Good details about Sprint's deployment plans for Chicago
This story has lots of info on Sprint's network vision plans for Chicago. Gives a nice look at how things are broken down and the time frame involved.
Samsung Network Vision/LTE Deployment schedule & details for Sprint's Chicago Market
A little over a week ago, Sprint 4G Rollout Updates brought you an article with some details about Network Vision deployment in Chicago. At that time, we reported that the Windy City would receive its Network Vision in cluster deployments. In this article we expand with more detailed information on how Samsung will deploy these clusters.
The Chicago market is just incredibly large and diverse for Sprint, with over 1,100 cell sites. Tearing down and rebuilding more than a thousand sites is mind boggling. Samsung has prepared a detailed plan to get it all done by October.
Many of you may be disappointed and think that October is a long way out, but follow along. There will many miles before Samsung Network Vision field techs will sleep. Samsung and Sprint are hitting the Chicago market hard and will be going non-stop until Network Vision completes the market in the next eight months.
What a good breakdown. I didn't know Kankakee was a 3G only test market! Damn media. I guess I am in an area that is DONE ALREADY, yet I don't think I noticed a bit of better coverage around. Isn't NV supposed to increase coverage a bit?
Yes, the RF for older handsets is supposed to be improved by newer antennas and including the radio with the antennas. However we don't know whether the clusters are really live for common folk or just for testers. They might still be tuning the network experimenting with downtilt, power, etc.
However we don't know whether the clusters are really live for common folk or just for testers. They might still be tuning the network experimenting with downtilt, power, etc.
Right. Robert has posted some Network Vision schematic drawings at S4GRU.com. Note that the single band 1900 MHz legacy antennas will coexist with the dual band 800/1900 MHz Network Vision antennas during a transition phase. Later, the legacy antennas will be taken down. We are still very early in that transition phase. So, it is quite likely that, even in the clusters already upgraded to the Network Vision platform, the CDMA1X 1900 airlink (at least those channels accessible via PRLs released to subs) is still operating from the legacy infrastructure.
This is wonderful news if we decide to go with Sprint. Was wondering when I was gonna hear about their plans for my area. I live in the area where 4G LTE is live! hahaha
Can you look at the antennas from one of the NV cell sites you think should be live and see if you see the new configuration of antennas mounted right behind panels? Should be fairly easy to tell.
Do you have a phone that is capable of using the new NV spectrum?
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According to Robert, 800MHz isn't even being turned on. They are running both old 1900MHz and new NV 1900MHz at the same time - Ii guess they haven't turned it on to the general public yet
Photon is not capable. I have one too and was bummed out when I discovered it wasn't. But I'm sure I will have a new phone by the time 800 comes into play.
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