Huawei has launched the Marconi platform antenna, the industry’s first antenna with horizontal azimuth obtaining and adjusting capabilities, at the 2023 Global Antenna Technology & Industry Forum. The Marconi platform antenna aims to help operators improve their network construction and operations and management (O&M) efficiency through tech innovations in antenna form factor, architecture and new digital capabilities.

Antenna site deployment difficulties and O&M efficiency are factors that restrict network development for operators. Overcoming these challenges has become a key focus in the industry. The Marconi platform antenna solves these challenges by adopting multiple innovative technologies, and bringing new breakthroughs in operator network construction and O&M speed, efficiency and total cost of ownership. Some of the key features that the platform provides are:

  • Marconi platform antenna provides antenna engineering para­meters remotely, through an integrated high-precision, fast-re­s­ponse antenna self-awareness unit. This helps operators re­duce installation errors and avoid on-site surveys, improving deployment and maintenance efficiency.
  • Marconi platform antenna integrates a remote azimuth steering functionality, expanding antenna beam adjustment capabilities from the traditional one-dimensional (vertical) to two-dimensional (both vertical and horizontal). This enables operators to efficiently realise their max network performance by dynamically and remotely optimising antennaes in sites, even with changing site conditions.
  • The compact size and cylindrical design of the Marconi antenna, by reducing the wind load in the effective projected area by more than 50 per cent, helps operators overcome antenna deployment restrictions and reduce site rental fees.