Nokia and T-Mobile achieve ground-breaking LTE speeds near 1 Gbps #CES2017
January 04 2017 - 3:02PM
Press Release
4 January 2017
Las Vegas, Nevada - Nokia and T-Mobile have achieved LTE
speeds near 1 Gbps in a demonstration using Nokia's deployed 4.5G
Pro technology. The demonstration, conducted at T-Mobile's lab in
Bellevue, Washington, encompassed technologies currently live in
the operator's network, including carrier aggregation, 256 QAM
(Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) and 4x4 MIMO (Multiple Input and
Multiple Output) on Nokia's commercially available radio access
hardware. With Category 16 (Cat 16) capable devices becoming
commercially available in early 2017, the solution enables an even
faster network for T-Mobile. Currently, the network provides speeds
up to 400 Mbps.
Adding to its many innovations in telecommunications, T-Mobile
has already launched 4x4 MIMO, carrier aggregation and 256 QAM
modulation to provide ultra-high speed services and a superior
customer experience to its subscribers nationwide. With the
availability of Cat 16 devices, it will be possible to achieve
nearly 1 Gbps speeds when combining all three of the technologies,
which the joint demonstration of Nokia's 4.5G Pro successfully
proved.
Nokia 4.5G Pro and 4.9G were launched in September 2016,
highlighting the company's innovations in achieving ultra-high
speeds and in enabling operators to significantly enhance LTE and
prepare for the path to 5G. The technology allows leading operators
such as T-Mobile to take advantage of major increases in speed and
capacity where and when they need it.
Overview of the demo solution:
- Three-carrier aggregation technology using Bands 2 and 66.
- 4X4 MIMO technology for doubling peak speeds.
- 256 QAM, which is a higher order modulation scheme that allows
an increase in peak data rates of up to 30% compared to 64
QAM.
- Nokia commercial LTE eNodeB.
Neville Ray, CTO, T-Mobile, said: "We've had the fastest
LTE network for the last three straight years, but we never stop
innovating. We demonstrated nearly 1 Gbps speeds over the air on
LTE with our long-standing strategic partner, Nokia, to show how
much more our network can do to achieve higher speeds and superior
performance."
Ricky Corker, EVP and Head of North America, Nokia,
said: "We are committed to supporting T-Mobile with our
latest technology innovations, and working alongside them to show
what the future of mobile communications can be for their
Un-carrier customers. Use of three-carrier component aggregation
with 4x4 MIMO and 256 QAM is the perfect solution for T-Mobile as
it looks to optimize network performance with available spectrum.
With this demonstration, we are preparing the T-Mobile network to
launch the highest speeds possible."
Resources
- Nokia 5G - Creating a new era of communications
- Web Page: LTE and 4.5G
- Press Release: Nokia announces AirScale-powered 4.5G Pro and
4.9G to establish smooth path for operators to 5G
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