Wireless Infrastructure RF Power and Amplifier Device Demand: 2011 - 2016

Increasing data consumption is forcing operators and equipment manufacturers to new wireless infrastructure architectures that rely on numerous lower power cells to augment existing macrocell-based networks. This trend will result in a yearly growth rate of nearly 24 percent in unit shipments of base station radio equipment in terms of sectors, to an estimated 6.6 million sectors shipping in 2016. At the same time, the total revenue generated from sales of RF amplifier devices will grow with a CAAGR of 5 percent to reach nearly $955 million in 2016.

1 Executive Summary
2 Introduction
3 Forecast
3.1 Base Station Sector Forecast
3.1.1 Regional Base Station Sector Forecast
3.1.2 Base Station Sectors by Band
3.2 RF Power and Amplifier Forecast
3.2.1 RF Power: Drivers & Finals
3.2.2 RF Power: Final Stage Amplifiers
3.2.3 RF Power: Driver Amplifiers
3.2.4 LNAs & VGAs
4 Cells & Sectors
4.1 Macrocells
4.2 Small Cells
5 Antennas, PAs, LNAs & Transceivers
5.1 Antenna Configurations: History & Recent Trends
5.1.1 Common Antenna Configurations
5.1.2 Antenna Configurations & Bands
5.1.3 Beam Forming
5.2 Antennas & Front-End Components
5.2.1 SCPAs vs. MCPAs
5.2.2 Transceivers
5.2.3 Transmit Power & RFPA Configurations
5.2.3.1 Common Doherty Configurations
5.2.4 TMA / Filter Boards
5.3 Advanced Antennas
5.3.1 Adaptive Array (adaptive beam forming)
5.3.2 Advanced Antennas for MIMO
5.3.3 Active Antenna Systems
5.4 Remote Radio Heads & Distributed Base Stations
5.4.1 Recent Innovations in Base Stations
5.5 Trends in RFPAs
5.5.1 Circuit Level: Amplifier Classes & Switching Mode PAs
5.5.2 System Level: Doherty, DPD, CFR, Drain Modulation, Outphasing
5.5.2.1 Doherty
5.5.2.2 Digital Predistortion & Crest Factor Reduction
5.5.2.3 Analog Predistortion
5.5.2.4 Drain Modulation
5.5.2.5 Outphasing