MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced new hardware and software options
to provide cdmaOne wireless operators investment protection with an evolution path to cdma2000 third-generation
wireless services.
Lucent said a cost-effective cdma2000 hardware module for its Autoplex networks complements
the company’s newly announced next-generation Flexent Modular Cell in offering today’s operators a flexible
migration path to full 3G capabilities. The cdma2000 module contains those functions required to introduce cdma2000
services on existing networks without the need for stand alone 3G base stations.
The cdma2000 standard is derived
from the commercial cdmaOne digital wireless systems based on today’s generation of Code Division Multiple Access
networks to meet 3G performance criteria of the International Telecommunication Union, particularly for high-speed
wireless data transmission. Lucent plans a phased introduction of these capabilities with it cdma2000-1X technology
later this year, to be followed by large-scale deployments of cdma2000 systems over the next three years.
Lucent’s
investment protection option will allow operators to deploy cdma2000-1X channel elements in existing Autoplex
networks to effectively double voice capacity and introduce high-speed wireless data rates of up to 144 kilobits per
second.
Through either the cdma2000 module or the Flexent CDMA Modular Cell, the network can achieve still
higher 3G data rates by transmitting data to the mobile over three standard 1.25 MHz carriers. This multi-carrier system
preserves investments in Lucent’s core Autoplex and Flexent Network elements, including the 5ESS AnyMedia Switch
and Lucent’s advanced, packet-based network architecture, which will be required for the high-speed data transmission
in 3G systems.
