LTE Developments Accelerate As Joint Ventures Bear Fruit

Sept. 21, 2010
Geneva, Switzerland and Stockholm, Sweden: Ericsson and ST-Ericsson, the joint venture company formed between STMicroelectronics and Ericsson, recently demonstrated what they claim to be the first complete end-to-end timedivision Long-Term ...

Geneva, Switzerland and Stockholm, Sweden: Ericsson and ST-Ericsson, the joint venture company formed between STMicroelectronics and Ericsson, recently demonstrated what they claim to be the first complete end-to-end timedivision Long-Term Evolution (TD-LTE) solution (Fig. 1). Crucial to the solution was the successful TDLTE interoperability testing (IOT) between ST-Ericsson's devices and mobile network systems designed by Ericsson. The two versions of LTE broadband technology are based on frequency-division-duplex (FDD) paired-spectrum and time-divisionduplex (TDD) unpaired-spectrum approaches.

Designed for use in unpaired spectrum, TD-LTE is structured for global applications. The firm's TD-LTE system can process very fast mobile broadband applications, such as video-on-demand (VOD) service and video streaming with a live camera. "Drawing on six years of LTE research and development, this product demonstration underlines ST-Ericsson's position as a frontrunner in the rollout of the next generation of mobile broadband platforms," explains Magnus Hansson, Senior Vice President and Head of LTE and 3G Modem Solutions at ST-Ericsson. A pioneer of LTE platform solutions, ST-Ericsson was the first to demonstrate a handheld LTE device and achieve LTE and HSPA mobility with a multimode device.

See Associated Figure

About the Author

Paul Whytock | Editor-in-Chief

Paul Whytock is European Editor for Microwaves & RF and European Editor-in-Chief for Electronic Design. He reports on the latest news and technology developments in Europe for his US readers while providing his European engineering audience with global news coverage from the electronics sector. Trained originally as a design engineer with Ford Motor Co., Whytock holds an HNC in mechanical, electrical, and production engineering.

Sponsored Recommendations