As a result, Nokia has pioneered the use of alternatives cooling approaches to forced-air cooling. The AirScale System Module is now available in either traditional air cooled or innovative liquid cooled configurations. Both products provide exactly the same capabilities, features and use the same software. Typical use cases where liquid cooling should be considered Baseband Hotels generate significant amounts of heat. Liquid cooling provides the opportunity to benefit from the otherwise wasted heat and possibly monetizing it Shelters with poor ventilation Noise restricted sites. The baseband sub-rack has no fans and is therefore quiet. The latest AirScale baseband plug-in cards drive capacity up to 84 Gbps throughput and 90,000 simultaneously connected users. This is the capacity to drive 5G forward, towards more immersive user experiences and advanced enterprise use cases. Thanks to the use of the latest technology, these cards are highly efficient and decouple traffic growth from power consumption. We look at baseband processing from the real network perspective, which increasingly means looking not only at traditional baseband, but also at the edge of 5G networks. The Nokia ABIC 474723A AirFrame Open Edge server shares the same form factor as the AirScale System Module. It can run any far edge workloads, from virtualized RAN to O-RAN near-real-time RAN Intelligent Controller RIC to Multi-Access Edge-Computing MEC, to the 5G Core User Plane Function UPF. For outdoor and enterprise deployments the AirScale System Module is complemented by a compact native outdoor baseband unit, which also enables the smooth modernization of Nokia Flexi Multiradio installations.
