Nokia has unveiled its new line of ReefShark chipsets, designed to significantly reduce the size, cost and power consumption of operators' networks while meeting the massive computer power and radio requirements of 5G.
The ReefShark chipsets for radiofrequncy units have been designed to increase cell site throughput by a factor of three while halving the size of massive MIMO antennas.
Nokiasaid the chipsets can also reduce power consumption in baseband unity by 64% compared to units in use today.
ReefShark chipsets for compute capacity are meanwhile delivered as plug-in units for Nokia's AirScale baseband module, tripling throughput to up to 84Gbps per module and supporting base station throughputs of up to 6Tbps. The chipsets are due to ship in volume from the third quarter.
To coincide with the launch, Nokia has also outlined the make-up of its Future X 5G architecture portfolio, due to be showcased at next month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Nokia's 5G Future X will be designed to accommodate ReefShark chipsets, and the implementation of machine learning enabled beamforming technologies, network slicing, automation and cloud-native architecture concepts such as network function software disaggregation.
“With our 5G Future X portfolio we are opening up network data and network intelligence to our customers to jointly program and tailor machine learning and automation that runs on our new silicon,” Nokia president of mobile networks Marc Rouanne said.
“The Future X architecture invented by our Nokia Bell Labs research has made it possible to mix the knowledge across Nokia, between IP, Optics, RF, software and innovative in-house silicon. We now expect to be able to deliver unprecedented capabilities and efficiencies that will allow our customers to transform their service offering for 5G."