Telecoms giant Ericsson is claiming that its new HSPA
multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) technology will break its own
break its own HSPA world record by offering peak downlink data
rates of 56 Mbps.
Ericsson boasts that the announcement represents another step
for HSPA evolution, further
enhancing the mobile broadband experience and attributes the
increase in speed to a combination of MIMO and multi-carrier HSPA
technology.
The HSPA multi-carrier technology with MIMO is currently being
standardised and is scheduled for commercial deployment in 2010. By
the end of 2009, Ericsson guarantees support for commercial
deployment of
multi-carrier technology with
speeds up to 42 Mbps.
As an indication of the fast moving pace of the mobile
broadband arena, less than six weeks ago at the end of February
2009, Vodafone tested a 3G HSPA+
mobile broadband
connection that could deliver maximum download speeds of
20 Mbps using technology supplied by Ericsson in addition to Huawei
and Qualcomm.
Commercial HSPA networks can, says Ericsson, currently support
speeds up to 21M bps. From mid-2009, Ericsson says that commercial
networks based on its technology will be able to support MIMO
technology offering 28 Mbps. The end user business of such higher
data rates should be instantaneous mobile Internet connection even
when many users are online at the same time.
Commented Ulf Ewaldsson, Vice President and Head of Product Area
Radio at Ericsson, "Ericsson's continued HSPA Evolution …
demonstration combining MIMO and multi-carrier technology shows the
strong potential of further HSPA enhancements.”