Nokia, mobilkom Demonstrate World's Fastest I-HSPA Call at 10.1 Mbps
In a test of their new network architecture, Nokia Seimens Networks and mobilkom Austria today demonstrated the world's fastest data call on a mobile device using Nokia's Internet High Speed Packet Access (I-HSPA). The downlink speed reached a maximum of 10.1 Mbps during the trial.
I-HSPA is designed for heavy data transmission and multimedia usage. Because of a new flat architecture, I-HSPA is ready to offer consumers improved multimedia, full mobility of data services, and improved gaming and web browsing. Soon it will be capable of download speeds faster than 10.1 Mbps. The "flat architecture" is a new architecture of 3G networks based on Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) technology that allows the base station to be connected directly to the internet and eliminating Service GPRS Support Nodes (SGSNs) and Radio Network Controllers (RNCs). Breaking these traffic bottlenecks allows for capacity to be flexibly and cost efficiently scaled up.
The I-HSPA trial, performed by mobilkom Austria, the country's leading mobile operator, also puts Nokia Seimens Networks one step closer to future network technology incorporated in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) project. The LTE project is part of the 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) to improve UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) mobile phone standard to cope with future requirements. According to Boris Nemsic, CEO mobilkom austria and CEO Telekom Austria Group, "These new technologies will offer higher data transmission rates to our customers, making it easy to use broadband multimedia services while shortening the latency rates. For us as a network operator, these technologies, with their flat architecture, offer the possibility to expand our network with more slender investments... The evolution from GPRS via UMTS and HSPA towards LTE is a consequent line in our complementary network strategy."
[via MobileTechNews]
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