5G/6G

Qingdao Hisense Communication has selected Keysight's 5G test platform to validate the performance of its 5G designs and accelerate the market introduction of high-quality 5G devices, including smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.

Xilinx has announced that the Xilinx Versal adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP) will be utilised by Samsung Electronics for worldwide 5G commercial deployments. Xilinx Versal ACAPs provide a universal, flexible and scalable platform that can address multiple operator requirements across multiple geographies.

The Essentra Components Knowledge Centre contains a wealth of information for engineers including this guidance document concerning installation of 5G equipment in the mobility, healthcare, agriculture and telecoms industries.

As part of its effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, China is using 5G patrol robots developed by Guangzhou Gosuncn Robot using Advantech technology to monitor mask wearing and body temperatures in public places.

Silicon Labs has introduced a comprehensive Power over Ethernet (PoE) portfolio that reduces the cost and complexity of adding 90W PoE to power sourcing equipment (PSE) and powered devices (PD). The new 90 W PoE portfolio complies with the IEEE 802.3bt standard, which more than doubles standard PoE power and expands the capabilities of wireless access points and IoT wireless gateways.

Infineon Technologies has extended its embedded SIM (eSIM) portfolio with the new OPTIGA Connect eSIM solution for mobile consumer devices. This solution fully supports all GSMA standards from 3G to 5G and securely authenticates the device to the subscribed carrier network of choice. 

Thirty seven percent of mobile operators say they will begin deploying 5G standalone (SA) within the next two years, according to a new worldwide survey of 41 mobile operators released by Enea. The survey reveals how operators are addressing 5G architecture, edge deployment, and a network data layer.

Renesas has introduced a next-generation wideband mmWave synthesiser with the highest performance and a set of features optimised for 5G and broadband wireless applications.

NEC Corporation and Mavenir have announced a collaboration to deliver a 5G Open vRAN (virtualised RAN) Solution to the Japanese Enterprise Market. This will open up Local/Private 5G Network opportunities for enterprises, regional authorities and other organisations.

Wind River software powers the majority of 5G RAN deployments today.