[March 22, 2011] Nokia Siemens Networks launches new architecture for mobile networks Tweet Mar 22, 2011 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Nokia Siemens Networks has launched a new architecture for mobile networks, Liquid Radio, at CTIA Wireless 2011. The approach enables a more economic use of network resources through sharing and redistributing capacity based on user demand. Nokia Siemens Networks has also announced its Flexi Multiradio Antenna System as part of the Liquid Radio architecture. The company expects to begin to deploy this architecture during 2011. "Liquids are unconstrained, streaming to fill any gap or space," said Thorsten Robrecht, head of Network Systems product management, Nokia Siemens Networks. "In the same way, our Liquid Radio architecture removes the constraints of traditional mobile broadband networks to address the 'ebb and flow' of traffic created by users' movements across the network." At the heart of Nokia Siemens Networks Liquid Radio is the ability to respond to the fluid demands of today's networks with a technique known as baseband pooling. This approach centralizes the resources needed to undertake processing functions common to every base station in a given area. "We foresee demand for network capacity increasing to up to 1 GB per user per day[1]," said Robrecht. "Not only will this require substantial network investments, but also a unique combination of base station sites for wide area coverage complemented by Wifi and small, compact micro, pico and femto cells. Nokia Siemens Networks Liquid Radio ensures that existing network investments are fully leveraged and that future investments deliver the return necessary to support today's pressing challenge of maintaining and transitioning GSM, evolving 3G and introducing LTE and LTE-Advanced." http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]