TD-LTE brings the future to China, says an Ovum article. Author Steven Hartley further says that we believe that China Mobile’s trial TD-LTE network will have global ramifications.
TD-LTE brings the future to China, says an Ovum article. Author Steven Hartley further says that we believe that China Mobile’s trial TD-LTE network will have global ramifications.
“One of the most striking aspects of the Expo is how the different future visions assumed connectivity. For example, the “Road to the Futureâ€, presented by the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) and General Motors, envisaged a world where smart cars, grids, and devices connected people on personal, city, and global levels. In fact, the presentation featured a far stronger telecoms message than automotive.”, article noted.
China Mobile’s trial TD-LTE network at the Expo shows how future communications and “the internet of things†will be delivered. The trial network covers the entire 5.28 square-km site, outdoors with 17 base stations, and inside in nine pavilions and two demonstration centers.
There is a lot of TDD spectrum available, and in most cases it is cheaper and under-utilized. 3G licenses frequently have TDD allocations and upcoming 2.5 GHz auction in most cases contemplate TDD bands.
Interest in TD-LTE continues to grow because of several key factors: the low cost of TDD spectrum that is particularly attractive to emerging and developing markets; operators’ continuing need for more capacity and spectrum; and the ability to roaming and hand-off between TD-LTE and FDD LTE networks. In effect, this ability to roam between FDD LTE and TD-LTE means operators can use TD-LTE networks to augment their FDD LTE network for more capacity or other applications such as video broadcasting, while operators choosing to use TD-LTE as their “main” network can still offer their subscribers the ability to roam to other operators’ FDD LTE networks in different countries.