Huawei Launches Industry's First Network Antenna Solution

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, announced the launch of its Network Antenna Solution on the first day of the international ICT event PT/EXPO COMM China 2012 in Beijing. The solution is the industry's first network antenna solution to focus on network performance and user experience to help operators addresses the challenges in the mobile broadband (MBB) era.

As MBB continues to develops, operators will continue to expand and upgrade their networks to meet growing data traffic demands. A trending challenge for antennas will be to support wireless networks that will evolve to support multiple frequencies and multiple modes. Antennas will develop toward support for multiple frequencies, ultra broadband, electrical tilt and MIMO, even as most towers and rooftop sites have no space for installing antennas with new frequencies. Antennas will also need to satisfy requirements for supporting new technologies like MIMO and beamforming.

Compared to traditional antennas, network antennas are more closely linked to whole network performance and user experience, which means they perform better than traditional antennas.

Huawei's Network Antenna Solution supports "Single," "Synergy" and "Soft" features.

"Single": A single Huawei antenna supports five frequencies ranges from 698 MHz to 2690 MHz, covering all industry-standard radio frequencies. This helps operators avoid challenges from antenna installation, tower reconstruction and higher rental fees. Huawei's antenna solution also supports independent down-tilt adjustments and the flexible configuration of multiple bands (1800 MHz/2100 MHz/2600 MHz) for LTE in 2T2R\2T4R\4T4R to realize one-time deployment.

"Synergy": While the traditional antenna vendors only focus on the antenna specification, Huawei's Network Antenna Solution is designed to accommodate more precise 3D patterns and network simulations to ensure overall network performance and user experience.

"Soft": Huawei's AAS (Active Antenna System) for real-time optimization and dynamic adjustment for wireless networks to identify 70% of unseen antenna faults in real time to reduce fault location time and greatly improve operation efficiency.

Zhou Taoyuan, Antenna and IBS Solutions President for Huawei's Wireless Network Business Unit, said: "Our unique advantage is we have global R&D capabilities for both antennas and the whole wireless network. Huawei is confident of combining its advantages in wireless networks and antennas to provide cutting-edge network antenna solutions. Huawei's network antenna expertise will help operators further win MBB business successes."

Huawei has deployed more than 1.2 million antennas in more than 155 countries for 350 operators through the second half of 2012.