Nokia, T-Mobile US and Intel collaborate to bring T-Mobile's first commercial hardware based 5G 28 GHz cell on air
January 03 2018 - 7:30AM
Press Release
- Outdoor inter-vendor connectivity over 28 GHz spectrum between
5G commercial Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) and Intel
5G Mobile Trial Platform (MTP)
- Field test developed on Nokia commercial 5G AirScale radio
solution, enabling real-world environment testing in line with 3GPP
standards alignment
- End-to-end testing of 28 GHz 5G wireless access characteristics
and connectivity in outdoor environments
3 January 2018
Bellevue, WA - Nokia, T-Mobile and Intel have reached a major
milestone in their 5G collaboration by bringing a 28 GHz outdoor 5G
commercial radio system on air in the busy downtown corridor of
Bellevue in Washington state. A data session was conducted on
a 28 GHz radio in a field test environment using the Nokia 5G
commercial AirScale solution and the 5G Mobile Trial
Platform (MTP) from Intel, enabling T-Mobile to deploy its first
inter-vendor 5G network. This collaboration furthers the companies'
goal to drive standards, enhance the 5G ecosystem of chipsets and
devices and develop the best network experience for Un-carrier
customers.
This milestone is a first step in moving 5G development from
labs into the field, expanding 5G mmWave radio performance and
propagation testing into real world environment. The testing also
allows T-Mobile and Nokia to understand how mmWave based 5G can be
integrated with existing networks and how it co-exists with
LTE.
Spectrum in all ranges from 600 MHz to mmWave will be required
for 5G to meet its vision. Wide-area coverage to support mobility
must be an integral part of any nationwide deployment strategy as
5G is anticipated to create enhanced broadband experiences and
connect everything.
Neville Ray, CTO of T-Mobile, said: "We're laser focused
on building a nationwide 5G network for mobility, one that uses
multiple spectrum bands, and launching field trials for mmWave
spectrum is an important step forward."
Ricky Corker, head of North America for Nokia,
said: "The path to 5G is paved with tremendous endeavor
and innovative milestones such as our achievement with T-Mobile in
Bellevue. T-Mobile takes great technological strides in its network
evolution and Nokia is proud be a key partner on this journey."
Nokia will demonstrate 5G on the AirScale platform at Mobile
World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain from February 26 to March
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