On 7 November 2022, Ericsson announced that it has successfully achieved a peak data rate of more than 1 Gb/s for a single user device in a recent 5G SA field trial. The trial was done over a live Citizen’s Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) multioperator neutral host-capable network at the company’s North American headquarters, in Plano, TX, USA.
The OnGo Alliance coordinated the interoperability of the CBRS ecosystem. The network where this trial took place was supported by a 5G core network as part of the 5G Distributed Innovation Network at Ericsson’s facility in North Texas. The network used a Radio 4408 for outdoor CBRS connectivity and a Radio Dot 4459 for indoor CBRS connectivity.
Indoor coverage has been challenging for cellular networks, and this was the first time that indoor over-the-air coverage through shared spectrum reached such a high data rate.
Key results of the field trial included:
- Single CBRS user connection over 1 Gb/s
- 5G SA connection with CBRS spectrum
- Seamless outdoor-to-indoor transitions
Full Article: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Volume 18, Number 1, March 2023 |