Huawei, in collaboration with SoftBank, completed a Massive MIMO verification test using the operator’s 40 MHz spectrum on the 3.5 GHz band in Tokyo, Japan.
The test of Massive MIMO and multi-carrier technologies achieved a peak downlink rate of 1.4 Gbps.
Huawei said the 3.5 GHz band, with its abundant bandwidth resources, offers a great opportunity for the global development of LTE TDD, and has grown increasingly important as a 5G catalyst to assume the spotlight position of the global mobile industry.
Massive MIMO, featuring the incorporation of massive antennas and 3D beamforming, enhances spectrum multiplexing among multiple UEs to significantly improve spectral efficiency without additionally increasing site density or bandwidth. The 3.5 GHz Massive MIMO test further explores the latent potential of 3.5 GHz spectrum, and is expected to open up a new commercial era of LTE-Advanced.
