Galtronics In-Building Distributed Antenna Outperforms Competitors

In various data throughput tests recently conducted by American Tower (News - Alert) at the Las Vegas Hilton, Galtronics’ single 690–2700 MHz In-Building Distributed Antenna outperformed two spatially separated competitor antennas, the company announced. Galtronics antennas offer MIMO for the LTE (News - Alert) 690-806 MHz band.

Galtronics’ MIMO antennas offer cost and installation advantages to network operators and building owners in addition to increased network data throughput. As building owners and network operators migrate from SISO to MIMO indoor performance, Galtronics’ broadband solutions also help to “future-proof” installations for coming generations of enhanced LTE capabilities. With MIMO featured from 690-806 MHz, the Galtronics MIMO antenna tested in the Las Vegas Hilton operated at 690–2700 MHz.

“Galtronics is pleased to announce these revolutionary test results of our in-building antenna product,” said Ephraim Ulmer, president and CEO of Galtronics, in a release. “The industry has long speculated on MIMO capabilities at 750 MHz for an in-building environment; these tests prove the case once and for all. Galtronics’ break-through antenna solution provides remarkable MIMO performance through a single antenna eliminating the need for two spatially separated units – saving system and installation cost.”

At the edge of coverage, the Galtronics antenna more than doubled the overall speed and also enhanced the quality of reception. While offering the venue owner lower installation costs by only having to install one antenna instead of two, these enhanced capabilities deliver higher data rates to mobile users, the company stated in the release.

Recently, China Mobile (News - Alert) Research Institute and SkyCross, a provider of advanced antenna and RF solutions, joined forces to develop a tunable, MIMO antenna design for multimode, multiband handsets in LTE deployments around the globe to realize global LTE roaming and handset economies of scale.

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