AirScale baseband solutions

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AirScale baseband solutions

AirScale baseband solutions scale to meet the demands of the AI supercycle

The AI-ready and O-RAN-compliant AirScale baseband solutions provide industry-leading processing power, cell capacity and energy efficiency, enabling a future-proof evolution path. You can scale up processing power to meet the requirements of increasing AI traffic, alongside supporting today’s enterprise and consumer use cases.

Nokia AI‑RAN introduces AI‑accelerated computing integrated directly into the radio access network. This marks the next evolution step of AirScale baseband, enhancing the installed base with an AI-accelerated plug-in card. Additionally, we offer an Accelerated AI-RAN node and a cloud-native AI-RAN built with GPU-powered COTS servers.

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Leading platform flexibility

Modular solutions with investment protection for the existing installed base.

Manage traffic growth efficiently

Scalable solutions that meet the requirements of AI traffic.

Path to AI-native 6G

Lean upgrade path to AI-accelerated RAN, enabling a smooth evolution to AI-native 6G.

Unlock leading platform flexibility to manage traffic growth

As mobile traffic continues to surge and AI becomes the dominant workload in mobile networks, telecommunication providers need flexible, scalable baseband solutions.

The modular AirScale platform provides scalable capacity today and it is built to meet the evolving needs of 5G-Advanced and AI-native 6G networks. It provides the flexibility to evolve your network based on your deployment strategy.

Additionally, we offer a range of compact outdoor baseband solutions tailored for both macro and small cell deployments.

AirScale baseband for the AI era

Get ready for the next big transformation in RAN. Our new AI-accelerated AirScale baseband plug-in card is a next-generation solution that perfectly fits into today’s installed base, including both indoor and outdoor modular solutions. It provides the leanest migration path to our AI-native RAN platform, investment protection and a common path to 6G.

AI-native RAN platform with AI-accelerated computing

Our AI-native RAN platform supports three AI-accelerated hardware paths, all running the same anyRAN software. For future-proof baseband evolution, add our AI-accelerated plug-in card to your AirScale installed base or deploy an Accelerated AI-RAN node alongside AirScale as a single logical base station. For a cloud-native path, we offer GPU-powered COTS servers from our ecosystem partners.

AI-powered AirScale base stations optimize RAN performance and spectral efficiency with AI-accelerated algorithms.

AirScale base stations are designed to support continuous software-speed innovation, where AI capabilities are delivered with software upgrades.

Modular and scalable, the AirScale baseband enables straightforward expansion of AI computing power, as the number and complexity of AI capabilities in RAN grow.

AirScale baseband solutions for telecommunication providers and enterprises

AirScale modular baseband solutions

AirScale compact outdoor baseband solutions

ArisScale compact outdoor baseband solutions

Customer success stories

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Frequently asked questions

What is baseband?

Baseband is a fundamental component of any radio access network. It provides processing capabilities and connectivity for the base station.

What is a modular baseband?

A modular baseband is both scalable and provides investment protection. The modular design enables scaling up processing capacity with plug-in cards and provides an evolution path to an AI-native RAN.

How can I add AI-accelerated capacity to the AirScale baseband?

You can add AI-accelerated capacity to the AirScale baseband with the new AI-accelerated plug-in card, designed to fit into today’s installed base of AirScale baseband. It provides investment protection while delivering GPU-powered capacity and a future-proof migration path to AI-native 6G.

Does AirScale baseband support indoor and outdoor deployments?

AirScale baseband supports both indoor and outdoor deployments, providing scalable capacity with modular solutions. In addition, Nokia offers a compact outdoor baseband portfolio, tailored for both macro radio and small cell deployments.