Nokia Siemens Networks is teaming up with Symmetricom to offer mobile network operators a solution to the challenge of keeping network bandwidth capacity up to pace with the ever-increasing demand from data applications. The two companies are to introduce the industrys first open standard Timing over Packet solution to synchronize base stations over the packet-based backhaul networks vital to sustaining profitability.
While packet-based backhaul networks are actually being deployed, the issue of synchronization has so far stopped mobile operators from entirely replacing their existing TDM network, leading to hybrid network architectures, says Dirk Lindemeier, who is responsible for mobile backhaul solutions at Nokia Siemens Networks. Our backhaul solution is a straightforward approach to a true packet-based network.
An important component of Nokia Siemens Networks Timing over Packet solution is Symmetricoms TimeProvider 5000. TimeProvider 5000 distributes a network reference clock to a large number of base stations. The base stations ability to synchronize its radio frequency based on that received clock is an equally important component of the solution. Timing over Packet is an open and future-proof solution, based on the IEEE1588 version 2 standard. It addresses todays synchronization requirements, as well as those of forthcoming 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless networks.
Mobile operators looking to solve the critical synchronization issue as they migrate to next generation, packet-based backhaul networks can now move forward with confidence, says Gurdip Jande, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Symmetricom. Nokia Siemens Networks backhaul solution, using our carrier-class IEEE 1588v2 grand master clock, allows operators to optimize their networks for peak performance by meeting the most stringent timing and synchronization requirements.