Nokia Siemens Networks sets up industry’s first TD-LTE Open Lab

“The development of terminals and devices has always been a bottleneck in the roll-out of new mobile technology,” said Mr. Sha Yuejia, vice president of China Mobile. “We are thus more than happy to see that Nokia Siemens Networks has established a cutting-edge terminal testing environment, an initiative that we support wholeheartedly. After all, a healthy ecosystem needs efforts from all stakeholders.”

Nokia Siemens Networks’ Open Lab will provide an end-to-end testing environment for verifying the compatibility of terminals and devices with the company’s TD-LTE network products and solutions. The lab will also provide consultancy and testing services to device manufacturers. Nokia Siemens Networks’ TD-LTE R&D center in Hangzhou is fully integrated into the company’s global network of LTE Centers of Competence. It is an ideal location for the new Open Lab, as the company can use the R&D center’s existing competencies, resources and assets to speed deployment of TD-LTE.

“This initiative will facilitate the holistic development of TD-LTE technology,” said Wang Tong, chief technology officer of Samsung China. “We are working hard to build-up the TD-LTE ecosystem. TD-LTE Open Lab will provide us with a common testing platform to prove the interoperability of our terminals with its networks before commercial rollout.”

“We are at the forefront of driving TD-LTE deployments, as we were the first to conduct a call fully compliant with the 3GPP Release 8 (March 09 baseline) standard using commercial network hardware,” said Zhang Zhiqiang, president of the Greater China Region at Nokia Siemens Networks. “The TD-LTE Open Lab is a key cooperation initiative that will help us align our solutions with major user equipment vendors and ensure that our networks fully interoperate with their devices for the benefit of all TD-LTE operators.”

While Nokia Siemens Networks will focus on a quick ramp-up of the Open Lab by leveraging existing R&D teams and assets, it is also putting in place an expert pool of interoperability testing (IOT) professionals to ensure optimum quality standards and define a long-term strategy for the lab. 

Providing a live TD-LTE experience to operators in the region, Nokia Siemens Networks also recently kicked off a nationwide TD-LTE road show in China. Beginning in Beijing, the road show will cover more than ten provinces in three months, demonstrating the most advanced TD-LTE technology and applications.

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Notes to Editors
About Hangzhou R&D center
Nokia Siemens Networks’ Hangzhou R&D center is one of its most productive and innovative development facilities and already has a milestone to its credit by conducting the world’s first TD-LTE call using a commercial base station and fully standard compliant software in October 2009. The Development Center focuses on software technologies for mobile radio network products by providing an end to end mobile radio network with 3200sqm Shared Resource Network (SRN) laboratory and system testing competence. Over and above this, the center plays a key role in working with European and North American teams to develop a software and hardware platform for 2.5G, 3G and LTE network infrastructure technologies. Established in January 2002, the Hangzhou center currently boasts of a strong workforce comprising 1500 employees.

LTE
Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the next-generation mobile broadband technology that forms the next evolutionary step from GSM, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, CDMA and WiMAX networks. It promises the delivery of new multimedia and rich call applications thanks to increased data rates, reduced latency and a scalable flat network design. Nokia Siemens Networks is the frontrunner in LTE, being the first to make an LTE call using commercial hardware and standard compliant software in September 2009.

Nokia Siemens Networks supports LTE for both FDD and TDD frequencies, and also provides a smooth evolution path to LTE for all operators. The company’s Single RAN solution, which features the LTE-capable Flexi Multiradio Base Station, has been shipping to almost all of Nokia Siemens Networks' 3G customers since September 2008. Single RAN provides a future-proof, easy and cost-efficient path to LTE via a software upgrade.

Nokia Siemens Networks is a pioneer in LTE technology and one of the key contributors to the standardization of both LTE modes (LTE FDD and TD-LTE) in 3GPP, as well as one of the driving forces in the LTE/SAE trial initiative (LSTI). In continuation of its major contributions to all LSTI test phases, Nokia Siemens Networks’ TD-LTE Open Lab setup underlines the company’s commitment to driving the creation of a holistic TD-LTE ecosystem.