What is the innovation?

We developed a prototype for a new PON system which increases data transmission rates from 2.5 Gbit/s to 10 Gbit/s downstream and from 1.2 Gbit/s to 2.5 Gbit/s upstream. At the same time, the range between hub and subscribers was extended to 100 kilometers and the number of subscriber lines per splitter was expanded from 64 to 512. Today, only subscribers within a 20 km radius can be connected.

Research results show the next generation of subscriber line technology is coming within reach, making optical networks more powerful and cost-efficient.

Who benefits and how?

Telephony customers designing new network installations or upgrading copper-based infrastructures require less capital expenditure, and reduce future operating expenditure. The new PON system reduces the number of physical network elements required, therefore reducing floor space rental costs, the number of switches required, air conditioning and power, etc.

What key enabling technologies did we develop?

The highly-efficient optical elements, which were developed with a major optical equipment vendor.

At what stage is the new PON system?

The project began in 2005, with a scheduled launch of products in early 2008. Some of the technologies will be introduced earlier to existing GPON portfolio products.

What is the innovation?

The LiveSite platform – the world’s first WCDMA over the air implementation – was fully compatible with the latest 3GPP standards for 3rd Generation networks when it was launched in 2000.

Who benefits and how?

3G network operators have been able to develop, test and evaluate applications, such as mobile web-browsing, multimedia messaging and video telephony in a real 3G air interface environment. This ongoing innovation breakthrough has proved invaluable for operators looking to enhance their internet and multimedia application evaluation and demonstration capabilities.

What key enabling technologies did we develop?

The crucial technology is the 3GPP Release 99 compatible Nokia LiveSite platform.

At what stage is LiveSite?

LiveSite continually evolves to serve the ongoing and future development needs of 3G/LTE track.

What is the innovation?

A one-stop shop for Carrier Ethernet Solutions, using an end-to-end test bed to prove the concepts behind building working networks, with pre-defined requirements, that are reliable and cost-effective. Carrier Ethernet is the Ethernet's recent expansion into the carrier network infrastructure.

Who benefits and how?

Both fixed and mobile network operators can minimize their capital and operating expenditures when launching new services and applications to their consumers with pre-tested, pre-defined, viable network solutions.

What key enabling technologies did we develop?

As well as a fully-operational end-to-end test bed to prove the viability of networks, we invented a new type of adaptive modulation microwave radio. A unique product, the radio helps enable fast, flexible and reliable roll-out of mobile networks.

At what stage is TEMN?

The project began in 2005.

What is the innovation?

A network solution that enables higher performance and more cost-efficient broadband wireless access, specifically designed for high-volume packet data scenarios, complementing fully-mobile 3G operations.

Who benefits and how?

Network operators can expand the packet data capabilities of their networks with only a relatively small capital investment. This helps them increase turnover by delivering true mass-market mobile IP-based multimedia services to their consumers over a wide geographical area.

What key enabling technologies did we develop?

The I-HSPA innovation is a 3GPP standards-based simplified network architecture, which is implemented by adding I-HSPA functionality to an existing Nokia WCDMA base station. The solution – delivering downlink bit rates of up to 14.4 Mbps and uplink rates of 5.8 Mbps – is based on a standard HSPA radio interface.

At what stage is I-HSPA?

The solution was launched into the market in March 2005.

What is the innovation?

WLAN on trains enables full data access to the Internet.

Who benefits and how?

Both business and leisure travelers can access data services via the WLAN on board the train, giving them uninterrupted Internet access during their journey. Train operators gain a competitive advantage by being able to offer this service, as well as enabling wireless functionality to serve their own business requirements.

What key enabling technologies did we develop?

A multi-link access router that can switch seamlessly from UMTS, GPRS, etc., without the consumer noticing. By delaying packets as the router switches, the user benefits from an uninterrupted, secure and stable connection throughout their journey.

At what stage is WLAN on trains?

Live testing was carried out on train services in 2006.

What is the innovation?

MSC Server is the first true mobile soft switch and backbone independent Multimedia Gateway for GSM/EDGE and WCDMA networks. It enables operators to use the same IP backbone for both voice and data traffic.

Who benefits and how?

The MSC Server solution, a common circuit switched core for both GSM/EDGE and WCDMA network operators, minimizes the cost and risk of migrating subscribers from GSM to WCDMA. Using this solution, the same core network elements can be used throughout – meaning there is no need for the network topology to change.

What key enabling technologies did we develop?

The key to this innovation’s success was splitting the architecture for both control and connection. We used the same main software release for MSC Server, which is also used in traditional MSC.

At what stage is MSC Server?

Development started in 2001 and was made available to operators in September 2004. Related services for fixed–mobile convergence – such as an integrated VoIP server – became available in the first quarter of 2006.

What is the innovation?

Truly interactive, integrated and personalized television and home entertainment services based on an open architecture rolled out across telephony operators’ networks.

Who benefits and how?

Consumers are able to get communication and entertainment services from a single provider and have greater control on what and when they watch.

Network operators are able to retain and increase subscriber base and revenue as well as better leverage the investment made in broadband..

Content providers have not only an additional distribution channel to reach consumers but also feedback on consumer behavior made possible by the IP interactivity.

What key enabling technologies did we develop?

The Java based middleware and the multicast data distribution are the two key technologies that make our IPTV solution scalable to hundreds of thousands of users in commercial deployment today.  These technologies are the basis of a distributed processing architecture with low requirements on network resources and reduced operational effort to manage content updates, feature upgrades, and customer care in a mass-market deployment.

The use of web technologies and protocols to provide interactivity on TV is an innovation that supports revenue generation from applications like voting, quiz, interactive advertisement, and impulse purchase.

At what stage is Home Entertainment IPTV?

With our first trials in the U.S. in 1997, our Home Entertainment solution is deployed by more broadband service providers than any other IPTV software solution today.  As the world's first supplier of commercial, end-to-end IPTV technology, Nokia Siemens Networks has installed turnkey solutions for more than 85 operators worldwide.  Our Home Entertainment solution is based on our leading and proven IPTV middleware, first deployed to carriers in 2000.  This award-winning IPTV platform is rounded out by software components for encryption and content protection, a video on demand server, a TV Headend, and set-top boxes.  Nokia Siemens Networks has bundled these various elements in an end-to-end solution that ensures smooth interaction of all components and minimizes the costs and effort of implementation and the risks for the carrier

What is the innovation?

IPv6 is an innovation that will help enable the IP technology of the future. In essence, it offers operators a simplified way of developing and deploying new services – with its 128-bit address space, IPv6 increases the number of IP addresses available on phones, PDAs and other devices.

Who benefits and how?

Mobile IPv6 enables operators to offer seamless mobility for next generation mobile services and applications, enabling terminals to maintain their IP connectivity as they move across networks with different access technologies.

This innovation enhances peer-to-peer applications too, by providing globally unique IP addresses to each user. This takes away any need for Network Address Translation (NAT) to manage address spaces. IPv6 features extensions to security measures – such as option headers and flow labels – again helping to simplify deploying existing services, and developing new ones.

What key enabling technologies did we develop?

IPv6 and Mobile IPv6 are new protocols that are optimized to support the mobile Internet. They have been developed in cooperation with industry partners in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

At what stage is IPv6?

We’ve been supporting IPv6 in 3G networks since 2003, and it is poised to enter the main stream in the near future.