Marvell Technology, a worldwide leader in integrated silicon solutions for a range of diverse sectors including mobile communications, cloud infrastrcuture, IoT and in-home content delivery has recently announced that the company 5-mode LTE Release 10 modem commercial chipset has supported China Mobile and Nokia joint demonstration of 4G LTE FDD- TDD carrier aggregation.
According to Marvell, the 5-mode LTE modem has succesfullly supported the testing with a variety of mobile modes including: Time Division Long-Term Evolution (TD-LTE), Frequency Division Duplexing Long Term Evolution (FDD-LTE), Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) and Global Systems for Mobile (GSM). In addition, it has achieved a technical feat of LTE release 10 (R10) CAT 7 for carrier aggregation (CA) with a stable peak download speed of 260 Mbps, combining FDD 20 MHz spectrum in 1.8 GHz and TDD 20 MHz spectrum in 2.6 GHz spectrum. The FDD spectrum contributed to a total speed of 150 Mbps while TDD spectrum contributed to 110 Mbps, said Marvell.
"This is a very significant milestone for Marvell to power the world’s first FDD-TDD convergence for 4G LTE solutions with Nokia Networks and China Telecom. I’m very pleased with our technical achievement in partnership with global operators in delivering the most advanced 4G LTE technology. 4G LTE is such a critical technology for bringing mobile broadband access to all consumers around the globe and advancing the ‘Smart Life and Smart Lifestyle’ vision. I believe that through continued innovation, invention and dedication our talented global engineering teams have yet again raised the technology bar in advancing the mobile industry. Our mission and passion at Marvell are to make the world a better place for all.”
- Weili Dai, President and Co-Founder of Marvell
