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Interesting PCIs. Typically small cells are in the 480+ range... Also are the Nokia small cells running 2 carriers? Noticing the MM² and 39 GCI ending.

No. https://networks.nokia.com/solutions/massive-mimo

Not unless they double up antenna / radios.

Tim YuSprint 4G Rollout UpdatesJanuary 26, 2018 - 5:30 AM PST [Edited: 1/28/18 to include additional information on Samsung 4 port 800 MHz radio] [Edited: 2/2/18 for photograph addition of an Ericsson setup] The Triband Hexadecaport. The newest development of Sprint's recent network expenditures. This is a new triband antenna configuration now being deployed by Sprint that is able to do 4T4R MIMO on both 800 MHz and 1900 MHz in addition to 8T8R MIMO over 2.5 GHz. All in one single antenna. Previously, Sprint typically utilized two different antennas with one from Network Vision days being a hexport dual band unit that supports 800 MHz and 1900 MHz. While 2.5 GHz was an additional antenna and radio unit added on later. Some sites utilized (and may continue to utilize) another triband antenna model. This older generation triband antenna is a decaport (10 port) triband unit that support 4T4R on both 1900 MHz and 2.5 GHz with 2T2R on 800 MHz. This meant that an 8T8R radio would have its capabilities decreased as a result of going from 8T8R to 4T4R. With the development and deployment of this new 16 port triband antenna, Sprint is now poised to offer 800 MHz 4 antenna transmit and receive diversity alongside 1900 MHz, while 2.5 GHz is able to fully utilize the capability of an 8T8R radio. This means that the full capability of Sprint's 800 MHz, 1900 MHz, and LTE Plus (2.5 GHz) network can be utilized from a single triband antenna panel. Removing the limitations of the previous go-to triband antenna model. Because of these limitations, Sprint did not deploy the previous triband antenna panel in a wide scale. Now they are likely to deploy these more commonly. In fact, we are already seeing this occur in Washington State, Pittsburgh, and other places en masse. Above: Samsung 4T4R 800 MHz setup via two 800 MHz RRH-C2, 4T4R 1900 MHz RRH-P4 , & 8T8R 2.5 GHz RRH-V3 Photograph Source: Josh (ingenium) Currently, this type of setup has been found in Samsung vendor regions with two individual 2T2R 800 MHz RRUs to achieve 4T4R MIMO. Samsung and Sprint has a new 4 port 4T4R 800 MHz RRU that will be able to do the job of two existing 2T2R 800 MHz RRUs that will be deployed alongside this new type of antenna. This new Samsung 4 port low frequency radio is also available in Band 13 750 MHz for deployment in the Puerto Rico market due to the Sprint Open Mobile deal. Photograph Source: Chris92 Ericsson Setup Source: mdob07 This type of setup is yet to be seen in Ericsson or Nokia - Alcatel-Lucent territory. If you discover these in other vendor regions, be sure to post about it! ****If you're in Ericsson or Nokia / former Alcatel-lucent territory then replace the Samsung radios with the relevant Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent CDMA / LTE and Ericsson radios depending on region.***

I'm not sure what the confusion is then. You have a mini macro on macro deployment there. Is there something unique about it that should be talked a out? Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

So a mini macro on macro standalone site? Do you have a location? Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

So this?

What's hard to believe? Nokia removed the Samsung Clear eNB and replaced it with their own Nokia eNB while adding additional capacity at minimal cost. It's something seen in several markets that has been happening very slowly." MMR's (massive mimo radios) are not ready to be deployed for prime time at this time.

Not necessarily. Nokia mini macros and most small cells are all in one eNB that contain the BTS and RRUs in one compact unit. All it means is that there is an added mini macro to an existing site adding another additional 40 MHz of capacity based on the GCI ending. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Not a mistake. It means what it means. High capacity mini macro setup. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

It is not for public release, yet. If you've seen their network slides you'll see it go from macro, mini macro, airpole, magic box, and femto. Only the MB and Femtos are customer accessible. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Yeah that's the airspan airstrand which is a strand mounted small cell using Docsis for backhaul.. The other variant would be the Airpole which is a low powered standalone small cell you can put on a pole on the side of a house. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Contact the MB support line. Could be the Donor tower needs a software toggle to support MBs.

Yeah. Just put it into another macro site and doing a bit of work bringing it up. Again massive MIMO units will be in high density urban areas where it's impact will be felt the most. It's numbers will not make a dent compared to 8t8r and the mini macro / small cell units which would provide the vast majority of coverage and capacity. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Mini macros are the same exact units used in stand alone small cell deployments and on macro sites. They're cheap, they require minimal work to configure, and are widely available compared to macro equipment and have the factor of being reusable if not needed anymore on macro sites. The vast majority of macro sites outside of rural or suburban areas will have 8t8r units with a few hundred in urban high density areas having massive mimo units. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Yep. It'll be sprints own spectrum at the end with the CDMA 1x800 carrier pushed right up next to the LTE 800 carrier while Solinco does its own thing. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Tim YuSprint 4G Rollout UpdatesJanuary 12, 2018 - 5:30 PM PST "New year, new me. Am I right?" ~ signed Samsung Samsung has decided that the beginning of the new year is a great time to change. Samsung has decided its newest flagship Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus devices must meet with the FCC OET for certification far earlier than usual. With ever watchful and prying eyes, S4GRU staff discovered the twin filings for two devices with FCC IDs of A3LSMG960U and A3LSMG965U which follows the previous Samsung numeration of the Galaxy S8 / 8+ (950u/955u) and Galaxy S7 (930u/935u) respectively. In addition, previous leaks for purported international Galaxy S9 variant have captured the ID of 960F and 965F respectively. To keep this short and simple, the Galaxy S9, to date, is the most technologically powerful device we've seen at least for Sprint and possibly other entities and the following technical specifications should demonstrate why. CDMA BC: 0 / 1 / 10 GSM: 850 / 1900 WCDMA Bands: 2, 4 , 5 LTE Band: 2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 17, 25 , 26 , 29, 30, 38, 41, 66, 71 Downlink Carrier Aggregation (DL CA) 5xB41 (up to 5 B41 carriers aggregated) B25+41CA (up to 2 B41 carriers - 3 total carriers aggregated ) B26+41CA (up to 2 B41 carriers - 3 total carriers aggregated ) B25+26CA (up to 2 B25 carriers - 3 total carriers aggregated ) Uplink Carrier Aggregation (UL CA) 2xB41 256 / 64 QAM Downlink/ Uplink HPUE CAT 18 Modem 4x4 MIMO B2, 4, 25, 30 , 41, 66 12 spatial streams Holy bonanza! This phone supports up to 100 MHz of LTE spectrum being aggregated together from 5 individual Band 41 carriers! To add to that, it also supports FDD and TDD LTE carrier aggregation by utilizing Band 25 1900 MHz or Band 26 800 MHz as the primary component carrier which would contribute to downlink and uplink while Band 41 is aggregated to it would be downlink only secondary component carriers. Remember the saying of having B25 or B26 uplink with Band 41 downlink, anybody? Plus there is expansion of FDD carrier aggregation to that of between Band 25 and Band 26. This will help a ton in areas where Band 41 and its oodles of capacity does not reach. As the recent CDMA refarming nationwide on PCS spectrum has allowed Sprint to fire up an additional Band 25 carrier, this means in many Sprint markets there currently exists two Band 25 carriers in addition to a Band 26 carrier. This additional carrier is not forgotten and can now be used alongside the other Band 25 and Band 26 carrier for carrier aggregation. Last but not least, this phone is "Gigabit Class" by having up to 12 spacial streams means that 4x4 MIMO can be used for 3 separate B41 carriers when aggregated together instead of 2 in the previous generation which supports only 10 spacial streams. Though it was a moot point as the entire generation of Samsung flagships from this past year did not support 4x4 MIMO on Band 41, until now! A phone this size should not be able to pack so many technologies...but yet it does! A splendid phone and surely a must have for the S4GRU and other tech adept users!

Nice. That's the 4th carriers based on GCI indicators of 0C and 0E but the 40270 with GCI of 08 is a bit weird. Usually 00-02 is 1st, 03-05 is 2nd, and 06-08 is third for an 8t8r three carrier chain. Interesting.. Try and grab more of the GCIs if you can. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

I mean if people want "coverage" smacking down a B26 mini Mac and an omnidirectional antenna gives you that. *totally not because we found such a site in a rural previously no native coverage area* Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

What are the GCI of the cells? If it's 4/5/6 then it'll be sequential 0C/0D/0E and onwards. Small cells (Airspan) will be 01 and then 04(?). Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Mostly done. Triband (750, 1900,2500) sites will be getting deployed once the cleanup from the hurricane mess is completed.

I mean Verizon is deploying so called "5G" via higher order MIMO (4x4 MIMO / massive mimo + CA on all bands) & newer better performing antennas in addition to split sectors here. I doubt any carrier is ready to deploy NR anytime soon as most of it is appears to be backward compatible as software enhancement to a lot of existing equipment in addition to not being finished in terms of what will be in the final revision. If anything, I imagine whatever ATT does will mirror that of verizon which makes sense considering both have been undergoing another full site revision to 4x4 MIMO via new radios and antennas. ATT also has the additional plus of deploying a new 10x10 700 MHz Band 14 network layer for Firstnet and their own usage which makes usage of HPUE and is greenfield spectrum.

Maybe Best buy $5/ month if it's still going on... Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

You power cycle it by unplugging the power cord.