vivo has launched its new Communications Network Laboratory in Dongguan, China. It leverages leading 5G infrastructure including base station and core network technologies and can flexibly adjust and simulate variable frequency ranges of global commercial 4G/5G networks.
The laboratory has received sizeable investment from vivo and its first of three construction phases was completed in cooperation with the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. Its new world-class facilities aim to lead a long-term technology innovation for robust development and to provide smartphone users with superior products and services.
Extreme conditions like weak signals, crowded streets, and high-speed movement can be examined in the lab and a great number of tests previously needed to be performed outdoors can now be accurately achieved in the lab to ensure strong performance on vivo smartphones in any scenario.
In addition to testing daily scenarios, engineers in the lab can simulate various commercial environments where a multitude of tasks such as gaming, video calling, and live streaming take place. Based on these conditions, an end-to-end verification method is applied with data intelligence and analysis, gathered for product optimization to continue to deliver the ultimate user experience.
The laboratory aims to ensure vivo smartphones can adapt to real-life complex network conditions. During the R&D cycle, thousands of engineering prototypes are tested in the new lab to guarantee that each device reaches the user with an excellent capability for signal transmission and data transfer, optimal power consumption, and stable performance.
In terms of system reliability and performance stability, a large-scale network stability test environment has been built in the lab to conduct a strict testing program of each smartphone, including more than 4,000 hours of uninterrupted power supply stress tests, more than 1,000 hours of data transfer tests, and more than 10,000 mobile original and terminated calls, respectively.
“The new Lab showcases vivo’s long-term perspective on innovation and sustained efforts in areas uneasily perceived by users on the strategic track of performance. Going forward, vivo will continue to increase its investments in fundamental technologies.” said Jingcai Liu, General Manager of Testing Technology and Reputation Management at vivo, “Being user-oriented, vivo is committed to four long-term strategic tracks: image system, operating system, industrial design and performance, dedicating to provide superior products and services that best meet user needs.”
