The rising importance of software implementation in a communication network, high signal to noise ratio, and link reliability are some of the drivers for the massive MIMO market.

The LTE Advanced technology segment accounted for the largest share of the massive MIMO market in 2017. LTE Advanced supports carrier load and higher order MIMO techniques and also supports a data rate of 1 Gbps in the downlink and 500 Mbps in the uplink direction.

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The 128T128R & above segment includes 128T128R and 256T256R antenna types. The massive MIMO technology assures significant gains in both data rates and link reliability. Extra antennas help by focusing the transmission and reception of signal energy on smaller regions of space. This brings huge improvements in throughput and energy efficiency, particularly when combined with simultaneous scheduling of a large number of user terminals (tens or hundreds).

TDD provides greater capacity and lower cost per bit as compared to FDD. With high data rates and a huge capacity for data and HD voice, TDD significantly improves customer experience and lowers the operator’s cost per bit. TDD also provides spectrum flexibility.