NSN and Ubidyne in Base Station Partnership

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a global enabler of communications network solutions and services, and Ubidyne, which specialises in digital radio technology for the wireless industry, have agreed on cooperation to enhance NSN’s market-leading Flexi Base Station solution with Ubidyne’s active antenna product.
The active antenna technology integrates the functionality of the active radio frequency parts of a base station and a passive antenna into one enclosure. It is connected to NSN’s Flexi Base Station, running an OBSAI (Open Base Station Standard Initiative) interface.
The solution, based on a platform capable of supporting multiple standards, including GSM, WCDMA, LTE and WiMAX, protects operator investment and reduces OPEX by decreasing installation, site rental, maintenance and energy costs. Moreover, reduction of power consumption and visible base station equipment benefit living environment ecologically and visually.
“Nokia Siemens Networks is a forerunner in providing innovative solutions that bring tangible benefits to operators in form of reduced OPEX and CAPEX and increased performance,” says NSN Head of WCDMA Product Management, Tommi Uitto. “Along with this, Ubidyne’s innovative technology will add value to our customers as part of our leading Flexi Base Station solution including future features like beamforming. With this innovation, we are moving towards future base station concepts, in which active antennas are one architecture option.”
The solution is targeted at operators rolling out new 3G or LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks or enhancing their existing 3G networks, and those planning to gradually phase out GSM to make space for WCDMA/LTE.