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ip.access to Develop Next Generation IoT Small Cells on the Path to 5G in Collaboration with Intel
ip.access has today announced its strategic vision for the development
of a new generation of multi-purpose small cells integrating IoT
functionality with LTE (News - Alert) access, as part of its Viper2020™ platform.
Building on the market success of its award-winning Viper™ product
platform, using the Intel (News - Alert) Transcede™ T3K solutions for LTE access, the
company is integrating NB-IoT (Narrow Band IoT) and Cat-M1 (Category M1)
capability into the product family within its overall vision. The
building blocks of the Viper™ platform, in terms of virtualization,
PaaS, resource sharing and network slicing are key elements of the 5G
future.
Many in the industry dismiss the need for small cells in IoT, given the
improved link budget for NB-IoT and the consequent ability for macro
cells to reach further indoors. ip.access maintains that radio coverage
is always statistical, and a small cell layer for IoT is essential to
provide the quality and continuity of coverage that all IoT applications
rely on to make money.
As ip.access' CTO, Nick Johnson, commented, "While the coverage of macro
networks may be improved for NB-IoT, it will never be perfect. And with
the wider bandwidth required by Cat-M1 devices, the coverage improvement
will be even less. The industry will rely on a mix of Cat-M1 for
wearables, medical and assisted living applications, and NB-IoT for low
data rate sensors of many types. Furthermore, the IoT devices may not be
as mobile as today's smartphones, and so will be even morevulnerable to
network fades and not-spots. Small cell connectivity is one of the
essential foundational components for the IoT industry as it scales."
"ip.access has a long track record of small cell innovation and we're
pleased to be working together on their next generation of IoT products
and services. By taking advantage of NFV and SDN advances they are
continuing to augment their portfolio of Intel based 3G and LTE
products. This is another important step on the path to 5G where Intel
will offer the best end-to-end solutions for the client, network and
cloud." said Caroline Chan, Vice President and General Manager, Intel 5G
Infrastructure Division.
ip.access Viper2020™ vision includes Access, Presence and IoT capability
for the ultimate in network performance, coverage and analytics. By
connecting so many sources of data, ip.access brings a new dimension of
monetisation to the Mobile Network Operator's mission. You can find out
more about ip.access' Viper2020™ here.
ip.access will be exhibiting Mobile
World Congress 2017 in Hall 7, Stand C60. To arrange a meeting at
the show email [email protected].
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Notes to editors
About ip.access
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, ip.access originates the
best-in-class wireless solutions that maximise the value of radio and
data assets via disruptive business models. The company has products and
solutions live in over 100 customers' networks around the world.
With its award-winning Viper™ multi-operator solution, ip.access is
helping mobile operators, landlords, MVNOs, enterprises, service
providers and integrators to open up a host of new commercial
opportunities for the provision of indoor cellular coverage. Viper
combines several ip.access products and technologies into an
enterprise-focused platform which dramatically simplifies and reduces
the cost of small cell deployments.
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