By 2016, an estimated 58% of outdoor small cells will be backhauled using wireless techniques, according to ABI Research.
The emergence of wireless technologies like NLOS OFDM (sub 6 GHz), MMW (60-80 GHz) and also Wi-Fi backhaul solutions are likely to find preference.
This is due to their flexibility, low cost and ability to use point-to-multipoint and point-to-point techniques to backhaul clusters or rows of small cells.
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