http://www.bluwan.com/ Latest News en http://www.bluwan.com/fileadmin/templates/img/logo_bluwan_rss.png http://www.bluwan.com/ 140 33 Latest News TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0100 http://www.bluwan.com/fr/centre-dinformation/actualites/article/bluwan-launches-point-to-multipoint-millimetre-wave-wireless-backhaul-solution-for-small-cell-networ.html Bluwan, a provider of carrier-grade multi-gigabit wireless solutions, today announced the... BARCELONA, Spain, Mobile World Congress – February 28, 2012: Bluwan, a provider of carrier-grade multi-gigabit wireless solutions, today announced the availability of its Fibre Through The Air (FTTA) Point to Multipoint (PMP) millimetre wave solution. Particularly suited for providing greater RAN capacity to small cell network topologies in dense urban areas, the millimetre wave PMP backhaul solution provides a massive amount of cost effective capacity, up to 2 Gbps in each sector, for up to 20 cell sites at 100 Mbps each.

Operating in the 42 GHz band, Bluwan’s millimetre wave PMP backhaul is better suited to meet the demand for increased network capacity than traditional backhaul approaches. It provides the 100 Mbps needed for LTE that copper cannot accommodate, avoids the expensive trenching of laying cable, and is much more economical than Point to Point (PTP) wireless backhaul solutions (see “Bluwan reveals total cost of ownership for small cell backhaul solutions”).

A single Bluwan millimetre wave PMP transmission hub can connect 20 cell sites at 100 Mbps, offering 20 times more throughput than existing PMP microwave solutions. As it operates in the 42GHz bands, spectrum is much more cost effective. It also avoids the increased spectrum congestion and limited channel sizes increasingly faced by PTP wireless backhaul solutions in dense, urban areas using sub-40 GHz spectrum.  In addition, millimetre wave PMP only uses one sectoral antenna to serve a cluster of mobile base stations from a transmission hub, meaning it requires less equipment on a mast. This all correlates to more efficient use of limited cell tower space, lower site rental and lower maintenance costs.  

“With millimetre wave PMP backhaul, MNOs, wholesale providers and ISPs can easily distribute capacity to end points as required,” says Shayan Sanyal, Chief Commercial Officer at Bluwan. “Consumers will benefit from greater available bandwidth, better quality of service and more cost effective mobile broadband services. Our PMP architecture is also a modular solution that can scale with an operator’s requirements, enabling operators to ‘grow as they go’ and provision progressive capacity as cell density increases.”

The solution is made up of three main components; Bluwan’s patented Wireless Wave Division Multiplexer, the FTTA 42 GHz Backhaul Radio Unit, and an all outdoor compact NTE unit - comprising modem, multiplexer, radios and antennas in one box.

Bluwan’s FTTA Point to Multipoint (PMP) millimetre wave solution will be generally available from April 2012, and is already in trial with a number of customers. For further details and pricing, please contact Bluwan. -ends-About Bluwan Fibre Through The Air (FTTA) Point to Multipoint (PMP) Millimetre Wave 42 GHz small cell backhaul Bluwan’s FTTA combines the efficiency of a hybrid Frequency Division Duplex/Time Division Duplex Point to Multipoint architecture with the pure performance of wide band millimetre wave radio units to deliver scalable and configurable capacity to cell sites. Its compact Network Terminating Equipment (NTE) is easily installed across all sites covered by the sector. Bluwan’s innovative Wireless Wave Division Multiplexing (WWDM) technology, embedded in the FTTA Backhaul Multiplexer, allows operators to aggregate multiple 100 Mbps channels to deliver 2 Gbps capacity through its 1 GHz wide millimetre wave radio. WWDM is a patented, multiplexing, power supply, level control and monitoring unit which combines multiple channels to the air interface. The WWDM operates in similar manner to optical multiplexing, which combines different wave lengths in a single fibre to multiply capacity. Bluwan’s WWDM reduces dependency on proprietary modem technology, and provides a future-proof method to improve indoor unit efficiency as modem technology continues to evolveThe Backhaul NTE is an all outdoor, compact unit with all the elements integrated in one housing (modem, multiplexer, radios and antennas) for easy rooftop, mast or tower installation. It delivers 100 Mbps of capacity to a single cell site. As an all outdoor unit, the NTE does not require any additional equipment or space in an indoor room. In addition, the unit is powered over ethernet (PoE), making the cabling of the unit much simpler, cost effective and faster. All that is required is a RJ45 connection as well as AC power for the small indoor PoE power supply.About BluwanBluwan’s carrier grade multi-gigabit wireless transmission technology allows service providers to increase the throughput and capacity of existing networks. Operating in the 12 GHz and 42 GHz spectrum bands, Bluwan’s technology can be deployed primarily for mobile backhaul and wide area broadband access applications.Offering fibre-like speeds and capacity, its compact radio antennas allow service providers to deploy multimedia services at a fraction of the cost of deploying optical fibre, whether to individual cell sites or to customer premises.Bluwan’s solutions are the culmination of several years of R&D performed in collaboration with the Thales Group in the defence and aerospace markets. Bluwan is headquartered in Paris, France, with additional offices in London.For more information please visit www.bluwan.com. Editorial contacts CCgroup, for BluwanLiv Nixon / Sarah WilsonEmail: bluwan@ccgrouppr.com Tel: +44 207 313 4592 / +44 1189207667Shayan SanyalEmail: ssanyal@bluwan.comTel: +44 203 384 9607 ]]> HOME ssanyal@bluwan.com Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0100 http://www.bluwan.com/fr/centre-dinformation/actualites/article/bluwan-reveals-total-cost-of-ownership-for-small-cell-backhaul-solutions.html Bluwan total cost of ownership calculations find that Fibre backhaul costs are three times that of...

Fibre backhaul costs are three times that of millimetre wave Point to Multipoint

Point to Point microwave backhaul is  twice that of millimetre wave Point to Multipoint

BARCELONA, Spain, Mobile World Congress – February 28th, 2012: As mobile data consumption continues to rise, small cells are undoubtedly the solution. However, the cost implications of backhauling small cells to support this growth have not been fully considered. Bluwan, a provider of carrier-grade multi-gigabit wireless solutions, today revealed analysis that demonstrates the CAPEX and OPEX associated with small cell backhaul deployments, which includes analysis of millimetre wave Point to Multipoint (PMP), wireless Point to Point (PTP) and fibre backhaul solutions, over a five year period.

The analysis considers the CAPEX costs associated with the initial deployment of infrastructure equipment, and on-going OPEX costs associated with site rental and maintenance, installation, spectrum licensing and wholesale fibre rental.  It also includes conservative estimates for the cost of transmission equipment as well as realistic considerations for the expenses of fibre “trenching” (the cost associate with the digging of roads and installation of ducts to carry fibre cable).

Overall, calculations demonstrate that fibre is by far the most expensive small cell backhaul option. Over a five year period the total cost of ownership (TCO) of fibre backhaul is three times that of millimetre wave PMP, and one and a half times that of wireless PTP. This is largely attributed to the requirement to trench fibre to each greenfield cell site, and the cost of bandwidth rental from wholesale providers.

Similarly, wireless PTP proves to be almost twice as expensive as millimetre wave PMP over the same five year period. This is attributed to the amount of equipment required for each cell link, soaring total OPEX for third party site rental agreements, and the higher spectrum licensing costs for PTP (operating in the 6-38GHz band) versus millimetre wave PMP (operating in the 42GHz band).

Most significantly, while CAPEX spend in the first year for both wireless solutions are roughly comparable (fibre CAPEX is more than triple that of wireless solutions), OPEX requirement for wireless PTP is more than two and a half times greater than millimetre wave PMP. While the CAPEX requirement drops over five year period, OPEX costs accumulate, adding significantly to the Total Cost of Ownership.

All costs are calculated based on a set of fixed parameters – see editors’ note below.
“This analysis clearly demonstrates that it is more than just the cost of the equipment that needs to be considered for small cell backhaul deployments. With savings of up to 200 per cent, operators need to take the full cost of ownership into consideration, especially in dense urban environments,” says Shayan Sanyal, Chief Commercial Officer at Bluwan. “It is the outstanding, continuing costs - such as spectrum licensing, operating costs and site rental - that make the most difference and it is in helping to reduce these that operators can make the greatest gains. Operators cannot ignore these variables.”

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Editors’ note:
Calculations are based on opex and capex requirements to backhaul 20 cell sites in a 1km radius, each provisioned with 100 MBps of capacity. To make the calculations, certain fixed and variable costs are assumed, based on typical industry norms and known values. Fixed values include Bluwan radio-antenna equipment costs, equipment installation and commissioning costs, and trenching costs. Variable values include known PTP antenna equipment costs, spectrum licensing costs, site rental costs, and wholesale capacity rental costs in the case of fibre.

About Bluwan
Bluwan’s carrier grade multi-gigabit wireless transmission technology allows service providers to increase the throughput and capacity of existing networks. Operating in the 12 GHz and 42 GHz spectrum bands, Bluwan’s technology can be deployed primarily for mobile backhaul and wide area broadband access applications.

Offering fibre-like speeds and capacity, its compact radio antennas allow service providers to deploy multimedia services at a fraction of the cost of deploying optical fibre, whether to individual cell sites or to customer premises.

Bluwan’s solutions are the culmination of several years of R&D performed in collaboration with the Thales Group in the defence and aerospace markets. Bluwan is headquartered in Paris, France, with additional offices in London.

For more information please visit www.bluwan.com.

Editorial contacts
CCgroup, for Bluwan
Liv Nixon / Sarah Wilson
Email: bluwan@ccgrouppr.com
Tel: +44 207 313 4592 / +44 1189207667

Shayan Sanyal
Email: ssanyal@bluwan.com
Tel: +44 203 384 9607

]]> HOME Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:01:00 +0100 http://www.bluwan.com/fr/centre-dinformation/actualites/article/smashing-the-small-cell-backhaul-brickwall-video-now-online.html This latest video from Bluwan compares various solutions, and demonstrates how PMP mm Wave backhaul... here. Best viewed in 720p and in full screen mode.]]> HOME Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:49:00 +0100 http://www.bluwan.com/fr/centre-dinformation/actualites/article/meet-with-bluwan-at-mwc-2012-hall-2-stand-2b61.html Si vous êtes un opérateur ou un intégrateur en phase de déploiement de micro-cellules 3G ou 4G LTE,... Nous sommes situés dans le Hall 2, stand 2B61.

Venez découvrir comment la solution de backhaul FTTA 42 GHz PMP de Bluwan tire parti de l'efficacité d'une architécture point à multipoint TDD avec la capacité des ondes millimétriques pour la collecte de vos stations de base radios en zone métropolitaine.

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The answer is 42... to the great question of life, the universe and everything, according to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams. And that 'everything' also includes small cells backhaul, I learned through a meeting with a Paris-based start-up this week.

Bluwan's point-to-multipoint millimetre wave (MMW) technology enables it to connect up base stations using spectrum in the 42-GHz band. And according to chief commercial officer Shayan Sanyal, the most cost-effective way to connect up the small cell base stations that operators will require in order to roll out LTE networks in urban areas will be using MMW. Equipment and site rental savings make it a much more cost-effective solution than fibre or microwave backhaul, he insists. [more] ]]> HOME Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:28:00 +0100 http://www.bluwan.com/fr/centre-dinformation/actualites/article/broadcast-engineering-call-for-eu-to-make-virgin-spectrum-available-for-mobile-backhaul-copy-1.html Dimitris Mavrakis analyste principal au cabinet de conseil, Informa, explique comment une... more] ]]> HOME Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:16:00 +0100 http://www.bluwan.com/fr/centre-dinformation/actualites/article/total-telecom-industry-warned-to-sort-out-plumbing-or-fail-on-small-cells.html Bluwan préconise l'utilisation des fréquences disponibles en 42 GHz pour la collecte des réseaux...
"We're in big trouble when it comes to executing on small cell strategies," Shayan Sanyal, chief commercial officer at Bluwan, told Total Telecom this week. Operators have the technology to enable them to deliver great speeds at the edge of the network, but "the industry is not going to execute on small cells because they are going to get stuck on the plumbing." [more] ]]> HOME Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:03:00 +0100 http://www.bluwan.com/fr/centre-dinformation/actualites/article/bluwan-uk-updated-telephone-numbers.html The Bluwan UK office has recently changed telephone numbers: our main switch board is now reachable... HOME Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:21:00 +0100 http://www.bluwan.com/fr/centre-dinformation/actualites/article/light-reading-globecomm-bluwan-team-for-wireless-broadband-copy-1-1.html Bluwan's Chief Commercial Officer, Shayan Sanyal, discusses the future of small cell backhaul with... bnetTV.com's site.]]> HOME Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:00:00 +0100 http://www.bluwan.com/fr/centre-dinformation/actualites/article/bluwan-speaks-at-the-broadband-world-forum-2011-in-paris.html Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), a leading global provider of communications solutions and... GCOM), a leading global provider of communications solutions and services, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Bluwan, a provider of carrier-grade multi-gigabit wireless solutions. The two companies will provide carriers with a high-availability, high-capacity triple play wireless solution with equivalent capacity and throughput to fibre-based services. The joint Bluwan-Globecomm solution is capable of delivering 100 megabits to customer premises and can be deployed in regions, which until now, have not been reached by fibre optic broadband networks. The solution leverages Globecomm’s content acquisition and distribution capabilities along with the company’s ability to provide turnkey communication solutions in challenging environments. Globecomm’s Internet, video and voice services are integrated with Bluwan’s Fibre ThroughThe Air (“FTTA”) platform, which delivers optical fiber-like speeds and capacity to any region requiring rapid, high performance and cost-effective wireless deployments. The FTTA platform is a Point to Multipoint (PTMP) multi-gigabit system that enables carriers to provide tailored bandwidth across a geographically dispersed array of end points. “In today’s world, the demand for instant Internet, voice and video has been exacerbated by the era of the mobile device,” said Stephen Yablonski, Chief Technology Officer, Globecomm. “Bluwan’s FTTA platform is able to provide both speed and capacity and matches our common goal of allowing carriers to deliver top quality triple-play wireless services to users, wherever they are.”]]> HOME Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:00:00 +0100