Nokia and Sprint demonstrate massive MIMO at #MWC17
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* 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:
* E-book
* Executive Summary
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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Adrienne Norton
Sprint
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Email: adrienne.norton(at)sprint.com
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