The “C-RAN (Centralized Radio Access Network) Ecosystem: 20162030 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies & Forecasts” report presents an in-depth assessment of the C-RAN ecosystem including enabling technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges, standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, operator case studies, opportunities, future roadmap, value chain, ecosystem player profiles and strategies. The report also presents forecasts for C-RAN infrastructure investments from 2016 till 2030. The forecasts cover 3 individual submarkets and 6 regions. —
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Centralized RAN or C-RAN is an architectural shift in RAN (Radio Access Network) design, where the bulk of baseband processing is centralized and aggregated for a large number of distributed radio nodes. In comparison to standalone clusters of base stations, C-RAN provides significant performance and economic benefits such as baseband pooling, enhanced coordination between cells, virtualization, network extensibility, smaller deployment footprint and reduced power consumption.
Although Japan and South Korea continue to spearhead commercial C-RAN investments, interest is also growing in other parts of the world. Mobile operators such as China Mobile, Orange, Verizon and Sprint are already investing in the technology.
Topics Covered: C-RAN ecosystem, Market drivers and barriers, Key architectural components (RRH, BBU and fronthaul), Competing RAN architectures including traditional macrocell base stations, small cells and DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems), Key trends including baseband functional splitting, enterprise C-RAN, Cloud RAN, MEC (Mobile Edge Computing) and RANaaS (RAN as a Service), Fronthaul networking technologies and interface options, C-RAN deployment models and mobile operator case studies, Regulatory landscape and standardization, Industry roadmap and value chain; Profiles and strategies of over 120 leading ecosystem players including enabling technology providers, radio equipment suppliers, BBU vendors, fronthaul networking vendors and mobile operators. The report provides strategic recommendations for ecosystem players including C-RAN solution providers and mobile operators. In the end provides market analysis and forecasts from 2016 till 2030 Order a copy of The C-RAN (Centralized Radio Access Network) Ecosystem: 2016 – 2030 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies & Forecasts Report at http://www.reportsnreports.com/purchase.aspx?name=459455.
Historical Revenue & Forecast Segmentation
Market forecasts are provided for each of the following submarkets and their subcategories:
Air Interface Technology: 3G & LTE and 5G
Submarkets: RRH (Remote Radio Head), BBU (Baseband Unit) and Fronthaul
RRH Deployment Model: Indoor and Outdoor
Fronthaul Technology: Dedicated Fiber, WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing), OTN (Optical Transport Network), PON (Passive Optical Network), Ethernet, Microwave and Millimeter Wave
Regional Markets
Key Findings:
Expected to surpass $7 Billion in global spending by the end of 2016, C-RAN is increasingly becoming the preferred approach to deploy future mobile networks for both macro and small cell coverage. The market is further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 20% between 2016 and 2020. To alleviate stringent fronthaul requirements, an increasing number of C-RAN solutions are now utilizing RRHs with baseband capabilities, allowing some intelligence (primarily Layer 1 and Layer 2) to be distributed among RRHs, with Layer 3 functionality residing at centralized BBUs. The ongoing 5G race is expected to significantly boost C-RAN investments over the coming years. SNS Research estimates that over $1 Billion of all C-RAN architecture network investments will be directed towards 5G networks by the end of 2020. At present, most virtualized Cloud RAN investments are limited to trials and demonstrations. However, by the end of 2020, we expect that virtualized BBUs will account for over 6% of all C-RAN BBU investments.
List of Companies Mentioned: 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), 6WIND, Absolute Analysis, Accelink Technologies, ADLINK Technology, ADTRAN, ADVA Optical Networking, Advantech, Airspan Networks, Airvana, Alcatel-Lucent, Altera Corporation, BridgeWave Communications, Broadcom Corporation, Cambium Networks, Cavium, CBNL (Cambridge Broadband Networks Ltd.), CCS (Cambridge Communication Systems), Ceragon, China Mobile, China Telecom, Ciena Corporation, Cisco Systems, Cobham Wireless, Coherent Logix, Comcores ApS, CommAgility, CommScope, Connectem, ConteXtream, Coriant, Corning, Cyan, Dali Wireless, Datang Mobile, Dish Network, DragonWave, eASIC Corporation, E-Band Communications (Moseley Associates), EBlink, Eden Rock Communications, Eoptolink Technology, Ericsson, ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute), Exalt Communications, EXFO, Extreme Networks, EZchip Semiconductor, FastBack Networks, Finisar Corporation, Macom (M/A-COM Technology Solutions), MAX4G, MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum), Mellanox Technologies, Microsemi Corporation, Microwave Networks, MIMOon, Molex, MTI Mobile, NEC Corporation, NetScout Systems, Nokia Networks, NTT DoCoMo, Nutaq and NXP Semiconductors.
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