The fast track towards 5G independence
Many areas are still not covered by 4G and 5G networks: buildings, underground car parks, factories outside cities, remote villages, etc.
Coverage of those areas can be a difficult task for telecom companies because investments are high, demand is unpredicatble and the number of users is low.
Many users are thus left with no option.
We will introduce how Rapid.Space can solve this situation in cooperation with telecom companies thanks to an all-in-one, autonomous, open source RRU and BBU with a typical cost of less than 2000€.
Rapid.Space
Rapid.Space was founded in 2020 by Nexedi, Amarisoft and a few VIPs of the IT and telecom inudustries.
Nexedi brings its open source stack, in particular its billing platform, its edge-cloud platform and its big data platform, all open source.
Amarisoft brings its purely software defined 4G/5G stack which covers all aspects needed for commercial deployment, including SA, NSA, NBIoT, etc.
Custumer Portfolio
| Industry | Customers |
|---|---|
| Automotive & Transportation | PSA Group ● Mitsubishi Motors ● Toyota Group ● SANEF ● Oregon Department of Transportation ● Emovis |
| Defence & Aerospace | Airbus Defence ● MBDA ● Unnamed 1 ● Unnamed 2 |
| Chemical & Drugs | Sankei Chemical ● Kyorin |
| Electronics | Seltech ● Olimex |
| Government | IMT ● Unnamed 1 |
| Telecom | Alsatis ● BJT ● Globaltel ● 5G Rural first ● Unnamed 1 ● Unnamed 2 |
Hardware Portfolio
Technology Portfolio
| Open Source | Licensed Source | Supplier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software | LTE/NR PHY | ✅ | Amarisoft | |
| eNodeB/gNodeB | ✅ | Amarisoft | ||
| EPC/5GC/IMS | ✅ | Amarisoft | ||
| NMS/OSS/BSS | ✅ | Nexedi | ||
| Edge/Cloud Stack | ✅ | Nexedi | ||
| Big Data Platform | ✅ | Nexedi | ||
| Hardware | Low Power RRH | ✅ | Rapid.Space | |
| High Power RRH | ✅ | AW2S | ||
| Cloud Server | ✅ | ✅ | ITRenew/MITAC | |
| Industry 4.0 IoT | ✅ | Olimex | ||
| Edge Gateway / Switch | ✅ | Edge-core | ||
| Service | Converged Cloud & vRAN | ✅ | Rapid.Space |
Amarisoft gNodeB vs. Other
| Amarisoft | Other | |
|---|---|---|
| 100% Software Defined | ✅ (Intel, AMD or ARM CPU) |
❌ (Intel FPGA needed) |
| Licensed source | ✅ | N/A |
| Customers | > 600 | N/A |
| Large industry adopters | 2 | 0 |
| Carrier adopters | 5 | 1 |
| Strict 3GPP compliance | ✅ | ❌ |
| ETSI ORI RRH compliance | ✅ | ❌ |
| Fits into existing networks | ✅ | ❌ |
| 4G/5G Shared Spectrum | ✅ | ❌ |
| 4x4 100 Mhz | ✅ | ✅ |
| 4x4 100 MHz QAM 256 | ✅ | ❌ |
| 8x8 100 Mhz | ✅ | ✅ |
| 8x8 100 MHz QAM 256 | ✅ | ❌ |
| Watt / MHz | < 0.1 | N/A |
Amarisoft gNodeB in the lab
| Cell Config | 5G UE Module | DL | UL | RX/TX min. | CPU Load |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 cell LTE 20MHz FDD 4x4 + 2 cell NR 100MHz TDD 4x4 | Amarisoft Simbox | 3.6 gb/s | 264 mb/s | 0.96ms | 664% |
| 2 cell LTE 20MHz FDD 4x4 + 2 cell NR 50MHz FDD 4x4 | Amarisoft Simbox | 2.77 gb/s | 515 mb/s | 1.22ms | 640% |
| 4 cell NR 100MHz TDD 4x4 | Amarisoft Simbox | 5.92 gb/s | 370 mb/s | 0.55ms | 1130% |
| 1 cell LTE 20MHz FDD 4x4 + 3 cell NR 100MHz TDD 4x4 | Amarisoft Simbox | 4.80 gb/s | 316 mb/s | 0.87ms | 803% |
| 1 cell LTE 20MHz FDD 4x4 + 1 cell NR NSA 100MHz TDD 4x4 | Telit FN 980 | 1.97 gb/s | N/A | 1.3ms | 375% |
| 1 cell LTE 20MHz FDD 4x4 + 1 cell NR NSA 100MHz TDD 4x4 | Telit FN 980 | 1.97 gb/s | 156 mb/s | 1ms | 442% |
| 2 cell LTE 20MHz FDD 4x4 + 1 cell NR NSA 100MHz TDD 4x4 | Telit FN 980 | 2.33 gb/s | 156 mb/s | 0.9ms | 544% |
| 2 cell nsa 20MHz FDD 100MHz TDD: (b3 2x2 + n78 4x4) / (b1 4x4 + n41 4x4) | Telit FN 980 + Quectel RG 500Q-EA | 3.56 gb/s | N/A | 0.37ms | 650% |
Business Model
| Company | Component | Licensing | Training | Support | Managed Operation | Integration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarisoft | gNodeB software | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Nexedi | gNodeB OSS | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Rapid.Space | managed gNodeB | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Local Partner | integration service | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Conclusion
At the end of the project, buildings, car parks and factories can benefit of 4G/5G based on a cost efficient solution vRAN for low power coverage (2x0.5W max). The software and hardware solution is available and mature.
Beyond coverage extension application, Rapid.Space partners can provide high power coverage in other areas, in particular as an altenative to traditional telecom infrastructure vendors. Rapid.Space RRH partners already manufactures mature 2x40W, 4x40W and RRH models, and have capability to design 8x40W RRH.
Thank You
- Rapid.Space International
- Paris
- +33629024425 - jp@rapid.space
For more information, please contact Jean-Paul, CEO of Rapid.Space (+33 629 02 44 25 or jp@rapid.space).