BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile World
Congress -- Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company, today announced a
new portfolio of U.S. Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) 3.5
GHz LTE access points (APs) and associated cloud-based subscription
services for use in enterprise and service provider networks. The
Ruckus LTE portfolio enables enterprises to deploy private LTE
networks to ensure high quality-of-service (QoS) for critical
business applications. For service providers, the portfolio
provides cost-effective LTE for in-building and outdoor coverage
with more capacity for areas with heavy data traffic.
The U.S. CBRS spectrum will be allocated using a shared spectrum
scheme that represents a historic shift in spectrum allocation,
making it available to a vast number of entities. The economics of
CBRS are expected to enable new enterprise use cases, while
uniquely addressing the need for additional mobile network capacity
and bandwidth.
"We anticipate the CBRS radio access network (RAN) market to
grow 10-fold between 2018 and 2022 with total RAN investments
approaching $1 billion," said
Stefan Pongratz, senior director of
carrier economics and mobile RAN, Dell'Oro Group. "The CBRS band
lowers the barrier-to-entry and provides opportunities for a wide
range of participants to operate a public or private LTE network,
utilizing shared spectrum. We expect significant momentum for
service providers and private enterprise LTE after the FCC
certification for CBRS."
The Ruckus CBRS-band LTE portfolio consists of:
- Ruckus Q710—a 3.5 GHz indoor LTE AP that covers
approximately 10,000 square feet.
- Ruckus Q910—a 3.5 GHz outdoor LTE AP that covers
approximately the area within a 660-foot city block.
- Ruckus cEMS—Cloud-based element management system (cEMS)
delivered as a subscription service that brings Wi-Fi like
simplicity and zero-touch provisioning to LTE AP management. The
Ruckus cEMS enables single-pane-of-glass management of LTE and
Wi-Fi APs as well as future-combined LTE/Wi-Fi devices.
- Ruckus cEPC—Cloud-based evolved packet core (cEPC)
delivered as an optional subscription service that provides
required LTE network core functionality and subscriber
management.
- Ruckus cSAS—Cloud-based spectrum allocation server
(cSAS) delivered as an optional subscription service that
ensures spectrum availability per the CBRS requirements.
- ARRIS professional services for service provider network
planning and deployment.
Cloud services are available as a single-bundled subscription or
on an a la carte basis. In combination with Ruckus LTE APs, the
three subscription services provide all the necessary elements to
operate a CBRS-band LTE network.
Private, Mobile and Fixed Wireless Applications
Better enabling critical business applications with
Private LTE
Today, organizations in the U.S. that want to use LTE to support
high-QoS requirements for industry-specific applications must
either purchase commercial service from a mobile network operator
(MNO) or private LTE-as-a-service from an MNO. For the first time,
the Ruckus LTE portfolio enables enterprise customers and Ruckus
channel partners to deploy and manage their own private LTE
networks to support critical business applications in industries
such as transportation, utilities, logistics, healthcare,
manufacturing and hospitality.
Building a more cost-effective mobile
RAN
Deploying CBRS services will be orders of magnitude more cost
effective than with traditional licensed spectrum. Consequently, it
offers service providers the opportunity to achieve faster
return-on-investment (ROI) on new or augmented LTE coverage and
capacity buildouts, as compared to using traditional licensed
spectrum. Operators can use the Ruckus LTE portfolio in its
entirety or choose what they need to complement their systems.
Using CBRS to extend existing wireline
Telco, cable and wireless service providers seeking to deliver
increased broadband speeds to the home may face technical, economic
and physical challenges to extending cable or twisted pair
infrastructure. The combination of the Ruckus LTE portfolio and the
ARRIS NVG558 fixed wireless gateway enables providers to broaden
their market, reduce installation costs through self-installs – and
deliver tomorrow's speeds and services…today.
"In CBRS, we see an opportunity to bring the ease-of-deployment
and ease-of-management attributes of the enterprise wireless local
area network (WLAN) to the world of LTE," said Dan Rabinovitsj, president, Ruckus Networks, an
ARRIS company. "We're giving the enterprise a simple,
cost-effective way to address critical application requirements
that today go unaddressed, while adding a novel tool to help our
customers and partners meet the insatiable demand for
bandwidth."
Availability
The Ruckus LTE access portfolio is in trials now. Following
anticipated FCC certification, the Ruckus Q710 and Q910 LTE APs,
along with cEMS, cEPC and cSAS subscription services, will be
available in 2H18.
Ruckus will conduct a live LTE demonstration at Mobile World
Congress (Hall 2, Stand #2G51). To learn more, visit Ruckus
Networks.
About Ruckus Networks
Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company, delivers simply better
connections for awesome partner and customer experiences. Ruckus
builds innovative and secure wired and wireless access networks for
organizations that place a premium on connectivity for their
employees, customers, students, subscribers and guests.
About ARRIS
ARRIS International plc (NASDAQ:
ARRS) is powering a smart, connected world. The company's leading
hardware, software and services transform the way that people and
businesses stay informed, entertained and connected. For more
information, visit www.arris.com.
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