Nokia Siemens to merge cloud, base-station computing to boost performance

Grazed from ITWorld. Author: Stephen Lawson.

Nokia Siemens Networks will expand the role of cellular base stations with a new platform that will store and deliver some application data locally, while tapping into information about subscribers and traffic to improve the process. The company announced the system, called Liquid Applications, at an event in Barcelona on the eve of Mobile World Congress. Liquid Applications can improve consumers’ mobile experience but cutting delays as well as delivering more relevant content, CEO Rajeev Suri said.

Caching data in base stations is not a new idea, but NSN says it is going beyond that with Liquid Applications. The platform uses both cloud computing and processing in base stations, moving tasks around based on current conditions and the subscriber’s location and needs, said Marc Rouanne, head of mobile broadband at NSN. "That’s why it’s liquid. It moves and it learns," Rouanne said…

Among other things, querying information about nearby hotels and restaurants while connecting to the network through a base station with Liquid Applications could bring a user more relevant local information, more quickly, according to NSN. In addition, being able to cache some content locally would help a carrier to offer guaranteed high performance for watching a special event, such as a concert, Suri said…

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