Will sprint release a new airave that support LTE

[david279]

I used to have great battery life while using wifi calling. When connected to wifi calling the mobile connection whole would go to gsm only so there was no continual searching for signal. I was running a G2 with CM7.

 

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[Bob Newhart]

With T-Mobile's Wifi calling, the phone still activily searches for a T-Mobile cell signal, maybe not as often but it does.

 

This is what I discovered and what T-Mobile's support posted on their website.

Edited May 5, 2012 by JoeJoeJoe

[miguell2]

Actually, some Sprint TV channels now work on WiFi. Took Sprint long enough to make that available.

 

I don't know... It hasn't worked for as of yesterday, it always asks me to turn off WIFI... I know I have the latest software available it just came out 90 days ago. :/

[MacinJosh]

 

I don't know... It hasn't worked for as of yesterday' date=' it always asks me to turn off WIFI... I know I have the latest software available it just came out 90 days ago. :/[/quote']

 

Wierd. When I load Sprint TV on my phone it says I can watch some channels on wifi, unless they changed that policy.

 

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[Pillowsplat]

You may want to check your set up.

On my Airvanna I get 2.5 ish Mbps down and .45 mbps up. I guess it depends on your internet connection and sprint tower connection.

The Airrave did not handle data.

The Airvanna does

Both handle texts.

[MacinJosh]

http://www.fiercewireless.com/ctialive/story/sprint-counts-600000-femtocells-plans-update-airave/2012-05-09

 

The article linked above mentions new Airave's that support EVDO on 800, but for some reason they left out whether it will support LTE or not. So now we know that Sprint wants to upgrade the Airave, but they won't detail data capabilities.

[S4GRU]

http://www.fiercewir...rave/2012-05-09

 

The article linked above mentions new Airave's that support EVDO on 800, but for some reason they left out whether it will support LTE or not. So now we know that Sprint wants to upgrade the Airave, but they won't detail data capabilities.

 

[squigey]

We have an Airvana at home and it works fine on our Fios connection. The only issue we've had is with outgoing text messaging when both an old and new phone are on, after an ESN swap. Outgoing text messages will fail to send when both are on. After powering off the old(deactivated) phone and restarting the Airvana, everything is good.

[irev210]

http://www.fiercewir...rave/2012-05-09

 

The article linked above mentions new Airave's that support EVDO on 800, but for some reason they left out whether it will support LTE or not. So now we know that Sprint wants to upgrade the Airave, but they won't detail data capabilities.

 

If I was a betting person, I would guess that LTE isn't "mature" enough to be deployed in femtocells @ a pricepoint that makes sense.

 

What's really interesting is that Sprint is attempting to go beyond just adding coverage for home users, but adding coverage to the Sprint network.

 

Tarazi said Sprint's update to its Airave would allow the gadgets to work together to provide better coverage. He said the update would also increase the femtocell's coverage range and its capacity.

 

Correct hand-offs and increased capacity... it should be interesting to see how they deploy this.

[MacinJosh]

If I was a betting person, I would guess that LTE isn't "mature" enough to be deployed in femtocells @ a pricepoint that makes sense.

 

What's really interesting is that Sprint is attempting to go beyond just adding coverage for home users, but adding coverage to the Sprint network.

 

Correct hand-offs and increased capacity... it should be interesting to see how they deploy this.

 

 

That is probably the single most brilliant idea of the century. Have the femtocell users provide coverage for their surrounding areas, even if it only covers 2 or 3 houses in the neighborhood. Unless of course the next airrave has a special external antenna that mounts outside your home to boost signal to a small part of your neighborhood.

[irev210]

That is probably the single most brilliant idea of the century. Have the femtocell users provide coverage for their surrounding areas, even if it only covers 2 or 3 houses in the neighborhood. Unless of course the next airrave has a special external antenna that mounts outside your home to boost signal to a small part of your neighborhood.

 

The part where it gets interesting is - how do you guarantee a consistent user experience?

 

You are on someones unknown femtocell and their broadband connection drops out and your call drops. Sprint is taking on that liability.

 

I suppose if you are going from zero coverage to some sort of coverage - that's an improvement... but if you are trying to use femtocell as some sort of pico cell to offload traffic... it could create an inconsistent user experience.

 

I wonder if the next gen femtocell will have self-diagonstics - testing speeds/latency/jitter. If it fails, the femtocell will blink red and not operate.

[MacinJosh]

I wonder if the next gen femtocell will have self-diagonstics - testing speeds/latency/jitter. If it fails, the femtocell will blink red and not operate.

 

That could be a possibility. It sure would help for those areas that have minimal coverage due to interference from trees and other major obstacles.

[jegillis]

The part where it gets interesting is - how do you guarantee a consistent user experience?

 

You are on someones unknown femtocell and their broadband connection drops out and your call drops. Sprint is taking on that liability.

 

I suppose if you are going from zero coverage to some sort of coverage - that's an improvement... but if you are trying to use femtocell as some sort of pico cell to offload traffic... it could create an inconsistent user experience.

 

I wonder if the next gen femtocell will have self-diagonstics - testing speeds/latency/jitter. If it fails, the femtocell will blink red and not operate.

 

I have never had a dropped call on my airvanna and my internet connection goes out all the time, I get about a 1 second cutoff and it switches to the regular network.

Actually come to think of it I have never had a call drop on sprint unless I was driving somewhere in WV no cellphone land, My wife's IPhone however drops all the time usually with good displayed signal as well.

[HawaiiD]

I had this one,

 

 

And we ended up returning it back. It had problems with text messages of around 90+ characters in length. People that I would send texts to got either part of the message or not at all. Plus it would send people multiples of the same message sometimes 10x in a row. Also sometimes it wouldn't ring my phone for calls.

 

LTE Airave might be good if it had SVLTE or SVDO support or something with it. However I am hoping for better coverage in my area with NV and not have to rely on a femtocell, eventually.

Sandman I had the same time text problems as you. Airvana supports said they

never heard of this problem that maybe I should reset my femtocell. Which is didn't do

anything to solve the problem? I said, Hey it is a known issue. It is all over the net.

The response I got was that it maybe was only a few people who had the same problem as me.

And it could be my isp quality of service etc, etc.. They had me do some test with my signal,

And my qos was good.. They said well that would put in a ticket for a fix

And that in a few weeks it would be resolved. That was in January. This is may

and I still have the problem. I will never get anything from Airvana again.

They can't standby a product they make.

 

[ahecht]

I guess I'm lucky that I have the old Samsung Airrave. No problems whatsoever with texts. It's only 1x data, but that's what WiFi is for.

[hescominsoon]

femtocell w/ LTE @ home will be for people too lazy (or stupid) to turn on wifi, heh.

 

interesting...frankly i would much rater route through LTE than wifi..would be less network config for me and my clients.

[hescominsoon]

I have this same unit and get the same issues with multiple texts going out. I also notice that the GPS often drops the signal and takes forever and a day to reconnect, making it useless during that time. It's very frustrating and I'm certainly also hoping the NV upgrades will improve my connections at home, either directly or via this Airvana unit.

 

unless sprint puts a tower down in the bowl i am at lte airave is going to be a good thing..

[Hulkanator]

I guess I'm lucky that I have the old Samsung Airrave. No problems whatsoever with texts. It's only 1x data, but that's what WiFi is for.

I have the same one and have no problems with it.also I merged my sprint account with Google Voice and make wifi calls with grove ip.

Also when I am hacking my evo LTE I use my old evo for calls. Sound quality is not as good but good enough.

[Exzir]

LTE airave is a greate idea but that would have to require all of sprint towers to have eHRPD on them as going from LTE to EVDO is a no go. I can see where they would have an advantage over wifi. Your network would be safer to allow any sprint cell phone to use it where an open wifi is bad news for some bussinesses. I wonder if they will build laptops with LTE since that seems to have a better range than wifi...

Edited November 18, 2012 by Exzir

[digiblur]

Wifi access points are cheap, no need for an Airave to have LTE.

 

Sent from my EVO sometimes-LTE

 

 

[owensri2]

One problem I noticed with the friends Airave I installed last month....

 

If your area has eHRPD active on the macro network, then it has a hell of a time switching to the Airave from the macro network because of the different network type. It wants to hold on to the weak eHRPD signal instead of switching to the 5 bar EvDo Airave. This is an issue that will need correcting very soon...as most of Sprint's network is now eHRPD.

[lynyrd65]

LTE airave is a greate idea but that would have to require all of sprint towers to have eHRPD on them as going from LTE to EVDO is a no go. I can see where they would have an advantage over wifi. Your network would be safer to allow any sprint cell phone to use it where an open wifi is bad news for some bussinesses. I wonder if they will build laptops with LTE since that seems to have a better range than wifi...

 

Have we just discovered the reason for eHRPD showing up everywhere?

[S4GRU]

 

Have we just discovered the reason for eHRPD showing up everywhere?

 

Because it is ready.

 

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[Tomas]

That is probably the single most brilliant idea of the century. Have the femtocell users provide coverage for their surrounding areas, even if it only covers 2 or 3 houses in the neighborhood. Unless of course the next airrave has a special external antenna that mounts outside your home to boost signal to a small part of your neighborhood.

The part where it gets interesting is - how do you guarantee a consistent user experience?

 

You are on someones unknown femtocell and their broadband connection drops out and your call drops. Sprint is taking on that liability.

 

I suppose if you are going from zero coverage to some sort of coverage - that's an improvement... but if you are trying to use femtocell as some sort of pico cell to offload traffic... it could create an inconsistent user experience.

 

I wonder if the next gen femtocell will have self-diagonstics - testing speeds/latency/jitter. If it fails, the femtocell will blink red and not operate.

 

The largest problem I have with sharing my high-speed internet connection with the neighborhood (even with an Airave) is that it is specifically forbidden by the provider of the "last mile" of my internet service.

 

Acceptable Use Policy for Xfinity Internet

...

I. Prohibited Uses and Activities

...

Network and usage restrictions

...

• resell the Service or otherwise make available to anyone outside the Premises the ability to use

the Service (for example, through wi-fi or other methods of networking), in whole or in part,

directly or indirectly;

• connect the Comcast Equipment to any computer outside of your Premises;

...

 

(There could also be liability in some cases for unlawful use of the service...)

[digiblur]

Lol. Now that is stretching it. Anyways that would be hard to prove and pointless to prove.

 

Now share your Internet with a mesh network across a park and that's a while different animal.

 

Sent from my EVO sometimes-LTE