The groups hope to kickstart 5G RAN xApp research with the new tool
Mavenir has announced the release of ns-O-RAN, an open-source Open RAN simulator developed with researchers at Northeastern University’s Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIoT). Mavenir claims it’s the first open-source platform for end-to-end...
When it comes to 5G, no band is perfect. In low bands, 5G coverage is maximized and cell sizes can be quite large, the performance of 5G New Radio is limited because of smaller available channel bandwidths. Meanwhile, high-band, millimeter-wave 5G deployments have a...
First came the challenge program focused on exploring autonomous, real-time spectrum sharing. Now, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has put together a new program aimed at supporting the foundational computing for more intelligent and capable radios.
Amid current policy conversations about what a...
EXFO is now offering service assurance and analytics through Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company's Adaptive Service Assurance (ASA) test solution and advanced analytics reporting module is available to AWS customers in support of 5G networks; EXFO says that the module provides "segmented and...
Test and measurement equipment makter Rohde & Schwarz has unveiled a new oscilloscope series that it says has the world's fastest real-time update rate and enables engineers to "see more signal detail and infrequent events than with any other oscilloscope."
The new R&S MXO...
Open6G initiative is a cooperative industry/university/government research effort
The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting an industry/university/government collaboration at Northeastern University focused on fundamental research on future 6G systems and related technologies, including spectrum sharing, the use of artificial intelligence for interference mitigation and control,...
New Netscout report says botnets are "more potent than ever before"
Geopolitical tensions involving Russia and Ukraine are being reflected in cyberattacks, while botnets "continue to evolve at a frightening pace," according to a new security report from Netscout.
Netscout, which draw the anonymized...
All enterprise eyes are on the development and deployment of private 5G cellular networks, as businesses seek new flexibility and capabilities that traditional IT infrastructure has not delivered.
But how do you know that your private network is delivering on the promise of 5G?
It all...
"Some speeds have shown signs of slowing down from their initial launches," Ookla says of Starlink service
Starlink's commercial success is causing network slowdowns, benchmarking company Ookla concludes in new analysis, as new customers result in a heavier network load and slower speeds for the...
Some fascinating possibilities in this research testing presented in a paper this week at the 2022 European Conference on Optical Communications in Switzerland: Lightwave Logic, Polariton Technologies and ETH Zurich successfully demonstrated a 250 GHz, super-high bandwidth electro-optical-electrical (EOE) link combining electro-optic polymers and...
Rohde & Schwarz says it is the first test company with an over-the-air test system that is CTIA-authorized for multiple angles-of-arrival (AoA) testing, which is an important aspect of 5G device performance in millimeter-wave bands.
R&S said that testing multiple angles of arrival is...
In an increasingly complex and technology driven market, mobile network operators and infrastructures are facing the challenges of reducing costs and increasing competitiveness. At the same time, investments in infrastructure and resources are required to ensure the successful rollout of new services and technologies...
Keysight Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with IBM focused on supporting Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) deployments in Europe. IBM plans to use Keysight's tools for Open RAN testing and emulation at its Open RAN center of excellence in Madrid, Spain,...
Recent NI report identifies a performance gap between companies with "advanced" data strategies
Digital transformation as a concept has been floating around enterprise and industrial circles for some time. But it's still not necessarily a given that companies are successfully pursuing it and have a...
It isn’t too soon to start getting ready for 6G. Download the white paper that provides an inside look at how Keysight and Nokia are investigating the sub-terahertz spectrum to power the bandwidth needed to make 6G technology real. Ready to tackle 6G?
Keysight Technologies is looking to speed up semiconductor device design with some additions to its flagship Pathwave design suite. The company announced this week that it has bolstered automation in a new model generator environment aimed at semiconductor device modeling engineers, who put together...
The Open RAN RIC will bring CI/CD processes to telecom
Although 5G still has a long tail of innovation left as it advanced to 5G Advanced with Release 18, there’s already material work happening focused on framing what its predecessor, 6G, will look like. One...
155 megahertz of spectrum was aggregated in the tests on T-Mo's network in California
Three component-carrier TDD-FDD carrier aggregation (3CCA) results in better spectral efficiency in 5G, but there are some interesting anomalies in play in regards to devices and spectrum, according to recent testing...
Keysight beat the upper end of its revenue guidance
Keysight Technologies exceeded its own expectations on revenue during its fiscal third quarter, with company revenues up 10% year-over-year to $1.38 billion.
Profits for the quarter were $338 million, up from $254 million in the year-ago...
Amazon Prime Air has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission for drone testing over the next two years, using millimeter-wave spectrum. The company, which plans to launch drone delivery in two cities this year, wants to conduct testing at three other U.S. locations....
PCTel saw its revenues grow more than 15% compared to the same time last year, to $25 million, and the testing equipment and antenna company generated profits for the second quarter of $400,000.
David Neumann, CEO of PCTel, said that the company has expanded its...
The immersive lab, a partnership between the FirstNet Authority and NIST's PSCR, enables both training and tech R&D
During the Marshall Fire, which burned around 1,000 homes in small towns west of Boulder, Colorado in late December 2021, the First Responder Network Authority's technical quarters...
TCO reduction and vendor diversification are Open RAN deployment drivers
For part of the recent Open RAN European Forum, RCR Wireless News surveyed 100 members of our audience to gain a better understanding of how they’re thinking about Open RAN deployment. Top motivations include...
5G RF planning helps to drive Netscout's quarterly revenue
Network assurance and security company Netscout reported revenue gains of nearly 10% for the quarter ending June 30 and narrowed its net loss compared to a year ago.
President and CEO Anil Singhal told analysts on...
