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The combination of Qualcomm’s Uplink Interference Cancellation (ULIC) technology and the ZTE’s Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) basestation products is designed to improve the capacity and performance of UMTS systems, according to Qualcomm.

Through this collaboration, operators can see a 60% increase in their UMTS data throughput, while users see an experience similar to Long-Term Evolution (LTE) with its corresponding channel bandwidth and a 45% increase in voice capacity, says Qualcomm.

The ULIC technology features an improved system capacity due to its lack of interference from multiple uplink data streams, says Qualcomm. Other characteristics include a higher integration level, a scalable design permitting cancellation for many simultaneous users, and uplink transmissions.

According to Zhang Jianguo, the general manager of ZTE’s UMTS products, “ZTE serves the world’s top mobile operators based on our ability to consistently deliver high-quality and high-capacity network performance. Our ongoing relationship with Qualcomm has enabled us to commercialize leading-edge technologies that bring value to the entire wireless ecosystem. Using ULIC technology, we are providing operators with a highly efficient means to optimize their system performance while also extending the lives of their existing networks.”

“Interference cancellation is helping to redefine the performance characteristics of UMTS by improving system capacity and delivering data throughput that is on par with LTE networks,” said Jing Wang, executive vice president of Qualcomm Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. “It not only provides faster speeds, but also creates a better experience for the growing number of people using mobile devices to upload and share data-intensive content, such as photographs and videos. We are pleased to work with ZTE in their efforts to bring ULIC-enhanced basestations to market.”