Nokia is latest vendor to conduct a trial to establish the viability of using E-band millimeter wave spectrum to backhaul 5G small and macrocells. This could provide a solution for connecting towers and other sites that cannot be reached practically or affordably by fiber. The trial was conducted over Vodafone Idea’s 5G network in Gandhinagar in India, following similar demonstrations involving kit from Ericsson, among others. The mmWave bands in question may be dedicated to backhaul, or used for self-backhaul, sometimes called IAB (Integrated Access Backhaul), where the user access and backhaul traffic share the same wireless channel. In this case, Nokia claimed the 9.85Gbps capacity it achieved to be record-breaking, using its recently upgraded Wavence backhaul package. The definition…