Mobile Backhaul

10.8 Summary

In this chapter we have discussed the process of selecting a proper MBH solution, when mobile traffic growth and especially data traffic growth makes transition to the packet based MBH network necessary, and the various things to be taken into account in formulating and optimizing the MBH network solution.

Typically, the optimization of the MBH is a complex task and each network case has its own characteristics and requirements. The final target is in all cases a fully packet based MBH solution but the way there can be very different in varied physical and network environments.

Also the wholly packet based MBH networks can be quite different in different environments, e.g. in very dense urban area, lower density suburban areas and finally in low-density rural areas. Thus a lot of evaluation and planning work is needed to find a proper and most suitable MBH solution for each case, based on the technical requirements, available technologies and network options described in the earlier chapters of this book.