Private LTE Starter Kit

With the Private LTE Starter Kit, a complete LTE network can be built.
The Private LTE Starter Kit performs IP packet forwarding through the Ethernet interface of the CPE and supports Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) using a commercial-off-the-shelf smartphone.
A Push-to-Talk (PTT) service can optionally be provided through a MECS App and a corresponding App on the smartphone.
The Private LTE Starter Kit contains the following products:
  • 1x MECSware Mobile Edge Cloud Server
  • 1x Sercomm LTE Small Cell Base Station
  • 2x LTE User Equipment
  • 2x MECSware SIM Card

Private LTE Services

The product offering is complemented with the following services:
  • Network Commissioning Service
  • Network Performance Testing Service
  • Technical Support Service
  • Product Maintenance & Support Service
The system will be delivered preconfigured and tested, so it will be working out-of-the-box. The network is extendable, i.e. additional hardware items (Base Stations, CPEs, smartphones, etc.) can be integrated. Additional software licenses can be purchased to increase the capacity or to extend the feature set.
For Proof-of-Concept (PoC) and demo cases, the Private LTE Starter Kit is also available for lending, including a temporary local LTE spectrum license. The spectrum license is currently available in Germany only.

Mobile Edge Cloud Server (MECS)

Built on top of a robust hardware platform, the MECS contains an LTE Core Network (EPC) and an Element Management System – the Micro EMS – for operating the EPC and connected LTE Base Stations.
 
The Mobile Edge Cloud Server does not only include the complete network infrastructure, but can also host application software, the MECS Apps. MECS Apps are running inside Virtual Machines (VM) which are supported by the Edge Cloud inside the MECS. The KVM based Edge Cloud provides computing resources and storage capacity to the applications and connects them on the shortest possible path through the Private LTE network with the user devices.

Through adoption of industry-standard cloud computing principles, the integration of customer specific application software will be greatly accelerated. This approach provides for maximum flexibility regarding the Operating System running in the guest machine. Thus, many existing server applications can be easily converted into a MECS App.

Administrative tasks can be performed on the MECS Dashboard, using a Web browser. The MECS Dashboard can be accessed locally as well as remotely.