Telit White Paper: Fixed-LTE Broadband Market Opportunities
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Established in 1998, Symmetry Electronics, a Division of Braemac, is a global distributor of electronic components and systems. Combining premier components and comprehensive value-added services with an expert in-house engineering team, Symmetry supports engineers in the design, development, and deployment of a broad range of connected technologies.
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Driven by video streaming and internet browsing, this enormous data consumption requires high-speed networks, pushing operators to create and market broadband solutions based on LTE and LTE-A for mobile networks and on FTTH (optical fiber) for fixed-line networks.
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LTE, and more recently LTE-A (Advanced), are driving the wireless technologies for the near future becoming, with no doubt, the basis to build up the 5G ecosystem that will enable data transfer at speed above 1Gbps. LTE commercial networks have moved in only few years from initial Category (Cat.) 3 running at download speed of 100 Mbps, to Cat. 4 up to 150Mbps in a 20MHz spectrum. 3GPP Release 10 has then introduced the Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology bringing benefits not only for higher data rate but also for reducing traffic load. CA was first defined for Cat. 4 with limited 10+10 MHz bandwidth allocation, but it has been only with Cat. 6, with 20+20 MHz bandwidth allocation, that it has shown the compelling benefits of the technology raising the bar of the maximum downloading speed up to 300 Mbps. Since then, LTE-A has evolved towards higher data rate not just as results of aggregating more carriers but also by using enhanced modulation schemes, 256QAM, as well as adding more MIMO streams, from 2x2 to 4x4 and above.
Cat. 9 for instance aggregates 3 carriers (3 CA) to download data up 450Mbps while Cat. 12 reaches the 600 Mbps by enabling 256QAM modulation scheme. Cat. 16 will already hit the floor of the 5G minimum requirement of 1Gbps combining CA techniques, as well as enabling 256QAM modulation scheme and advanced MIMO 4x4 simultaneous downloading streams.
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About Symmetry Electronics
Established in 1998, Symmetry Electronics, a Division of Braemac, is a global distributor of electronic components and systems. Combining premier components and comprehensive value-added services with an expert in-house engineering team, Symmetry supports engineers in the design, development, and deployment of a broad range of connected technologies.
Exponential Technology Group Member
Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway company TTI, Inc. in 2017, Symmetry Electronics is a proud Exponential Technology Group (XTG) member. A collection of specialty semiconductor distributors and engineering design firms, XTG stands alongside industry leaders TTI Inc., Mouser Electronics, and Sager Electronics. Together, we provide a united global supply chain solution with the shared mission of simplifying engineering, offering affordable technologies, and assisting engineers in accelerating time to market. For more information about XTG, visit www.xponentialgroup.com.