“At Samsung, we believe that enterprises can provide employees and customers with telco-grade mobile connectivity within their facility through the use of private LTE networks built with MulteFire,” said Imran Akbar, Vice President and General Manager for Wireless Enterprise Business at Samsung Electronics America. “We are committed to contributing to industry ecosystems that are small cell-centric as an important part of our strategy, and we look forward to collaborating with Alliance members as we bring MulteFire to the global market.”

MulteFire is an LTE-based technology for small cells operating in solely unlicensed and shared spectrum without the need of a licensed spectrum anchor, and is designed to fairly co-exist with other wireless transmission technologies and improving spectrum management. On top of the elimination of customers’ concerns to acquire licensed spectrum, qualities such as LTE-level performance and Wi-Fi-like deployment simplicity make the technology a highly attractive option.

MulteFire broadens the LTE opportunities to serve new and existing service providers, including internet service providers, cable operators and neutral hosts. It also empowers enterprises of all sizes – such as a construction company or manufacturing facility – to take advantage of mobile connectivity.

Furthermore, a MulteFire network can delivers enhanced coverage, improved capacity, seamless mobility and a future-proof technology for self-organizing, hyper-dense small cell deployments, leveraging robust wireless connectivity for an enterprise’s desired areas/coverage. It powers everything from push-to-talk and cellular voice services to Internet of Things (IoT) and data applications for worker safety.

“Samsung recognizes the importance of small cell development and the influence that organizations such as the MulteFire Alliance can have to encourage innovation,” said Mazen Chmaytelli, President, MulteFire Alliance and Sr. Director Business Development, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “We are excited to have the company join us as we support the industry’s efforts to bring MulteFire products to market in the near future and enable new deployments such as private networks for the industrial IoT.”

As a pioneer in small cell technology, Samsung is a leader in deploying products and services with global operators to redefine wireless connectivity. By joining forces with various alliances, including MulteFire Alliance, and broadening interactions with industry players, Samsung plans to continue to develop solutions that will enable enterprises to take direct advantage of LTE-based technologies around the world.

To join the MulteFire Alliance or for more information, visit www.MulteFire.org.

About MulteFire Alliance
The MulteFire Alliance is an international association dedicated to building a global ecosystem in support of the common interests of members, developers and users in the application of Long Term Evolution (LTE) and next generation mobile cellular technology in configurations that use only unlicensed and shared radio spectrum. For more information about MulteFire technology, its benefits how to become a member of the MulteFire Alliance, please visit www.MulteFire.org.

Source: US Newsroom

As the amount of data services and smartphone devices dramatically increases, more spectrum is required to accommodate fast growing data traffic and help ensure a great user experience. LTE in Unlicensed spectrum includes a key family of technologies that allows aggregation of licensed and unlicensed spectrum bands, such as 5 GHz, to efficiently and timely increase network capacity and speed.

The Samsung LTE-U eFemto cell incorporates a Qualcomm FSM9955 chipset from Qualcomm Technologies. Through aggregation of licensed and unlicensed spectrum, Samsung’s LTE-U eFemto cells can help mobile operators cope with the skyrocketing demand for mobile data by improving network performance in hotspots, venues and enterprise environments including offices, malls, hospitals and other public spaces and facilities.

The Qualcomm FSM9955 chipset incorporates sophisticated enhanced Carrier Sensing Adaptive Transmission (eCSAT) features for coexistence with Wi-Fi per the latest LTE-U Forum specifications released last October, designed to enable fair sharing of unlicensed spectrum in both below and above Wi-Fi’s Energy-Detect (ED) threshold scenarios.

Using the Qualcomm FSM9955 chipset, the Samsung LTE-U eFemto cell can also support LTE Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) by simple software upgrade. LAA incorporates “Listen-Before-Talk” features required in certain regions for fair co-existence with Wi-Fi, making it a global solution for bringing LTE into unlicensed spectrum. LAA is part of the 3GPP LTE Advanced Pro Release 13 standard to be finalized in early 2016 and then expected to be rapidly adopted by operators around the world.

“We are pleased to collaborate with industry leader Samsung in accelerating small cell innovations and extending the benefits of LTE to unlicensed spectrum,” said Neville Meijers, Vice President of Small Cells, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Making adequate use of both licensed and unlicensed spectrum bands is essential to meet data demand and provide end users with the best possible mobile experience.”

“We are proud to bring this innovative LTE-U technology into our small cell portfolio. Operators and enterprises need a combination of cutting-edge technology and affordability to meet the explosive demand for data, both today with 4G and beyond.” said Kiho Cho, Vice President of Network System Design Lab, Network Business at Samsung Electronics. “Samsung LTE-U eFemto cells will benefit end users by enabling faster data communications, with seamless mobility and reliable performance, while minimizing interference with Wi-Fi.”

The Samsung LTE-U eFemto cell is designed to enable plug-and-play deployments with easier installation and a high capacity for both enterprises and operators. A single small cell unit can support three carriers of 20 MHz each, across both licensed and unlicensed spectrum, offering a peak download throughput up to 450Mbps.

The Samsung LTE-U eFemto cell with Qualcomm FSM9955 chipset will be exhibited at the Qualcomm booth (Exhibit Hall 3 #3E10) and the Samsung booth (Exhibit Hall 2 Stand 2M10) during Mobile World Congress 2016, February 22-25 in Barcelona, Spain.

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