Commercialization of next-generation network technology, which is possible to send data up to 1000 times more than Gen 4 Mobile Communication LTE (LTE48), is approaching.
LG Uplus announced on the 28th that it along with Huawei succeeded in demonstrating major technology in next-generation network called ‘Massive MIMO60 (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output)’.
Massive MIMO is a method that attaches more than hundreds of LTE antennas to a single base station and send them to many users at the same time in a beam-form.
LG Uplus introduced that if Massive MIMO is commercialized, it is possible to send high-capacity data at once to many users in real time or send data that is more than Giga-level to a particular user.
It also added that it was able to confirm reduction of electricity by decreasing transmission electricity, which can be proportional to number of antennas, from LTE base station.
Director Jo Chang Gil of LG Uplus’s Network Development Center said that LG Uplus proceeded with its Massive MIMO demonstration to prepare for flexible correspondence to data traffic. He also said that commercialization of future technologies such as Massive MIMO will help LG Uplus to lead in global 5G technology standard.
Staff Reporter Kim, Wonbae | adolfkim@etnews.com