Huawei announces proposal for the LTE-Advanced Multi-Stream Aggregation (MSA) technology standard

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, on Thursday announced a new proposal for the LTE-Advanced Multi-Stream Aggregation (MSA) technology standard that is capable of increasing data rates at the cell's edge.

With the development of mobile broadband, operators are mostly concerned about user experience. With mobile coverage, should able to enjoy the same quality of services no matter where they are. However, with mobile communication systems, the most challenging issue is system performance at the cell's edge.

The concept behind Huawei's MSA technology is that the user is always able to receive downlink data and aggregate downlink data streams from a cell or cell group with the best signal quality. A similar method applies to uplink data, where the user always transmits uplink data to a cell or cell group with the best signal quality. The uplink data streams are aggregated on the network side.

The advanced MSA technology proposed by Huawei is set to become a key feature of the evolution to 3GPP LTE-Advanced standards. Huawei has contributed 293 core standards to the 3GPP LTE/LTE-Advanced standardization process, 20% of the global total and the most of any other company.