Qualcomm partners with SpiderCloud to develop Small Cells systems based on the LTE in the unlicensed spectrum(LTE-U) along with LTE-LAA, and MulteFire systems for enterprises and public venues. This development combines Qualcomm’ small cell baseband chipsets with SpiderCloud’s scalable small cell systems.
According to SpiderCloud, these systems will be among the first to seamlessly deliver LTE capacity over unlicensed spectrum in large indoor environments such as offices, university campuses, hospitals, hotels, shopping centers and sport venues. It will be based on SpiderCloud’s Enterprise RAN (E-RAN) architecture that includes a Services Node controlling up to 100 self-organizing LTE small cells, capable of delivering coverage and capacity in indoor locations as large as 1.5 million square feet.
According to SpiderCloud, Verizon will trial its LTE-U system in the third quarter of this year.
Mike Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer, SpiderCloud
SpiderCloud shares Qualcomm Technologies’ vision that small cells will be crucial in addressing the 1000x mobile data challenge. Our relationship with Qualcomm Technologies allows us to offer mobile operators with easy-to-deploy and easy-to-integrate LTE small cells solutions.
Neville Meijers, Vice President, Business Development, Qualcomm Technologies
Operators worldwide are increasingly demanding LTE infrastructure solutions that make best use of both licensed and unlicensed spectrum bands,” said . “We are pleased to join forces with SpiderCloud in developing a roadmap of small cells expected to meet and exceed operator needs.
