Verizon, Samsung, Motorola Mobility and Qualcomm has teamed up to demonstrate 5G peak speeds of 4.2 Gbps on its live 5G network using eight channel carrier aggregation. Verizon said this technology will be widely available on the 5G network in 2020.
Using carrier aggregation, a technology that combines multiple channels of spectrum to provide greater efficiency for data sessions transmitting over the wireless network, the four companies combined eight separate channels of mmWave spectrum to achieve the multi-gigabit speeds on Motorola’s upcoming flagship smartphone.
The trial, which took place using a commercial network cell site in Texas, aggregated 800 MHz of 28 GHz band spectrum using Samsung Network’s 5G NR 28 Ghz Access Unit, which has been commercially deployed by Verizon.
Motorola’s upcoming flagship device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform with the Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System.
Adam Koeppe, SVP of Technology Planning, Verizon said,"Using 5G carrier aggregation, we are able to achieve unprecedented mobile speeds and bring the massive bandwidth available with mmWave spectrum to life."
Magnus Ojert, VP, Networks Division, Samsung Electronics America said,"This trial also shows the power of the Samsung Networks’ 5G NR 28GHz Access Unit, the smallest integrated mmWave radio in the market."