South Korean telecom operator SK Telecom said it will host a meeting of the Next Generation Mobile Network Alliance this week to “discuss measures to facilitate commercialization of next-generation mobile networks around the globe.”
SK Telecom said the meeting will include carrier representatives from Verizon Communications, AT&T, China Mobile and NTT DoCoMo and equipment makers including Samsung, Qualcomm, Intel and Ericsson.
The NGMNA is working on standardizing specifications for the LTE-Advanced technology that is the basis for true 4G wireless services. The organization is currently working on a handful of projects, including recently launched initiatives looking at the integration of small cells into LTE-Advanced deployments. Analysts and equipment vendors expect small cell and heterogeneous network architectures to be an important enhancement to LTE deployments.
You can read more about LTE and small cells in the RCR Wireless News report: “Small cells set to be a big part of LTE.”
SK Telecom noted that at the recent Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, it unveiled its Super Cell technology designed to eliminate inter-cell boundaries and allow for multiple small and macro cells to “act as one cell by allocating identical cell IDs.”
“As the technology removes the need for handover that occurs when the phone is moving away from the area covered by one cell and entering the area covered by another cell, customers can enjoy seamless communication service including ultra-fast data rates even at the cell boundaries,” SK Telecom noted.
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