Mobile operator Aircel and Chinese telecom solutions provider Huawei on Tuesday jointly conducted the world's first GSM/UMTS/LTE-TDD field trial on former's existing GSM/UMTS network in India using devices that are based on Qualcomm Incorporated's multimode chipset. The success of this trial is a key milestone for the development of LTE-TDD ecosystem.
During the trial, Huawei and Qualcomm jointly executed Inter-RAT (Inter-Radio Access Technology) related cases covering multiple live handover scenarios across GSM/UMTS/LTE technologies. During the trial, other high speed data services were demonstrated, including video streaming via YouTube, video-on-demand and high-definition video surveillance, which met the key performance indicators (KPIs) expected from an LTE-TDD system.
This convergent GSM/UMTS/LTE-TDD end-to-end solution is based on Huawei's SingleRAN, SingleCore network and multimode devices. The trial used Huawei E392, which is the world's first LTE-TDD/FDD/UMTS/GSM/CDMA multi-mode USB dongle based on Qualcomm's MDM9600 multimode chipset. The trial covered end-to-end interoperability of services and applications, radio access and core network. Following this milestone, Huawei is now ready to deploy commercial LTE-TDD network for GSM/UMTS mobile operators in order to serve the ever-increasing demand for mobile broadband in India.
