Infrastructure solutions provider Nokia Siemens Networks and wireless carrier China Mobile have announced today that they managed to successfully complete the world’s first TD-LTE femtocell demonstration. According to the duo, their demonstration proved that future mobile broadband could come with impressive indoor coverage. Moreover, Nokia Siemens Networks also stated that its solution was meant to support the future deployments of TD-LTE, a next-generation technology in wireless communications.

“User habits indicate that the majority of mobile broadband capacity will be consumed inside homes and offices where coverage is typically lower than outdoor spaces,” said Huang Xiaoqing, general manager of China Mobile Research Institute. “Miniature wireless base stations like Femtocells can improve the indoor service experience of our customers. Furthermore, TD-LTE Femtocells can fully leverage the advantages of TDD frequency, provide a fast and flexible indoor coverage solution and effectively manage network capacity and cost.”

The demonstration was conducted by Nokia Siemens Networks’ Beijing research team, which used a compact experimental Femtocell prototype for live video streaming. According to the company, the demonstration topped speeds higher than what the current residential broadband connections can deliver. “LTE is around the corner and we are doing everything to ensure its rapid deployment in networks around the world,” said Stephan Scholz, CTO at Nokia Siemens Networks. “This demo – the world’s first –highlights our innovative research leadership in LTE.”

This is not the first achievement in the development of LTE that the infrastructure solutions provider announced to the world. Only recently the company demonstrated its first LTE call made on a commercial software solutions, which marked a big step in the move towards the future deployments of the technology. China's TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE standards are also a point of interest for Nokia Siemens Networks, which enlarged its team in Beijing so as to be able to support the commercial rollout of the technology.