ZTE's New LTE-Advanced Base Station Supports 5 X 20 MHz

ZTE unveiled its ultra-wideband remote radio unit (RRU) for LTE-Advanced. ZTE said the platform is the first base station device globally that complies with the LTE-Advanced requirements for over 100MHz operating bandwidth.   The ZTE ZXSDR R8978 offers a TD-LTE eight-channel RF module that supports 100MHz bandwidth. It can operate in the entire Band 41 frequency of 190MHz. It supports a maximum of 5 X 20MHz signal bandwidth. In China, the...

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MIT Develops Ferroelectric-graphene-based Waveguides

Researchers at MIT have developed a prototype device uses graphene sandwiched between two layers of a ferroelectric material to make simple, switchable plasmonic waveguides. Light can be confined in these waveguides down to one part in a few hundreds of the free-space wavelength, representing an order-of-magnitude improvement comparable waveguide systems. Practical applications could include optical interconnects and photonic integrated circui...

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Georgia Tech Makes Gains in Quantum Networking

Georgia Institute of Technology reported a milestone a quantum network milestone: entangling light with an optical atomic coherence composed of interacting atoms in two different states. Researchers developed a state-intensive optical trap using both ground-state and highly-excited (Rydberg) rubidium atoms.  This allowed the researchers to increase the rate at which they could generate photons by a factor of 100 compared to their...

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Huawei Collaborates in METIS Research for 5G

Huawei announced its participation in the METIS project, an initiative co-funded by the European Commission as an Integrated Project under the Seventh Framework Programme for research and development (FP7). METIS, which stands for Mobile and wireless communications Enablers for the Twenty-twenty Information Society, aims to explore the foundations for 5G wireless systems. Huawei said it is playing the leading role in the Radio Link Technology...

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NEC Introduces LTE Small Cell Gateway

NEC announced a compact, all-in-one LTE small cell gateway that accommodates approximately 1,000 LTE small cell access points in a single unit. The new, ATCA-based gateway supports LTE small cell services by concentrating security, maintenance, user data processing and traffic control functions on one blade. Additionally, as subscribers increase, the gateway's capacity can easily be extended by increasing the number of blades. The gateway can...

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Zain Picks Ericsson for Managed Services in Saudi Arabia

Zain awarded a 3-year managed services contract to Ericsson covering field operations and maintenance of Zain’s network across Saudi Arabia. The agreement, which marks Ericsson’s first partnership with Zain in Saudi Arabia, will support Zain to allocate newly available resources toward initiatives that better serve end-users, such as strategy, development and research.  Financial terms were not disclosed. Rolled out this quarter, Ericsson...

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Huawei Offers UMTS HSPA+ Boost

Huawei introduced a User Connection Boost solution for UMTS HSPA+ that doubles the number of user connections in a single UMTS cell.  The first commercial deployments are in Portugal and Canada. User Connection Boost enhances bearer and radio resource sharing efficiency to greatly enhance number of simultaneously connected users. It also extends user terminal battery life, all without affecting user experience. To do so, the solution utilizes...

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