{"id":211630,"date":"2017-05-22T09:35:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T07:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=211630"},"modified":"2017-05-22T09:36:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T07:36:45","slug":"building-an-lte-network-using-wi-fi-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/211630-building-an-lte-network-using-wi-fi-spectrum.html","title":{"rendered":"Building an LTE network using Wi-Fi spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.multefire.org\/2017\/04\/13\/release-1-0-1-now-publicly-available-for-download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MulteFire recently released<\/strong><\/a> the latest version of its specification &#8211; Release 1.0, Version 1.0.1 \u2013 which makes it possible to build a network with LTE-like performance and Wi-Fi-like simplicity.<\/p>\n<p>MulteFire is an LTE-based technology that operates in unlicensed spectrum and doesn\u2019t require an \u201canchor\u201d in licensed spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>The new technology broadens the LTE ecosystem to entities that may not own licensed spectrum, such as ISPs and venue owners.<\/p>\n<p>MulteFire also benefits mobile network operators, providing them with opportunities for augmenting their mobile networks.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of MulteFire is to ensure the best possible user experience for wireless access to the Internet or when making video and voice calls.<\/p>\n<p>MulteFire can also act as a \u201cneutral host\u201d, with the ability to serve users from multiple operators in a single location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy bringing the benefits of LTE technologies to unlicensed spectrum, MulteFire helps provide enhanced coverage, capacity, and mobility,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The MulteFire Alliance\u00a0is at work on Release 1.1, targeted for publication in Q4 2017.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vBxcqxpSjA4\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/210862-multisources-lte-a-network-roll-out-is-on-track-ceo.html\">Multisource\u2019s LTE-A network roll-out is on track \u2013 CEO<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MulteFire produces LTE-like performance with Wi-Fi-like simplicity, using unlicensed spectrum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":211634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[2490,749],"class_list":["post-211630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wireless","tag-lte","tag-wi-fi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211660,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211630\/revisions\/211660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}