“Placing applications and services in the base station will turn the base station into an intelligent part of a mobile operator’s network, to serve and deliver local content. Other content providers in the ecosystem can also benefit from the proximity of applications to mobile users,” said Dirk Lindemeier, head of Liquid Net at Nokia Siemens Networks.
Nokia Siemens’ Radio Applications Cloud Server (RACS), which provides capabilities such as localized processing, content storage, and access to real-time radio and network information inside the base station, already utilizes Intel’s Crystal Forest Platform.
Powered by Intel Xeon processors, the small footprint and exceptional energy efficiency of the platform support integration into non-standard environments and small form factor mobile base stations, while also providing the performance needed to handle more extensive localized processing.
“Nokia Siemens and Intel are working closely together to merge key IT advancements and telecommunication applications in a way that yields a mobile edge computing solution. The RACS includes Intel architecture that is widely used by application service providers and enterprise cloud implementations globally,” said Steve Price, general manager of Intel’s Communications Infrastructure Division.
