Nokia MX Boost Offers Reliable, High-Performing Connectivity
In the rapidly evolving landscape of industrial connectivity, businesses seek reliable, high-performance solutions to support their mission-critical applications. Nokia’s MX Boost is an innovative solution that combines multiple radio technologies and spectrums, enabling seamless multipath connectivity for complex industrial environments.
By leveraging Nokia Bell Labs’ patented innovations and deploying them on the Nokia MX Industrial Edge (MXIE), MX Boost offers a comprehensive connectivity solution that accelerates digital transformation and drives operational efficiency.
Unifying Radio Technologies
Industrial plants often operate with legacy Wi-Fi networks and private wireless radio layers. The Nokia MX Boost allows organizations to extract maximum value from these existing solutions by combining their strengths through multipath connectivity. With the ability to aggregate 4.9G/5G private wireless connectivity paths with other connectivity options, such as Wi-Fi and LTE, businesses gain enhanced flexibility to support innovative IT and OT applications. This unification of radio technologies empowers organizations to embrace digital transformation and unlock new possibilities for their operations.
Countless Connectivity Options
The IP-based Nokia MX Boost offers a range of connectivity options to meet diverse industrial requirements. By integrating connectivity technologies like Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) with various radio technology types such as 4G, 5G, and satellite, the MX Boost enables the creation of countless multi-layer connectivity configurations.
Additionally, the solution supports different spectrum bands, including centimeter wave (cmW), millimeter wave (mmW), and 4G multi-bands, while also seamlessly integrating equipment and solutions from multiple vendors to provide organizations with flexibility and future-proofed connectivity infrastructure.
Operating Modes for Optimal Performance
To cater to different application needs, the Nokia MX Boost offers two operating modes: aggregation mode and replication mode, allowing organizations to choose the operating method that best aligns with their specific application requirements and ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
Aggregation Mode
With aggregation mode, the solution splits and recombines traffic from multiple radio channels, allowing businesses to achieve higher data rates while maintaining reliability, coverage, and low latency based on real-time link testing.
Replication Mode
This method of operation duplicates the same packets across all radio links, optimizing reliability, latency, and mobility performance.
Use Cases
The versatility of the Nokia MX Boost enables it to support various critical applications across industries. For example, replicating multiple Wi-Fi bands (Wi-Fi 6 + Wi-Fi 6E) enhances reliability and latency for non-critical operational technology (OT) applications. Combining 4.9G/LTE with Wi-Fi 6E can increase capacity and data rates, benefiting business-critical applications like remote control systems and augmented reality. Additionally, replicating two 4.9G/LTE bands ensures ultra-reliable, low-latency communication for mission-critical applications such as cloud-based programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and worker safety applications.
MX Boost in Action
The advanced technologies powering the MX Boost have already been successfully deployed in the Nokia Train to Ground solution for railways. This solution has significantly improved railway operations by allowing trains to maintain reliable broadband connectivity at high speeds and in challenging environments. The MX Boost ensures uninterrupted connectivity by utilizing multiple radio connections, optimizing performance, and enhancing operational efficiency.
Benefits of MX Boost
The Nokia MX Boost delivers several key benefits for industrial organizations:
- Maximizing value from disparate radio technologies by combining their strengths.
- Increased data rates without compromising private wireless reliability.
- Improved reliability in heavily used private wireless networks and challenging radio environments.
- Enabling innovative pre-5G R16-17 use cases with stable low latency.
- Efficient utilization of spectrum assets during asset connectivity expansion.
Solution Components
The comprehensive Nokia MX Boost solution comprises the following components:
MX Boost Routing Application on MXIE
The routing application utilizes patented Nokia Bell Labs technology, allowing real-time selective multipath redundancy. It ensures high reliability, spectral efficiency, and easy per-stream policy configuration.
Nokia Boost Capable Industrial Devices
This portfolio includes ruggedized field routers, modems, hotspots, and handheld devices optimized for industrial use cases. These devices are pre-integrated with the MX Boost, private wireless, and MXIE solutions, providing seamless connectivity and simplified management.
End-to-End Security
The MX Boost offers robust security measures, including end-to-end encryption between devices and MXIE, safeguarding sensitive industrial data.
In the digital transformation era, businesses require robust and flexible connectivity solutions to thrive in complex industrial environments. With its multipath connectivity capabilities, the Nokia MX Boost empowers organizations to unify disparate radio technologies, maximize their connectivity options, and unlock new possibilities for their critical applications. By leveraging Nokia’s expertise and innovative technologies, the MX Boost enables organizations to accelerate their digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, and embrace the future of industrial connectivity.
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