South Korean mobile carrier LG Uplus has announced that they were the first cellular carrier in the world to deploy uplink 2 carrier aggregation technology (UL 2CC CA) on a commercial network. UL 2CC CA is a key aspect of Huawei’s cutting edge technology in its first commercial LTE-Advanced Pro version eRAN11.1 and will give users vastly improved uplink data rate of up to 108 Mbps, which will enable users to upload files much faster on their mobile devices.
As the development of smartphones continues in leaps and bounds, HD video and photo have become standard issue in most devices currently being sold on the market. Additionally, smartphone users expect to be able to share their videos and photos across all mainstream social media platforms. This makes it imperative that uplink rates keep up with developments in smart device technology and changing user expectations.
The world’s major cellular carriers see uplink data rate as a major bottleneck in improving user experience. In response, they are looking to new and innovative techniques for improving mobile network uplink data rate to meet ever-growing data usage demands, improve user satisfaction, and increase revenues.
UL CA aggregates multiple LTE carriers to provide larger bandwidths for improved uplink data transmission rates. This technology will meet the growing demand of HD video and photos sharing anytime, anywhere.
This collaboration has achieved great strides in improving uplink data rate. By aggregating an uplink carrier with a 20 MHz bandwidth in the 2.6GHz band and another uplink carrier with a 10 MHz bandwidth in the 850MHz band, LG Uplus and Huawei were able to achieve uplink data rate of up to 108 Mbps on live networks.
