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South Korea: 300Mbps LTE-A and Multiband Carrier Aggregation


MrZorbatron

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http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/20/sk-telecom-lte-a-300-mbps/

 

Just something to think about while we are being gimped more and more with single radio, non SVDO, non SVLTE, crippled junk.

 

I don't believe for a minute that a single radio with a single signal path will improve reception as Sprint claims, simply because the antenna tuning should be different between bands.  I further do not believe the battery implications that they claim multiple radios to entail.  These South Koreans obviously don't believe it either.  Further, multi-band aggregation would assure a smooth handoff between bands, while Sprint's band to band handoff is nowhere near smooth.

 

Sorry, just saw this today on Engadget and it reminded me to rant about a topic that has been on my mind for a long time.

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Blah, blah, blah. Poor examples. The Korean handsets, too, will be single radio, hence non SVDO, non SVLTE, since they will be 3GPP only. Regardless, those factors are not relevant to carrier aggregation.

 

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...and cave higher site density with lower cost.

 

No, the higher population density living in caves is North Korea.

 

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