CommScope, a leading supplier of network infrastructure solutions, is leading base station antenna innovation with the first antenna on the market to cover 1400-2700 MHz, the broadest frequency band range available.
The antenna also supports 4x4 multiple input/multiple output (MIMO), a critical 5G-enabling technology for increasing network capacity, in all frequency bands.
The CommScope ultra-wideband antenna RRZZ-65B can support one or two antenna arrays in 1427-2690 MHz and it can also support a low band range of 694-960 MHz. The RRZZ-65B supports 4T4R operation, meaning four beams of transmit and receive signals, in both the low and high band ranges, as well as frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD).
Operators can combine on one antenna the supplemental downlink band of 1400 MHz as well the primary band. It can also be used in conjunction with external filters to separate different licensed bands as needed, such as the 2300 TDD band, making it easier to customize for specific needs.
The market driver for the RRZZ-65B antenna is the 1400 MHz spectrum that has recently been auctioned in Europe, said CommScope. The Company also expects to support 3.5 GHz, a likely 5G frequency band, with this antenna platform in the future.
Farid Firouzbakht, SVP, RF Products, CommScope
An antenna that covers this wide a range of frequency bands did not seem possible even one year ago, yet today CommScope is supplying them for deployment in Europe. Our speed in developing this antenna reflects the continued, pressing need wireless operators have for increasing capacity in LTE networks while readying for next generation 5G.
