Ericsson has reached what its calling “a new performance benchmark” on its live C band network with 16-layer downlink Multi-user MIMO technology, delivering enhanced spectral efficiency. The demonstration, featuring 16-layer MU-MIMO at 256 QAM with 8 devices over 100 megahertz of C Band spectrum, which took place at the company’s North American headquarters in Plano, Texas, reached 5.4 Gbps peak cell capacity.
Signals Research Group ran additional performance tests on the Ericsson network and in a short video that describes the demonstration and network setup in more detail, Emil Olbrich, VP of network technology at SRG, explained that they were testing maximum throughput capability.