SCF is a global membership organization committed to supporting agile, low-cost mobile infrastructure through small cells. Our mission is to make mobile cellular connectivity an accessible resource for organizations of all sizes, and to support the digital transformation of industry, enterprise and communities.
As the mobile ecosystem has evolved, we’ve seen a significant shift from a traditional B2C environment to a B2B and B2C environment, providing potential for new business relationships and opportunities:
Small cells are the means by which enterprise, industry and communities are joining the mobile economy and finding new ways to create value with mobile connectivity.
SCF’s work program has been developed to support this new connectivity agenda, helping to promote and deliver the opportunities and overcome any barriers.
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Small Cell Forum membership is open to any legally established corporation, individual firm, partnership, governmental body or international organization supporting the promotion and worldwide deployment of small cell technologies.
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Below are the areas our members are working on as part of our work program
Small cells are changing. Their form is changing and so are their use cases. To avoid the risk fragmentation, SCF has produced a consensus view and concise definition of the types of 5G small cells and the key characteristics of the different types of commercially viable 5G small cell RAN products over the next five years.
Learn MoreSCF has updated the suite of 5G FAPI specifications which underpin the high-performance low-cost components integral to 5G mobile base stations, whether small cell or macro. FAPI has already been widely adopted in the vast majority of 2G, 3G and 4G system-on-a-chip based small cells and the 5G version is now on its third release.
Learn MoreFAPI is an interface between the chipset and the software within a small cell. It enables a small cell maker to integrate a SoC from one vendor with upper layer software from another vendor and combine that into one product. nFAPI provides a transport wrapper around the established FAPI PHY APIs to create a fronthaul interface between an S-RU and S-DU. The combination of FAPI and nFAPI is called Open6.
Learn MoreToday, commercial conditions are ripe for enterprises and government to leverage small cell-based private networks for their business-critical and mission-critical connectivity needs. Private networking technology is also a significant opportunity for operators and vendors, enabling new business models, tailored service offerings and access to new verticals.
Learn MoreSCF’s role extends to more than small cell technology and business cases, we also work with regulators, governments, and organizations. We act as advocates for small cells; on topics such as standardization, regulation, and health.
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