Tampere University

Tampere University has several cellular test networks available for research, teaching and developing purposes. The current configuration provides the ability to test the following technologies (RAN solutions from Nokia):

FDD-LTE test network

• Band 1 with 5 MHz channel bandwidth covers some parts of Tietotalo indoor areas, the first three floors of Kampusareena, and acts as the anchor for outdoor NSA 5G.
• Band 3 with 5 MHz channel bandwidth covers the first three floors of Kampusareena. Also used as an anchor for Kampusareena indoor NSA 5G.
• Carrier aggregation of B1 and B3 utilized in Kampusareena indoor network.

TDD-LTE test network

• Band 38 with 10 MHz channel bandwidth provides campus-wide outdoor test network.

5G NR test network

• Band n78 with 60 MHz channel bandwidth forms an NSA/SA 5G outdoor test network to the Hervanta campus. Also available in the first three floors of Kampusareena.
• Band n257 with 400 MHz channel bandwidth to provide 5G mmWave coverage. Available outdoors close to Kampusareena.
• Band n258 with 400 MHz channel bandwidth to provide 5G mmWave coverage. Available outdoors at an autonomous vehicle testing area located close by to the university campus.

O-RAN solutions

• Tampere University has an Opensourse 5G RAN solution to be deployed flexibly around the campus area that utilizes SDR radio(s).

SDR solutions

• Tampere University has a wide selection of Software Defined Radios (SDRs), which enable a broad range of different kinds of research activities. These are utilized, for example, in different kind of over-the¬-air (OTA) studies.
• Current list of different SDR models in use consists of NI USRP/Ettus models 2900/B200, 2901/B210, (2920, 2921, 2932)/N210 and (2942R,2953R,2954R)/X310, which enable frequency ranges from 70 MHz to 6 GHz and bandwidths from 20 MHz up to 160 MHz.