MTS will test innovative solutions for the development of mobile communication

The mobile operator MTS OJSC «Intellect Telecom" (Research Innovation Center AFK "System") have announced the testing of innovative technical solutions to improve quality and provide cellular coverage in dense urban areas and on highways without the organization of radio relay channels and the construction of new fiber-optic lines.

Company entered into an agreement to build an experimental zone in the Kirov and the Kirov region to test the communication system based on the so-called repeaters with carrying capacity without requiring the installation of new base stations and the construction of traditional transport infrastructure. Repeaters in networks of the second, third and fourth generation. The equipment may be placed on the antenna poles and lighting poles, can be powered by standard power supply networks, and the energy of solar panels. Operating temperature range of - from -40 º C to +55 º C.

The first tests of the network will take place in June 2013, tests will continue until the end of 2013. The main objective of this work - a comparison of the characteristics of the standard base stations to the network, built on the basis of repeaters. Investments in the test zone was 10 million rubles.