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Ericsson Mobile Backhaul

Ericsson’s Mobile Backhaul solution supports the co-existence of today’s voice-centric mobile systems alongside new, high-bandwidth, broadband applications enabled by HSPA and LTE.

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Solution description

Ericsson’s Mobile Backhaul solution has been developed from platforms capable of supporting both TDM and Ethernet/IP.

This gives operators the chance to leverage the cost-effectiveness of Ethernet while maintaining the TDM backhaul requirements for existing voice-centric mobile technologies. In this way Ericsson’s solution ensures ongoing profitability of existing applications while supporting profitable future networks.

The solution provides:

  • Flexibility to support existing and future technologies
  • Scalability to provide the bandwidth needed to support high-margin services such as streaming video
  • Cost effectiveness to allow new service rollouts to be profitable.

Ericsson’s highly flexible portfolio enables operators to build backhaul networks suited to their business environment, cost structures and customer demand.

Market leader

Ericsson is the market leader in mobile technologies and is leading the charge to LTE.

Wide experience in deploying mobile Radio Access Networks ensures Ericsson understands mobile backhaul and the need to design customer-specific networks that support existing business while setting the stage for an Ethernet/IP transport evolution.

Backhaul for existing radio networks

Ericsson’s Mobile Backhaul solution has been designed to support both TDM for existing systems and Ethernet for new and future deployments.

This flexibility enables operators to continue to operate GSM and CDMA systems cost effectively while being perfectly aligned to the needs for HSPA and LTE Ethernet transport.  

New roll-out and network expansion

Ericsson’s Mobile Backhaul solution is perfect for operators wishing to create high-bandwidth-based mobile systems using HSPA and LTE.

By delivering Ethernet and IP on optical, microwave and routed platforms, the Mobile Backhaul solution fully supports reliable delivery of advanced mobile services such as IPTV. 

The built-in scalability ensures the solution can easily grow to accommodate new subscribers and business opportunities, making it a secure investment. 

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After the initial 3G and HSPA network deployments around the world, we are now seeing not only a rapid increase in network capacity; after the first wave of adoption of mobile broadband, we are also seeing a rapid increase in traffic. This fuels the need for new, cost-effective backhaul solutions.

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