Prepare your microwave transport for 5G

Nokia Wavence
The capacity to evolve
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Nokia Wavence
the microwave solution for 5G transport

Prepare your microwave An evolution of the Nokia 9500 MPR portfolio

Introduced in 2008 as the first full microwave packet transport solution, the
transport for the Nokia 9500 MPR portfolio has been continuously evolved to address increasingly
stringent transport requirements. To mark the beginning of the new era of telco
telco cloud and 5G era cloud and 5G, we are renaming the solution as Nokia Wavence.

with Nokia Wavence, Introducing Ultra Broadband Transceivers

an evolution of the The Nokia Wavence microwave range introduces innovative, high-capacity
Ultra-Broadband Transceivers (UBTs) to support operators as they transition
9500 MPR family to 4.5G, 4.9G and eventually 5G networks.

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Introducing compact
Ultra-Broadband Transceivers (UBT)
5G will introduce new requirements for transport networks. Nokia Wavence Nokia Wavence UBTs’ innovative design reduces the number of parts
allows mobile service providers to experience today the performance of and allows support of multiple frequencies in the same equipment.
5G-ready microwave transport and smoothly prepare their transition. This enables the use of multiband antennas, simplifies installation and
maintenance and simplifies spare part management.
Nokia Wavence introduces state-of-the-art UBTs: the UBT-Twin, a
“dual carrier in a box” configuration that supports multiple standard The UBTs provide 10G high-speed connectivity and programmability
frequencies in the same transceiver, and the UBT-80, a compact through software defined networks (SDN) to support the evolution
E-band radio. With the most advanced radio technologies and towards telco cloud.
multi-frequency carrier aggregation, the UBTs support backhaul and
fronthaul evolution with multi-gigabit capacities and low latency
transport with best-in-class transmitted power.

UBT-Twin UBT-80
Dual carrier in one box Compact E-band radio
High performance dual carrier radio unit High capacity radio unit operating in the
in one box. E-band
Native Carrier Aggregation Supported Supported frequency 80GHz
frequencies: 6-42GHz Modulation: up to 256 QAM
Modulation: up to 4096 QAM Channel size: up to 1500MHz
Channel size: up to 2 x 112MHz (ETSI), XPIC support
up to 2 x 120MHz (ANSI) Capacity: 10Gbps
Capacity: 2.5Gbps (1.3 per channel) Latency: down to 10 µs
Latency: down to 100 µs

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Experience the performance of 5G-ready
microwave transport
10G capacity over the air
2 x UBT-80in Multiband
H&V XPIC Carrier Nokia Wavence UBTs natively delivers multi-gigabit capacities and can
Aggregation supports 1 or 10G interfaces. With its dual-carrier design, the UBT-Twin
delivers up to 2.5 Gbps in one box, with two carriers in the same or different
bands, for highly reliable links. Deployed as a single box or in cross-
polarization configuration, the highly compact UBT-80 delivers 7.5 and
1 x UBT-80
10 Gbps respectively, the best “bit per liter” performance in the market.
UBT-Twin and UBT-80 can also be mechanically combined for microwave
and millimeter-wave carrier aggregation, providing up to 10 Gbps capacity
(figures shown are
on long, reliable links, making this configuration well suited for high capacity
without compression) macro and metro cell backhaul.
The product platform supports future capacities of more than 10 Gbps.
2 carriers
activated
5G-ready low latency
1 carrier With a latency down to 100μs and 10μs respectively, the UBT-Twin and
activated
UBT-80 are suitable for all backhaul and Ethernet fronthaul architectures.
10-100µs
1.25Gbs
2.5Gbs

7.5Gbs
10Gbs

10Gbs
100µs

10µs

High output power

UBT-Twin UBT-80
UBT-Twin + Thanks to its high output power, the Nokia Wavence UBTs can achieve longer
UBT-80 hops with smaller antennas.
The Nokia Wavence UBT delivers the highest performance levels matching
the most stringent 4.x and 5G transport requirements.

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Summary of typical LTE and 5G capacity and latency requirements.

NRT Ethernet RT Ethernet

LTE 20MHz 2x2 Backhaul
fronthaul fronthaul

Throughput requirement 150 Mbs 180 Mbs 600 Mbs

Latency requirement 10 ms 5 ms 250 μs

NRT Ethernet RT Ethernet

5G 100/800MHz 2x2 Backhaul
fronthaul fronthaul

Throughput requirement 1 430 Mbs 625 Mbs 2.5 Gbs

Assumptions:

Throughput requirement 2 3.5 Gbs 5 Gbs
Latency requirement 1-5 ms 1-5 ms
Fully relevant with
Relevance of Nokia Wavence Fully relevant
or without Carrier
Ultra-Broadband Transceivers (μWave or mmWave)
Aggregation
20 Gbs for LTE: one LTE sector, 20 MHz, FDD,
64QAM, 2x2 MIMO dimensioned for
all-average / single peak load
50-250 μs for 5G (1): one 5G sector, 100 MHz, <6
GHz access, 2x2 MIMO, dimensioned for
all-average / single peak load
Relevant with
or 5G (2): one 5G sector, 800 MHz, >6
mmWave
GHz access, 2x2 MIMO, dimensioned for
all-average / single peak load

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Simplified installation and maintenance
Innovative product design drastically reduces
the number of radios with a hardware split
between an active radio part and a passive
part, the Antenna Interface Module (AIM)

The Antenna Interface Module is a passive part interfacing the antenna and generically support channels belonging to different sub-bands on the same
the wideband active radio part. It is frequency and shifter-dependent and box. This offers multiple deployment options, with configuration being
embeds the coupler or Ortho-Mode Transducer (OMT), to define the exact managed inside the AIM.
frequency configuration. Thanks to this innovative design, the UBT can

Automatic discovery for simplified commissioning Multi-band antennas Easy mounting Fewer spare parts
A RFID tag on the AIM identifies the frequency and Narrow band, Multiband or wideband Once the antenna installed The UBT active radio’s
the shifter. At UBT switch-on, a reader in the active antenna, specifically designed with our on the pole, the radio unit modularity can be
part illuminates the tag, retrieves the information partners can be mounted for minimum can be easily mounted on supported by a
and ensures proper installation. This eliminates the space occupancy, therefore reducing the antenna thanks a push, minimal spare parts
need to manually select the shifters from a long list. installation effort and occupied space. turn, screw system. inventory.

RFID reader RFID tags

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Address all Macro cell

6-42GHz
Mobile
Controllers/
Gateways

4.x and 5G
Small cell

80GHz E-band Microwave

Aggregation Telco cloud
(ITU-T 8032v2)
Carrier

transport
60GHz Aggregation
Fiber
Fiber
Sub 6 GHz Virtualized
NLOS Network Functions
Ethernet
fronthaul Virtualized

architectures
RAN
Fiber
functions

Nokia Wavence microwave inherits much from the 9500 MPR portfolio to Scalable microwave aggregation
enable it to offering a comprehensive multi-service, full packet solution Nokia Wavence networking units can accommodate up to 20 radios to easily
for microwave transport, covering small cell backhaul, metro cell backhaul, scale up in capacity at minimum cost.
aggregation and longhaul applications.
Long distance links
Modular macro cell backhaul
The Nokia Wavence market-leading longhaul solution can deliver high
Nokia Wavence backhaul radio units can be deployed in split-mount capacity over very long links (>150km).
configuration, allowing future capacity growth, or in full outdoor for
zero-footprint deployments.
Integration with Nokia portfolio
The Nokia Wavence microwave transport family is integrated with the Nokia
Small cell backhaul options
portfolio and can be deployed in conjunction with:
Compact radios are available in the E-band and V-band for Line-of-Sight
• Airscale Base Station family for integrated planning
as well as in the sub-6 GHz band for Non-Line-of-Sight small cell backhaul.
• IP portfolio for native IP/MPLS services
• Network Service Platform for end-to-end integrated network
Ethernet fronthaul
management and Carrier SDN services
With low latency and high capacity, Nokia Wavence radios can address
• 1830 Optical portfolio for comprehensive transport
the different variants of Ethernet fronthaul architectures, enabling
cost-effective, rapidly deployable cloud RAN architectures.

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A fully programmable and responsive
microwave transport network with carrier SDN
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and SDN are changing how
networks are built and run. Operators can create, manage, optimize and
terminate functions and services across the network at will. This means
transport networks must be more agile and responsive to fast-changing
requirements.
Dynamic creation of IP VPN services to match demand
Carrier SDN solutions will achieve this scalability by performing end-to-end
path computation and establishment of end-to-end layer 3 Virtual Private
Network (VPN) services. In SDN-driven microwave transport, policies are
derived from service requirements. Those policies are used by the carrier
SDN solution to compute and configure the best path, or layer 3 VPN, based
on the specific capabilities (capacity, latency, reliability) of each link.
Nokia Wavence supported by the Nokia Carrier SDN solution
With its 10G high-speed connectivity, Nokia Wavence can be supported by
the Nokia carrier SDN solution to provide full programmability and enable
evolution towards the telco cloud and 5G network slicing.

Services Policy is built End-to-end service Orchestrator

Automation from service
requirements Carrier SDN

Network
Services Wavence
Platform
Ultra-Broadband Transceiver
Assisted driving
High bandwidth
Medium latency Layer 3 VPN
Network Low reliability established across
the microwave
Optimization transport network

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