Consumers are using more and increasingly complex data than ever before. This creates the need for regulators to open up more spectrum for LTE services, operators to deploy in new spectrum as it comes available and vendors to support these efforts.
In Europe and the U.S., the most recent spectrum attention is around the 1.4 GHz MHz 600 MHz bands. In turn, vendor CommScope has developed new, ultra-wideband antenna upgrades.
“Speed to market is a critical success factor for network operators in today’s competitive wireless industry,” said Upendra Pingle, VP of base station antennas for CommScope. “CommScope prides itself on responding to real market demand quickly, ready to help our wireless customers deploy their valuable spectrum holdings as rapidly as possible.”
The ultra-wideband antenna is said to cover spectrum from 1427 MHz to 2690 MHz. According to the company, “Uniquely, it has separate inputs for the 1400 MHz band, enabling downtilt for just that band, while still offering 4×2 and 4×4 [multiple-input/multiple-output] capability on the 1800, 2100, 2300 and 2600 MHz bands without increasing the size of the antenna.”
In terms of evolution toward “5G” technology, CommScope emphasizes wireless/wireline convergence boiled down to three aspects: densification, virtualization and optimization.
