Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems     by Manlio Allegra       Home         Topics: Main | ServiceProvider | LTE | 3G | WiMax | HSDPA | IMS | ICDMA | GSM | Silicon for Wireless | Fixed Wireless |  Start-ups | People | Europe | China | Japan | Latin America | India | Wireless Start-up Directory | Links & Resources | Archive   MultiService Forum Plans LTE/SAE Interoperability Event for March 2010 The MultiService Forum is planning a major LTE/SAE (Long Term Evolution / System Architecture Evolution) Interoperability Event for March 2010. Vodafone and China Mobile are the first to sign up for the event. The MSF said the upcoming event will provide the most comprehensive test yet of the EPC (Evolved Packet Core) infrastructure. The event will be hosted by Vodafone's Test and Innovation Centre in Dusseldorf, Germany, as well as China Mobile's facilities in Beijing. The EPC or SAE uses all-IP technology to reduce the current complexities of Serving and Gateway GPRS Support Nodes, allowing meshing between base stations, a flatter system architecture and significantly reduced latency. Combined with 3GPP's LTE access from mobile base stations it goes way beyond the latest HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) technology to deliver broadband at hundreds of Mbps. These levels will support such popular Internet applications as Voice over IP, video streaming, and music downloading, and will allow TV to migrate to the mobile network. "We need to collaborate across the industry to build confidence that all aspects of next generation network technology will operate seamlessly in multi-vendor, multi-carrier practical implementations" says MSF president, Roger Ward. "While the LSTI (LTE/SAE Trial Initiative) forum is doing some invaluable pioneering tests, their main focus has been on access rather than the core. Our event will give operators the confidence that the Evolved Packet Core is a rock solid foundation on which to build tomorrow's telecommunications networks. As well as MSF members, the wider operator community and infrastructure and access equipment vendors will benefit enormously, as the tests will embrace extensive real-world roaming scenarios." http://www.msforum.org 21-Jul-09     Learn How to Get Your Video on this Site Recent Broadband Wireless News Alcatel-Lucent Acquires OpenPlug, Extending its Application Enablement Strategy 9/1/2010 Clearwire Offers Pay-As-You-Go Mobile Broadband, $5/Day 8/30/2010 NSN Partners with Telefónica on Smartphone Experience Lab 8/30/2010 Ceragon Notes Mobile Backhaul Order from Leading Indian Carrier 8/30/2010 SK Telecom Selects ALU's MPLS-TP Packet Optical Backhaul 8/27/2010 AT4 Wireless Establishes LTE Test Lab in Taiwan 8/26/2010 Chile's Movistar Upgrades with NSN's HSPA+ 8/26/2010 Malaysia's Maxis Selects Huawei for FTTH 8/26/2010 List of Carriers Planning LTE Deployment Tops 100 8/26/2010 Telia Launches Commercial LTE in Gothenburg 8/25/2010 California Works with Sprint on First Mobile Alert System 8/25/2010 WSJ: Corporate America Adopting Apple's iPad 8/24/2010 Telecom Italia Tests LTE in Turin 8/24/2010 Virgin Mobile USA Offers $40 Unlimited Prepaid Mobile Broadband 8/24/2010 Tata Teleservices selects NSN for 3G 8/23/2010 > More news...     Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems by Manlio Allegra Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm by Sue Spradley Mobile Backhaul Transition Requires New Testing by Joe Zeto Cybersecurity Requires Public/Private Coalition by Greg Oslan A Rethinking of Cloud Services and Network Architecture by Jim Theodoras Delivering Scalable Video Solutions <br><i> Advantages of SVC-Optimized QoS</i> by Andy Singleton   E-mail Newsletter Subscribe Now