LitePoint focused on testing Open RAN MIMO radio units as a whole rather than antenna-by-antenna
As operators look to maximize spectrum utilization and deliver strong quality of experience to users, multi-antenna MIMO radio units have become mainstays in global radio access networks (RANs). LitePoint has...
Ericsson sustainable smart 5G site brings together solar generation, lithium-ion batteries, hybrid energy management and more for opex reduction
Operators are facing two fundamental challenges: first, the global economy is predicated on the idea that durable, long-term growth is imperative and achievable; however, operators are...
A recent benchmark study conducted by Signals Research Group (SRG) on behalf of Samsung Networks uncovered substantial capacity gains for 5G networks achieved with multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) radio technology. Using Samsung's market-leading 64T64R C-band Massive MIMO radios and virtualized radio access network (vRAN) solution...
With industry consensus around the Cat-B ULPI open fronthaul interface standard, the Open RAN ecosystem is ready to scale with massive MIMO support
Open RAN is often described as a movement that reinvents the radio access network (RAN) as a platform for innovation but, at...
This month marked a significant milestone in the decade-long 5G technology evolution. After many months of intense discussions leading up to the final 3GPP RAN Plenary meeting of 2023, which took place in the historic city of Edinburgh, the scope of 5G Advanced Release...
Deploying massive MIMO for mid-band 5G presents the opportunity to massively reduce per site power consumption and system-level energy efficiency
While there isn’t anything magical that happens when a new year starts, it does represent the opportunity to renew focus, refresh ambition and revisit priorities....
Spectrum is the backbone that carries all voice and data in wireless communications. It is a finite resource needed to connect virtually everything around us — smartphones, cars, laptops and the Internet of Things (IoT). However, available spectrum suitable for wide-area communications is becoming...
We are still discovering how 5G will transform our lives. With unprecedented speeds and decreased latency, society will benefit from innovative connected experiences, the Internet of things, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
While many have the luxury of reacting to 5G, communications service providers (CSPs)...
Major Tier 1 operators are using Samsung’s cloud-native vRAN, including Open RAN, in greenfield and brownfield networks
From distributed, to centralized and now to virtualized RAN, operators are re-architecting radio networks to set the stage for dynamic, software-centric operations. And based on commercial deployments from...
The second phase of 5G helps maximize operator investments while setting the stage for 6G
The first phase of 5G is largely complete and already delivering impactful new consumer and enterprise experiences. Looking to the coming years, with the transition from 5G to 5G Advanced...
Over 75% of CSPs say that Open RAN or Open Architectures are critical to future network operations. Open RAN is being tested and deployed by operators worldwide and is expected to take 15% of the RAN market by 2026 (3), demonstrating a savings of...
The wake-up signal was first introduced in 3GPP Release 15
In 3GPP Release 15, a paging signal sent over the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) that “wakes up” a user device from an idle state so that can prepare to receive data was first introduced....
Qualcomm noted that further enhanced massive MIMO was one of the key areas of improvement in Rel-17
According to a report by Ericsson, Rel-17 MIMO enhancements address four areas: Beam management; multiple transmission and reception points (mTRP) for ultra-reliable, low-latency communication (URLLC); mTRP for enhanced...
Release 17 completion dates were initially expected in 2021 but the process was delayed due to the pandemic
Together with enhancements aimed at existing use cases such as mobile broadband, industrial automation and vehicle-to-everything, 3GPP Release 17 introduces support for new ones including public safety,...
Sub-band full-duplex, Giga MIMO, sub-THz and the march to the Terabit-per-second era
At its campus in Southern California, Qualcomm Technologies’ R&D team demonstrated how advanced Massive MIMO technologies like sub-band full-duplex (SBFD) and Giga-MIMO will continue to drive wide-area 5G adoption, help operators make the...
02 March 2022, Shenzhen, China - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, today has launched its RIS (Reconfigurable Intelligent metaSurface) solution at MWC 2022.
The company takes the lead in applying...
Wi-Fi 6 offers a host of advanced features, such as OFDMA, MU-MIMO, target wake time, 1024 quadrature amplitude modulation mode and transmit beamforming.
The Wi-Fi Alliance predicted that the certification of Wi-Fi 6 at the end of 2019 would mark a significant inflection point in...
Taoglas CEO pushing to shorten IoT design cycle and get customers ‘to market on time, the first time’
The growing understanding and popularity of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions has led to exceptional growth for antenna and IoT solution provider Taoglas. Co-founder and joint CEO...
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What are the main benefits of Coordinated Multipoint?
In future cellular networks, the demand for very high capacity is expected to grow at a quick pace, casting challenging requirements to the...
The new Ericsson Cloud RAN offering includes support for 5G mid-band and Massive MIMO deployments
With help from Intel, Ericsson has extended its Cloud RAN (Radio Access Network) offering to include support for 5G mid-band and massive MIMO deployments. Ericsson’s expanded portfolio will leverage Intel’s...
Midband (or C-band) is considered the “waterfront property” of RF spectrum for 5G. It offers the best compromise between RF coverage and RF bandwidth, and with 100 MHz of bandwidth, C-band can truly enable the highly hyped enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) use cases. Yet,...
Our R&D focus to unlock the next chapter of 5G and the 5G technology demonstrations you can expect to see at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2021
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The past 12 months has seen many challenges, and the mobile ecosystem had to adapt to new working environments...
