LTE-Advanced provides service continuity for early 5G deployments
Verizon is working to bring commercial 5G services to life in between three and five markets by the end of the year. But, at the same time it is investing in the next-generation of cellular, the carrier...
Gigabit LTE creates a wireless fiber experience
Back in January, Telstra launched the world's first gigabit LTE network in partnership with Ericsson, Qualcomm and Netgear. Based off the LTE Advanced specification, gigabit LTE networks have three fundamental building blocks: 4x4 multiple-input, multiple-output, multi-channel carrier aggregation...
CommScope has launched a new antenna with a particularly broad range of frequency support, that pushes multiple-input-multiple-output technology on the tower to 4x4 at 1400-2700 MHz, with low-band support at 694-960 MHz as well.
Upendra Pingle, VP of CommScope's base station antenna and Heliax product...
Gigabit LTE footprint extends to 920 markets; plans to deploy LAA
SAN JOSE, Calif.--In the race to boost capacity while optimizing usage of network resources, T-Mobile US today announced that it has deployed gigabit LTE technologies in 920 U.S. markets, which the operator says outpaces...
Understanding the end user quality of experience created by gigabit LTE
Built on technologies 4x4 MIMO, 256 QAM and multi-channel carrier aggregation including of unlicensed spectrum bands, 41 operators in 24 countries are in varying phases of testing and deploying gigabit LTE networks. In a...
Innovators and inventors 'haven't yet begun to imagine' everything 5G will enable
Speaking at the Wireless Infrastructure Association's HetNet Expo in West Palm Beach, Fla., AT&T Vice President of RAN and Device Design Gordon Mansfield asked attendees to, "Put your imagination caps on for just...
T-Mobile, Nokia, Qualcomm hit 1.175 Gbps in test
Who says you have to wait for 5G to get gigabit-plus-per-second speeds to your mobile device? As operators continue to advance their LTE networks with carrier aggregation, 4x4 MIMO and 256 QAM--an imperative in the unlimited data...
4x4 MIMO + carrier aggregation + 256 QAM = gigabit LTE
In what Peter Carson, senior director of marketing, Qualcomm Technologies, dubbed an international "speed race" (pun intended?), all four major U.S. operators, as well as numerous international carriers, are deploying gigabit LTE networks.
Off the...
Combine carrier aggregation, 4x4 MIMO, 256-QAM, and LAA to provide a gigabit LTE experience for users, while increasing network efficiency
As the standards and testing work around 5G continues, some of the foundational technologies are being deployed by operators today to provide a gigabit LTE...
Signals Research Group conducted 4x4 MIMO testing that showed a 55% speed boost on a live T-Mobile network using Samsung devices.
Claimed performance advantages of complex multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technologies appear to have been validated by recent network performance testing conducted by Signals...
