SlideshowSlideshow: Behind the Scenes at Sprint's 5G 'Split'
Dan Jones
9/18/2018
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LOS ANGELES -- Sprint enlisted its CTO, John Saw, last week to show off how it is deploying 5G -- and updating its 4G LTE -- downtown in the City of Angels.

Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) says it will deploy mobile 5G in the US on the 2.5GHz band in the first half of 2019. The operator is promising to have a "cool" phone for the network. (See 5G in the USA: Where We at With Mobile? and Sprint Reveals 3 More 5G Cities, Promises 'Cool' 5G Phone & Small Cell.)

The operator is using massive MIMO (massive input, massive output) antennas to deploy 4G LTE and 5G New Radio (5G NR) in a "split" mode on 2.5GHz. (See Sprint's Massive MIMO 'Lynchpin' for 5G.)

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5G Above the City
Sprint is deploying 'split' 5G NR and 4G LTE in the Fashion District in downtown LA.
Sprint is deploying "split" 5G NR and 4G LTE in the Fashion District in downtown LA.

John Saw promises "hundreds of megabits" from the mobile service, with a footprint from "here [downtown LA] to Santa Monica."

This, of course, is Sprint's initial plan for 5G. The operator will combine 600MHz low-band spectrum with its 2.5GHz band, and millimeter wave, if its $26.5 billion merger with T-Mobile US Inc. is approved in 2019. (See Sprint's Claure: US 5G Leadership Depends on T-Mobile Merger.)

— Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, Light Reading

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henryjones147
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henryjones147,
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3/6/2019 | 1:20:31 AM
Re:Behind the scenes
Waiting for 5G and 5G phones in my area. ! I hope this will launch soon. Well, its a very good share you have done.. keep up your good work.. Thanks for the share :)

 

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Dkyeager
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Dkyeager,
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2/25/2019 | 12:25:22 PM
Re: 60MHz
The 60MHz will dramatically boost upload speeds. While I agree that 100MHz would be better, Sprint likely needs FCC permission first to cross the J and K guard bands. Meanwhile AT&T and Verizon mmWave spectrum is quite fragmented in the various markets I have checked. Typically is is often in 50MHz segments, occassionally 100MHz or more. T-Mobile has much more contiguous mmWave licenses, at least in Ohio, where they could go 400MHz. I expect mmWave spectrum swapping after the mmWave auctions.
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fredaberg102490,
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1/16/2019 | 5:52:52 AM
Great
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Adrienne Norton
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Adrienne Norton,
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9/21/2018 | 10:40:42 AM
Re: 60MHz
Hi Dan - Sprint's initial 5G customers will benefit from 120 MHz of spectrum capacity using dual connectivity with 60 MHz 5G NR and 60 MHz of LTE. We will upgrade our NR capability to 100 MHz in the future, with customers still getting dual connectivity from 60 MHz LTE and 100 MHz 5G NR. 
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DanJones,
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9/18/2018 | 4:14:01 PM
60MHz
It should be noted that 60MHz allotted to 5G NR is low. 100MHz is supposed to be the norm now.