Besides testing 5G, T-Mobile will expose smartphones to extreme heat, cold, and test out the software.
What you need to know
T-Mobile has a it just opened to test 5G, 4G LTE, 3G, LAA, Narrowband IoT, smartphones, and more. The new facility is located in Bellevue, Washington in the middle of T-Mobile's Launch Pad innovation center and includes more than a dozen testing areas.
This is where T-Mobile will test out its 5G spectrum with specialized rooms such as the Sub-6GHz 5G Radio Performance Chamber and the 5G Millimeter-Wave Antenna Range rooms.
The Sub-6GHz 5G Radio Performance Chamber houses more than 50 antennas at different angles to test the signal quality to make certain that, "T-Mobile's nationwide 600 MHz 5G spectrum has the best and biggest coverage possible."
In the 5G Millimeter-Wave Antenna Range room, T-Mobile engineers test the high-band spectrum, "which requires extreme precision when connecting to a device due to its very small wavelength." These tests will help ensure that a phone in motion will stay connected.
Besides testing out its own network, the new T-Mobile device lab will test out the software and hardware of devices ranging from smartphones to IoT devices — pretty much anything that will connect to its network now and in the future.
In the software lab, T-Mobile uses machines to simulate a week's worth of usage in only 24 hours.
The hardware testing room is where all the fun happens, though. In here, T-Mobile has some rigs to put devices through extreme tests.
What you need to know
- T-Mobile has opened a new 20,000 square foot device lab to test its network and connected devices.
- Located in Bellevue Washington, it has more than a dozen rooms with many of them dedicated to 5G testing.
- Machines will be used to test devices, simulating a week's worth of usage in just 24 hours.
T-Mobile has a it just opened to test 5G, 4G LTE, 3G, LAA, Narrowband IoT, smartphones, and more. The new facility is located in Bellevue, Washington in the middle of T-Mobile's Launch Pad innovation center and includes more than a dozen testing areas.
This is where T-Mobile will test out its 5G spectrum with specialized rooms such as the Sub-6GHz 5G Radio Performance Chamber and the 5G Millimeter-Wave Antenna Range rooms.
The Sub-6GHz 5G Radio Performance Chamber houses more than 50 antennas at different angles to test the signal quality to make certain that, "T-Mobile's nationwide 600 MHz 5G spectrum has the best and biggest coverage possible."
In the 5G Millimeter-Wave Antenna Range room, T-Mobile engineers test the high-band spectrum, "which requires extreme precision when connecting to a device due to its very small wavelength." These tests will help ensure that a phone in motion will stay connected.
Besides testing out its own network, the new T-Mobile device lab will test out the software and hardware of devices ranging from smartphones to IoT devices — pretty much anything that will connect to its network now and in the future.
In the software lab, T-Mobile uses machines to simulate a week's worth of usage in only 24 hours.
The hardware testing room is where all the fun happens, though. In here, T-Mobile has some rigs to put devices through extreme tests.