Even though carriers have accepted the challenge of watering down and ruining the “4G” moniker, that hasn’t stopped some speed-hungry Swedes from banding together (literally) some spectrum to show off LTE Advanced (read: real 4G). While “normal” LTE top out around 100 Mbps, LTE Advanced can hit has high as 1 Gbps. In Ericsson’s test over yonder in Sweden, the top speed shown hovered above 900 Mbps and while driving around Stockholm in a van no less.

Obtaining such performance comes in part because literally no one is using this network. Though even then, the use of bigger chunks of spectrum are said to be more apt at handling large traffic influxes while also keeping data throughput higher. With that said, Ericsson used 3 x 20MHz spectrum chunks aggregated into one gigantor 60MHz aggregated slab of spectrum, Ericsson multi-mode, multi-standard radio base station, the RBS 6000, and 8×8 MIMO technologies. As you’ll see in the video after the break, the end result is drool inducing if not a bit anticlimactic. Though we’re sure we’ll be singing a different one once commercial networks start going live in 2013.

Grab your goggles and hop on past the break…

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Via: Slashgear