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Traditional DAS equipment
Baseband Unit or Virtual DU
CPRI
digital
signal
Remote Radio Heads (RRHs)
DAS Headend/Transport
DAS point of interface
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Analog
RF signal
MNO
Venue/Enterprise
DAS Access Points
With ERA, you can eliminate this equipment.
Up to 90% reduction in space and cabling
Up to 55% reduction in power and cooling
DAS Access Points
DAS point of interface
Baseband Unit or Virtual DU
Remote Radio Heads (RRHs)
MNO
DAS Headend/Transport
ERA® with CPRI and ORAN
Analog
RF signal
Venue/Enterprise
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DAS point of interface generates an additional 2,400 BTU/hour of heat and consumes 3 additional racks of space!
In a sample 10 BBU deployment,
RRHs annually consume 78,840 kWh
of power, generate 30,000 BTU/hour of heat and take up 15 bays of rack space!
DAS Access Points
DAS point of interface
Baseband Unit or Virtual DU
Remote Radio Heads (RRHs)
DAS Headend/Transport
Analog
RF signal
ERA® with CPRI and ORAN
With ERA, you can eliminate this equipment.
Venue/Enterprise
MNO
DAS Access Points
DAS Headend/Transport
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New Nokia CDD
Single hardware that offers two modes
- 5GNR TDD mode
- 5G NR and LTE mode
5G NR TDD support
- 2 active ports
- Supports up to 100MHz 2x2 MIMO
- 320MHz total bandwidth Support
5G NR and LTE FDD
- 6 active ports
- Nokia ABIO compatible
- Support up to 20MHz channels for 5G NR and LTE
- 320MHz total bandwidth Support
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O-RAN Digital Donor (ORD)
- Single height ERA WCS card (Wireless Conversion Station)
- Use in WIN and CAN configurations (Wide-Area Integration Node, Central Area Node)
- Four ORDs per WCS2, Eight ORDs per WCS4
- ORAN 7-2 Category-A
- Two 10Gbps/25Gbps SFP interfaces
- Up to two DU per ORD, multiple DUs with multiple ORDs
- All BWs >=5MHz supported
- Low (21-24dBm), Medium (30-33dBm), High (40-43 dBm) Remote Unit support
- System EVM <2.5%
ORAN or CPRI
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ORAN
CPRI
ERA's innovative CDD module provides a direct CPRI interface to Nokia's AirScale BBU to dramatically reduce:
- System space
- Power consumption
- Cooling requirements
Rack space (RU)
ERA with CDD
DAS with RF
720
75
cooling power
equipment power
floor space
rack space
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space and power usage
ERA® impact on Space and Sustainability
Venue/Enterprise
MNO
Baseband Unit or Virtual DU
DAS Access Points
ORAN or CPRI
DAS Headend/Transport
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ERA with CDD
DAS with RF
Floor space
(square meters)
11
1.2
cooling power
equipment power
floor space
rack space
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space and power usage
Baseband Unit or Virtual DU
DAS Access Points
ORAN or CPRI
DAS Headend/Transport
ERA® impact on Space and Sustainability
Venue/Enterprise
MNO
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ERA with CDD
DAS with RF
1315
597
Equipment power consumption (MWh/yr)
cooling power
equipment power
floor space
rack space
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space and power usage
Baseband Unit or Virtual DU
DAS Access Points
ORAN or CPRI
DAS Headend/Transport
ERA® impact on Space and Sustainability
Venue/Enterprise
MNO
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ERA with CDD
DAS with RF
Cooling power consumption (MWh/yr)
280
cooling power
equipment power
floor space
rack space
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space and power usage
127
Venue/Enterprise
MNO
Baseband Unit or Virtual DU
DAS Access Points
ORAN or CPRI
DAS Headend/Transport
ERA® impact on Space and Sustainability
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