Alcatel-Lucent to Collaborate with Softbank Mobile on Demonstrations of High-Speed Wireless in-Building Solutions in Japan
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Demonstrations of Alcatel-Lucent's Femto Base Station Router
PARIS, July 6 / - Alcatel-Lucent today announced that it is collaborating with Japanese service provider, Softbank Mobile on a series of demonstrations of its 3G wireless in-building solutions in Japan.
The technology demonstrations are designed to highlight the benefits of home base stations and feature Alcatel-Lucent's Femto Base Station Router (BSR), an innovative solution that packs W-CDMA/HSPA radio access and core network elements into one compact, easy-to-deploy unit.
These demonstrations are a key element in efforts to deliver high-speed mobile voice and data services to Softbank's customers in their homes and business locations.
The range of demonstrations Alcatel-Lucent is conducting with Softbank include the completion of circuit-switched voice calls and the delivery of high-speed data services using Softbank handsets, and High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology using laptops equipped with HSDPA PC cards.
"These successful demonstrations represent a big step forward for Alcatel-Lucent in establishing itself as a leader in the delivery of in-building wireless solutions," said Frederic Rose, President of Alcatel-Lucent's activities in Asia-Pacific. "Alcatel-Lucent's Femto BSR offers an ideal way for service providers - such as Softbank Mobile - to deliver broadband wireless services in a home or small office more efficiently than a traditional cellular network could."
Based on Alcatel-Lucent's revolutionary "flat IP (Internet Protocol)" architecture, the Femto BSR integrates the W-CDMA Node B and packet core network elements, including the radio network controller, into a single, compact box. This technique reduces the number of network elements (and related "layers") that network traffic has to travel through, eliminating bottlenecks in the network and thereby increasing data throughput and lowering latency. Additionally, this approach enables operators to deploy and optimize smaller, stand-alone base stations that register themselves on the network, making them easier for the service provider to manage, even in large numbers.
In addition to the savings in cost and space, the Femto BSR offers exceptional flexibility, enabling operators to support a variety of deployment scenarios; the Femto BSR can be offered with integrated radio network controller (RNC) functionality, router functionality or both, depending on the needs of the operator and the network architecture they have in place.
As a global leader in the development and deployment of third-generation (3G) networks, Alcatel-Lucent has deployed commercial 3G (W-CDMA/HSPA and CDMA/EV-DO) systems for more than 70 operators worldwide.
About Softbank
Softbank Group is the holding company for several businesses linked to Internet culture, technology services and e-commerce. Three companies are at the core of the operation: Softbank BB for broadband infrastructure, Softbank Telecom for fixed communication and Softbank Mobile for mobile telecommunication business.
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved adjusted proforma revenues of Euro 18.3 billion in 2006 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. [All figures exclude impact of activities transferred to Thales]. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: www.alcatel-lucent.com
Source: Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent Press Contacts: Regine Coqueran, Tel:+33-(0)1-40-76-49-24, regine.coqueran@alcatel-lucent.com; Stephane Lapeyrade, Tel: +33-(0)1-40-76-12-74, stephane.lapeyrade@alcatel-lucent.com
