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- Companies build a virtual reality zone inside stock car race
cars operating at the Richard Petty Driving Experience, creating a
full 360° "in car" experience in real time
- Joint demonstration shows how the new CBRS band and leading
technologies can offer new audience experiences; and how venues and
enterprises can deploy a private LTE network for new services and
the creation of enhanced fan experiences
7 February 2017
Las Vegas, Nevada - Nokia, Alphabet's Access Group and
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. joined forces to demonstrate the first
live demo of a private LTE network over CBRS (Citizens Broadband
Radio Service) shared spectrum at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The
companies built a virtual reality zone inside stock car race cars
operating at the Richard Petty Driving Experience, with 360° video
streaming to provide an "in car" experience in real time. The
demonstration, which achieved speeds in excess of 180 mph, showed
not only how the combination of a new CBRS band and innovative
technologies can offer new audience experiences, but also how
shared spectrum can be used by venues and enterprises to deploy
their own private LTE network to offer new services.
Deployment of a private LTE network is becoming a reality due to
the availability of the CBRS spectrum (without the auction costs)
and advances in network technology that are providing the
performance benefits of LTE with an easy deployment model. The live
demonstration successfully highlighted some of the key performance
benefits of using LTE, including consistent high data rates to
stream 360° video for immersive experiences, superior mobility at
extreme race car speeds, exceptional outdoor coverage, and capacity
that can be customized to meet the needs of the particular
service. In this case, the 360° video streaming from within the
high-speed vehicles. The demonstrations also showcased that, thanks
to the availability of CBRS shared spectrum, an enterprise, campus,
venue or other group can deploy their own private LTE network.
The shared spectrum used in the Las Vegas Motor Speedway demo is
the new CBRS spectrum released in the U.S. by the Federal
Communications Commission. This spectrum allows for broad
innovation in wireless business models. Nokia, Alphabet's Access
Group and Qualcomm Technologies are founding members of the
CBRS Alliance, which is promoting LTE-based solutions in the CBRS
spectrum. The three companies are committed to driving technology
forward to allow for ubiquitous deployment of LTE networks within
the CBRS band.
Industry leading technologies push the boundaries of LTE with
race car demo:The collaboration of Nokia, Alphabet's Access
Group and Qualcomm Technologies brought together industry-leading
expertise and technology innovations to create the foundation for a
cutting-edge demonstration - revolutionizing the audience
experience and showing first-hand the performance benefits of a
private LTE network.
Powered by its TD-LTE radio innovation and experience of LTE
networks for high density venues and high speed race events, the
Nokia CBRS private LTE high performance network used CBRS base
stations to cover the complete track and spectator area. CBRS
spectrum for the base stations was provisioned by the Access SAS
(Spectrum Access System), and the 360° virtual reality video was
streamed in real time using YouTube Live Events. This was the
first SAS demonstration in support of a live event.
The network was customized* to provide: high uplink data rate on
the race track and high downlink data rate in the spectator area;
very low latency between car and network; and seamless mobility.
Such a set up allows the continuous streaming of real time 4K 360°
virtual reality video between the spectators and the cars - in this
demonstration driving in excess of 180 mph. The in-car connectivity
for the trial was enabled by a Qualcomm® Snapdragon(TM) LTE
modem.**
Chris Stark, head of strategy and business development for
North America, Nokia, said: "By bringing together the
ingenuity of Nokia, Alphabet's Access Group and Qualcomm
Technologies, not only are we showing how the CBRS band can enable
new business ideas using LTE, but also how such futuristic
applications like this are possible. We want this trial to act as a
catalyst for carriers and enterprises to start thinking about
leveraging this band for new applications. Beyond the high speeds
and amazing views this demo provides, the real opportunity is in
the life-changing applications that will benefit from the 3.5GHz
U.S. CBRS spectrum and transform users' experience."
Neville Meijers, vice president, business development,
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and chairman of the CBRS Alliance,
said: "Developing technologies that utilize the CBRS band of
shared spectrum is a very exciting trend for our industry not only
because of the customized customer experiences it can deliver, such
as the immersive 360° view demonstrated in this trial, but also the
business opportunities it will create for enterprises. We look
forward to our work with Alphabet's Access Group and Nokia, and all
members of the CBRS Alliance to continue to develop new types of
LTE-based networks and unlock their potential."
Preston Marshall, director, Alphabet's Access Group,
said: "This is the first demonstration of the capability of
shared spectrum to enable otherwise impractical innovations and
applications. Co-operation between the U.S. government and
industry has made it possible to create a whole new class of
wireless systems, fusing the flexibility and accessibility of
licensed spectrum with the high performance and effectiveness of
carrier grade technologies. The FCC has moved rapidly to establish
the CBRS band; the DoD has collaborated with industry to assure
non-interference to critical Navy radars, and over 60 companies
have jointly developed the standards to implement this
protection. Private networks are but one example. We see
great potential for private and public shared networks which is why
we have committed great effort to developing our Spectrum Access
System."
About NokiaNokia is a global leader in creating the
technologies at the heart of our connected world. Powered by the
research and innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we serve communications
service providers, governments, large enterprises and consumers,
with the industry's most complete, end-to-end portfolio of
products, services and licensing. From the enabling infrastructure
for 5G and the Internet of Things, to emerging applications in
virtual reality and digital health, we are shaping the future of
technology to transform the human experience. www.nokia.com
About QualcommQualcomm's technologies
powered the smartphone revolution and connected billions of
people. We pioneered 3G and 4G - and now, we are leading the
way to 5G and a new era of intelligent, connected devices. Our
products are revolutionizing industries including automotive,
computing, IoT and healthcare, and are allowing millions of devices
to connect with each other in ways never before
imagined. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our
licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent
portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm
Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, all of our
engineering, research and development functions, and all of our
products and services businesses, including our semiconductor
business, QCT, and our mobile, automotive, computing, IoT and
healthcare businesses.
To learn more, visit Qualcomm's
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Notes:*Nokia customized the private LTE CBRS network with the
first multi-frame configuration TDD LTE network that used config 0
and 64QAM for high uplink data rate from the race car, and config 2
for high downlink data rate in the spectator area. Nokia used Smart
Scheduler configuration and MEC (Mobile Edge Computing) to deliver
low latency and seamless mobility.
**The Snapdragon LTE modem supports up to 4x downlink CA,
2x uplink CA, all 3GPP-approved bands, including 3.5GHz bands 42
and 43, and 4x4 MIMO in a single transceiver chip, dramatically
reducing the footprint required to support advanced CA and MIMO
configurations.
Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated,
registered in the United States and other countries.
Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies,
Inc.
Company media contacts:
NokiaCarol DeMatteo, External Communications, North
AmericaPhone: +1 214 728 6197Email:
carol.dematteo@nokia.com
CommunicationsPhone: +358 (0) 10 448 4900Email:
press.services@nokia.com
Qualcomm Pete Lancia, Corporate
CommunicationsPhone: +1 858 845 5959Email:
corpcomm@qualcomm.com
John Sinnott, Investor RelationsPhone: +1 858 658
4813Email: ir@qualcomm.com
Alphabet's Access GroupEmail: press@google.com
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