Latest Network Upgrade in Los Angeles, CA area
Posted Oct 12, 2016, 7:15 PM UTC
4623
2 panel setup that includes L700 AND 4X4 MIMO?!?!? Very nice. I'll be keeping my eye out in the Buffalo market for some of this action. Our rural sites just went to 10+10 on L1900 too, so I'm sure its coming to the city soon enough.
2
Holy crap we are getting band 66 in LA ? And omfg 10x10 Band 2 ? With 4X4 MIMO ? Did i read this right ? Holy shit! What a surprise! :,) Lol
2
T-Mobile doesn't have any Band 66 (exclusively super-set spectrum, beyond B4) in L.A., so we won't be getting any. The equipment just supports it, in addition to B4.
5
I'm in the South Bay and the speed was pretty awful for about a week or two until this past Sunday. Called 611 and was told they were doing upgrades so I'm hoping they're finished.
2
A couple weeks ago right? I completely lost coverage in a couple spot where I usually get strong LTE. The peninsula desperately needs upgrading. I hope they're addressing it.
1
FY and u/aaj213 I : here you can see the location of almost all sites in the SB (green). Red are outdoor DAS that cannot be pinned to exact location.
4
[deleted]
1
So only two physical antennas? San Antonio uses 4 for their setup (3x NSN + 1x B12).
1
Many factors come into play: site leasing, wind load, weight, zoning, permitting, etc. Setups can be generalized, but there will always be exceptions.
1
caption: (right) AIR32 B66Aa/B2A supporting both 4x4 MIMO AWS and PCS LTE and (left) dual-band antenna supporting extended (indoor) range LTE B12 and legacy 4G/2G
Also, look out for 10+10 L1900.
Thank you for the update. Always enjoy reading your posts.
When will all this goodness spread to the Midwest? lol
Probably never given most of the Midwest is Nokia territory.
Why does the hardware change based on the region? Just curious
Different vendor.
Operators like having two or more vendors to operate such vasts networks in case of supply issues with one or more vendor does not negatively impact the operations of the network.
i.e. Ericsson having supply issues with AIR21s did not prevent T-mobile from deploying modernized sites where Nokia was assigned as the market vendor.
Is the Nokia equipment we have over here in DFW, ancient tech from the edge days?
Hardly old. It's the equipment that went up in the 2012/2013 refresh. The Nokia goodies are pushing out PCS/AWS LTE, PCS/AWS WCDMA, and PCS GSM along with 4x4 mimo, volte, 3x and 2x CA, band 12, etc.
The only thing the Ericsson equipment has that Nokia's doesn't is band 66.... For now.
Where was this taken at? And can we expect this to rollout throughout LA?
The left, dual-band antenna...do you know what form of MIMO it supports for L700?
2x2.
Tower tuesdsy already? Love these posts
I think PCS is 2T4R and no 4x4 MIMO on PCS.
4T4R 2 streams at the moment or 4x2 MIMO on PCS.