Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced their collaboration on small cell technologies and products supporting LTE in Unlicensed spectrum designed to enhance the speed and capacity of mobile networks – helping operators provide richer and superior user experiences for their subscribers.
As the amount of d...
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Contents
1. Background of Antenna-Integrated RRH
2. Features of Antenna-Integrated RRH
3. Outlook for the Antenna-Integrated RRH Market
4. Installation Issues in the Small Cell Market
* RRA is a brand name of antenna-integrated RRH by the author's company
1. Background of Antenna-...
1. Traditional RAN Architecture and Issues
1.1 Issue No. 1: Degraded service quality and network performance due to inter-cell interference
1.2 Issue No. 2: Increased costs of building and operating cell sites
2. Degradation of service quality and network performance due to inter-cell interference: Prevented
by reducing X2 distance
3. Costs of building and operating cell sites: Reduced...
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Concept of Periodic TAU
3. Procedure of Periodic TAU
4. EPS Entity Information: Before/After Periodic TAU
4.1 Before Periodic TAU
4.2 After Periodic TAU
5. Closing
1. Introduction
This document describes the periodic TAU (Tracking Area Update) procedure defined as EMM Case 5 in our technical document, “...
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Small cell solution is part of Samsung’s newly-branded 5G in-building product portfolio—Samsung Link–which helps operators expand and enhance 5G experiences
Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network will be the first to use Samsung’s new small cell—Link Cell—featuring the Qualcomm® 5G RAN Platform
Samsung’s new 5G indoor mmWave solution, Link C...
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The Networks Division of Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Verizon today announce plans to test LTE Femto cells in unlicensed spectrum (LTE-U).
Samsung Electronics, one of the world's leading providers of mobile communications solutions, and Verizon, a leader in 4G LTE and the founder of the LTE-U Forum that drives the technology in the U.S., will be engaging in a trial focused on S...
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1. What is "LTE-Unlicensed"? And what's the big deal about it?
2. Korean Operators' Position (KT, SK Telecom and LG U+)
3. Discussion on Regulatory Requirements
4. LTE Advocates vs. Wi-Fi Advocates
1. W...
Small cell technology is starting to shape up as a very attractive next-generation income source in the LTE system market. While many small cell vendors are fiercely competing with each other, some Korean vendors are drawing attentions from many operators, with their extensive experience in meeting comprehensive and demanding technical requirements of Korean telecom operators.
Juni-Korea in...
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Concept of X2 Handover
2.1 X2 Protocol Stacks
2.2 X2AP Functions
2.3 X2 Messages Relating to Mobility Management Function
2.4 X2 Handover Procedure at a Glance
2.5 UE State and Connection Information Before and After X3 handover
3. Procedure of X2 Handover
4. EPS Entity Information: Before/After X2 Handover
4.1 Before...
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Identifiers for Network Equipment (NE IDs)
3. Identifiers for User Location (Location IDs)
4. Closing and References
1. Introduction
In the previous document, “Part I, LTE Identification I” [1], identifications of UE and ME have been described.
This document (Part II, LTE Identification II), as the second...
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Introduction
Globally, 4G LTE service has steadily gained popularity since its launch in around 2010, making smartphones the bare necessities of our everyday life. High performance smartphones equipped with new features, some with multimedia processing capability (2160p@30fps) as good as PC, are being released every year.
Thanks to the popularity of such high...
It's been only a year and a half since we excitedly introduced the Evolution of Mobile RAN Architecture in LTE/LTE-A Era (C-RAN) last April. And today we are discussing the same for 5G era already.
Key transitions from 3G to 4G included i) network architecture change from coverage-based to capacity-based, and ii) introduction of new 4G element, X2 interface. Specifically, cells became s...
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SK Telecom at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 demonstrated its newest network operation platform for 5G called “Fast Data Platform”, using two big data-based intelligent operation platforms: T-Packet Analytics & Network Intelligence (T-PANI) and Analytics Platform for Intelligent O...
Samsung Electronics, a leading provider of mobile telecommunications infrastructure today announced the development of breakthrough 5G-ready antenna and power amplifier technologies to enable smaller, more energy efficient 5G equipment and devices. The new technologies are intended to be applied to both 5G base stations and end-user devices using 28GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum. mmWave...
■ GTB Innovation Awards 2017
SK Telecom today announced that its ‘5G mmWave Handover’ and ‘Green Scheduler with Lean Carrier’ have received two awards both in the category of ‘Infrastructure Innovation’ at the GTB Innovation Awards 2017 held in London on May 23.
Launched in 2007, Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Innovation Awards are designed to ho...
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SK Telecom faces concerns about market stagnation
As the largest mobile operator in South Korea, SK Telecom has been the first in the world to present innovative LTE services like LTE-A and LTE CA every year since its LTE service launch in 2011.
The operator has posted higher ARPU and revenues thanks to an increase in LTE subscriptions, which has a higher ARPU than 2G/3G. However, recen...