Network Vision/LTE - Northern & Southern Connecticut Markets (includes all cities)

[RAvirani]

3 hours ago, Dkoellerwx said:

Hard to say with that image, sorry. Have signals changed in that area recently?

Judging from the panel sizes, I’d guess it’s a hexadecaport alongside an 8T8R. 

[Dkoellerwx]

1 minute ago, RAvirani said:

Judging from the panel sizes, I’d guess it’s a hexadecaport alongside an 8T8R. 

That was my thought, but it's difficult to say without seeing the ports or the RRUs. 

[RAvirani]

1 minute ago, Dkoellerwx said:

That was my thought, but it's difficult to say without seeing the ports or the RRUs. 

Yes. A higher-resolution picture is definitely needed to be sure. 

[Dkoellerwx]

4 minutes ago, RAvirani said:

Yes. A higher-resolution picture is definitely needed to be sure. 

What would be the reasoning for deploying both of those (16 plus 8T8R)? My initial thought was NV+10 port. 

[RAvirani]

40 minutes ago, Dkoellerwx said:

What would be the reasoning for deploying both of those (16 plus 8T8R)? My initial thought was NV+10 port. 

Future proofing.

Since 800 is just now rolling out in the Seattle market, all sites are in the process of being upgraded, and all sites capable of supporting the weight are getting a hexadecaport antenna along with an 8T8R. Also, from my observations, in these setups, the 8T8R antenna is only actually hooked up to a radio about half the time. The other half of the time, the antenna is installed but remains inactive and radio-less (with L2500 only broadcasting from the hexadecaport antenna). 

[ingenium]

Future proofing.
Since 800 is just now rolling out in the Seattle market, all sites are in the process of being upgraded, and all sites capable of supporting the weight are getting a hexadecaport antenna along with an 8T8R. Also, from my observations, in these setups, the 8T8R antenna is only actually hooked up to a radio about half the time. The other half of the time, the antenna is installed but remains inactive and radio-less (with L2500 only broadcasting from the hexadecaport antenna). 

Future proofing how? Massive MIMO are integrated units. Would they do physical split sectors for b41? I'm just not sure what the extra 8T8R could be used for.

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[RAvirani]

2 hours ago, ingenium said:

Future proofing how? Massive MIMO are integrated units. Would they do physical split sectors for b41? I'm just not sure what the extra 8T8R could be used for.

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8T8Rs can only broadcast 3 carriers at 8x8 MIMO. Dual antennas/RRUs will allow them to broadcast up to 6 carriers at 8x8 MIMO. 

Physical split sectors are also a possibility although I don’t know if that’s something Sprint is actively pursuing...

[ingenium]

8T8Rs can only broadcast 3 carriers at 8x8 MIMO. Dual antennas/RRUs will allow them to broadcast up to 6 carriers at 8x8 MIMO. 
Physical split sectors are also a possibility although I don’t know if that’s something Sprint is actively pursuing...

Ahh right, I forgot it drops to 2 4t4r chains when they go beyond 3 carriers.

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[lilotimz]

5 hours ago, ingenium said:

Future proofing how? Massive MIMO are integrated units. Would they do physical split sectors for b41? I'm just not sure what the extra 8T8R could be used for.

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16 port tribands are being used in many site deployments as Sprint has overstocked on them (kinda)  as 2.5 deployments transitions from LTE 8T8R 2.5 radios to M-MIMO units. In many Samsung Clear conversions they're using 16 port tribands as is with 1.9 RRH P4 and 800 C4s paired with a 2.5 M-MIMO antenna. The 2.5 portions of the triband antennas will be unused. Eventually they'll use the 8 port dual band antennas as they get through the inventory of 16 ports. 

[RAvirani]

6 minutes ago, lilotimz said:

Eventually they'll use the 8 port dual band antennas as they get through the inventory of 16 ports. 

Hopefully that will be soon. I am very unimpressed by the 16-port antennas’ range and propagation. 

[RAvirani]

On 7/25/2018 at 10:36 PM, lilotimz said:

Eventually they'll use the 8 port dual band antennas as they get through the inventory of 16 ports. 

Does Sprint already have these 8-port antennas in stock?

[lilotimz]

3 hours ago, RAvirani said:

Does Sprint already have these 8-port antennas in stock?

Yes. They're beginning to receive them. 

[RAvirani]

48 minutes ago, lilotimz said:

Yes. They're beginning to receive them. 

Do you know who the manufacturer(s) is or how well they perform?

[banananuts87]

So I did a field test and I’m connected to this, yet the following screen shot shows....

[banananuts87]

So my question is, is this CA on band 25 or am I simply seeing another carrier?

[RAvirani]

33 minutes ago, banananuts87 said:

So my question is, is this CA on band 25 or am I simply seeing another carrier?

It’s 10x10+5x5 L1900 carrier aggregation. 

[ZERO_COOL]

2 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

Don't see anything on your post.

Sorry, I was trying to post a picture of a speedtest from roaming on tmobile today and I guess i dont have anymore space for attachments lol.

[banananuts87]

What town where you roaming in CT? I'd kill for roaming in Manchester, Hartford and Meriden. 

[nexgencpu]

4 minutes ago, JLevoLTE said:

Sorry, I was trying to post a picture of a speedtest from roaming on tmobile today and I guess i dont have anymore space for attachments lol.

Use imgur, that will give you a ton more flexibility dealing with images.

[ZERO_COOL]

2 minutes ago, nexgencpu said:

Use imgur, that will give you a ton more flexibility dealing with images.

That's what I was trying to use maybe I shouldn't use the "insert attachment with a url" button? I havent posted on here in a long time.

[ZERO_COOL]

7 minutes ago, banananuts87 said:

What town where you roaming in CT? I'd kill for roaming in Manchester, Hartford and Meriden. 

I was in bridgeport, it would only connect if i had no 3G or LTE, While i was waiting in the waiting room it grabbed a sprint 3G signal so i walked out more towards the middle of the building and it grabbed the band 4 signal again and held it once i was near a window and then picked up band 26.

[ZERO_COOL]

https://imgur.com/a/QulGty4

That is my speedtest today roaming on T-Mobile.

[nexgencpu]

25 minutes ago, JLevoLTE said:

That's what I was trying to use maybe I shouldn't use the "insert attachment with a url" button? I havent posted on here in a long time.

It's fine to use that, but you have to make sure you're url ends with .jpg for example..

[ZERO_COOL]

How would I be able to tell if a tower is 256qam and 64qam upload or carrier aggregated on the upload? I'm on band 25 10x10 ca and the upload is 30mbps highest I've ever seen on sprint

[Dkoellerwx]

On 10/15/2018 at 10:15 PM, JLevoLTE said:

That's what I was trying to use maybe I shouldn't use the "insert attachment with a url" button? I havent posted on here in a long time.

Insert image from URL is what I use, should work fine with Imgr. Just have to make sure you have the direct .png link or it won't work.