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Huawei announces availability
of world’s first 8x8 MIMO LTE
outdoor CPE B3368
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Huawei’s LTE CPE B3368 will
enable operators to increase
home broadband speeds in
developed countries while
bridging digital divides.
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uawei has announced the
commercial availability of the world’s
first 8x8 MIMO LTE outdoor CPE
(customer-premises equipment) B3368.
B3368 provides an experience of up to 1
Gb/s and triples FWA capacity compared to
MBB benchmarks. This innovation enables
operators to provide fibre-like services over
LTE networks while maximising both spectral
efficiency and the value of LTE networks.
Global LTE fixed wireless access broadband
(4G FWA) has achieved rapid development,
with 4G/5G FWA expanded from suburban to
urban areas, from low-speed copper lines to
high-speed optical fibre and from homes to
small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Smart home, 4K and AR/VR services are
mature, requiring fixed broadband rates to
increase from 10–20 Mb/s to 25–100 Mb/s.
Huawei’s latest LTE CPE B3368 enables
operators to quickly deploy 4G FWA services
by leveraging LTE networks to provide fibre-
like experiences, which will be essential for
operators to win high-value fixed broadband
users and sustain continuous revenue growth.
1Gb/s rate for a fibre-like premium
experience: B3368 supports all FDD and
TDD bands, 4CC CA with a maximum
bandwidth of 80 MHz, and 256QAM. By
combining the powerful functions, this
product supports a peak rate of up to 1 Gb/s.
Tripled spectral efficiency and provisioning
capabilities: B3368 supports up to 8x8
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MIMO and 4-SRS antenna selection.
Together with Huawei’s leading Massive
MIMO base stations, this product delivers
a tripled capacity over MBB base stations.
Service provisioning capability is also tripled,
reducing per-line costs by 60% and enabling
operators to extend broadband services
to more homes and enterprises without
deploying new base stations, maximising the
network value. Zhang Yiqu, Director of Huawei’s WTTx
Domain, said: “4G/5G FWA enables
operators to achieve rapid provisioning
of fixed broadband services. In 2018, 4G
FWA connections outgrew FTTH in markets
outside China. 4G/5G FWA services are
also ushering in an era of wireless fibre.
Wireless Fibres will contribute to further
widespread usage and development of
fixed broadband.”
Smart antenna selection simplifies
installation and reduces costs: B3368’s
built-in antennas support smart antenna
selection, meaning that the base station
providing the best signal quality is always
selected during initial installation and
upon network changes without requiring
manual adjustment of antenna azimuths.
Installation efficiency is tripled, reducing
installation and maintenance costs. By September, 2019, more than 230 4G
FWA networks have been deployed globally.
Huawei’s LTE CPE B3368 will enable
operators to increase home broadband
speeds in developed countries while
increasing the availability of affordable
home broadband in developing countries,
bridging digital divides among families and
achieving the goal of ‘Broadband for All,
Wireless First’. n
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