T-Mobile and Ericsson first in North America to demonstrate nearly 1 Gbps LTE over-the-air on commercially available network ...
January 04 2017 - 12:30PM
- Demo conducted in T-Mobile's Bellevue lab using
commercially available LTE network equipment and software from
Ericsson
- The demo combined advanced 3CC Carrier
Aggregation, 4x4 MIMO and 256 QAM functionality on the
downlink
- Together these latest and most advanced
technologies improve network capacity and user experience, bringing
the peak speeds of LTE to gigabit range ahead of 5G
deployments
T-Mobile and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) have reached
near gigabit speeds in an over-the-air demonstration of LTE. The
demo achieved peaks of 979 Mbps, with stable throughputs well above
900 Mbps.
The demo took place in T-Mobile's lab in Bellevue,
Washington. The configuration used only 60 MHz of total carrier
bandwidth, taking advantage of the latest advances in LTE that
combine 3CC Carrier Aggregation, 4x4 MIMO and 256 QAM functionality
on the downlink.
Neville Ray, T-Mobile Chief Technology Officer,
says: "Reaching near Gigabit speeds on LTE shows how much more
capability that LTE offers, and T-Mobile will be first in the US to
launch Gigabit LTE to customers. Ericsson's equipment and software
helps maximize spectrum efficiency today and as more frequencies
are deployed in the future."
Ericsson's strong design and solution capabilities
enable T-Mobile to deploy the most advanced LTE networks for its
subscribers as it lays the groundwork for 5G.
Arun Bansal, Head of Business Unit Network
Products, says: "The record-breaking speeds achieved in our recent
demo show the importance of LTE as an investment and its robustness
as a technology. LTE will offer T-Mobile and its customers an
enhanced user experience on its road to 5G."
Ericsson is present today in all high-traffic LTE
markets including US, Japan, and South Korea, and is ranked first
for handling the most global LTE traffic. In addition, forty
percent of the world's total mobile traffic is carried over
Ericsson networks. More than 270 LTE RAN and Evolved Packet Core
networks have been delivered by Ericsson worldwide, of which 200
are live commercially.
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