du has additionally deployed extreme-large antenna arrays (ELAA) expertise, which has resulted in roughly a 30% enhancement in consumer expertise
United Arab Emirates (UAE) telco du introduced the deployment of a large-scale three provider aggregation (CA) in TDD Large MIMO base station, delivering a peak knowledge charge of over 5 Gbps as a part of its efforts in the direction of the implementation of 5G-Superior expertise within the UAE.
The Arab telco had beforehand accomplished 5G two-carrier aggregation in TDD Large MIMO throughout its whole community in 2022, offering its subscribers with a peak knowledge charge of three.6 Gbps. This resulted in du’s 5G community witnessing site visitors exceeding 60% of the general cellular site visitors by October 2023, carrying extra site visitors than the mixed 4G and 3G site visitors.
Moreover, du has additionally deployed extremely-large antenna arrays (ELAA) expertise, which it says has resulted in roughly a 30% enhancement in consumer expertise and an approximate 30% discount in energy consumption.
“By the implementation of TDD large-bandwidth three provider aggregation, we’re taking a stride in the direction of guaranteeing an unparalleled 5G consumer expertise, marking the preliminary section of our journey in the direction of 5G-Superior business deployment,” du mentioned.
In December 2023, Finnish vendor Nokia and du introduced the conclusion of what it claimed to be UAE’s first 5G-Superior 5G Lowered Functionality (RedCap) trial over a business community.
The companions mentioned that this current trial showcased the readiness of du’s 5G community for progressive use circumstances in areas such because the Web of Issues (IoT), wearables and Trade 4.0 to handle 5G monetization challenges.
RedCap, generally known as NR Mild, is a diminished set of 5G capabilities supposed for units like wearables and low-cost hotspots which have low battery consumption, decrease prices and decrease bandwidth necessities. Launched with 3GPP Launch 17, 5G RedCap is designed for units at present served by LTE CAT-4 however gives equal or higher in efficiency with as much as 150 Mbps theoretical most downlink throughput. This expertise helps cut back the complexity, price and dimension of 5G units.
Nokia and du trialed MediaTek’s T300 sequence RedCap check gear within the provider’s 5G Standalone (SA) radio entry community (RAN) constructed with Nokia’s AirScale radio merchandise, leveraging present mid-band spectrum.
The 2 corporations additionally famous that following this trial, they’d prolong RedCap over low-band frequencies with the purpose of guaranteeing a excessive stage of protection and connectivity.