Virgin Media Business and Sub10 Systems demo strength of millimetre wave technology

DEVON, UK: Sub10 Systems, a specialist in the development of millimetre wave wireless links, and Virgin Media Business, one of the UK's largest telecoms operators, have completed a live backhaul small cell trial to showcase the consistency and speed of millimetre wave technology, ahead of Mobile World Congress next week.

Sub10's Liberator-V320, a wireless Ethernet link which operates in the 60 GHz frequency and guarantees rates of 320 mbps, was integral in the trial.

The trial with Virgin Media's Innovation Trial's Team, which took place in Leeds, UK, aimed to provide a reliable high speed connection using wireless backhaul in the 60 GHz band.

Three links were installed on three lamp posts in tough-to-reach areas at street level, over a distance of 200 metres. The effects of weather, multipath and passing vehicles were monitored by a weather station and cameras during the trial.