Ericsson Radio Dot System

Verizon has installed the Ericsson Radio Dot System at its regional headquarters building in Metro Detroit. This marks the first deployment of the Ericsson Radio Dot System in a commercial building in the United States. The Dot boosts indoor mobile coverage and capacity. In this first office application, the Dot is also supporting Verizon's Advanced Calling service, including HD Voice and Video Calling over LTE, in indoor environments. In addition...

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