5G/6G
5G toolkit incorporating demands for radio base station testing
Specialist in radio base station and wireless test and performance evaluations, GTT (Gefle Testteknik), a part of Bluetest, has announced the launch of its new 5G NR DL Toolkit with BER/BLER functionality in a global deployment with an undisclosed telecom manufacturer.
5G Standalone connection test successfully completed
Successful 5G Standalone (SA) connection testing has been completed using Anritsu’s Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A and a mobile smartphone form-factor test device from Qualcomm Technologies, including the company’s 5G modem and antenna modules with integrated RF transceiver, RF front-end and antenna elements.
Duo collaborate to accelerate 5G handset development
OPPO, a leading mobile device manufacturers, has selected Keysight Technologies’ 5G New Radio (NR) network emulation solutions for protocol and radio frequency (RF) performance validation in sub-6GHz frequency bands (FR1). The Chinese-based smartphone manufacturer is targeting commercial release of its first 5G mobile device in 2019.
First prototype 5G smartphone
TIM, together with Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies has successfully completed the first 5G connection in Italy on TIM’s live network using the country’s first 5G prototype smartphone.
5G TV trials pass important milestones
Project partners Rohde & Schwarz and Kathrein have reached two important milestones of the 5G TODAY research project. On December 4, a Rohde & Schwarz transmitter successfully went into operation at Bayerischer Rundfunk’s (BR) Wendelstein transmitter station.
What’s Best? WiFi 6 (802.11ax) or 5G?
Every time a new cellular phone standard comes out, we see new claims about the “end of WiFi.” When 3G was announced, the promise was that it would make WiFi (802.11b) redundant, which clearly turned out to be incorrect. With 4G (LTE), this story repeated itself and claimed it would put WiFi (802.11ac) in the shredder. And now the 5G message is that it will cover both the inside and outside of homes and buildings. It’s almost as...
How do 5G NR devices identify the network?
Without an LTE connection, there is no 5G NR connection possible.
Deutsche Telekom prepares LTE-M market roll-out in 2019
Deutsche Telekom is preparing the roll-out of its 5G-ready LTE-M technology in 2019 with the accelerated development of LTE-M solutions. The company has unveiled the finalists of the hubraum LTE-M Prototyping program at a summit in Vienna, Austria. The initiative was established by Deutsche Telekom’s in-house tech incubator hubraum in cooperation with its ICT services arm T-Systems. It builds on already implemented prototyping programs for ...
Smart-City project for air pollution monitoring system in India
In a smart-city project to help the city of Kakinada, India, to monitor both air-and-noise pollution and other environmental hazards, Kerlink, a specialist in solutions dedicated to the IoT, and Oizom, an environmental-monitoring-system provider, have announced that Kerlink’s Wirnet Stations are powering Oizom’s comprehensive, ambient air-quality monitoring system, Polludrone, in that city.
Will 5G really be so different after all?
The wireless research arm of Rethink Technology Research, RAN Research, has released a new report ‘5G Deployment Trends 2018-2025 ‘Will 5G really be so different after all?’. It shows the mounting tensions in the 5G world; vendors are emphasising new business models, and trying to enable them, while operator spending plans, show they are more worried about sustaining the growth curve on mobile broadband.