Seamless bidirectional handover between LTE FDD/TDD, performed in China Mobile Hong Kong’s live LTE network, on a commercial chipset from Altair Semiconductor
HONG KONG – June 20, 2012 – Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) performed bidirectional LTE FDD/TDD handover live in China Mobile Hong Kong’s network on a commercial chipset from Altair Semiconductor, providing a seamless end-user experience in a converged LTE FDD/TDD network. This was the first LTE FDD/TDD handover in a live network.
Interworking between LTE FDD/TDD in networks will be of increasing importance for operators that have spectrum for both LTE modes. It will allow operators to seamlessly offer Mobile Broadband services on FDD and TDD spectrum, increasing capacity and improving consumer experience.
China Mobile Hong Kong’s LTE network is provided by Ericsson and currently uses the FDD mode. As the handover demonstrates, Ericsson can offer operators a fully integrated FDD/TDD network that, from a systems point of view, is as simple as handover between a system running two frequencies. With this achievement, Ericsson continues to demonstrate technology leadership within the area of mobile broadband and LTE (FDD/TDD).
Mats H Olsson, President Region China & North East Asia, says: “Ericsson is dedicated to ensuring the success of converged LTE FDD/TDD for operators, so that they can make the most of their spectrum investments and provide the best quality service for their customers. Seamless handover and a well-functioning LTE ecosystem are both essential to that end. Ericsson’s collaboration with Altair is helping to drive the ecosystem.”
Ericsson and Altair have a collaboration for LTE (FDD/TDD) focusing on interoperability design testing (IODT) of LTE technologies. This collaboration helps to drive the development of truly non-proprietary industry solutions, which allow new technologies to be widely deployed.
”We appreciate the opportunity to demonstrate the native and seamless support of LTE FDD/TDD in our chipset,” said Eran Eshed, Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing at Altair. “Altair is committed to driving the commercialization of LTE FDD/TDD devices together with our global OEM/ODM partner network.”
About Ericsson
Ericsson is the world’s leading provider of communications technology and services. We are enabling the Networked Society with efficient real-time solutions that allow us all to study, work and live our lives more freely, in sustainable societies around the world. Our offering comprises services, software and infrastructure within Information and Communications Technology for telecom operators and other industries. Today more than 40 percent of the world’s mobile traffic goes through Ericsson networks, and we support customers’ networks servicing more than 2 billion subscribers. We operate in 180 countries and employ more than 100,000 people. Founded in 1876, Ericsson is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2011, the company had revenues of SEK 226,9 billion (USD 35.0 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm and NASDAQ, New York stock exchanges.
About Altair Semiconductor
Altair Semiconductor is the world’s leading developer of ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance 4G semiconductors. Altair’s chipsets can be found in approximately 30 end-user devices – ranging from USB dongles to smartphones – built by its more than 15 customers across North America, Europe, China, India and Taiwan – making it one of the only TDD/FDD LTE chipset manufacturers in the world with commercially available products. Altair’s comprehensive product portfolio includes baseband processors, multi-band RF transceivers for both FDD and TDD bands, and a range of reference hardware and product level protocol stack software. Based on a novel, proprietary Software Defined Radio (SDR) processor, codenamed “O[2]P™”, Altair’s products are the smallest and most highly power optimized in the industry, offering an unmatched combination of flexibility and performance. For more information, visit the company’s website at altair-semi.com. Follow Altair on Twitter: @AltairSemi