14 DAY TRIAL // Worldwide leading developer of wireless technologies Qualcomm Incorporated, and ZTE Corporation, a leader in telecommunications equipment area, announced on Sunday a new collaboration meant to boost the performance levels and capacity of UMTS systems. According to the duo, the enhancements are possible thanks to the fact that ZTE's next-generation UMTS base stations will come to the market integrating Qualcomm's Uplink Interference Cancellation (ULIC) technology.
At the same time, the two companies also announced that carriers would have the possibility to leverage the UMTS data throughput by around 60 percent through the use of the new technology. In addition, the new enhancements will also offer the possibility to deliver an experience that equals that of LTE (Long Term Evolution) technologies in a similar channel bandwidth. The voice capacity of UMTS operators will also see an impressive boost of up to 45 percent.
Qualcomm's ULIC technology, the company says, can enhance the system capacity through the elimination of interference from multiple uplink data streams. At the same time, the increased integration that current commercial chips offer enables ULIC to deliver high CDMA-based modem performance, nearing the upper theoretical limits of the technology. On top of that, it also comes with scalability and support for cancellation for numerous users and transmissions on the uplink.
“ZTE serves the world's top mobile operators based on our ability to consistently deliver high-quality and high-capacity network performance,” said Zhang Jianguo, general manager of ZTE's UMTS products. “Our ongoing relationship with Qualcomm has enabled us to commercialize leading edge technologies that bring value to the entire wireless ecosystem. Using ULIC technology, we are providing operators with a highly efficient means to optimize their system performance while also extending the lives of their existing networks.”
According to Jing Wang, executive vice president, Qualcomm Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, the interference cancellation is capable of redefining the performance features of UMTS by leveraging the system capacity and data throughput. “It not only provides faster speeds, but also creates a better experience for the growing number of people using mobile devices to upload and share data-intensive content, such as photographs and videos. We are pleased to work with ZTE in their efforts to bring ULIC-enhanced base stations to market,” Jing Wang also added.