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LTE, LTE-A and LTE-A Pro Evolution

LTE is a standard for wireless communication and LTE Advanced / LTE Advanced Pro (Cat 6 to Cat 19) is a high-speed version of LTE, sometimes marketed as LTE+, 4G+, 4GX,4.5G or 4G LTE Ultra. LTE support varies from country to country, and the speed may vary depending on user location and how fast they’re traveling.

LTE (Cat 1~5)

LTE has been introduced in 2012 in order to provide high data rate mobile broadband connection.
It has been introduced to provide 10 times faster data rate compared to 3G.
LTE provides 100 Mbps.
LTE has been specified in 3GPP Rel.8.
LTE supports carrier bandwidth of 20 MHz.

LTE Advanced (Cat 6~16)

LTE Advanced is an enhancement to LTE with data rate increase to the factor of 10.
It supports carrier aggregation and higher order MIMO techniques.
It supports the data rate of 1 Gbps in downlink (From eNB to UE) and 500 Mbps in uplink direction (From UE to eNB).

LTE Advanced Pro (Cat 17~19)

It is enhanced version of LTE Advanced to support higher data rate beyond 3 Gbps.
It supports increased Bandwidth, increased efficiency and improved latency.
It makes use of both licensed (400 MHz to 3.8 GHz) and unlicensed (5GHz) spectrum to support up to 32 carriers of 20MHz each.
It is backward compatible with existing LTE and LTE Advanced devices.
It makes use of spectrum more efficiently by increasing number of antenna paths as well as multi beam approach. It serves single radio cell with 16 to 64 antenna paths.
It grows network capacity to about 200% without any additional spectrum or base stations.
Increased battery life about 10 times than LTE.

Five Best Buy WiFi Router in 2018

Since information is more and more important in our daily lives, most people can’t live without the internet. So to have a WiFi router would be very important for internet access. Now that the LTE technologies evolve to LTE advanced Pro, we will recommend five best buy WiFi router in 2018. They are with the latest LTE technologies and can provide fast internet speed for users.

We recommend the five best buy WiFi routers mainly based on the below the concerns:

Network frequency bands compatibility: the WiFi hotspot best buy must be compatible with the popular LTE frequency bands for global use. The more frequency bands supported by the WiFi router, the more network carriers the WiFi router could work with.
Fast Internet connection speeds: the best buy MiFi must have the ability to provide fast wireless internet speed at last up to download speed up to 300mbps with carrier aggregation technology.
Large battery pack for long-time use: the best buy mobile hotspot must have a large battery, which would provide long working time, it would be much better if the LTE WiFi routers could charge other devices such as smartphones, Pads or other terminals.
Easy management for settings and data consumption: the WiFi router best buy must provide a user-friendly experience for networking settings and data consumption.
Better to have Ethernet for WAN or LAN: sometimes, when the user travels to other countries and 4G SIM is not available, or the terminal doesn’t have the ability to connect via WiFi, the Ethernet port may be a good alternative for internet connection.

Below are the five best buy WiFi routers to recommend for 2018:

Model	Huawei E5788u-96a Specs	Netgear Nighthawk M1 Specs	Huawei E5885Ls-93a Specs	Netgear Aircard 810s Specs	AT&T Unite Explore 815S Specs
Product type	4G Mobile WiFi	4G Mobile Hotspot with Ethernet port	4G Mobile Hotspot with Ethernet port	4G Mobile WiFi	4G Mobile WiFi
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Category	LTE Cat.16	LTE Cat.16	LTE Cat.6	LTE Cat.11	LTE Cat.9
Chipset	Qualcomm MDM9250	Qualcomm MDM9x50	Hisilicon LTE Cat6 chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon X12	Qualcomm MDM9240
Data rates	DL 1Gbps/UL 100Mbps	DL 1Gbps/UL 100Mbps	DL 300Mbps/UL 50Mbps	DL 600Mbps/UL 100Mbps	DL 450Mbps/UL 100Mbps
Supported 4G LTE frequency bands	* FDD-LTE: Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/19/20/28 * TDD-LTE: Band 38/40/41/42	— Telstra Nighthawk: Band 1/3/7/8/28 — AT&T Nighthawk: Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/12/29/30/66	* FDD-LTE Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/19/20/28 * TDD-LTE: Band 38/40/41/42	B1, B3, B7, B8, B28	B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B12, B17, B29, B30
WLAN	802.11a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band 2.4GHz & 5GHz	802.11a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band 2.4GHz & 5GHz	802.11a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band 2.4GHz & 5GHz	802.11a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band 2.4GHz & 5GHz	802.11a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band 2.4GHz & 5GHz
Max support users	32 users	20 users	32 users	15 users	15 users
MIMO	4 X 4 MIMO	4 X 4 MIMO	2 X 2 MIMO	2 x 2 MIMO	2 x 2 MIMO
Connector for external antenna	No connector	Two, TS-9 jacks	No connector	Two, TS-9 jacks	Two, TS-9 jacks
Buy Antenna	N/A	Netgear Nighthawk M1 Antenna	N/A	Aircard 810s External Antenna	AT&T Unite Explore External Antenna
App management	Huawei Hilink APP	Netgear Aircard APP	Huawei Hilink APP 3.0	Netgear Aircard APP	Netgear Aircard APP
SIM type	Micro SIM	Micro SIM	Micro SIM	Micro SIM	Micro SIM
Battery	Non-removable, 3000mAh	Removable, 5040 mAh	Non-removable, 6400mAh	Removable, 2930 mAh	Removable, 4340 mAh
Dimensions	129 x 65 x 13.5mm	105.5 x 105.5 x 20.35 mm	112.00 x 69.20 x 23.00mm	112 x 68.6 x 15.45mm	112 x 68.6 x 15.45mm
Ethernet Port	No	On port for LAN port(RJ-45)	On port for WAN/LAN port(RJ-45)	No	No
Datasheet download	Huawei E5788 Datasheet	Netgear Nighthawk M1 Datasheet	Huawei E5885 Datasheet	Netgear AC810S Datasheet	AT&T Unite Explore 815s Datasheet
User Manual	Huawei E5788 Manual	Netgear Nighthawk M1 Manual	Huawei E5885 Manual	Telstra 4GX Advanced III Manual	AT&T Unite Explore Manual
Other features	4CC CA	4 band CA, JumpBoost	Power bank, CA, NFC	3 band CA	3 band CA
Firmware download	Huawei E5788 Firmware	Nighthawk M1 Firmware	Huawei E5885 Firmware	Aircard 810s Firmware	ATT Unite Explore Firmware
Drivers	Huawei E5788 Driver	Nighthawk M1 Driver	Huawei E5885 driver	Aircard 810s driver	ATT Unite Explore drivers
Reviews	Huawei E5788 Review	Netgear Nighthawk M1 AT&T Review	Huawei E5885 Review	Netgear Aircard 810s review	AT&T unite explore review
Price	499.00USD	459.00USD	279.00USD	249.00USD	349.00USD
To Buy	Buy Huawei E5788u-96a	Netgear Nighthawk M1 Unlocked Buy	Huawei E5885Ls-93a Buy	Netgear AC810S Buy	ATT Unite Explore Unlocked Buy

These WiFi router best buy are recommended for 2018. The Huawei E5788u-96a and Netgear Nighthawk M1 are the most advanced WiFi router for a pocket. The Nighthawk M1 has one Ethernet port for LAN. The Netgear AirCard 815S is in the rugged design for outdoor activities. Huawei E5885Ls-93a has an Ethernet port and has the large battery to charge other devices. For more details of each WiFi router, click the reviews for them. They are all best buy MiFi for 2018.

Five LTE Advanced Pro Modules to Recommend

With the development of LTE wireless technologies, more and more networks are evolving from LTE advanced to LTE advanced Pro. LTE Advanced Pro (LTE-A Pro, also known as 4.5G, 4.5G Pro, 4.9G, Pre-5G, 5G Project, and so on) is a marker of the 3GPP release 13 and 14, which is a natural evolution of Long Term Evolution (LTE) with speed up to Gbit/s level, which incorporated numerous new technologies that would be used in 5G standard, including 256QAM, Massive MIMO, LTE-Unlicensed, LTE IoT, and others to progressively evolve existing networks into 5G standard.

LTE-A Pro aims to significantly increase the data speeds and bandwidth available for mobile communications. It will also bring a much wider range of connected devices and platforms under a single standard. LTE-A Pro seeks to improve and optimize the capacity, performance, functionality and efficiency of LTE-A, as well as to further reduce latency, to provide a better user experience. It will also enhance the LTE platform for the delivery of new services to new markets as we move towards IoT with 5G.

The key attributes that will define LTE-Advanced Pro are:

> Data speeds in excess of 3Gbps (LTE-A: 1Gbps)
> 640MHz of carrier bandwidth (LTE-A: 100MHz)
> Latency: 2ms (LTE-A: 10ms)

Since very few LTE Advanced pro devices are available in the market, the LTE vendors are already presenting their LTE advanced Pro modules to the public and below the five LTE advanced Pro modules are recommended if your terminals are demanding high-speed internet access:

Telit LM960 (LTE Cat.18)

Specs Highlights:

* World’s first mPCIe form factor to support LTE cat.18

* Support global 23 LTE Frequency bands

* LTE peak download speed up to 1Gbps

* Dual SIM Single Standby

* Full GNSS support: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou

* Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon X20 modem

* Linux and Windows driver support

* 4 x 4 MIMO and 256 QAM

* 5x Carrier Aggregation for increased data rates

Check more details about Telit LM960 Specs, price, drivers, and buy Telit LM960 module here: https://www.4gltemall.com/telit-lm960-4g-lte-cat18-pcie-module.html

Sierra Wireless AirPrime EM7565 (LTE Cat.12)

Specs Highlights:

* LTE Advanced Pro Cat.12 Module

* Chipset/Processor: Qualcomm MDM9250

* DL to 600Mbps/UL to 150Mbps

* Supporting 24 worldwide LTE bands, including LTE-LAA and CBRS

* Satellite Systems: Galileo, Glonass, GPS, Beidou

* Planned Carrier AT&T, DoCoMo, Telstra, Verizon, Vodafone

* Regulatory: CE, FCC, GCF, IC, NCC, PTCRB

Check more details about Sierra AirPrime EM7565 Specs, price, drivers, and buy AirPrime EM7565 module here: https://www.4gltemall.com/sierra-wireless-airprime-em7565.html

Sierra Wireless AirPrime EM7511 (LTE Cat.12)

Specs Highlights:

* Very similar to AirPrime EM7565

* LTE Advanced Pro Cat.12 Module

* Form factor: M.2

* Chipset/Platform: Qualcomm

* DL to 600Mbps/UL to 150Mbps

* Supporting 24 worldwide LTE bands, including LTE-LAA and CBRS

* Control Options: APIs, AT Commands

* Firmware over-the-air (FOTA)

* GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo satellite systems supported

Check more details about Sierra AirPrime EM7511 Specs, price, drivers, and buy AirPrime EM7511 module here: https://www.4gltemall.com/sierra-wireless-airprime-em7511.html

Telit LM940 (LTE Cat.11)

Specs Highlights:

* Category: LTE Cat.11 Module

* Form Factor: PCI Express Mini Card Type (mPCIe)

* Chipset: Qualcomm MDM9240

* LTE data rates: DL 600Mbps(w/3x CA DL, 256QAM) and UL 75Mbps

* Full GNSS support: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou

* Carrier Approvals: AT&T, Sprint, Verizon

Check more details about Telit LM940 Specs, price, drivers, and buy Telit LM940 module here: https://www.4gltemall.com/telit-lm940-lte-cat-11-gps-pcie-module.html

Telit LN940 (LTE Cat.11 and Cat.9)

Specs Highlights:

* Two variant models: Telit LN940A9 and LN940A11

* 42mm M.2 (NGFF) single-sided data card

* LTE Category 11 LTE DL 600Mbps UL50Mbps

* LTE Category 9 LTE DL 450Mbps UL50Mbps

* HSPA+ Rel. 8: DL/UL up to 42/11.5 Mbps

* Quad-constellation integrated GNSS

* Linux and Windows driver support

* Carrier Aggregation, 2 x 2 MIMO and 256 QAM

Check more details about Telit LN940 Specs, price, drivers, and buy Telit LN940 module here:

https://www.4gltemall.com/telit-ln940-lte-cat9-11-m-2-data-card.html

Huawei Mate 10 Pro New Smartphone Test

Smartphones with large display and minimal edges are in vogue, Samsung has shown its Galaxy S8 with “Infinity Display” in the spring, Apple has recently launched its iPhone X and Huawei has the Mate 10 Pro now with large display and little rand on offer. But the Mate 10 Pro not only looks good, it also offers advanced technology with a chipset that will perform certain tasks much faster than previously known due to AI technology, which is the first time available in a smartphone. There are also dual SIM with LTE on both SIM cards in a single smartphone and an arrow-fast LTE Advanced Pro Cat18 modem for speeds of more than 1 Gbit/s in the LTE network. In the following test, we will check the features of the Huawei mate 10 Pro with advanced technology and chipset.

Huawei Mate 10 Pro: Design & Display

The Huawei Mate 10 Pro is made with an approximately 6-inch AMOLED display in 18: 9 format. The display has a resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels, in the test, the presentation was very sharp and in terms of color and brightness, there was no reason to complain. OLED typical, the black value is extremely good, but the display is not particularly color stable at an oblique angle.

The Huawei Mate 10 Pro has opted for a glass body. It is certainly a matter of taste, but personally I find a metal case still much more pleasant, even if the glass case without question has a higher quality and visually more powerful than the metal case of its predecessor Huawei Mate 9. Due to the nearly borderless display in 18: 9 format, the Huawei Mate 10 Pro is good in the hand, but a one-handed operation is still only with very large hands or with the help of the one-hand zoom mode. For the target group of the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, the one-hand operation is unlikely to be relevant anyway.

Huawei Mate 10 Pro: Kirin 970 chipset

At the heart of the Huawei Mate 10 Pro is the new HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset. The octa-core processor is not only faster and uses less energy than its predecessor; it can also be used for the first time on AI support. The so-called “Neural Processing Unit”, NPU for short, is intended to massively accelerate certain applications such as image recognition. Unfortunately this could not be tested in the test, because applications that use the NPU are still in short supply. With the camera app to use the NPU, the difference to other current smartphones is not quite noticeable. Probably the future has to show, whether the Mate 10 Pro will have a big lead by the NPU or not.

Incidentally, the internal memory of the Huawei Mate 10 is 128 gigabytes in size, whereby only slightly more than 108 GB can be used by pre-installed software. Personally, I think the size of the memory is sufficient, but many users would have liked something more with such an expensive high-end smartphone. Unfortunately, Huawei has no memory expansion option built-in, i.e a microSD card cannot be used. That is incomprehensible…

Huawei Mate 10 Pro: LTE modem

With the LTE modem of HiSilicon Kirin 970 chipset, Huawei has made great progress compared to the Mate 9. Not only is the maximum data rate of 1.2 Gigabit/s in the download extremely fast, but the device can be used in a much more countries than its predecessor by a significantly extended frequency band support. In detail, the following frequency ranges are supported:

LTE (FDD): B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B7 / B8 / B9 / B12 / B17 / B18 / B19 / B20 / B26 / B28 / B32
LTE (TDD): B34 / B38 / B39 / B40 / B41 (2545 ~ 2655MHz)
UMTS (3G): B1 / B2 / B4 / B5 / B6 / B8 / B19
GSM (2G): 850/900/1800/1900

The modem supports LTE Cat18 and can also bundle up to 5 frequency bands via carrier aggregation in addition to 4 × 4 MIMO antenna technology. In the downlink the 256QAM modulation is supported in the LTE network, up to 64QAM are possible in the uplink. Even if only 2 × 2 MIMO antenna technology is available and no frequency bands can be bundled, data rates of up to 200 MBit/s in the downlink and up to 75 MBit/s in the uplink can be achieved. Regarding the dual-SIM feature, the Huawei Mate 10 offers a world first: for the first time, a device supports LTE on both SIM cards slots simultaneously. For example, you can use the Mate 10 Pro as a mobile LTE/WLAN hotspot and at the same time make calls to the device via VoLTE.

In the test, the Huawei Mate 10 Pro’s modem made a good impression: data connections were very fast and the reception was very good both in the UMTS network and in the LTE network. Also Wi-Fi speed and quality reception were good, especially the Wi-Fi amplifier or Wi-Fi bridge function liked. This allows you to use an existing Wi-Fi network as an Internet connection and pass it on to other devices via a Wi-Fi hotspot under a “new name”.

Huawei Mate 10 Pro Camera

Not all details of the Huawei Mate 10 Pro are considered in this review, but the Leica dual camera on the Mate 10 Pro definitely deserves a separate section. The camera makes very good quality images and can of course make good shots at night, as you would expect from a current high-end smartphone. The image quality is ensured by a 20 megapixel black and white camera and a 12 megapixel color camera on the back, both with f1.6 aperture.

According to Huawei, the NPU (ie the AI unit of the processor) is also used for the camera; in automatic mode, subjects should be detected more quickly. In practice, however, this is hardly noticeable, as a result, other current top smartphones like the Apple iPhone 8 make at least equally good pictures, even without explicit motif recognition. But according to Huawei, the NPU “learns” over time.

Huawei Mate 10 Pro Test: Conclusion

This review does not cover all facts of the Mate 10 Pro, but after the extensive test, the following conclusion remains: With the Mate 10 Pro, Huawei has a very good smartphone in the range. It offers a chic design, a very good camera and very advanced wireless technology. The use of the heavily advertised NPU or the AI functions remains somewhat unclear after the test. Even the missing 3.5mm jack and the missing memory card slot are definitely negative points. Overall, the overall package in comparison with the Apple iPhone X and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the Mate 10 Pro price is even moderate. Thus, the Huawei Mate 10 Pro is a strong competitor for the flagship smartphones from Apple and Samsung.

4.5G – LTE Advanced Pro

LTE Advanced Pro or 4.5G is a very up-to-date topic in the mobile world. Although the LTE successor 5G is talked much, 4.5G is already used by the network operators, and it already active and already contains many features, which will later also play a large role in 5G. Many carriers in Europe, such as Vodafone and Telekom, have already carried out initial tests with 4.5G or LTE Advanced Pro, which was launched to market shortly before. What you will understand exactly under 4.5G is to be explained in this article.

4.5G: Features

Right from the start: whether 4.5G or LTE Advanced Pro is the same. It is the successor of 4G and/or LTE Advanced. According to the Global Mobile Supplier Association (GSA), a network must support the following standards to be officially considered a 4.5G network:

One of the following features:

Ultra short latencies, ULL (ultra-low latency)
An extension for machine communication, eg NarrowBand-Iot (NB-IoT) or eMTC

Additionally, at least one of the following features:

4 or more bundled downlink frequency ranges (4CC Downlink Carrier Aggregation, CC here for Component Carrier)
The aggregate spectrum aggregated with carrier aggregation exceeds 60 MHz
2 or more bundled Uplink frequency bands (2CC Uplink Carrier Aggregation)
Advanced MIMO antenna technology (eg 4 × 4 MIMO, 8 × 8 MIMO, Beamforming, Massive MIMO)
256QAM modulation in the downlink
64QAM modulation in uplink
License Assisted Access (LAA), ie the additional use of unlicensed radio spectrum, eg in the 5 GHz frequency range
Vehicle-to-X communication (V2X)
Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT)
Network extensions for improved indoor positioning

The V2X communication is already being tested under some carriers’ networks, for example Vodafone. Recently, there was a corresponding demo at the Mobile World Congress together with the network equipment supplier Huawei. In theory, Vodafone could also bundle significantly more frequency spectrum and thus introduce 4CC or 5CC carrier aggregation, but the provider has so far restricted itself to Triple Carrier Aggregation (LTE 800 + LTE 1800 + LTE 2600).

NB-IoT is used in the LTE band 8, that is to say in the 900 MHz range parallel to GSM, and band 20 (800 MHz) is also to be used. Up to now Telekom has bundled three frequency bands by means of carrier aggregation. In the future, however, the vendor could easily add additional carriers such as Band 8 (900 MHz) or Band 1 (2100 MHz). A significant increase in the downlink speed should therefore be possible in the near future. The use of 4 × 4 MIMO is also being tested in some locations and within the framework of its 5G, Vodafone has long been working on measures to further reduce latencies. Surely these ULL features will also be implemented in the 4.5G network.

What does 4.5G bring to the end customer?

Many 4.5G features are particularly interesting for communication with machines or between machines, eg NB-IoT or ULL. As an end customer with a modern smartphone (from LTE Cat11 or newer, eg Huawei P10 or LG G6), there is one benefit: the maximum possible speed is much higher than what is so far. The expansion of LTE on other frequency bands, eg band 8 or band 1, will allow better network coverage in some places. Massive MIMO, in particular, will have a significant improvement in the average speed for the individual user, particularly at locations with very high capacity utilization.