OBSAI includes LTE across full range of standards

The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI), a leading industry forum instigated to create a suite of open specifications for base station architectures, has announced that it has incorporated the requirements of the 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard across all of the OBSAI interface specifications.  The updated OBSAI suite of interface and module specifications once again covers the entire range of 3GPP standards.
 
The inclusion of LTE continues a long line of firsts for OBSAI; it was also the first base station interface specification body to announce compatibility with EDGE, WCDMA, CDMA2000 and WiMAX.  This has enabled OBSAI's range of open specifications to remain entirely system agnostic in the mobile broadband debate, allowing businesses across the globe to easily design base station components and modules, regardless of the air interface technology used.
 
"This is a testament to the foundations of OBSAI's open standard.  When we initially outlined the standard we felt it was important to future proof it as much as possible to allow for the evolution of mobile technology," said Peter Kenington, Technical Chair of OBSAI.  "The OBSAI specifications allow component and module manufacturers to more easily innovate in specific areas and focus their development budgets, which benefits the whole industry and ultimately consumers through better competition."
 
This announcement follows the ‘freezing' of the LTE specification in March 2008. OBSAI previously announced the inclusion of LTE into its RP3 interface, covering the high-speed digital communication required between the baseband and RF sections within a base station.