5G/6G

Following widespread international attention, the 5GFWD – Oulu 5G Innovation Challenge is reaching its climax on the 9th June 2016 as the Grand Prix award worth €10,000 is given out. The recipient of this award is revealed at the Midnight Pitch event in Oulu, Finland.

MACOM Technology Solutions has announced that it has commenced sample shipments of its highly integrated E-Band transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx) modules, the MAMF-011057 and the MADC-011014, designed to enable the emerging wideband cellular backhaul and 5G millimeterwave market needs. Helping to accelerate the evolution to higher capacity backhaul, MACOM’s surface mountable E-Band Tx and Rx modules simplify the design and manufacturing of...

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), comprising seven telecommunications standard development organisations, will soon choose among channel models to adopt as testing standards for 5G cellular systems. However, a new study by Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport, the Ernst Weber/David Lee professor of electrical engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and founding director of NYU WIRELESS, suggests that the three-parameter "alpha-beta-ga...

Solar powered drones could play a key role in delivering global 5G wireless communications in the years ahead. The feasibility of this was demonstrated this week when the Solar Impulse 2, a Swiss experimental long range aircraft powered by solar panels, flew from Hawaii to California in 62 hours – a journey of 4,000 miles.

The quest for a 1,000-fold capacity enhancement alongside higher data rates for 5G wireless networks is the subject of intense international academic and industrial research. Two engineers from the University of Bristol's Communication Systems and Networks (CSN) group, who are leaders in this field, have been invited to discuss the future of wireless communications in Brussels and Brooklyn (US).

NEC announced the successful completion of a PoC trial with KT for a 5G wireless backhaul solution that utilizes E-Band spectrum (70-80GHz). The PoC was conducted at Phoenix Park Ski World in PyeongChang, South Korea, using KT's commercial mobile network infrastructure. KT aims to launch 5G trial services in 2018. This PoC is based on a collaboration agreement in the field of 5G networks signed between KT and NEC in August 2015.

Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València have devised and configured a the latest 5G radio access system for intervehicular communication. The system is intended to improve road safety in a future scenario where 5G technologies are the norm. A continuation of the METIS project, METIS-II is an international project funded by the European Commission under Horizon2020 to research the efficient integration and use of var...

SK Telecom has announced that it, together with Samsung Electronics, had successfully tested its 5G system at 28GHz in the outdoor environment. 5G Millimeter Wave technologies applied to the test include transmitter, receiver and antenna technologies designed to effectively transmit radio signals in the 28GHz band, as well as 3D beamforming, which is the key technology that compensates radio propagation path loss in the higher frequency bands cau...

Rohde & Schwarz has signed an agreement with China Mobile Research Institute to cooperate on the evolution from 4G towards 5G within the China Mobile 5G Innovation Centre project. As a new partner of the 5G Innovation Centre, Rohde & Schwarz will actively accelerate the progress of 5G standardisation and its infrastructure and foster 4G+/5G innovations for test solutions and industry ecosystem support.

Nokia is transforming Telefonica's network with its IP core and virtualised service router technology along with its services expertise to meet growing customer demand for high performance data and HD video. The next-gen infrastructure also lays the groundwork for Ultra HD video, cloud, 5G and IoT services.