MulteFire

{{Short description|Extension of LTE technology into unlicensed bands}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}

MulteFire is an LTE-based technology that operates standalone in unlicensed and shared spectrum, including the global 5 GHz band.{{Cite news |url=https://www.qualcomm.com/news/onq/2015/06/11/introducing-multefire-lte-performance-wi-fi-simplicity |title=Introducing MulteFire: LTE-like performance with Wi-Fi-like simplicity {{!}} Qualcomm|work=Qualcomm|access-date=2018-08-29}} Based on 3GPP Release 13 and 14, MulteFire technology supports "listen-before-talk "for co-existence with Wi-Fi and other technologies operating in the same spectrum. It supports private LTE and neutral host deployment models.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rcrwireless.com/20180529/network-infrastructure/lte/multefire-industrial-iot-tag17-tag99 |title=Understanding MulteFire for industrial IoT |website=rcrwireless.com |date=29 May 2018 |access-date=2018-08-29}} Target vertical markets include industrial IoT, enterprise, cable, and various other vertical markets.

The MulteFire Release 1.0 specification{{Cite web |url=https://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/multefire-alliance-wraps-up-release-1-0-specification |title=MulteFire Alliance wraps up Release 1.0 specification {{!}} FierceWireless|website=www.fiercewireless.com|date=17 January 2017 |access-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830073800/https://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/multefire-alliance-wraps-up-release-1-0-specification|archive-date=2018-08-30|url-status=live}} was developed by the MulteFire Alliance, an industry consortium promoting it. Release 1.0 was published to MulteFire Alliance members in January 2017 and was made publicly available in April 2017. The MulteFire Alliance is currently working on Release 1.1{{Cite web |url=https://www.rcrwireless.com/20180404/internet-of-things/multefire-industrial-iot-enterprise-in-building-tag17-tag99 |title=MulteFire for industrial IoT and enterprise in-building use cases |website=rcrwireless.com |date=4 April 2018 |access-date=2018-08-29}} which will add further optimizations for IoT and new spectrum bands.

The MulteFire Alliance grew to more than 40 members in 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://www.multefire.org/our-members/ |title=Our Members {{!}} MulteFire|website=www.multefire.org|access-date=2018-08-29}} Its board members{{Cite web |url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/softbank-joins-multefire-alliance-board--1255153 |title=SoftBank joins MulteFire Alliance board |website=telecompaper.com |access-date=2018-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830073821/https://www.telecompaper.com/news/softbank-joins-multefire-alliance-board--1255153 |archive-date=2018-08-30 |url-status=live }} include Boingo Wireless, CableLabs, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia, Qualcomm and SoftBank Group.