Globally telecom vendors are gearing up for the upcoming demand for high-speed wireless networks and keeping in lines with such trend, Alcatel-Lucent has come up with a new radio module, MC-TRX  which promises to enable provide service providers to have co-existence of 2G networks as well as new networks based on W-CDMA or LTE. 

Alcatel-Lucent is eying demand from two segments for this solution, new accounts as well as its existing cleints who collectively have deployed more than 700,000 base stations.

The new solution is based on software defined radio (SDR) and forms part of Alcatel-Lucent’s Converged RAN portfolio.

Technically the solution allows service providers to re-farm their networks based on software activation which in turn can be managed dynamically. For instance if more subscribers are using 2G GSM services, the module can be configured tin the GSM mode while if subscribers are seen moving towards WCDMA or LTE mode, the module can be accordingly configured.

“Clearly, the success wireless network operators have had with data services is creating a requirement that they continually increase user throughput, and our latest innovations are helping them do exactly that,” explains Wim Sweldens, president of Alcatel-Lucent’s Wireless Networks Product activities. “The new converged radio module lets customers evolve networks at their own pace while optimizing use of available spectrum – by introducing more efficient technologies -- minimizing the total cost of ownership. Just as importantly, it enables operators to prepare for the kind of bandwidth demands generated by the growth of multimedia services, supported on a variety of all-IP networks.”

Moreover the module has the same form factor as earlier available TRX modules thereby ensuring that it can be implemented on multiple standard base stations.