LM960A18 series - LTE Cat 18 | PCI Express

The award winning LM960A18 is the first Gigabit LTE mobile data product explicitly designed for enterprise routers and appliances’ stringent requirements.

Features:

• standard mPCIe data card form factor
• LTE Cat 18: Exceptional high speed with data rates of up to 1.2 Gbps download and 150 Mbps upload
• support of 2xCA UL and up to 5xCA on DL with 4×4 MIMO, 256QAM
• ample LTE frequency band support
• up to four independent firmware images selectable at boot to support different network operator requirements

Gigabit LTE Data Card

The LM960A18 Mini PCI-Express (mPCIe) data card delivers high-speed data rates via LTE Advanced Pro [LTE-A Pro] and offers a cellular connection for products in network appliance environments. This data card is well suited for products that demand high throughput to provide the most advanced 4G LTE connectivity, ensuring a rich and seamless user experience.  

Based on LTE Category 18 (Cat 18). the LM960A18 mPCIe data card achieves download rates up to 1.2 Gbps with 4x4 MIMO +3 CA and 1 GBPS with 2x2 MIMO +5 CA. This product supports multiple RF bands and band combinations to accommodate global deployments. 

Key benefits:

• standard mPCIe data card form factor
• LTE Cat 18: Exceptional high speed with data rates of up to 1.2 Gbps download and 150 Mbps upload
• support of UL at 2xCA and up to 5xCA on DL with 4x4 MIMO, 256QAM
• ample LTE frequency band support
• up to four independent firmware images selectable at boot to support different network operator requirements
• 3G fallback technology
• private LTE support (including CBRS/OnGo)

Product features:

• form factor: mini-PCI express card type (mPCIe) revision 2.1
• chipset: Qualcomm SDX20
• data only module
• LTE Cat. 18 3GPP Rel. 12
  • up to 1.2 Gbps DL w/4x4 MIMO +3 CA
• HSDPA Cat 24, HSUPA Cat 8
• 4x4 MIMO on two contiguous carriers plus 2x2 MIMO on third carrier
• LAA up to 60 MHz
• UL 2xCA
• DL 5xCA
• USB drivers for Windows 7, 8.x, 10 and Linux (Kernel 4.1O)
• full GNSS support: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou

Hardware and electrical specification:

• dimensions: 50.95 x 30 x 2.8mm
• USB 2.0/3.0
• two selectable SIM cards
• GPIOs
• operating temperature range: -40 °C to +85 °C
• storage temperature range: -40 °C to +85 °C
• operating voltage: 3.1V - 3.6V (Typical 3.3V)

RF bands:

• LTE FDD: B1, B3, B25(B2), B66(B4), B26(B5/B18/B19), B7, B8, B12(B17), B13, B14(FirstNet), B20, B28, B29, B30, B32,B71
• LTE TDD: B38, B39, B40, B41, B42, B43, B46, B48 (CBRS/OnGo)
• 3G B1, B2, B4, B5(B19), B8, B9