GIGABIT LTE

ERICSSON SOLUTION

TECHNICAL ENGINEERING
CD-RAN

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DATA SPEEDS 256 QAM
1000
COMMERCIAL MBPS 20 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz 4x4 MIMO
DEVICES 2016
cat-16

256 QAM
600
20 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz 2x2 MIMO
MBPS
cat-11
450
MBPS 20 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz 2x2 MIMO
cat-9

300
MBPS 20 MHz 20 MHz 2x2 MIMO
cat-6

150
MBPS 10 MHz 10 MHz 2x2 MIMO
cat-4

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Ericsson Networks Software 16B harnesses a combination of powerful software features to
deliver extreme app coverage, with user peak rates of up to 1 Gbps, through software
enhancements to today’s commercial LTE networks.

The combined features of Gigabit LTE, include:

 Three component Carrier Aggregation (CA) which enables the user to benefit from up to 60
MHz combined bandwidth from different spectrum bands simultaneously;
 4X4 MIMO (multiple input multiple output) which doubles the number of unique data
streams being transmitted to the user’s smartphone, thereby enabling up to twice the
capacity and data throughput;
 LTE 256 QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) encoding which packs more bits into the
available spectrum; and
 Ericsson Lean Carrier, which increases both the data throughput received by end users, and
overall system capacity by reducing the interference caused by excess reference signaling
across the LTE network.

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EXTENDING UTILIZATION OF Modulation Distribution
LTE HIGHER ORDER MODULATION 100%

90%
• 4x increase in use of 256 QAM 80%
64 QAM
• 20% increase in use of 64 & 256 QAM 70%

60% QPSK

50%
64 QAM 16QAM

40% 64QAM
256QAM
30%
256 QAM
20%
DRIVE TEST
10%
RESULTS 256 QAM
0%
OFF ON

QAM – Quad Amplitude Modulation

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LTE FDD HARDWARE CAPABILITIES

 1.2 Gbps Downlink & 600 Mbps Uplink

 8000 Connected Users
 Up to 24 cells & 960 MHz antenna bandwidth
 Up to 2000 VoIP & 144 SE/TTI pooled
 4000 connected users
 9750 DRBs
 48 SE/TTI: Pooled, up to 12 (DL) & 12 (UL) per cell
 2.5 Gbps CPRI (40 MHz)
 10 Gbps (up to 200 MHz)

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 CAT-16

BASEBAND 5216 with 3 4X4 Radio Unit and Category 16 UE can help realize the Gigabit LTE
in a lab scenario
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