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Ericsson releases its next major software,
Ericsson Networks Software 16A, which will feature a new suite of
LTE software upgrades targeting the indoor space
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The new suite features advances in uplink and
downlink performance - boosting network uplink speeds by up to 200
percent, downlink speeds by up to 30 percent and adding LTE
Unlicensed (LTE-U), the first commercial step in Licensed Assisted
Access Device
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Better connections for consumers and enterprises
drive latest mobile network performance and efficiency
innovations
Over the last few years a major shift in
connectivity has been gaining speed; we have moved away from a
laptop era and into a fully mobile era, where we connect to our
friends, family, and colleagues through multiple devices - growing
to 4.3 devices per user by 2020* -- and where business transactions
are often made over the cellular network. The resulting influx of
devices, users, and applications trying to access the network can
result in poor indoor coverage and performance. And with the coming
growth in the Internet of Things contributing to 26 billion
connected devices in 2020, providing the right coverage to indoor
spaces will become a greater challenge.
To support these changes in connectivity, Ericsson
(NASDAQ: ERIC), long recognized for high-performance, innovative
hardware, is pushing performance further by adding capacity and
functionality with software-only upgrades. Today, it
announces its next major software release, Ericsson Networks
Software 16A, which will feature a new suite of LTE software
upgrades targeting the indoor space.
Among the hundreds of new and enhanced software
feature options in Network Software 16A, the new suite features
advances in uplink and downlink performance - boosting network
uplink speeds by up to 200 percent, downlink speeds by up to 30
percent and adding LTE Unlicensed (LTE-U), the first commercial
step in Licensed Assisted Access - as well as features to support
greater energy efficiency of small cells. To achieve these gains,
Ericsson has been working with leading customers on lab tests and
trial activities.
Mike Sapien, Principal Analyst Enterprise
Services, Ovum, says: "While operators have understood that they
need to design mobile networks for increasing amounts of data now,
Wi-Fi networks have traditionally been the solution of choice for
indoor connectivity for enterprise customers. However, Wi-Fi cannot
service the need for reliable and mobile voice services or text
messaging, much less handle the business-critical applications that
require the app coverage, voice services, and full mobility
provided by cellular. Now, as we move toward 5G, both cellular and
Wi-Fi will need to work together to offer differentiated and
seamless service."
Increases in video and media uploads by businesses
and consumers via apps like Instagram and Facebook call for better
uplink speeds. Ericsson Networks Software 16A includes two uplink
enhancements that will enable mobile operators to utilize 64
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) on uplink to provide
50-percent better peak speeds of 75 Mbps. In addition, it enables
uplink carrier aggregation, which can double uplink data speeds.
Combined, these improvements provide peak uplink data rates up to
150 Mbps, which is a 200 percent improvement.
Further enhancements focused on the indoor space
boost download speeds by 30 percent using 256 QAM encoding.
Earlier this year, in a live demonstration with Ericsson, Telstra
achieved the world's first download peak rates of 600 Mbps using
this new feature. Devices that support these advances become
available this year, in line with commercial availability of the
Ericsson Networks Software 16A.
Networks Software 16A also includes LTE-U, to
drive higher performance. LTE-U enables operators to combine the
reliability of licensed spectrum with indoor data speed boosts
provided by unlicensed spectrum.
Arun Bansal, Senior Vice President and Head of
Business Unit Radio, Ericsson, says: "To keep pace with mobile
broadband demand from both consumers and industry, operators need
solutions that deliver both high performance and efficiency.
Ericsson's indoor software innovations deliver both. And, these new
features combined with Ericsson's end-to-end solutions, flexible
go-to-market and business models and proactive relationships with
key device ecosystem partners, ensure that our leading operators
not only keep pace, but set the pace."
Ericsson Networks Software 16A builds on
energy-efficiency capabilities in previous releases and now
includes Cell Sleep mode. This feature enables individual carriers
to automatically switch off during periods of low traffic demand,
ensuring greater energy efficiency of small cells.
Indoor is the new hub of mobile activity and
operators will need strategic models and services to cover this
huge footprint. To complement operator efforts, Ericsson is
expanding its use of channel partners, such as Anixter and working
with leading real estate developers and property managers,
including Skanska, helping to create new business
opportunities.
Through Ericsson's flexible service and business
models, mobile operators can choose their level of involvement. For
operators who wish to deploy and manage indoor networks themselves,
Ericsson offers easy-to-deploy hardware and installation tools.
Ericsson Global Services offers a comprehensive range of small cell
services, from strategic network analysis through design,
integration, optimization and monitoring, right up to a fully
managed Small Cells as a Service (SCaaS) offering. With SCaaS,
complete ownership of the hardware and deployment is handled
through Ericsson Global Services, allowing for a simple and easy
go-to-market model for indoor opportunities.
Ericsson also offers enterprise solutions for
operators to bring to their customers, ranging from
Mobile Unified Communications and Video Communications to
Managed Enterprise Cloud.
Ericsson and key device ecosystem partners,
including NETGEARĀ®, will showcase indoor solutions enabled by the
new Networks Software 16A at booth #4322 at CTIA Super Mobility
2015 in Las Vegas on September 9-11. Demonstrations will include
LTE-U Fair Sharing of licensed and unlicensed spectrum for LTE
support and LTE 3 Carrier Aggregation with 256 QAM for speeds up to
600 Mbps.
* Strategy Analytics, 2014
Cellular coverage is needed indoors to deliver a
seamless experience and connection when subscribers are on the go -
either from one floor to the next or from inside to outside.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Launch: Improving Indoor App Coverage
Ericsson and Qualcomm Deliver LTE Category 11 Smartphone Experience
in Live Demonstration with Telstra
License Assisted Access live in Ericsson Labs for Verizon, SK
Telecom and T-Mobile
Ericsson first to give smartphone users indoor boost with License
Assisted Access
Ericsson Radio Dot System
Ericsson RBS 6402
Ericsson Radio System
White paper: App coverage - effectively relating network
performance to user experience
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