Verizon will rapidly integrate C-band spectrum with mmWave for customers
2021年5月6日 - 12:00AM
Verizon continues to prepare for 5G Ultra Wideband expansion across
its newly acquired national footprint of C-band spectrum. In a
recent lab trial, Verizon worked with Ericsson and MediaTek to
aggregate C-band spectrum with mmWave spectrum, achieving speeds of
4.3 Gbps in the trial.
“The depth of our spectrum portfolio, now the strongest in the
industry, allows us to quickly expand access to a world-class 5G
experience for our mobile and fixed broadband customers, providing
high speeds, low latencies and enormous capacity,” said Adam
Koeppe, Senior Vice President of Technology Planning at Verizon.
“These lab trials demonstrate the exceptional network performance
our customers will receive as we are able to integrate our newly
acquired C-band spectrum with mmWave spectrum.”
The lab work, which focused on optimizing the customer
experience using C-band spectrum in combination with mmWave
spectrum, comes after a recent announcement of new agreements with
Verizon’s tower partners, Crown and SBA Communications, which
provide for process improvements including standardizing and
reducing forms and minimizing legal reviews. Additionally, Verizon
has already started installation of C-band equipment from Ericsson
and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd to speed deployment of its 5G
Ultra Wideband and fixed wireless broadband service. These combined
efforts, along with ongoing lab trials to optimize 5G technology on
C-band spectrum will allow Verizon to offer expanded mobility and
broadband services to millions more consumers and businesses as
soon as the spectrum is cleared.
In the first quarter of 2022, Verizon expects to put into
service the new 5G C-band spectrum in the initial 46 markets and to
provide 5G Ultra Wideband service to 100 million people. Over 2022
and 2023, coverage is expected to increase to more than 175 million
people and by 2024 and beyond, when the remaining C-band spectrum
is cleared, more than 250 million people are expected to have
access to Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service on C-band
spectrum.
About the trial
This lab trial aggregated 100 MHz of C-band spectrum together
with 600 MHz of mmWave spectrum to provide greater efficiency for
data sessions transmitting over the wireless network. The basebands
and radios used were from Ericsson’s industry-leading Ericsson
Radio System portfolio including the RAN Compute Baseband 6648,
Antenna-Integrated Radio (AIR) 6449 for the C-band spectrum, and
the Streetmacro 6701 for mmWave. The radios leverage massive
Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) architectures, offering high
performance through Ericsson Uplink Booster and advanced
beamforming technology to provide a better user experience.
“Our 5G technology leadership is demonstrated yet again in this
trial, leveraging C-band spectrum in conjunction with mmWave
spectrum to further optimize the user experience,” said Graham
Osborne, Vice President and Head of Customer Unit Verizon, Ericsson
North America. “We are excited to partner with Verizon and MediaTek
to continue harnessing the millimeter wave spectrum, driving
extremely high speeds for expanded services and improved user
experiences.”
The device used in this lab trial was a pre-market test device
based on MediaTek’s M80 modem, which combines mmWave and sub-6 GHz
5G technologies onto a single chip. The M80 conforms to the latest
3GPP Release 16 global cellular standard and supports ultra-fast
speeds. MediaTek’s 5G modems are ideal for a range of devices,
including smartphones, PCs, Mi-Fi hotspots, broadband customer
premise equipment (CPE), industrial IoT applications and more.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on
June 30, 2000 and is one of the world’s leading providers of
technology, communications, information and entertainment products
and services. Headquartered in New York City and with a presence
around the world, Verizon generated revenues of $128.3 billion in
2020. The company offers data, video and voice services and
solutions on its award-winning networks and platforms, delivering
on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity,
security and control.
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