New compromise will not end the struggle between U-LTE and WiFi - The Wi-Fi Alliance said it took more steps towards compromise since don...
The Wi-Fi Alliance said it took more steps towards compromise since donor-LTE coexistence Unlicensed slammed a workshop held last week. But these movements have not yet provided Wireless peace.
LTE-U is a system to operate LTE networks in some of the unlicensed frequencies used by Wi-Fi. The workshop was the last of several designed to ensure LTE-U does not unfairly discomfort with Wi-Fi, brought together participants who want to use the new cellular system as well as those dedicated to Wi-Fi.
When he was done, the Alliance said a test for coexistence was on track for completion next month. However, LTE-U supporters, including Qualcomm, said the entire effort was technically unhealthy and biased against them.
Representatives of both parties are expected to work towards consensus on a test to ensure that LTE-U products and Wi-Fi can get along. But some LTE-U backers objected to certain aspects of the proposed test plan after the workshop last week.
Thursday, the Wi-Fi Alliance said that two issues were left open after the workshop were resolved in favor of the LTE-U quota.
First, the Alliance has given up a part of the test plan that would have looked at how Wi-Fi and LTE-U radios in the same device could operate simultaneously. Opponents had said this test was beyond the scope of the project.
In addition, the Alliance agreed to use Wi-Fi gear from multiple vendors to establish baseline performance levels for testing. In order to get the tests that go earlier, the Alliance had already planned to use the equipment of a single company, said Kevin Robinson, vice president of marketing. Now he is confident that the test plan can be finished in time with multiple vendors equipment.
reached Thursday, Qualcomm has not conquered.
"The WFA staff has not yet released a revised test plan dropping the test coexistence device, which was totally beyond the scope of this effort, or creating a multi-vendor Wi-Fi based wireless network, "said Dean Brenner, vice president of government affairs, in an emailed statement.
in addition, Qualcomm thinks yet the test plan is biased against LTE-U, which would be the sharing of spectrum that is unlicensed - which means it is not part of any technology interference can go in both directions
["the plan would LTE-U still need to provide 100 times more protection to a Wi-Fi connection in all environments that provide Wi-Fi to LTE-U," said Brenner.
According to Robinson, the effort was anything but a one-way street.
"All parties had to compromise to get to where we are," he said.
The parties will meet again soon. In a week they should get together for a practice test event to finalize the test plan, Robinson said.
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