MWC2016: Ruckus Wireless unveils in-building cellular plans


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| 21 February 2016




Mobile technology provider Ruckus Wireless has unveiled its intention to address the challenge of in-building cellular coverage and capacity through OpenG technology.



The new solution combines co-ordinated shared spectrum, such as 3.5 GHz in the US, with neutral host-capable small cells to enable cost-effective, ubiquitous in-building cellular coverage.

Ruckus believes the industry is in the midst of a dramatic shift as cellular and Wi-Fi technologies converge through a number of technical and standards developments, including licence assisted access (LAA), LTE Wi-Fi link aggregation (LWA), Hotspot 2.0 and Wi-Fi calling. This it says is driven by spectrum pressures, 5 GHz support on devices becoming ubiquitous and agnostic over-the-top (OTT) applications enabled by a common IP foundation.

Ruckus plans to unveil specific products and offerings throughout 2016 and as part of its plans will be demonstrating OpenG technology in collaboration with Qualcomm during Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona.

“In multiple surveys, we have found that people are hungry for neutral-host solutions, but they are finicky eaters,” said Joe Madden, principal analyst at Mobile Experts.

"Multi-operator radio access networks (MORANs) and multi-operator core networks (MOCN) are not preferred by many mobile operators, due to concerns about impact in their existing radio access networks (RANs). Solutions in the 3.5 GHz band that are truly neutral are now creating interesting new possibilities. We see exciting opportunities for companies like Ruckus, with a large installed base of enterprise customers.”