5G/6G

Viavi Solutions has unveiled significant enhancements to its RF field test portfolio to enable service providers, network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) and contractors to accelerate the deployment and management of both 5G and legacy LTE radio access networks (RAN).

5G network challenges will be categorically more complex than anything currently in production. Many factors contribute to this situation. For one, 5G networks promise to be incredibly dense compared to 4G. A single standard 4G macrocell can serve an area of approximately 25 square kilometers, whereas, with 5G, it will take 20 or more cells, with their respective antennas and RAN hardware, to cover the same area. When 5G traffic goes indoors, the...

Soitec has announced a business agreement with Qualcomm Technologies, on the supply of piezoelectric-on-insulator (POI) engineered substrates for 4G and 5G RF filters. Soitec’s piezoelectric-on-insulator substrate brings strong value proposition to smartphones’ 5G filters for mass markets.

The biggest changes that we are likely to see as 4G gives way to 5G include higher speeds, lower latency, and the ability to connect more devices at once. The benefits of 5G aren’t limited to its use however, and Qualcomm is predicting a $12.3tn economic boost worldwide, with 22 million new jobs thanks to both the infrastructure and technological developments required by 5G. 

Advantech has announced its new FWA-1112VC network appliance which introduces a series of innovative features to its widely adopted range of entry and mid-level white boxes for software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) and universal Customer Premises Equipment (uCPE).

In August 2006, Google’s then-CEO Eric Schmidt first used the phrase 'cloud computing'. Even those immersed in enterprise IT for years were taken aback by what this revolutionary approach could mean for business as usual. Needless to say, this transformative way of storing, analysing, and accessing data and applications changed the face of business. By Martin Walder, Vice President of Industrial Automation at Schneider ...

The 5G market is expanding rapidly, with the first installations already being demonstrated. The increasing deployment of 5G will generate innovation and growth opportunities in thermal management. The shift to higher frequencies, and the accompanied higher signal loss, necessitates the densification of network installations, hence, utilising many more small-sized (pico or femto) stations. This acts to multiply the potential market for 5G infrast...

Viavi Solutions has announced that it has expanded its NITRO Mobile assurance portfolio with two new solutions – GEOperformance 5G and Coverage Assurance 5G. The two solutions give operators a 3D geolocation view of 5G coverage and subscriber experience, allowing them to transform 5G RAN planning and performance engineering.

The ADMV1013 and ADMV1014 upconverter and downconverter devices from Analog Devices are available now at distributor Anglia Components.

5G mMTC (Massive Machine Type Communication) is designed to provide a cheap and robust simultaneous connection to billions of devices and modules over wired or wireless networks without overloading the network.