Nokia and Sprint have conclude plans to show the
first live demonstration in the United States (U.S.) of a 5G New Radio (NR)
connection over a dual mode-capable Massive MIMO radio, at the Mobile World Congress
Americas in Los Angeles, reports ITREALMS.
This, ITREALMS
gathered brings this revolutionary technology one step closer to reality.
Shown at Sprint's booth (#S1702) during Mobile World
Congress Americas, the companies will use Sprint's 2.5 GHz spectrum, Nokia's
commercial AirScale Base Station and Massive MIMO Active Antenna, and
a VIAVI TM500 5G test device emulator. The demonstration
highlights Sprint's approach using its 2.5 GHz spectrum and game-changing
Massive MIMO technology to deploy mobile 5G in the first half of 2019.
This
first in the U.S. live 5G NR system connection using a Massive MIMO Active
Antenna can support up to 120 MHz of spectrum in 2.5 GHz. The Nokia AirScale
Massive MIMO Active Antenna is expected to deliver up to 3 Gbps peak downlink
throughput for a single sector over 5G and LTE simultaneously using Sprint's
spectrum.
ITREALMS also gathered that this enables Sprint to
offer both 4G LTE and 5G on the same radio to continue meeting its
customers' demand for unlimited data and high-bandwidth applications. 5G will
enable a great experience using 4K and 8K video streaming, and applications
such as HD Virtual Reality.
A press statement made available to ITREALMS quoted Dr. John Saw, Chief
Technology Officer, Sprint, as saying: "Sprint has long collaborated with Nokia on its
Massive MIMO and 5G innovations, and we're excited by this first live 5G
NR system connection to help us bring mobile 5G to the U.S. market in the
first half of 2019. Because of our large spectrum holdings Sprint is one of the
only operators in the world with enough capacity to operate LTE and 5G
simultaneously using Massive MIMO and huge licensed channels of 100 MHz of
spectrum on the same radios."
Marc Rouanne, President of Mobile Networks, Nokia,
said: "This joint 5G NR
demonstration using Nokia's Massive MIMO technology is another proof point of
our innovative work with Sprint as part of their Next-Gen Network strategy. The
significant cell capacity Massive MIMO offers is why the technology is playing
a central role in 5G, which will allow Sprint to provide increased coverage,
reliability and speed across its nationwide network."
Massive
MIMO, invented by Nokia Bell Labs, will be on display with the live 5G NR
connection demonstration. Nokia and Sprint will also be showcasing other
5G demonstrations at Sprint's booth, including low latency use cases for
public safety and car platooning, and an Augmented Reality demo for Enterprise.
Nokia
will also be showing a variety of innovative 5G demonstrations at the Nokia
booth (#S.1102 in the South Hall). Mobile World Congress Americas will be held
at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Sept. 12-14, 2018.
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