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title: "Ericsson Macro Radio"
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  - "Band 25"
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  - "Band 77d"
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  - "5G"
  - "4G LTE"
  - "Outdoor"
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# Ericsson Macro Radio

![Ericsson Macro Radio product](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/blt2588e757607604a2/blt444f12a70320207d/69fd43c178999c4513294209/url_Macro_Radio_4435_Front_320.png)

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## Ericsson Macro Radio

Ericsson Macro Radios feature the power and wide coverage to support outdoor private 5G across very large sites, with the ability to support massive MIMO, mmWAVE, single- and multi-band options, and many types of antennas offering flexibility in any challenging deployment scenario.

## Hardware specs

- **Environment** — Outdoor
- **Antennas** — External
- **3GPP RAT types** — LTE, NR
- **Supported bands** — B42, B43, B1, B2/B25, B3, B7, B38A, B41, B40, B77D, B78K
- **Transmit power** — 4 x 40W, 4x20W (Radio 4435), 8x50 (Radio 8863 B40), 8x40 (Radio 8863 B41, B77D, B78K)
- **CPRI line rate** — 25 Gbit/s
- **IBW** — 40 – 380
- **MIMO** — 4 x 4, 8 x 8
- **Modulation** — 256-QAM downlink and 256-QAM uplink
- **External interface** — SFP+
- **Power supply** — -48V DC, 110 – 250 V AC
- **Regions** — Global
- **Weight** — 14 – 57 lbs (6.5 – 25.8 kg)

## Software features

### Applications and characteristics

- API-based bulk provisioning of SIM cards
- Automated lifecycle management
- CBRS domain proxy for 4G and 5G​
- Configurable quality of service (QoS)
- Over-the-top push-to-talk (OTT PTT)​
- Routing behind mobile station (RBMS)
- SIM cards with external IMSIs (EHPLMN)
- SLA monitoring
- Watchdog support for Android

### Management

- Multi-tenant cloud
- Event based monitoring (EBM) for devices
- eSIM visibility
- Advanced management – FM & PM
- Adv management – UE packet tracing for device troubleshooting
- Cloud-based management API
- Developer portal
- OPc field for all bulk-provisioned SIM cards
- Maintenance status display
- Backup and restore

### Security

- 5G identity concealment
- Encryption of sensitive data
- Enhanced idle-session handling
- Security dashboard
- SIM-to-device locking
- Throughput posture for cellular devices
- Unified security framework
- E2E encryption for A4 transport keys
- Enhanced encryption methods (AES 256-GCM)

### Radio

- 4G and 5G SA communication
- Balanced 5G TDD pattern (mid-band)
- High availability functionality for radio network
- NR-NR dual connectivity
- Mobility configuration for 5G
- Traffic steering of devices for load balancing
- Balanced 5G TDD pattern aligned with LTE config 1 (mid-band)

### Core and Networking

- 4G and 5G dual-mode core
- Enhanced systemwide high availability functionality
- Improved handover latency
- Multi-location sites
- Multiple segments per SIM card
- Support for public IP-address ranges
- Visibility of configurable NTP servers