Sprint and Nokia to demo First Live 5G NR Connection over Massive MIMO
Nokia and Sprint today announced that they will showcase the first live demonstration of a 5G New Radio (NR) connection over a dual mode-capable Massive MIMO radio at Sprint's booth during Mobile World Congress Americas. For this, both the companies will use Sprint's 2.5 GHz spectrum, Nokia's commercial AirScale Base Station and Massive MIMO Active Antenna, and a VIAVI TM500 5G test device emulator. The demonstration highlights Sprint's 2.5 GHz spectrum and game-changing Massive MIMO technology to deploy mobile 5G in the first half of 2019. This first live 5G NR system connection using a Massive MIMO Active Antenna supports up to 120 MHz of spectrum in 2.5 GHz. As for the Nokia AirScale Massive MIMO Active Antenna, it is expected to deliver up to 3 Gbps peak downlink throughput for a single sector over 5G and LTE simultaneously using Sprint's spectrum. This enables Sprint to offer both 4G LTE and 5G on the same radio to continue meeting its customers' demand for unlimited data and high-bandwidth applications. Nokia and Sprint will also be showcasing other 5G demonstrations at Sprint's booth, including low latency use cases for public safety and car platooning, and an Augmented Reality demo for Enterprise. Dr. John Saw, Chief Technology Officer, Sprint, said: Sprint has long ... 
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