Sprint and Nokia Kick-Off Three-Channel Carrier Aggregation LTE Plus Deployment in Kansas City
August 31 2016 - 06:00PM
Business Wire
Blazing fast speeds as high as 230 Mbps make
their debut at Kauffman Stadium
Today Sprint and Nokia kicked-off the launch of three-channel
carrier aggregation in Kansas City’s LTE Plus Network with a live
demonstration at Kauffman Stadium. Just prior to the Royals vs
Yankees match-up, the companies showcased three-channel carrier
aggregation reaching peak speeds as high as 230 Mbps inside the
stadium using the Samsung Note7, Galaxy S7, S7 edge, HTC 10 and LG
G5.
Carrier aggregation is an LTE-Advanced feature that bonds
together bands of spectrum to create wider channels, produce
greater capacity and deliver faster speeds on capable devices.
Essentially it creates a wider lane that allows more data traffic
to travel at higher rates.
Sprint began its roll-out of two-channel aggregation in 2015.
Today Sprint uses two-channel carrier aggregation to deliver peak
speeds of more than 100 Mbps in 237 LTE Plus markets across the
country using 40 MHz of 2.5 GHz spectrum on the company’s LTE Plus
cell sites. With three-channel carrier aggregation Sprint will
utilize 60 MHz of spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band to provide peak
download speeds of more than 200 Mbps on compatible devices. Sprint
holds more than 160 MHz of 2.5 GHz spectrum in the top 100 U.S.
markets. Sprint also uses 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz spectrum to provide
strong coverage and reliability across its LTE Plus network.
Sprint has begun its three-channel carrier aggregation
deployment in Kansas City with more than 100 cell sites slated to
be on air in the metro area by the end of September. Today’s
announcement follows a live demonstration by Sprint earlier this
week at Soldier Field in Chicago where Sprint has more than 500
cell sites deployed across the city.
At Kauffman Stadium Sprint utilized its 2.5 GHz spectrum to
deliver download speeds as high as 230 Mbps. It also showcased live
streaming of ultra-high definition 4K video and the blazing fast,
high-bandwidth capability of Sprint’s LTE Plus Network.
Participants were also able to experience a low-latency,
high-speed, virtual reality system.
“Kansas City is our hometown and it’s also one of the most tech
savvy cities in the country, so it’s fitting that it would be one
of our first markets to receive this advanced capability,” said Dr.
John Saw, Sprint CTO. “4K streaming and powerful virtual reality
systems are on the rise and we’re excited to take our LTE Plus
network to the next level increasing our speed and capacity 50%
more with three-channel carrier aggregation.”
Behind the scenes, today’s demonstration utilized the Nokia
Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station for LTE TDD, including
TD-LTE-Advanced 8-pipe radio (8T8R) that can deliver all three
carriers from a single unit on 8T8R configuration for better
performance and coverage. Sprint is the only carrier in the U.S.
using 8T8R radios which improve LTE Plus coverage and signal
strength. More antennas deliver a stronger, narrower beam that
transmit more energy to the cell edge giving customers better
coverage, reliability, and faster data speeds.
“Nokia has been an innovation force in carrier aggregation,
starting with our first carrier aggregation demonstration in 2013,
industry first six carrier aggregation demonstration with Sprint in
2014, and today with the U.S.’s first LTE TDD three carrier
aggregation in a commercial network,” said Ricky Corker, executive
vice president and head of North America for Nokia. “Our carrier
aggregation feature not only increases the end user throughput
significantly, but also balances Sprint’s network load on three
carriers for an efficient use of spectrum. Most importantly, it
offers a great experience at home, office or at Kauffman
Stadium.”
Sprint offers 23 devices that actively support carrier
aggregation on its super-fast LTE Plus Network. Three-channel
carrier aggregation is slated for enablement on devices via an
automatic software update following network deployment.
A Reliable, Capacity-Rich Network
Sprint LTE coverage reaches approximately 300 million people –
more than 90 percent of the U.S. population. And Sprint’s highly
reliable network is better than ever. In fact, Sprint’s analysis of
drive test data from Nielsen – covering the top 106 metropolitan
markets in the U.S. – shows that Sprint’s reliability now beats
T-Mobile’s and performs within 1% of AT&T and Verizon.1
With Sprint’s deep spectrum holdings and a reliable,
capacity-rich network that’s built for data, Sprint is proud to now
offer Unlimited Freedom with unlimited talk, text, and mobile
optimized streaming videos, gaming and music.2 And for customers
that prefer a higher resolution video streaming experience, Sprint
offers Unlimited Freedom Premium.3
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served more than 59.4
million connections as of June 30, 2016 and is widely recognized
for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national
and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 Claim based on Sprint’s analysis of latest Nielsen drive test
data for average network reliability (voice & data) in top 106
markets.2 Mobile optimized video streams at up to 480p+ resolution,
music at up to 500kbps, streaming cloud gaming at up to 2mbps. Data
deprioritization applies during times of congestion.3 Premium
resolution video streams at up to 1080p+, music at up to 1.5mbps,
gaming streams at up to 8mbps.
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