Vertix Consulting looks at the challenges and opportunities surrounding Wi-Fi calling, including LTE-U, LAA and LTE
Industry news reports surrounding the implementation of Wi-Fi calling are getting noisy, but many challenges still stand in the way of wide-scale adoption. Many challenges are technical in...
Baicells, using Radisys software, is testing LTE-LAA small cell with China Mobile
Chinese tech company Baicells has been making moves in the small cells space as of late, most recently with the launch of an LTE license assisted access small cell using Intel processors.
Baicells is...
Senza Fili Consulting President Monica Paolini breaks down LTE-U, LAA and other issues from Mobile World Congress 2016
After her well-received presentation during the Small Cell Summit event, colocated with Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, RCR Wireless News caught up with Monica Paolini, president of...
Equipment vendors often see the market for in-building wireless solutions through the lens of their own product offerings, but the "boots on the ground" who deploy systems may have a more holistic view of what works for enterprise customers. These installers and integrators are...
As LTE mobile networks continue to evolve, new technologies designed to bolster throughput by tapping into unlicensed spectrum bands are steadily approaching commercialization. Licensed assisted access, which aggregates LTE in both licensed and unlicensed spectrum, is one such technology set for standardization as part...
Worldwide, carriers are looking for solutions to cope up with the ever growing demand of mobile data. While Wi-Fi accounts for more than half of the traffic on mobile devices, carriers have traditionally used Wi-Fi for cellular data offload for residential, enterprise and hotspots....
Some consensus is developing around Wi-Fi coexistence with LTE over unlicensed spectrum and a test regime for ensuring the two technologies interact fairly is in the works, according to Wi-Fi Alliance. The group has taken the lead as the primary forum for industry to...
Are LTE-Unlicensed and Wi-Fi really pitted against one another from a technological perspective, or has the debate been hijacked by parties protecting business interests? Depending on who you ask, LTE-U is either a new system leveraging unlicensed spectrum that will work in conjunction with...
MIMO, LAA, carrier aggregation push growth
A new study found small cell shipments doubled or even tripled in many categories in 2015, but one market segment grew by up to 500%.
The Semiconductor for Small Cells market study found the proliferation of more intricate small...
The companies who are bringing LTE-Unlicensed to the industry have added new partners and launched a new coalition to promote the technology, seeking to reassure both regulators and Wi-Fi stakeholders that running LTE in unlicensed spectrum will not impact Wi-Fi.
Founding members of the Evolve...
Huawei has demonstrated a small cell running Wi-Fi and LTE in unlicensed spectrum. The demonstration, conducted with NTT DoCoMo, showed Wi-Fi and licensed-assisted access both operating in the 5 GHz band. Listen-before-talk was used for LTE.
Listen-before-talk is a protocol usually associated with Wi-Fi that...
As the use of LTE over unlicensed spectrum moves toward field trials expected later this year, LTE-U testing results that show mixed results as to its ability to co-exist fairly with Wi-Fi have been presented by a number of industry players. Even the basic...
