Industry leaders releases CPRI specification for 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)

Date: Tuesday, October 04 2008

CPRI, the Industry Initiative for a Common Public Radio Interface continues to evolve: Alcatel-Lucent has joined the community of co-operating companies - Ericsson, Huawei, NEC, Nokia Siemens Networks and Nortel.

Following the successful program of enhancement, the 6 co-operating companies are now launching a new release to extend the specification to encompass the developments in LTE (Long Term Evolution). The CPRI specification version 4.0 is now available for download from the CPRI

CPRI focuses on a radio base station design that divides the radio base station into a radio and a control part, by specifying one new interface - the only and unique radio driven interconnect point within base stations. This will enable each part of the base station to better benefit from the technology evolution in its respective area.

The CPRI specification is openly available for the benefit of the wireless industry. Key benefits for Network Operators are the availability of wider radio base station portfolio with adaptability to all deployment scenarios with a shorter time to market. The CPRI specification enables base station manufacturers and component vendors to focus their research and development efforts on their core competencies. The CPRI specification allows for new architectures and is not limited by module dimensions or a pre-defined function split.

The CPRI initiative complements current activities in existing standardization bodies. The interface developed will be used for radio base station products in mobile systems.

Read more about CPRI at: www.cpri.info

About Ericsson:

Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world.

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About Huawei Technologies:

Huawei Technologies is a leader in providing next generation telecommunications networks, and now serves 35 of the world's top 50 operators, along with over one billion users worldwide. The company is committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create long-term value and growth potential for its customers.

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About NEC Corporation:

NEC Corporation has devoted more than 100 years of technological innovation to serving people around the world. The NEC Group's concept of a "C&C Cloud" integrates Computers with Communications and provides services that contribute to the advancement of society, individuals and business. NEC combines IT and network technologies to deploy solutions with the scalability, capability and affordability to meet the complex and ever-changing needs of business and to empower society.

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Contact: Seiichiro Toda
Corporate Communications Division, NEC Corporation
Phone: 81-3-3798-6511
E-mail: s-toda@cj.jp.nec.com

About Nokia Siemens Networks:

Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies with operations in 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

For more information visit: http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
Contact: Anna Lindén
Phone: +358 7180 60857
E-mail: anna.linden@nsn.com

About Alcatel-Lucent:

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprise and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris.

For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
Contact: Christine de Monfreid
Phone: +33 1 3077 5914
e-mail: Christine.De_Monfreid@alcatel-lucent.com

Older press releases:

30 September 2003
Industry leaders launch new specification for 3G radio base stations (CPRI)

18 Jun 2003
Industry leaders cooperate to bring increased efficiency to base station market

CPRI cooperation is now working on the inclusion of new features like further line bitrates and GSM support, which will be published in new versions of the CPRI specification in due time.

May 20 2009
The CPRI Specification version 4. 1  (in addition to 1.4, 2.1, 3.0 , 4.0 )  is now available for download on the Specification section of this homepage. The new 4. 1  release extends  the specification to encompass higher line-rates for LTE (Long Term Evolution). A variety of CPRI products have been made available to the market by the individual CPRI Parties.

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October 04 2008
The CPRI Specification versions 4.0 (in addition to 1.4, 2.1, 3.0)  is now available for download on the Specification section of this homepage. The new 4.0 release extend the specification to encompass the developments for LTE (Long Term Evolution). A variety of CPRI products have been made available to the market by the individual CPRI Parties.

Read more

March 06 2007
CPRI specifications version 1.4, 2.1, and 3.0 are now available for download. Version 3.0 contains the addition of WiMAX, an increase in the line bit rate and the inclusion of change requests. Version 1.4 and 2.1 is unchanged.

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August 29 2006
CPRI specifications version 1.4 and 2.1 are now available for download. Version 1.4 contains editorial and corrective changes from version 1.3. Version 2.1 contains editorial and corrective changes from version 2.0.

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October 15 2004
CPRI specifications version 1.3 and 2.0 are now available for download. Version 1.3 contains editorial and corrective changes from version 1.2. Version 2.0 contains support for networking.

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