Xplornet, Alvarion team up on TD-LTE trials

WOODSTOCK, NB and WASHINGTON, D.C – Xplornet has successfully completed a demonstration of TD-LTE using 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz frequencies. The rural broadband provider said Thursday that the trials are the first in Canada to demonstrate a seamless TD-LTE option over existing WiMAX infrastructure, offering a smooth migration path from WiMAX to TD-LTE technology. The trials used a software-defined radio solution from Alvarion, a Washington-based provider of optimized wireless broadband solutions addressing the connectivity, capacity and coverage challenges of public and private networks. The trial in 3.5 GHz was conducted using the same 3.5 GHz spectrum band that Xplornet...