Blueprint: Impending ITU G.8273.2 to Simplify LTE Planning

By Martin Nuss, Vitesse Semiconductor Fourth-generation wireless services based on long-term evolution (LTE) have new timing and synchronization requirements that will drive new capabilities in the network elements underlying a call or data session. For certain types of LTE networks, there is a maximum time error limit between adjacent cellsites of no more than 500 nanoseconds. To enable network operators to meet the time error requirement in...

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Deutsche Telekom Tests LTE Direct with Qualcomm

Deutsche Telekom is working with Qualcomm on the first LTE Direct operator trial in Germany. LTE Direct is a new device-to-device proximity technology that enables discovering thousands of devices and their services in the proximity of ~500m.  The platform would be owned by the mobile operator.  It uses licensed spectrum, allowing mobile operators to employ it as a way to offer a range of differentiated applications and services to users....

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Huawei and China Mobile Demo Virtualized EPC

Huawei and China Mobile jointly demonstrated a virtualized Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) and virtual IMS this week at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. Both solutions are a part of Huawei’s CloudEdge solution, which has four parts: Mobile: Focused on continued LTE build outs, virtual EPC and simplification of Gi-LAN by introducing service chaining Service: The introduction of MANO (Management and Orchestration)in NFV related to operation management,...

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SK Telecom to Offer Tracking Service via Mobile Sensors, Patterns

SK Telecom has developed a "Context Platform" that seeks to know more about the user by leveraging a smartphone's camera, sensors, GPS and Wi-Fi, along with usage patterns in calls, SMS, SNS, scheduling, and applications.  The carrier says it is using the data to offer a "Life Log" service to help its users automatically track their lives. "Along with Big Data, Context Platform is an important pillar of the newly emerging field of ICT intelligence,"...

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BTI Wireless Builds TD-FEMTOs for China Mobile with Radisys

BTI Wireless, which supplies TD-FEMTO end-to-end solutions providing 3G and 4G Small Cell and Gateway System products, has selected Radisys’ Trillium software for deployment of an advanced LTE-TDD solution for China Mobile. Specifically, BTI Wireless will leverage Radisys’ Trillium TOTALeNodeB software and protocol stacks and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) ATCA platforms to provide dual-mode TD-SCDMA and LTE-TDD small cells and gateways,  achieving...

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DragonWave Intros 70-80 GHz EBand Radios

DragonWave introduced its Harmony Eband, a compact, lightweight radio that operates in the 70-80 GHz spectrum with low-energy consumption and designed for fronthaul, macro backhaul and small cell deployments. The Harmony Eband delivers a complete, all-outdoor solution and delivers the industry’s first uncompressed CPRI transport mode that enables wireless fronthaul. The radio comes equipped with an integrated switch, multiple ports and a proprietary...

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TIM Brasil Deploys Juniper's SRX5600 for LTE Security

Telecom Italia Mobile Brasil (TIM) has deployed Juniper's SRX5600 and 5800 Series Services Gateway for improved performance, scalability and integrated security services across its new LTE network. Financial terms were not disclosed. Juniper noted that its SRX5600 and 5800 support 450,000 connections per second, up to an industry record-breaking 100 million concurrent user sessions and 300 Gbps throughput. The SRX line cards provide TIM zero downtime...

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Saudi Telecom to Launch TDD LTE-A with Huawei

Saudi Telecom has succeeded Huawei to deploy TDD LTE-Advanced technology in its network.  network to the advanced 4th generation LTE-A network. Financial terms were not disclosed. "Saudi Arabia is considered as the largest telecom market in the Middle East. Therefore, launching the first quad systems network in the world (GSM/ UMTS/ LTE TDD/ LTE FDD), and upgrading the network to the advanced 4th generation LTE-A, enhances the Internet service...

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Saudi Telecom Picks Ericsson's Evolved Packet Core

STC has selected Ericsson's evolved packet core (EPC) solution. The deployment includes the Ericsson Blade System, MKVIII for SGSN-MME and Ericsson SSR 8020 for GGSN/EPG. The solution handles the growing demand for mobile broadband through common high-capacity multi-access platforms. The new core elements act as a common platform supporting 2G, 3G and 4G/LTE network technologies, providing additional capacity and throughput to cater for surging...

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