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Global Macrocell Baseband Unit Market Analysis and Forecast, 2023-2027, 17th Edition

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  • 86 Pages
  • August 2023
  • Region: Global
  • EJL Wireless Research
  • ID: 5316700

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global distributed unit (DU)/digital baseband unit (BBU) market. This report covers the global market share for 2022 shipments as well as a forecast for 2023-2027. 

The analyst has segmented the overall DU/BBU market into three product segments types based on the types of radio units (RU) supported:

  • Non-Massive MIMO 
  • Massive MIMO 
  • Massive Antenna Element (AE)

The product segments are further divided by Duplex Mode, Air Interface, and Frequency Cluster.

Features 

  • 2022 Shipments and 2023-2027 forecast by Product Segment 
  • 2022 Shipments and 2023-2027 forecast by Duplex Mode 
  • 2022 Shipments and 2023-2027 forecast by Air Interface 
  • 2022 Shipments and 2023-2027 forecast by Frequency Cluster 
  • 2022 Shipments and 2023-2027 forecast by Region

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • 2019-2021 Review: Fake 5G NR launches using DSS in NA and Europe
  • 2022 Review: Global Market and 5G Continues to rely on China
  • Global DU/BBU Forecast 2023-2027
  • Outlook Summary
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
  • DU/BBU Acronyms by Mobile Generation
  • 2G/3G/4G BBU Architecture Definitions
  • DU/BBU Database Taxonomy
  • 5G DU/CU Architecture Definitions
  • Purpose Built DU/BBU
  • Open RAN DU (O-DU)
  • Virtual RAN (vRAN) DU/BBU
CHAPTER 1: OVERALL MARKET PERFORMANCE
  • 2022: China Strong, Everywhere Else Weak/Stable
  • Global DU/BBU Forecast 2023-2027
CHAPTER 2: 5G NR/ NR ADVANCED EXPLAINED
  • Splitting the BBU into the CU and DU
  • Fronthaul Links for DUs and RUs
CHAPTER 3: MASSIVE MIMO 5G NR DU (GNODEB) SHIPMENTS/FORECAST
  • Definition of 5G NR DU Category
  • Global 5G NR DU Shipments, 2021-2022
  • Global 5G NR DU Forecast 2023-2027
CHAPTER 4: NON-MASSIVE MIMO 4G/5G (ENODEB/GNODEB) DU/BBUS
  • Definition of Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Category
  • Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Shipments, 2021-2022
  • Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast 2023-2027
CHAPTER 5: 2G BTS/3G NODEB
  • 2G/3G BBU Shipments, 2021-2022
  • 2G/3G BBU Forecast 2023-2027
CHAPTER 6: OPEN RAN/VRAN DU ANALYSIS
  • Global Open RAN/vRAN DU/BBU Forecast 2023-2027
CHAPTER 7: GEOGRAPHICAL MARKET ANALYSIS
  • China: The only bright spot in 2022
  • Regional Forecast 2023-2027
  • North America
  • Latin America/Caribbean
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • The Middle East
  • Rest of Asia Pacific (ROAP)
  • China
  • India
GLOSSARY
List of Tables
Table 1: Global DU/BBU Shipments by Baseband Type, 2021-2022 (Units)
Table 2: Global DU/BBU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2021-2022 (Units)
Table 3: Global DU/BBU Shipments by Region, 2021-2022 (Units)
Table 4: Global DU/BBU Market Share by Baseband Type, 2021-2022 (Units)
Table 5: Global DU/BBU Non-Massive MIMO Market Share by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2021-2022(Units)
Table 6: Global DU/BBU Massive MIMO/AE Market Share by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2021-2022(Units)
Table 7: Global DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 8: Global DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (% Market Share)
Table 9: Global DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (% YoY Growth)
Table 10: Global 5G NR DU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2021-2022 (Units)
Table 11: Global 5G NR DU Shipments by Region, 2021-2022 (Units)
Table 12: Global 5G NR DU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 13: Global 5G NR DU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (% Market Share)
Table 14: Global 5G NR DU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Table 15: Global 5G NR DU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 16: Global 5G NR DU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (% Market Share)
Table 17: Global 5G NR DU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Table 18: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2021-2022 (Units
Table 19: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Shipments by Region, 2021-2022 (Units)
Table 20: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 21: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (% Market Share)
Table 22: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Table 23: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 24: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (% Market Share)
Table 25: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Table 26: Global 2G/3G BBU Shipments, 2021-2022 (Units)
Table 27: Global 2G/3G BBU Shipments by Region, 2021-2022 (Units)
Table 28: Global 2G/3G BBU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 29: Global 2G/3G BBU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (% Market Share)
Table 30: Global 2G/3G BBU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Table 31: Global 2G/3G BBU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 32: Global 2G/3G BBU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (% Market Share)
Table 33: Global 2G/3G BBU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Table 34: Global DU/BBU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2021-2022 (Units)
Table 35: Global DU/BBU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 36: Global DU/BBU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2023-2027 (% Market Share)
Table 37: Global DU/BBU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Table 38: Global DU/BBU Shipments by Region, 2021-2022 (Units)
Table 39: Global DU/BBU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 40: Global DU/BBU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (% Market Share)
Table 41: Global DU/BBU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (% YoY Growth)
Table 42: North America DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 43: North America DU/BBU Non-Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 44: North America DU/BBU Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 45:North America DU/BBU Massive AE >8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 46: Latin America DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 47: Latin America DU/BBU Non-Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 48: Latin America DU/BBU Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027(Units)
Table 49: Latin America DU/BBU Massive AE >8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027(Units)
Table 50: Europe DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 51: Europe DU/BBU Non-Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 52: Europe DU/BBU Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027(Units)
Table 53: Europe DU/BBU Massive AE >8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027(Units)
Table 54: Africa DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 55: Africa DU/BBU Non-Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027(Units)
Table 56: Africa DU/BBU Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027(Units)
Table 57: Africa DU/BBU Massive AE >8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027(Units)
Table 58: Middle East DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 59: Middle East DU/BBU Non-Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster,2023-2027 (Units)
Table 60: Middle East DU/BBU Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027(Units)
Table 61: Middle East DU/BBU Massive AE >8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027(Units)
Table 62: Rest of Asia Pacific DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 63: Rest of Asia Pacific DU/BBU Non-Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 64: Rest of Asia Pacific DU/BBU Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 65: Rest of Asia Pacific DU/BBU Massive AE >8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 66: China DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 67: China DU/BBU Non-Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 68: China DU/BBU Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 69: China DU/BBU Massive AE >8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 70: India DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 71: India DU/BBU Non-Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 72: India DU/BBU Massive MIMO <8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Table 73: India DU/BBU Massive AE >8GHz Forecast by Air Interface/Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)

List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1: Historical Global DU/DU/BBU Shipments, 2001-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 2: Global DU/BBU Shipments by Baseband Type, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 3: Global DU/BBU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 4: Global DU/BBU Shipments by Region, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 5: Global DU/BBU Forecast 2023-2027, (% YoY Growth)
Exhibit 6: LTE eNB vs. 5G NR gNB Physical Unit Protocol Stack Partitions
Exhibit 7: Purpose-Built Multi-Slot Chassis/Backplane DU/BBU Examples
Exhibit 8: Nokia Multi-Slot Chassis/Backplane AMIx Example
Exhibit 9: Generic Purpose Built 2G/3G/4G & 5G Macrocell Site DU/BBU Configuration
Exhibit 10: 5G vRAN Architectures
Exhibit 11: Global DU/BBU Shipments, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 12: Global DU/BBU Market Share by Baseband Type, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 13: Global DU/BBU Market Share by Segment, 2022 (% Market Share)
Exhibit 14: Global DU/BBU Forecast 2023-2027, (% YoY Growth)
Exhibit 15: Global DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 16: Global DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (% Market Share)
Exhibit 17: Global DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (% Growth)
Exhibit 18: 3GPP 5G NR/5G NR Advanced Timeline
Exhibit 19: 5G NR NSA/SA Network Launches Timeline
Exhibit 20: 3GPP Rel 17 NR-Light/RedCap Performance Comparison
Exhibit 21: OBSAI vs. CPRI Fronthaul Members
Exhibit 22: 3GPP Fronthaul Split Options
Exhibit 23: O-RAN Fronthaul Split Specification
Exhibit 24: Global 5G NR DU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2022 (Units)
Exhibit 25: Global 5G NR DU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 26: Global 5G NR DU Shipments by Region, 2022 (Units)
Exhibit 27: Global 5G NR DU Shipments by Region, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 28: Global 5G NR DU Forecast, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Exhibit 29: Global 5G NR DU Forecast without China, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Exhibit 30: Global 5G NR DU Forecast Including/Excluding China, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 31: Global 5G NR DU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 32: Global 5G NR DU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 33: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2022 (Units)
Exhibit 34: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 35: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Shipments by Region, 2022 (Units)
Exhibit 36: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Shipments by Region, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 37: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Exhibit 38: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast without China, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Exhibit 39: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast Including/Excluding China, 2023-2027(Units)
Exhibit 40: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 41: Global Non-Massive MIMO 4G/5G DU/BBU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 42: Global 2G/3G BBU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2022 (Units)
Exhibit 43: Global 2G/3G BBU Shipments by Frequency Cluster, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 44: Global 2G/3G BBU Shipments by Region, 2022 (Units)
Exhibit 45: Global 2G/3G BBU Shipments by Region, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 46: Global 2G/3G BBU Forecast, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Exhibit 47: Global 2G/3G BBU Forecast by Frequency Cluster, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 48: Global 2G/3G BBU Forecast by Region, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 49: Global DU/BBU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2021-2022 (Units)
Exhibit 50: Global Open RAN/vRAN DU/BBU Shipments by Region, 2022 (Units)
Exhibit 51: Global Open RAN/vRAN DU/BBU Shipments, 2023-2027 (% Growth YoY)
Exhibit 52: Global DU/BBU Shipments Purpose Built vs. Open RAN/vRAN, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 53: Global DU/BBU Market Share by Region, 2022 (% Market Share)
Exhibit 54: North America DU/BBU Forecast, 2023-2027 (% YoY Growth)
Exhibit 55: North America DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 56: Latin America DU/BBU Forecast, 2023-2027 (% YoY Growth)
Exhibit 57: Latin America DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 58: Europe DU/BBU Forecast, 2023-2027 (% YoY Growth)
Exhibit 59: Europe DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 60: Africa DU/BBU Forecast, 2023-2027 (% YoY Growth)
Exhibit 61: Africa DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 62: The Middle East DU/BBU Forecast, 2023-2027 (% YoY Growth)
Exhibit 63: The Middle East DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 64: Rest of Asia Pacific DU/BBU Forecast, 2023-2027 (% YoY Growth)
Exhibit 65: Rest of Asia Pacific DU/BBU Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 66: China DU/BBU Forecast, 2023-2027 (% YoY Growth)
Exhibit 67: China DU/BBU Shipment Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)
Exhibit 68: India DU/BBU Forecast, 2023-2027 (% YoY Growth)
Exhibit 69: India DU/BBU Shipment Forecast by Baseband Type, 2023-2027 (Units)

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