+1 for Band 28.
Regards.
+1 for Band 13 (US Verizon)
In the UK both Three and Vodafone are rolling out L band which is band 32, its a Download only configuration so carrier aggregation is also required to be able to use it. Three will be using it at 20Mhz bandwidth, they currently use band 3 at 15 Mhz and band 20 at 5 Mhz so if a mast in enabled it will double the download speed if the 3 bands can be aggregated.
So Band 32 & carrier aggregation.
The reason I only have one in the field.
We would like to know our customer wishes and use cases on what kind of future LTE technology would be interested in?
- Which LTE Category you are interested in most - CAT6, CAT7, CAT9, CAT11, CAT12, CAT16 or some other?
- Which LTE bands and which Carrier Aggregation combinations should be supported?
- Should it also support Legacy technology like 3G or 2G?
- Which World/Region/Country would you use it?
- Which LTE carrier provider you are interested connecting and is there speed/monthly cap for the subscription plans?
Cat6, B28, 3G <= 2 years, Australia, Telstra&Optus.
Why?
LTE hardware is expensive enough, Cat6 would be the sweet spot for the next couple of years.
Australia is the sixth largest Country by land mass but only 0.33% of the worlds population so its about distance and B28 700mhz does it best!
2G has already been switched off here and 3G services are said to go as soon as next year.
Hi everyone
I’m looking for an LTE modem that will be compatible with Mikrotik routerboards (RBM11G).
I need 3CA LTE-A suppot including L-Band (Band 32) and all the usual bands in the UK (B1,B3, B7, B20)
I am looking at the Telit LM960 and would like to know if others have used this modem in the RBM11G. The Mikrotik (RBM11G) only has USB 2.0 so this will limit performance but I do not expect the 4G networks to be delivering beyond much 100Mbps so this should not be an issue. What is the maximum throughput this routerboard could handle?
Are there any other alternative LTE-A modems that are supported by Mikrotik?
Why doesn’t Mikrotik release a better LTE-A modems?
Thanks,
Tim
None, so much of the LTE hype comes with low usage caps here in the US. Until it because a dumb pipe form of transport it is of extremely limited use to me and most other users. Please focus on fixing your existing tech. In particular IPv6, which ironically is incredibly relevant in the mobile space you’re trying to slip into anyways.
Hi,
I have Telit LM940 connected to RBM33G via USB3 connector + USB3-adapter card (https://techship.com/products/minipcie-to-usb31-adapter-dual-sim-slots/) and Iskra P-56 MIMO antennas. I get 160 / 70 Mbit/s on interface line speed via B3 20MHz + B20 10MHz. Officially the package from operator is only 150/50. There is still room in CPU to do more even though there is quite complicated firewall, NAT, QoS, etc. I’m planning to upgrade to Telit LM960 and upgrading package to try if I can get 220/150 (max possible on these bands and bandwidths). I’m lucky that on this direction from cell tower isn’t much people living.
I would like to see that Telit LM9x0 could do NAT and have LTE interface as part of VLAN. Then RBM33G wouldn’t need to use CPU to do the NATting. This would help to get even more out of this setup. Would this be possible? I haven’t found any – but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible as I’m not ROS wizard.
Please create product like LHG LTE with gigabit Poe. I really want to buy the product witch support lte cat 9 or 12.
Most important bands 1,3,7,20,38. No need for legacy bands support.
I want 2,4,5,12,66,71, so no need to put in the useless 1,3,7,20, and 38. They’re pointless.
In all seriousness though, the newly announced LTE CAT6 units have 1,2,3,5,7,8,12,17,20,25,26, 38, 39, 40, 41n. That covers most everything EXCEPT 4 which is the primary channel in my area on most towers 
…and gigabit ethernet.
In EMEA (Europe) the 1,3,7,8,20 are critical to have.
+1 to Gigabit Ethernet
Here is list of bands agregation by popular LTE routers in Poland. B715 support 3 bands agregation. I realy want to buy some mikrotik product with bands agreagation like in B715 or better.
https://openitforum.pl/uploads/monthly_2018_09/2s8lrms.png.fc6ac6ab177d20f7188de68419f6438b.png
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LTE cat up to CAT11 at least
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I would be interested into following bands:
700 MHz (B28)
800 MHz (B20)
1800 MHz (B3)
2100 MHz (B1)
2600 MHz (B7) -
Backward compatibility with 3G/HSDPA would be nice but for my usage wouldn’t be needed
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Usage in EU/France
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The carrier used does provide unlimited, uncaped LTE data & speed is sided with another plan
GIGABIT port of course, the acutal 100mbit ones could slow down the link!
In EU, the correct 700MHz band is B68 (not B28). You can check the difference on this page. B28 partly overlaps with B20 and that simply is not acceptable.
MKX,
The bands are defined in each country, and each carrier has different bands, frequencies out of it etc.
B28 is an official band in France, used a lot by one particular carrier, so its a valid request to have it
(in addition thanks to the low frequency this band has good range…)
+1
Nope, the bands are defined per ITU region and Europe (and surrounding countries) are one region. In Europe, the 700MHz band for LTE doesn’t have same limits as in other regions (i.e. B28 in APAC), hence it can’t be called the same. So in Europe it’s B68.
Then it comes to national telecomunication regulator to somehow assign frequencies to particular operators. In EU it’s popular to organize auctions so that TelCos get opportunity to cough out huge amount of money to governments. It’s up to authorities to decide which bands are going to be on sale and which won’t (that’s mostly driven by demand, if none of potential operators express interest in some band, regulator may decide not to offer that band).
It’s not official. Here’s description of what’s happening: B28 is a traditional band (defined in R11.1) used in APAC region (Asia&Pacific, read: Japan and South Korea) and thus lots of equipment already supports it (both phones/modems and base stations). B68 is relatively recent addition to standard bands (in R13.3) and not many equipment supports it.
Now if one looks at both bands, it is obvious they are very similar: B28 starts 5MHz higher than B68, B28 is 15MHz wider than B68 and most importantly: duplex gap is the same. So if an EU operator acquired 10MHz chunk of B68 and persuaded regulator that they want upper third of available band, then that spectrum chunk is both in B28 and B68, only eARFCN DL is different (e.g. 9410 in B28 v.s. 67785 in B68). And, mind, regulators don’t sell 4G eARFCNs, they sell megahertzs. So this operator, to speed up the network roll-out and to attract large number of users who already own 700MHz-capable equipment, decided to configure their eUTRAN … in alternative way to put it mildly.
And I’m writing the text above with some confidence: until recently I worked as senior radio engineer for incumbent MNO in EU country and we were (and my former colleagues still are) preparing for 700MHz roll-out thinking about such options.
so its a valid request to have it
It is indeed. I’m just trying to point out that in Europe we need support for B68 … in case MT decides to introduce yet another region-specific product range … hopefully they’ll only have one universal model supporting just everything.
Hi MKX,
No doubt about your competence at all, sorry.
FREE Mobile in France has the B28 band (ok, it might be the wrong terminology, but this is what
they call it).
FREE offer uncapped data for terrific low price, and as such supporting this band of this carrier in a module would
be great on top of the standard B1/3/7/20. (maybe B68 support can do this as well).
Also if you look at module specs like Quectel EP06-E for Europe, they support B28 on dual carrier aggregation:
B1+B1/B5/B8/B20/B28;
B3+B3/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28;
B7+B5/B7/B8/B20/B28;
you are kidding right? the current LTE speed you have is 150/50 but the port is limited to 100mbps?? And the newest LTE product you have is CAT6 which is 300/50 and yet the port is still limited to 100mbps? Most users at my area are using Huawei B618 which is CAT11 LTE and they can achieve speed up to 180mbps, mikrotik can do that to of course, but with FE port? I dont think so, upgrade your gameplay please!
They only have 100Mbps ports on the SXT and LTE units which are designed for outdoor remote areas – people like me. I’m not going to be able to get close to the port limit being far from a tower.
We need LHGR + R11e-LTE6 with
- 1GbE port - currently even SXTR with bonding at 2xFE have a bottleneck to FE at CPU
- 2CA for 1+3 and 1+7 and 3+7 - currently only 3+7
- LGHR with corrected 700 and 900Mhz Gain - currently works better with inverted antenna at 180°. Only 800Mhz works straight forward (and >1800Mhz).
- Bigger DISH
or BIG LGHR case for RBM11G
or LDF-LTE6 with sattelite dish