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mimoOn increases market share in LTE PHY software

mimoOn, the Duisburg, Germany, based supplier of LTE software for Software Defined Radio (SDR), has notched up a new licensing deal with a leading chip vendor for its mi!MobilePHY Physical Layer (PHY)

Cell planning and optimisation in the spotlight for Mobile World Congress

With the growing pressure on operators to manage their networks effectively to improve efficiency and capacity, automatic tools for cell planning and optimisation are becoming increasingly important. A number of vendors have made recent announcements both about products and about partnerships with operators and vendors, and among others they are expected to make their mark at next week's Mobile World Congress. LTE has brought new design challenges, which include features such as MIMO, multiple frequency bands, variable bandwidths and adaptive coding and modulation, which all have a significant impact on the business case for LTE deployment.

NSN takes 6-sector route to improve network coverage and capacity

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has today launched its High-Performance Site Solution, which it says will allow operators to modernize and expand their mobile networks cost- effectively and rapidly, and to lower their OPEX. The new system, which is applicable to 2G, 3G and LTE, can bring significant savings by facilitating an 80% increase in basestation capacity and increasing coverage area by up to 40%.

Huawei launches world' s first commercial LTE eNodeB

Huawei has announced this week that it has launched the world' s first LTE eNodeB (basestation), which can support a downlink rate of up to 150Mb/s in large-scale commercial LTE networks.

The Huawei LTE eNodeB is able to maximize the use of the broad bandwidth of LTE networks by using 64QAM and Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology with two transmitters and two receivers. The high-speed connection afforded by LTE is aimed at providing  end-users with mobile data services such as high-definition Video-on-Demand (VOD) and high-simulation video conferencing. The eNodeB also features a Self Organizing Networks (SON) solution that can automatically configure and optimize new cells in an LTE network, thus reducing OPEX and allowing a smooth evolution to next-generation networks

"It is a great milestone in the development of LTE technology. Based on our fourth-generation base station platform, this LTE eNodeB will enable operators worldwide to offer to high-quality LTE services immediately and accelerate the maturity of LTE industry." Commented Mr. Wan Biao, President of Wireless, Huawei.

In January of this year, Huawei was chosen by TeliaSonera to deploy the world's first commercial LTE network in Norway. So far, Huawei has made over 3000 LTE/SAE contributions to standardization bodies, and finished field tests and trials with world-leading operators such as Telenor and China Mobile.