Enhancing 5G with microwave
To meet the rapid deployment of 5G around the globe, it is evident that a variety of mobile transport solutions are required in order to fulfill the needs of communications service providers.
Highlights from the report
- Suburban and urban high capacity sites in 2022 will require capacities up to 2 and 10Gbps respectively, while towards 2025, we will see examples of sites stretching between 5 and 20Gbps
- Some backhaul frequency bands will transition to 5G access use, while E-band and 32GHz band are essential for backhauling 5G
- We foresee an increased use of E-band for longer hops, even if that means accepting a slightly lower availability
- 20 percent of new deployments are estimated to be E-band by 2025.
- The 100Gbps wireless transport barrier is broken by combining E-band radios with MIMO technology