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Soooo.. in order to rush out iniital LTE markets, they did a Network Vision Lite in Ericsson areaa? Connect LTE at tower sites to backhaul, but not 3G? I thought that replacing all the equipment at a tower site would have benefits for both LTE and EVDO as that tower came online post Network Vision? Seems inefficient to have to go back and implement 3G improvements... unless all it involves is remote "software" upgrades or switching. Or did you mean that the issue is that individual towers are over capacity and the cell would have to be split?
No. What they did was continue to update the towers to NV even if backhaul wasn't ready and connected ONLY 3G to the existing backhaul. That is why there are some sites that are NV enabled but still not showing better speeds on 3G. When the backhaul is ready at a site that is already NV, they come back one more time and connect the equipment to the new backhaul and then 4G is enabled with 3G on the enhanced backhaul.
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The tower you posted doesn't have Network Vision on it yet if that's a tower Sprint has equipment on. The base stations on the ground look like Sprint's but the antennas on top look much different than any Sprint antennas in our area. There are for sure no RRU's for Sprint there but the lower platform does have RRU's and a microwave dish, maybe Clearwire?
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I have the lte, anyway to switch prl without pc?
On my evo 4g I could do ##775# but doesn't work on the lte....
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 2
No you need a PC to do this. Here is the link for updating the PRL. What you can do is flash one of the 1111x PRL's which is a standard Sprint PRL but it allows 3G roaming instead of 1X so you could flash one of those PRL's and download Roam Control for $3.99 and force roaming when you need it. I just set it up on my EVO LTE yesterday with PRL 11119 and can force roam to Verizon with 3G when I need to. Works much better than flashing an actual Verizon PRL because you can go back and forth on Sprint and Verizon without flashing a new PRL each time.
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The zip code is 56093, Waseca. I just did tests this morning and I got 1300kbps download, and 263kbps upload at work. I did it 10 secs later from the same spot and got 360kbps download and 103kbps upload. So you're probably right. It's very inconsistant though. The tower is located on the south side of town on Hwy 13 (MS03NP137 I think).
There's only one tower in Waseca and if you get 3G at all then your tower definitely has 3G on it with the 1X voice. According the Sprint network website, you are getting a data capacity add in the next 6 months which is just another EV carrier being added but not a T1 backhaul. So this may mean the backhaul is sufficient right now but there are too many users on the current EV carrier so they are adding a new one. The variability in speedtests can be apparent because you're not the only user on a tower and someone could have just started loading facebook or a youtube video so your speeds aren't half bad if you're able to pull over 1200 kbps at times.
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My guess in LTE priority is 1900 > 800 > 2600. Since Sprint has to pay Clearwire for usage on the LTE network, they are going to make that the lowest priority. However, an ideal set up from a network standpoint is 2600 > 1900 > 800. Or even 1900 > 2600 > 800 would be fine.
Ideally, you want to protect the 800 capacity at all costs, so there is always a LTE signal for customers with poor in building coverage and at the edge of service. But if the 800 carrier is always full because Sprint is trying to minimize the number of customers being shunted to 2600, then there will not be enough capacity in the long run for the customers who would best benefit from 800MHz LTE service.
The LTE network has very good monitoring and control capabilities. It is possible that Sprint could reserve a certain capacity of the LTE 800 carrier. If they know they need 30% capacity for in building and edge of service customers in the cell, they can start shunting customers with good signals over to 2600 after reaching 70% capacity. They don't necessarily have to wait until the carrier is exhausted.
It will be quite remarkable in contrast to the old network management and controls. The network will know what kind of signal your device is getting and decide which carrier you are going to use based on the dynamic loads at any given moment. It's just a matter of setting it up correctly and monitoring it appropriately to make sure it is working they way it should. A lot of adjustment will be necessary to pull it off with the best performance.
Robert
I know I asked a few months if we could get more details or an article about Sprint's new monitoring capabilities with Network Vision. Also, an article on backhaul was mentioned as well? Please or at least say we will get these two write-ups sometime in the future. Thanks
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I live in Minnesota, and my 3G was out from 12:00pm-7:00pm CST. I called support about 1:00pm, and they thought the outage was only affecting new subs, but clearly it was more wide spread. I was hoping it was an backhaul upgrade that everyone is talking about, but I'm not too sure yet.
One thing that I've noticed, is I get better signal strength at work (1/2 mile from tower), but slower data speeds. At home, which is about 2 miles from the tower, I get a lower signal strength, but faster data speeds (200-500kbps download, and sometimes 300-600kbps upload). We're a small town, and I think they only have one tower. Could the 3G connection come from a different source/tower, than the voice?
It's unlikely but possible. There are only a few towers left in Minnesota that don't have 3G EVDO on them so it is likely that your 3G is still coming from the same tower as voice is. What is your zip code?
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Usually when I am roaming my call will stay roaming until I hang up as long as I stay within coverage of that roaming carrier of course.
Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge
Yes, that is correct in the way it will work that if you're roaming and on a call, it will stay within that SID while on the call but as soon as you end the call, the phone will start searching for the native carrier again. But since Sprint's coverage isn't as elaborate or rural reaching as Verizon for example, when you start reaching the edge of Sprint's coverage, your call will likely drop and then your phone will start roaming and you can start a call knowing that you have a better chance of staying connected on the roaming network.
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Will the voice calls or DC calls transfer from Sprint to Roam to Sprint now?
Good question. I'm assuming voice calls will drop when going from Sprint to roaming because that's just the way CDMA works as it is transferring from Native to roaming. For DC calls, I would imagine if you weren't actively sending or receiving voice and the phone started roaming that there would be a small lag when receiving or initiating DC calls. Unless Sprint and Verizon and other roaming providers work together to provide seamless handoff, a call would definitely drop and that is probably how it will work because Sprint doesn't want to pay more roaming than they have to so it will suck to use the phone in spots where Sprint is weak and the phone holds onto it.
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Well all updates are released in different stages so it says 100% of devices will have the ability to receive the update within a few days. So it is still released as of 6/13. I wonder if they still need to turn on the ability for these devices to use DC over 1x and roaming but I'm assuming that is ready if they issued the software update.
Can anyone with a Sprint DC device test this out after they get their update?
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Sprint released a software update for the DuraPlus and DuraCore yesterday that allows Direct Connect to work on 1x and roaming now. This will definitely help make the service much more useful than Nextel since it can utilize most if not all of the roaming networks that sprint can connect to like Verizon, US Cellular, old Alltel, etc.
1.101sp 6/13/2012
- Enable DC (Direct Connect) over 1x and on domestic roaming
- Notifications for invitations to Opt In to Team DC will not be silenced when
keytones are silenced
- "Chirp" when being contacted via DC or when you have the floor to talk, will
not be silenced when incoming call/ringer is silenced
- Missed DC call should not play tone
- Added display option to notify when user is available (for UFMI calls)
- Clearing DNS (Doman Name System or IP Address) cache should not impact
handset registration
- When going out of EVDO coverage, the phone should not appear to remain
in the call
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As a crow flies, I live 2.6 miles from a live, completed LTE tower as indicated on the completed LTE maps on here. I will not receive my nexus until Friday, so I have been unable to test thusfar. Does anyone know if I will be able to reach this tower being almost 3 miles away?
Also, it depends on if this is the tower you currently connect to. If your phone is already connecting to this tower normally from 3 miles away, it should also be able to connect to LTE when it becomes active because 1X, EV, and LTE will all run on the 1900MHz band so you should be golden.
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Are you really complaining about ONLY getting 14 mbps? You can't do anything on your phone that requires that much bandwidth anyway. Sprint advertises their LTE with speeds from 6-8 mbps with peaks of 25 mbps. The network is also brand new and I bet over time as they fill in more sites you will get more than 14 mbps, which you don't need in any way shape or form.