L and T Infotech to collabnorate with BWCI for LTE radio access test bed

Mumbai, Jun 28 : L and T Infotech announced today their cooperation with Broadband Wireless Consortium of India (BWCI) for developing an LTE Radio Access Test Bed to create a technology demonstrator platform, to further research in LTE area, and accelerate the time-to-market for LTE technology providers.

As part of this programme, L and T Infotech would be integrating its LTE UE stack with BWCI's LTE Radio Access Test Bed, according to a company release.

This integrated system can be used by technology providers to demonstrate and evaluate end-to-end LTE functionality.

BWCI is a strategic initiative of CEWiT (Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technologies). One of the primary objectives of BWCI is to develop an HW/SW technology demonstrator test bed to validate and evaluate emerging technologies. They participate in key global standards bodies and forums such as 3GPP, 3GPP2 and IEEE 802.16 to ensure that India's requirements are addressed and indigenously developed technologies are included in the standards.

L and T Infotech had previously announced the availability of LTE UE protocol stack, compliant to March 2009 3GPP Release 8, LTE specifications, as part of their IP portfolio. L and T Infotech has vast experience in wireless technologies like CDMA, UMTS, EVDO, WLAN and WiMAX and is a one-stop shop for Telecom User Equipment manufacturers.