T-Mobile test over its 5G standalone network achieves record setting uplink data speed
T-Mobile, working with networking firm Nokia and chip designer Qualcomm, announced today that it hit an uplink speed faster than 200Mbps during a 5G data call using A technology known as uplink carrier aggregation. And this was done on a "live commercial 5G standalone network" for the first time ever. A standalone 5G network is built on a 5G core allowing users to experience faster upload speeds and super low latency. T-Mobile has the only completed 5G standalone network in the U.S.
According to the nation's second-largest wireless carrier, the uplink speed of 207Mbps was the fastest ever recorded on sub-6GHz spectrum. The faster uplink speeds will allow larger amounts of data to be transmitted from customer devices at a quicker rate which should improve "video livestreaming/calling, gaming and Extended Reality (XR)." Besides using Nokia's networking gear, T-Mobile employed a test smartphone using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 5G Modem-RF System.
A few weeks ago, T-Mobile tried this very same test out in the lab where it achieved similar speeds. Today's announcement deals with the same test conducted on a commercially used 5G standalone network to run the test over conditions that would be more in line with real-life conditions. 5G carrier aggregation allows T-Mobile to combine two channels to increase the bandwidth which in turn delivers faster data speeds.
T-Mobile achieves speedy uplink data speed on a test using 5G carrier aggregation
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