Vodafone deploys Ericsson’s ‘single antenna technology’ for 5G push

UK operator Vodafone will begin rolling out new active-passive antenna from Ericsson, promising Massive MIMO for 5G mid-band.
The kit in question – Ericsson’s Interleaved AIR 3218 – combines an antenna-integrated radio and multiband passive antenna technology in one single enclosure, the chief benefit of which we are told is additional 5G capacity with no additional antenna footprint.
In terms of the technical details, we’re told the Interleaved AIR 3218 utilizes beam-thr