Wireless base station technology evolution

Traditional base station architectures are evolving due to market pressures and the need to provide a better quality of service, especially for current and future data services such as those offered by 3G and beyond. The need for flexibility, modularity and low operational cost is driving designers to consider novel architectures, circuit techniques and device technologies. Increasingly, the digital and RF domains are merging in architectures that offer performance and value that was unthinkable before.