MANHASSET, N.Y. — Motorola Inc. said it has completed what it claims is the first over-the-air Long-Term Evolution (LTE) data transfers using 700-MHz spectrum.
Motorola (Schaumberg, Ill.) said its demonstration used its LTE Radio Access Test Network and LTE eNode-B platform along with a prototype LTE device. The test was conducted at Motorola's lab and at an outdoor location in central Illinois.
The sessions included mobile video streaming and various high data-rate applications along with executing applications priority procedures to ensure throughput using quality-of-service specifications in the LTE standard.
"This field test shows the progress we've made in preparing to deliver a commercial LTE solution for testing and early limited deployments in 2009," Darren McQueen, vice president of Motorola's wireless broadband access technologies unit, said in a statement.
In North America, 700-MHz spectrum auctioned earlier this year is part of the 470- to 862-MHz band freed up in the transition from analog to digital TV.
In Europe, the 790- to 862-MHz band used for TV broadcasts is expected to be auctioned between 2009 and 2012, coinciding with mobile operators' plans to deploy LTE.
Motorola claims its LTE eNode-B architecture can be tailored to meet customers' requirements by using frame-based mounted radios and remote radio heads.
