Samsung and Anritsu Demo LTE Broadcast Services (eMBMS)

Samsung Electronics demonstrated clear reception capabilities of LTE Broadcast services using evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS) technology.   Samsung used Anritsu's Rapid Test Designer (RTD) and MD8430A to simulate the LTE network environment. The Samsung engineers were able to create the eMBMS demonstration using RTD's graphical script design to drive the execution of the test simulation on an Anritsu MD8430A LTE signaling...

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U.S. Opposes Changes to International Telecommunications Regulations

The U.S. State Department has submitted its first group of proposals to the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT), which will be held at the end of this year in Dubai. WCIT intends to review and potentially revise the treaty-level International Telecommunications Regulations (ITRs), which govern the flow of traffic between nations and which have not been amended since 1988.The U.S. proposals include: Minimal changes...

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Intelsat 20 Successfully Launched

 Intelsat 20 satellite was successfully launched by an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. Built by Space Systems/Loral, Intelsat 20 will provide C-band and Ku-band for DTH television, cellular backhaul and VSAT services. The Intelsat 20 video neighborhood provides premium programming that is carried by the top Indian cable MSOs and DTH operators, reaching more than an estimated 90 million Pay-TV subscribers across India. Intelsat...

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CC to Update Cable TV Technical Rules

The FCC is proposing to modernize and reform its cable television technical rules, many of which extend back to the analog era. The FCC said its goal is to permit the industry to utilize their existing spectrum more efficiently, while also ensuring good quality signals for digital cable customers . The proposed revision will streamline compliance for operators of digital cable systems and update cable signal leakage rules. http://www.fcc....

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FCC Adopts Wireless Backhaul Rules

The FCC formally adopted new rules governing use of microwave frequencies for wireless backhaul. The action is aimed at speeding the rollout of 4G networks.Specifically, the new rules permit fixed microwave operators to use smaller antennas in certain microwave bands, which can result in significant cost savings to operators. The Rural Microwave Flexibility Policy adopted today will provide increased opportunities for broadband deployment in rural...

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Huawei Develops LTE-Advanced Multi-Stream Aggregation for Cell Edge

Huawei has contributed a new LTE-Advanced Multi-Stream Aggregation (MSA) technology to the 3GPP LTE-Advanced standards to boost data rates at a cell's edge. The technology coordinates macro cells to improve user data rates at the cell's edge and also between heterogeneous networking scenarios to improve peak rates and simplify mobile management to ensure a consistent user experience.Huawei said its MSA technology reduces the number of handovers,...

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Huawei Tests LTE Circuit Switched Fallback with Qualcomm Snapdragon

Huawei and Qualcomm have completed an LTE FDD flash CSFB (Circuit Switched Fallback) voice call to UMTS using R9 protocol and Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon S4 processor, the MSM8960, during a series of optimization tests.The companies reported that the tests, based on the flash CSFB voice solution for the R9 protocol, resulted in lower call setup latency than that of the R8 protocol, and very close to that of a native UMTS voice call. During the CSFB...

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