LTE in Unlicensed Spectrum: Trials, Deployments and Devices

LTE in Unlicensed Spectrum:
Trials, Deployments and

Devices
Prepared by GSA based on intelligence gathered as part of

its ongoing industry research programme
May 2018
©Copyright 2018 Global mobile Suppliers Association 1

Introduction
This report is the fifth quarterly report tracking the progress of the key
technologies for using LTE in unlicensed spectrum: LTE-U, License Assisted
Access (LAA, or LTE-LAA) and eLAA, and related technologies such as LWA.
This edition also begins to track the status of CBRS. GSA summarises network
trials as well as deployments and the availability of chipsets, modules and
devices. GSA welcomes additions to its database of LAA/eLAA, LTE-U, LWA and
LWIP products and networks from the industry. The database also contains
information about spectrum bands and bandwidth used, where available.
Please contact info@gsacom.com if you have additional information. GSA
makes no guarantees that the information is complete, but reasonable efforts
have been made to be comprehensive and accurate.
Key data points

•• 26 LAA trials, deployments and launches
•• Ten LTE-U trials, deployments and launches
•• Two LWA planned deployments
•• CBRS trials launched in the USA
•• One eLAA trial
•• 21 commercially available chipsets and modules supporting unlicensed
access
•• 70 small cells and smartphones announced
Technology context
The idea of using unlicensed spectrum to offer LTE services and improve
downlink throughput has been around for some years and there are alternative
approaches.
LAA is a 3GPP standard finalised in Release 13 (Rel-13) and involves a licensed

LTE band as the primary carrier and Carrier Aggregation (CA) used to add a
carrier in unlicensed 5 GHz spectrum for the downlink only. In Rel-14, eLAA
adds uplink support.
High-priority traffic can use the licensed band, while lower priority traffic can
use the Wi-Fi channel. The decision on traffic allocation is made by the LAA
enabled base station/small cell and there is no impact on the core network
infrastructure.
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TDD and FDD modes are supported in the standard. Fair coexistence in the
unlicensed channel is provided by a region-specific listen-before-talk (LBT)
capability to ensure channels are clear before transmission. LBT is mandatory
in the EU and Japan.
LTE-U is a pre-Release 13 technology pioneered in the USA (notably by Verizon

and T-Mobile) and is also being trialled in other countries including South
Korea, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
It is similar to LAA with Carrier Aggregation; no core network changes; decisions

on spectrum use made by base station/small cell – except that LTE-U uses
Carrier-Sensing Adaptive Transmission (CSAT) rather than LBT to determine
when the 5 GHz unlicensed Wi-Fi spectrum is in use to maintain fair coexistence.
Development of the industry standard has been led by the LTE-U Forum. In
February 2017, the USA’s FCC authorised LTE-U devices for use in the 5 GHz
unlicensed band. LTE-U has an upgrade path to LAA and eLAA.
LWA (LTE Wireless-LAN Aggregation) is a 3GPP Rel-13 standardised technology,

which aggregates carriers at the PDCP layer and uses the Dual Connectivity
feature from 3GPP Rel-12. LWA supports downlink aggregation only; eLWA in
Rel-14 adds uplink support. Separate nodes (a WLAN access point and an LTE
base station) are used and these can be physically separate or collocated in a
single unit. The eNodeB makes the decision on activation of LWA and the use
of the bearers. LBT is used to ensure fair coexistence in the unlicensed band.
Both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum bands can be used.
LWIP (LTE WAN Integration with IPSec tunnel) is a Rel-13 feature similar to LWA
but performing aggregation and switching at the IP layer. It has been designed
to require no changes to existing WLAN infrastructure, and in its Rel-13 version,
can support uplink data transmission as well as downlink. There are other
approaches of interest. MulteFire leverages LAA for the downlink and eLAA
for the uplink, with additional enhancements to operate without a licensed
spectrum anchor. By removing the requirement for licensed spectrum, MulteFire
allows more entities to deploy networks and benefit from LTE technology.
CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) was set up by the FCC in the USA
in April 2016 to use the 3.5 GHz band (3550–3700 MHz) as a space where a
variety of users could share bandwidth for use in their LTE networks. Access
to the spectrum is prioritised for government/military users and after them
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for Priority Access Licensed (PAL) users that have acquired one of the many
regional three-year licences in spectrum auctions; everyone else is able to
dynamically request access to use the spectrum via licensed SAS (spectrum
access server) operators. The CBRS Alliance is working on technical aspects
of making CBRS work in the USA, including interoperability and coexistence
specifications.
Live operator networks

GSA has been able to identify two commercial LAA networks, both located
in the USA, one operated by AT&T and one by T-Mobile. AT&T deployed LAA
on its network in parts of Indianapolis, Indiana in November 2017. T-Mobile
launched LAA in the fourth quarter of 2017. In February 2018 the operator
partnered with Nokia to achieve speeds of 1.3 Gbps, using LAA, 5C CA, 256QAM
and 4X4 MIMO.
Elsewhere, Bell Mobility in Canada has announced plans to support LAA

technology by aggregating unlicensed 5 GHz spectrum with LTE in licensed
bands to provide higher transfer speeds. Seven other telecom operators
have disclosed similar levels of LAA-readiness. These include China Mobile,
Vodafone Turkey, South Africa’s MTN and Vodacom, Verizon Wireless in the
USA, Singapore’s Singtel and TIM in Italy. There have been two LTE-U network
deployments. T-Mobile USA’s network was launched in June 2017 covering
Bellevue, WA; Brooklyn, NY; Dearborn, MI; Las Vegas, NV; Richardson, TX; and
Simi Valley, CA. The operator has previously announced plans to continue to
roll the network out through 2018 using carrier aggregation, 4x4 MIMO and
256QAM in the 5 GHz unlicensed band, but interestingly T-Mobile announced
in November 2017 that it plans to shift its focus away from LTE-U toward LAA
deployment in the first half of 2018. Vodacom in South Africa deployed LTE-U
in its network on a very limited scale in Midrand in 2016, but it too has recently
announced plans to deploy LAA (currently under test in the same location) on
a national scale.
In August 2017, AIS in Thailand launched a network called AIS NEXT G that
uses multipath TCP technology (MP-TCP protocol). This is an alternative way
of enabling the use of combinations of licensed and unlicensed bands; it does
not use standardised LAA, LTE-U or LWA technology. In yet another approach,
Redzone Wireless in the USA has announced plans for a FWA broadband service
capable of Gigabit speeds that combines both licensed LTE (at 2.5 GHz) and
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unlicensed wireless broadband technologies (at 5 GHz and 60 GHz) on a single
tower and integrates them with a proprietary operational support system (OSS).
It has already launched a network combining LTE at 2.5 GHz with unlicensed
spectrum at 5 GHz to deliver speeds of 450 Mbps.
Operator demos, trials and planned deployments

Since the last report in January 2018, the group of telecoms operators involved
in tests, trials and demonstrations of LAA has been joined by the Croatian
telecom VIPNet, who has announced it is ‘experimenting with the technology’.
The operator stated its intent to use LAA to avoid the need for more licensed
spectrum. Rogers Wireless in Canada demonstrated Quad-band LAA on Gigabit
LTE to show how LAA provides high bandwidth simultaneously across several
devices. GSA has also become aware of a LAA trial conducted by Mobily in
Saudi Arabia in partnership with Nokia, and in April 2018 Telenor Myanmar
became the latest operator to announce a LAA trial.
We have also been able to identify an eLAA trial conducted by SK Telecom in

South Korea and Qualcomm Technologies. Both companies claimed it was the
first over-the-air technology demonstration of Enhanced Licensed Assisted
Access (eLAA) and LAA, utilising 2.6 GHz band and the unlicensed spectrum.
We have not identified any additional trials of LWA and LTE-U since our last
report.
There are 26 Before March 2016 when 3GPP Rel-13 was finalised, announcements of demos
LAA trials,
deployments and and trials of ‘LAA’ or ‘LWA’ would have referred to pre-standard versions of these
launches technologies. Terms may not have been used consistently in press releases
and other statements, for instance, trials of ‘pre-standard LAA’ in some cases
involve what has subsequently become known as LTE-U; Nokia’s ‘cellular/Wi-Fi
boost’ technology was a pre-standards version of LWA, for example.
Tables 1, 2 and 3 give details of commercial, planned and trial networks and
demos for each of the three technologies covered in this report.
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Table 1: Commercial planned and trial networks and demonstrations for LAA
Operator Country Status Notes
AT&T Mobility USA Commercial AT&T commercially deployed LAA on its
network in parts of Indianapolis, Indiana in
November 2017.
Bell Mobility Canada Planned Bell plans to support Licensed Assisted
deployment Access technology to aggregate unlicensed
5 GHz spectrum with LTE in licensed bands
to provide higher transfer speeds.
China Mobile China Planned China Mobile held trials with Baicells,
deployment Radisys.
Claro Brazil Testing/ Claro Brazil tested LTE-LAA, achieving
Trailing downlink speeds of up to 1 Gbit/s.
Deutsche Germany Trial Deutsche Telekom held trials with
Telekom Qualcomm.
(T-Mobile)
Mobily Saudi Testing/ Mobily and Nokia conducted a LAA trial in
Arabia Trialling Riyadh in 2017.
MTN South Africa Planned MTN trialled LAA with Huawei and
deployment Qualcomm in Pretoria.
MTS Russia Trial MTS trialled LAA with Ericsson and
Qualcomm.
NTT DoCoMo Japan Trial (Pre-standards) trials with Huawei involving
'adaptive LBT'.
Rogers Canada Testing/ Rogers demonstrated Quad-band Licensed
Wireless Trialling Assisted Access (LAA) on Gigabit LTE to
show how LAA provides high bandwidth
simultaneously across several devices.
Singtel Singapore Planned Singtel delivered 1.1 Gbps peak DL speeds
deployment during a LAA trial. The trial, conducted
in partnership with Ericsson, combined
256 QAM, 4x4 MIMO and aggregated two
licensed and three unlicensed spectrum
bands.
SK Telecom South Korea Trial SK Telecom trialled LAA With Ericsson.
Smartone Hong Kong Trial Smartone trialled LAA, using Ericsson’s
Micro Radio 2205 and Qualcomm X16
modem.
Sprint USA Testing/ Sprint started testing LAA achieving speeds
Trialling between 120 Mbps and 140 Mbps, using
5 GHz of licensed spectrum and 5 GHz of
unlicensed spectrum
Telenor Myanmar Testing/ Telenor Myanmar announced trials in 2018.
Trialling
Telenor Pakistan Testing/ Telenor Pakistan demonstrated LAA at its
Trialling new Pakistani lab's opening ceremony
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Telus Canada Testing/ Telus completed its first LAA test, delivering
Trialling DL speeds of 970 Mbps indoors and
966 Mbps outdoors, using 80 MHz of
aggregated spectrum in a live, dynamic
production network.
TIM Italy Planned TIM held trials using Ericsson network
deployment equipment and an ASUS smartphone,
using Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile
processor. A live network trial in Milan
achieved speeds up to 1 Gbit/s.
T-Mobile US USA Commercial T-Mobile launched LAA in 4Q 2017.
Verizon USA Planned In November 2017 Verizon confirmed
Wireless deployment it was shifting its unlicensed wireless
spectrum technology focus away from
LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) towards Licensed
Assisted Access (LAA).
Vimpelcom Russia Testing/ VimpelCom (Beeline) completed trials of
(Beeline) Trialling LAA by combining 10 MHz band in Band
7 and 2x20 MHz bands in the unlicensed
5GHz band. The upload speed achieved
was 450 Mbps.
VIPNet Croatia Testing/ VIPnet is experimenting with LAA.
Trialling
Vodacom South Africa Planned Vodacom conducted a trial with Huawei;
deployment using a Motorola Z2 Force commercial
device; 10 MHz of 1800 MHz spectrum
and 3 x 20 MHz carriers in unlicensed 5
GHz spectrum. Achieved 650 Mbps peak
downlink speed
Vodafone Netherlands Demo Vodafone demonstrated LAA with Ericsson.
Vodafone Turkey Planned Vodafone Turkey announced LAA
Turkey deployment deployment with Huawei and SpiderCloud .
XL Axiata Indonesia Trial Conducted trials with Ericsson involving
LAA.
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Figure 1: Countries with commercial, planned and trial networks and demonstrations for LAA
Table 2: Commercial, planned and trial networks and demonstrations for LTE-U
AT&T Mobility USA Trial Trials announced in March 2016.
China Mobile China Planned Pre-deployment trials with Baicell and
deployment Radisys.
LG Uplus South Korea Trial Trials using 5.8GHz unlicensed spectrum
band.
MTN South Africa Trial Trials held with Ericsson.
There are ten MTS Russia Trial Trials held with Ericsson.
commercial, Telefonica Spain Demo Trials held with Ericsson.
planned or trial (Movistar)
networks and T-Mobile US USA Commercial Commercial network launched in six cities
demonstrations in June 2017; Ericsson and Nokia providing
for LTE-U equipment.
Verizon USA Planned Samsung and Verizon trials started in 2015;
Wireless deployment Qualcomm and SpiderCloud Wireless also
involved in pilots in 2017.
Vodacom South Africa Deployed Vodacom deployed LTE-U in its network on
a very limited scale in Midrand in 2016.
Zain Saudi Testing/ Zain successfully tested LTE-U combining 5
Arabia Trialling GHz band with 1800 MHz band to deliver DL
speeds of 223 Mbps.
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Figure 2: Countries commercial, planned and trial networks and demonstrations for LTE-U
Table 3: Commercial, planned and trial networks and demonstrations for LWA
M1 Singapore Planned Trials involved Nokia’s Flexi Zone
deployment equipment, deployment and commercial
services planned.
Chunghwa Taiwan Planned Chunghwa announced planned deployment
deployment of LWA in 2017, in collaboration with HTC,
MediaTek and Sercomm.
GSA has been able to identify six US-based telecom operators trialling or
requesting licences for trials in the 3.5 GHz CBRS spectrum band. AT&T
Mobility, Charter Communications, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless are
those staging CBRS trials. They could soon be joined by US Cellular and
Comcast Corporation. Both these operators have applied to the US Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) for special temporary authority (STA) to
conduct trials.
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Table 4: CBRS trials and plans in the USA
Operator Status Notes
AT&T Mobility Testing/ AT&T is holding trials in the 3.5 GHz CBRS band.
Trialling
Charter Testing/ Charter Communications is holding trials in the 3.5 GHz
Communications Trialling band.
Comcast Licence Comcast has asked the Federal Communications

Corporation request Commission for permission to conduct its own tests in
the 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service band.
T-Mobile Testing/ T-Mobile recently requested Special Temporary Authority
Trialling to extend its testing in the 3.5 GHz CBRS band.
US Cellular Licence US Cellular recently applied to the FCC for a six-month
request special temporary authority (STA) to conduct trial runs
in the 3.5 GHz band in some areas of Maine and North
Carolina.
Verizon Wireless Testing/ Verizon is currently testing ‘data rates, modulations and
Trialling the customer experience using CBRS spectrum’. The tests
use 4×4 MIMO, carrier aggregation and small cells.
Chipsets
The silicon required to deliver LTE-U, LAA, LWA, CBRS and other related
network features comes in a number of forms. Key are the modems and
mobile processors that can handle aggregation of carriers in both licensed
and unlicensed spectrum and the bandwidth enabled by such aggregation.
Baseband SoCs (System on Chip) also need to be capable of supporting the
relevant technologies on the base station. Since the publication of the last
report, three new LAA/LTE-U/LWA supported products have been released:
•• Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X24 modem supports LAA. It is marketed as

the first modem to support Cat-20.
•• Another recently released chipset is Cavium’s OCTEON Fusion-M
CNF73xx family which supports LTE-U.
•• CEVA’s DSP CEVA-XC12 offers both LAA and LWA support and is used
in smartphones and other terminals, advanced and centralised access
points, small cells, macro cells and cloud RAN.
Table 5 summarises known commercial products in a number of different
categories: base station SoC, mobile processor and modem.
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Table 5: Known commercial products for unlicensed spectrum
Vendor Product Name Technology Notes
type
Cavium Mobile OCTEON LTE-U Applications include
processor/ Fusion-M outdoor micro cells with
platform CNF73xx family 200 to 1000 active users,
indoor host-neutral
base stations/split-RAN
deployments and public
safety networks.
CEVA DSP CEVA-XC12 LAA, LWA Used in smartphones and
other terminals, advanced
and centralised access
points, small cells, macro
cells and cloud RAN
(C-RAN).
Intel Discrete XMM 7560 LAA Commercial since Nov
cellular 2017
modem
Intel Base station Transcede T3K LTE-U, LWA Available since 3Q 2014.
SoC
MediaTek Mobile Helio X30 LTE-U, LWA Includes WorldMode
processor/ modem; used in Vernee
platform Apollo smartphone.
MediaTek Mobile MT6750 LTE-U, LWA Includes WorldMode
processor/ modem.
platform
MediaTek Modem WorldMode LTE-U, LWA Announced March 2017.
Qualcomm Mobile Snapdragon LTE-U, LAA Used in multiple
processor/ 835 smartphones.
platform
Qualcomm Mobile Snapdragon LTE-U, LWA Available since July 2016.
processor/ 821
platform
Qualcomm Mobile Snapdragon LTE-U, LWA Announced September
processor/ 820 2015.
platform
Qualcomm Discrete Snapdragon LTE-U, LAA, Announced February 2017,
cellular X20 CBRS expected release in Q1
modem 2018.
Qualcomm Discrete Snapdragon LTE-U, LAA Announced February 2016.
cellular X16
modem
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Vendor Product Name Technology Notes
type
Qualcomm Discrete Snapdragon LTE-U, LWA Supports LTE-U with
cellular X12 WTR3950 transceiver
modem and LWA with QCA6174A
chipset.
Qualcomm Mobile Snapdragon LTE-U, LAA Available since February
processor/ 845 2018.
platform
Qualcomm Modem Snapdragon LAA First modem to support
X24 Cat-20.
Qualcomm Base station FSM9955 LTE-U, LAA Available since February
SoC 2016.
Samsung Mobile Exynos 9 Series LAA Available since February
processor/ (8895) 2017.
platform
Samsung Mobile Exynos 9 Series eLAA Announced January 2018.
processor/ (9810)
platform
Sierra Module EM7565 LAA Announced September
Wireless 2017.
TI Base station KeyStone LAA Available since 2015.
SoC TCI6630K2L
TI Base station KeyStone II TCI LAA Available since 2015.
SoC 6630K2H
Devices
Table 6 summarises known commercial devices now available in a number of
different categories. Other categories will be added as devices become available.
Since our last report in January 2018, we are able to confirm a substantial
increase in the number of devices supporting LTE in unlicensed spectrum bands.
Latest LAA-enabled phone additions include Samsung Galaxy S9, Samsung
Galaxy S9+ and LG’s V30 and V30+.
SpiderCloud’s LAA small cells SCRN-220 AND SCRN-250 were used by US operator
Sprint to support its 1.9 GHz spectrum band for enterprise and venues. The
addition of support for Sprint’s 2.5 GHz band is planned for mid-2018.
The CBRS ecosystem is starting to emerge. In September 2017, Samsung

announced a new small cell portfolio including CBRS products, expected to be
available soon. Arris (Ruckus Wireless) has announced a new CBRS portfolio
including small cells. Meanwhile the US-based telecom operator Verizon
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Wireless has stated that CBRS-enabled smartphones should be available by
the end of 2018.
Table 6: LAA, LTE-U, LWA, CBRS device status (C = commercial; U = upgradeable;
D = in development)
Vendor Product Name LAA LTE-U LWA CBRS
type
Airspan Small cell Airvelocity C
base station
Arris (Ruckus) 3.5 GHz Ruckus Q710 C
indoor LTE
AP
Arris (Ruckus) 3.5 GHz Ruckus Q910 C
outdoor LTE
AP
Baicells Femtocell elfCell C
Technologies (other bands
available)
supports LTE-U
Baicells Small cell Light4G U C
Technologies base station solution
Ericsson Small cell RBS 6402 C
base station indoor small
cell/picocell
multiple bands
Ericsson Outdoor Radio 2205 C
small cell
Ericsson Outdoor New Vault C
small cell Radio 2268
Ericsson Small cell Radio Dot C D C (2208
base station System model)
HTC Phone U Play 5.2 inch C
HTC Phone U11 U-3w with C C
IP67 5.5 inch for
China
HTC Phone U11 601HT with C C
IP67 5.5 inch for
Japan
HTC Phone U11 with IP67 C C
5.5 inch for
Sprint
HTC Phone U11 WiMAX C C
2+ HTV33 with
IP67 5.5 inch for
KDDI
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type
U-3f 5.5 inch for
AT&T, TMO
U-3u 5.5 inch
for Europe Asia
ME
5.5 inch for
Verizon
HTC Phone U12 C
Huawei Small cell Atomcell C
base station
Huawei Small cell Lampsite C C
base station 2.0/3.0
LG Phone G6 US997 5.7 C C
inch
LG Phone G6 H871/H872/ C C
H872PR/H873
5.7 inch
LG Phone G6 G600S 5.7 C C
inch
LG Phone G6 LS993/ C C
AS993 5.7 inch
LG Phone G6 S998/ C C
VS998B/VS998G
LG Phone G6 G600K 5.7 C C
inch
LG Phone G6 G600L 5.7 C
inch
LG Phone G6 H870 5.7 C
inch
LG Phone G6 LH870K 5.7 C C
inch
LG Phone H870U G6 Plus C C
5.7 inch
LG Phone H870S G6 5.7 C C
inch
LG Phone H870DS G6 5.7 C C
inch
LG Phone G600KP G6+ 5.7 C C
inch
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type
LG Phone G600LP G6+ 5.7 C C
inch
LG Phone G600SP G6+ 5.7 C C
inch
LG Phone V30 C
LG Phone V30+ C
Nokia Enterprise FlexiZone C C C
small cell Indoor
Multiband
Nokia Small cell FlexiZone C
base station Multiband
Nokia Small cell AirScale Wi-Fi U
base station AC220
Nokia Small cell Flexi Zone C
base station micro and
indoor pico BTS
OnePlus Phone OnePlus 5 C C
A5000 5.5 inch
Radisys Base station CellEngine U C U
software TOTAL eNodeB+
Radisys Base station CellEngine 5G C
software RAN v1.0
Samsung Phone SM-G950P C
Galaxy S8 5.8
inch
Samsung Phone SM-G955T C
Galaxy S8 Plus
6.2 inch
Samsung Phone SM-G950U C
Galaxy S8 SM-
G950U1/SM-
G950W 5.8 inch
Samsung Phone SM-G950T C
Galaxy S8 5.8
inch
Samsung Phone SM-G955V C
Galaxy S8 Plus
6.2 inch
Samsung Phone SM-G950V C
Galaxy S8 5.8
inch
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type
Samsung Phone SM-G955A C
Galaxy S8 Plus
6.2 inch
Samsung Phone SM-G955U C
Galaxy S8 Plus
SM-G955U1
SM-G955W
6.2inch
Samsung Phone SM-G950A C C
Galaxy S8 5.8
inch
Samsung Small cell LTE-U eFemto C
base station cell (multiple
band options)
Samsung Phone Galaxy Note 8 C
Samsung Phone Galaxy S8 U
Active
Samsung Phone Galaxy S9 C
Samsung Phone Galaxy S9+ C
Sercomm Small cell SCB107Ev2 C
base station supports LWA
Sony Mobile Phone Xperia XZ C C
Premium G8141
5.5 inch
Sony Mobile Phone Xperia XZ C C
Premium
G8142 5.5 inch
Sony Mobile Phone NTT DoCoMo C C
SO-04J Xperia
XZ Premium 5.5
inch
Sony Mobile Phone Xperia XZ1 C C
Sony Mobile Phone Xperia XZ1 C C
Compact
Spider Cloud Enterprise SCRN-220 C
Wireless small cell
Spider Cloud Enterprise SCRN-250 C
Wireless small cell
Spider Cloud Small cell SCRN-320 C C
Wireless base station LTE-U/LAA
enterprise
small cell
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type
ZTE Phone Nubia Z17 C C
Premium
Edition NX563H
5.5 inch
ZTE Phone Nubia Z17 C C
Standard
Edition NX563J
5.5 inch
ZTE Small cell Qcell Plus C C
base station
There continues to be steady interest in the various technologies supporting

the use of unlicensed spectrum for LTE services – in particular LAA and more
recently CBRS – with advanced network trials, planned deployments and a
growing ecosystem of chipsets, network infrastructure and devices. The GSA is
committed to tracking this important market. The next in this series of reports
will be published in July 2018.
GAMBoD and NTS databases

The GSA Analyser for Mobile Broadband Database (GAMBoD) will continue to
track 3GPP standards-based devices. The GSA Networks, Technologies and
Spectrum (NTS) database tracks announced operator networks, technologies
(including LAA/LTE-U etc.), spectrum, network speeds, and other parameters,
and is fully searchable.
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Key data points

LAA is a 3GPP standard finalised in Release 13 (Rel-13) and involves a licensed

LTE-U is a pre-Release 13 technology pioneered in the USA (notably by Verizon

It is similar to LAA with Carrier Aggregation; no core network changes; decisions

LWA (LTE Wireless-LAN Aggregation) is a 3GPP Rel-13 standardised technology,

Live operator networks

Elsewhere, Bell Mobility in Canada has announced plans to support LAA

Operator demos, trials and planned deployments

We have also been able to identify an eLAA trial conducted by SK Telecom in

Comcast Licence Comcast has asked the Federal Communications

•• Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X24 modem supports LAA. It is marketed as

The CBRS ecosystem is starting to emerge. In September 2017, Samsung

There continues to be steady interest in the various technologies supporting

GAMBoD and NTS databases

Membership of GSA is open to any supplier of products; systems or services

News/updates: RSS Feed: https://gsacom.com/rss-feeds/

GSA LinkedIn group: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2313721

LTE User Devices LinkedIn group: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4146472

LTE-Unlicensed LinkedIn group: www.linkedin.com/groups/8601576

Tel: +44 330 113 1572

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