Nokia and Sprint demonstrate massive MIMO at #MWC17
February 27 2017 - 8:01AM
Press Release
- Joint demonstration is the first by a U.S. operator to use
massive MIMO for TDD-LTE spectrum with 64T64R
- Massive MIMO demonstration uses multiple commercial devices and
Nokia's newly launched 4.9G AirScale Massive MIMO Adaptive
Antenna
27 February 2017
Barcelona, Spain - At Mobile World Congress, Nokia and Sprint
are demonstrating the benefits of massive MIMO, showcasing how this
technology can boost cell capacity by eight times compared
to 4G LTE. The joint demonstration, showcased at Nokia's
booth, makes Sprint the first U.S. operator to demonstrate massive
MIMO for TDD-LTE spectrum with 64T64R, for both the downlink and
uplink on an existing LTE frequency. Massive MIMO, a key
element of 5G, can enable LTE network performance well beyond
1Gbps.
Nokia's newly launched AirScale massive MIMO Adaptive Antenna is
part of the company's 4.9G technology, which provides significant
increases in capacity, lower latency and several Gigabits of
speed-per-second on the path to 5G. The AirScale massive MIMO
Adaptive Antenna is a milestone, driving capacity increases for
megacity deployments and service continuity with 5G. The Mobile
World Congress demonstration uses 3D Beamforming software to
deliver throughput gains of up to eightfold uplink and fivefold
downlink. Eight commercially available devices operating on
Sprint's 2.5 GHz TDD-LTE band 41 spectrum will be used.
Massive MIMO takes MIMO technology and scales it up, using
64T64R as compared to 2T2R/4T4R/8T8R in a typical 4G LTE network,
but in a relatively compact commercial form. These antennas,
attached to a base station, focus the transmission and reception of
signal energy into small regions of space. This provides new levels
of spectral efficiency and throughput, and allows data consumption
from more users in a dense area without requiring more radio
spectrum or causing interference. As such, massive MIMO is one of
the key elements of 5G that delivers the needed high capacity,
especially in the most densely populated locations such as city
centers and high-rise buildings.
Günther Ottendorfer, chief operating officer of Technology
at Sprint, said: "Massive MIMO is a critical part of our
strategy to increase the capacity of our LTE Plus network today,
and in the future, it will be a key element of our 5G network.
Working with Nokia to deliver massive MIMO is a competitive
advantage for Sprint because it is more easily deployed on 2.5 GHz
spectrum due to the smaller form factor of the radios, and it's an
important innovation that will take advantage of our deep spectrum
holdings."
Ricky Corker, head of North America at Nokia,
said: "Nokia's massive MIMO technology is another proof
point of our innovative work with Sprint in helping it define a
long-term solution to provide service continuity for 5G. The
significant cell capacity massive MIMO offers is why the technology
will play a central role in 5G. Sprint can keep delivering the
capacity its customers need, both now and in the future."
Resources
- Nokia-Sprint massive MIMO video: Paving the path to 5G with
Massive MIMO
- Webpage: 4.5G Pro , including:
- White paper: The path to 5G: New services with 4.5G, 4.5G Pro
and 4.9G
- Webpage: AirScale Radio Access, including:
Did you know
In September 2016, Nokia announced a path to 5G that allows
operators to take advantage of major increases in speed and
capacity where and when they need it using 4.5G, 4.5G Pro and 4.9G
technologies.
Today's demonstration builds on the Sprint and Nokia 5G
demonstration conducted in June 2016 in Santa Clara, California -
the first public 5G demonstration in the U.S.
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