5G EDITORIAL & GUEST OPINIONS
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![GettyImages-155287976_bidmoney]( "Who Should Get The Billions Collected From Spectrum Auctions?")
Who Should Get The Billions Collected From Spectrum Auctions?Spectrum auctions yield multi-billion dollar proceeds, but it's not always clear where the money ends up. Now, two parties are vying for a fraction of those funds, one with hopes of upgrading an aging 911 system and the other with providing internet know-how to underserved communities. Both potential recipients could provide vital resources to underserved communities.
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![insiders-view_wj.jpg]( "Massive MIMO EMF Exposure Estimation: Tools, Models, And Initial Measurements")
Massive MIMO EMF Exposure Estimation: Tools, Models, And Initial MeasurementsThe introduction of new wireless network technologies necessitates novel approaches to model and estimate the resulting electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure.
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![Access network example Bucket.jpg]( "Simplifying 5G Radio Design With A New Range Of 28 GHz Bandpass Filters")
Simplifying 5G Radio Design With A New Range Of 28 GHz Bandpass FiltersAs 5G innovation forges on, radio systems continue to emerge. Each system has a range of requirements, including specific RF filter performance needs, and it’s up to the 5G FR2 Ecosystem of suppliers to meet that demand. Knowles Precision Devices (KPD) supports a wide variety of 5G radio applications.
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![mike-geen-filtronic]( "What Can mmWave Do For 5G Backhaul?")
What Can mmWave Do For 5G Backhaul?The backhaul segment of the network is traditionally made up of the intermediate point-to-point links between the core (or backbone) network and the small subnetworks at the network edge, where the base stations are. Since 5G is aiming for multi-Gbps data rates for subscribers, all this data will need to be backhauled at much higher rates, too.
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![insiders-view-LD]( "Packaging For mmWave Devices — Why Do We Need It, And How Do We Do It?")
Packaging For mmWave Devices — Why Do We Need It, And How Do We Do It?Several package types can be used at mmWave frequencies, so the choice will depend on the specific application. However, some general design rules apply to all forms of packaging.
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![insiders-view_md-updated]( "5G Core Network – Architecture, Network Functions, and Interworking")
5G Core Network – Architecture, Network Functions, and InterworkingThis article is dedicated to describing the main components of the 5G Core Network -- as defined by the 3GPP – including an overview of the architecture, a description of the key individual network functions, and an example of 5G interworking with LTE.
5G NEWS FEATURES
FAA Issues Flight Notices As 5G Rollouts Stuck In Limbo
A week before the anticipated Jan. 19 rollout of enhanced 5G wireless services, the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) has issued a historically high 1,462 flight notices detailing the potential interference 5G may have on aircraft altimeters. As reported by Bloomberg and Reuters, these notices, called notices to air missions or NOTAMs, were issued to areas around major airports and hospitals with medical helicopter operations.
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![week-in-5G-graphic]( "The Week in 5G — Telecom & Aviation Sector Still Arguing Over Spectrum Use, Amazon Announces Private 5G")
The Week in 5G — Telecom & Aviation Sector Still Arguing Over Spectrum Use, Amazon Announces Private 5GThis week, despite proffers from both Verizon and AT&T, air safety officials are not keen on the pending deployment of 5G near airports. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is debuting a one-stop shop private 5G network. And, Japan is ready to test O-RAN next year ahead of a 2024 rollout.
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![week-in-5G-graphic]( "The Week in 5G — Canada Might Ban Huawei & 5G Makes Mining, Construction Sites Safer")
The Week in 5G — Canada Might Ban Huawei & 5G Makes Mining, Construction Sites SaferThis week, Huawei is back in the news after a former Australian PM urged Canadian officials to join a growing international ban on the Chinese-backed technology company. And as rollouts continue, applications abound for 5G, including remote operations of heavy machinery in coal mines and on construction sites. And finally, is the newness of 5G finally waning? Qualcomm thinks so. Find out why.
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![week-in-5G-graphic]( "The Week in 5G — Huawei Looks to Skirt U.S. Ban, Researchers Eye 5G For Charging & Imaging Applications")
The Week in 5G — Huawei Looks to Skirt U.S. Ban, Researchers Eye 5G For Charging & Imaging ApplicationsThis week in 5G, Huawei is reportedly looking for ways to get around U.S. restrictions by licensing its smartphone design to third parties, researchers are testing 5G as a power source for charging wearable devices, and the FAA and FCC are still at odds over whether 5G poses a threat to aircraft navigation systems.
5G NEWS
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![WBA_1_pHDSOY]( "Wireless Broadband Alliances Report Sets Out How Wi-Fi 6/6E Enables Industry 4.0")
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) today published “Wi-Fi 6/6E for Industrial IoT: Enabling Wi-Fi Determinism in an IoT World” to explore how Wi-Fi’s latest features are ideal for meeting the unique, demanding requirements for a wide variety of existing and emerging IIoT applications.
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Qorvo brings unique expertise for Defense and Aerospace, 5G, Wi-Fi, IoT, GaN, and V2X to connect people, places and things. Join us in person at IMS 2022 in Denver, booth #3030.
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Viavi Solutions Inc. today announced that it is supporting NTT DOCOMO, INC.’s 5G Open RAN Ecosystem (OREC). NTT DOCOMO has used the VIAVI TM500 Network Tester for base station testing from the early stages of 3G through to 5G, and has now adopted key elements of the company’s leading test suite for end-to-end testing of the entire O-RAN.
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Organized by CEA-Leti, the Joint EuCNC and 6G Summit Sees Telecom Sector as an ‘Enabler for a Sustainable World’. The hybrid conference will be four days of keynotes, panels, work sessions, and exhibits at the WTC Grenoble Convention Center.
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![press-release-image-alcan-transparent-antenna]( "ALCAN and AGC Develop Transparent Antenna For mmWave 5G Fixed Wireless Access")
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STL, an industry-leading integrator of digital networks, announced a collaboration with Analog Devices, Inc. to develop 5G Open RAN radio units (O-RU).
5G VIDEOS
The new components and technologies required for 5G deployments must provide reliable operation in the presence of real-world noise and interference. Noisecom noises sources generate the broadband noise required to do this type of benchmarking, enabling 5G development and deployment through quantifying component and system performance across the microwave and mmWave bands.
5G New Radio (NR) introduces key improvements on LTE, including more efficient modulation, waveform optimization, and scalable numerology – thus offering advantages such as low latency, faster speeds, and high reliability. In this video, learn about essential requirements for 5G base stations and 5G private network, as well as robust, customizable 5G NR solutions from CommAgility.
Learn more on how a full range of comprehensive testing solutions from Rohde & Schwarz can help you deploy high performance and reliable operations in 5G private networks across various industries, for humans (QoE) and machines (M-QoE) users.
Compatible with the previously released SKY67183-396LF and SKY67189-396LF, the SKY67181-396LF by Skyworks is a high gain LNA. Applications include small cells, massive MIMO, macro basestations, and more.
5G PRODUCTS
The SKY58211 Envelope Tracking Front-End Module (FEM) is a multimode multiband (MMMB) module with integrated Low Noise Amplifiers (LNAs), which supports 2.5G / 3G / 4G / 5G and CDMA handsets, and operates efficiently in WCDMA, HSPA, and LTE modes.
The SKY58085-11 Mid- and High Band Front-End Module (FEM) supports 3G / 4G / 5G mobile devices and operates efficiently in 3G / 4G /5G modes. The module has separate 3G / 4G / 5G PA blocks operating in the mid- and high bands, a silicon controller containing the MIPI RFFE interface, RF band switches, MB and HB antenna switches, bi-directional couplers, and integrated filters for Bands 1, 2, 3, 7, 34, 39, 40, and 41.
The QPG6100 is a multi-standard Smart Home Communications Controller for ultra-low power wireless communication for Connected lighting applications, switches and other Smart home end nodes, featuring Qorvo’s ConcurrentConnect™ technology; enabling Zigbee, Thread and Bluetooth® Low Energy to operate simultaneously in a single chip design.
The Qorvo QPF4532 is an integrated front end module (FEM) designed for Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) systems. The compact form factor and integrated matching minimizes layout area in the application.
5G WHITE PAPERS, APPLICATION NOTES, CASE STUDIES, & BROCHURES
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![car]( "5G NR V2X For Enhanced Automotive Communications")
As a humorous introduction, Rohde & Schwarz was motivated to write this white paper because vehicles are turning into “smartphones on wheels”, especially when considering the massive proliferation of wireless communications in automotive applications.
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![5GRadarAltIntGraphic_Option2]( "Assessing 5G Radar Altimeter Interference For Realistic Instrument Landing System Approaches")
In this whitepaper we use Remcom’s Wireless InSite 3D Wireless Prediction Software to simulate the level of interference received at the radar altimeter input port of a landing aircraft due to emissions from 5G base stations which are in the vicinity of the approach to runway 27L at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
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![coma]( "5G Private Networks Harness Arm Cores")
As well as the mobile networks we are all familiar with, wireless technologies have found numerous applications across industry, transport, military and satellite communications. In the past, many of these applications would have used proprietary network standards, but increasingly they are based around protocols from the commercial world.
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![sk]( "AN1307: Holdover In 5G Networks Using IEEE1588")
The document discusses the role of holdover and its evolution from legacy SONET/SDH networks, which depend on frequency synchronization up to modern 5G mobile telecommunication that rely on frequency, phase, and time synchronization using IEEE 1588.
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![5g GettyImages-1289482467]( "The Challenges Of Building A 5G Base Station")
To meet 3GPP specifications, a 5G New Radio (NR) implementation must meet demanding processing requirements and RF capabilities. Compared to LTE, this results in a need for higher performing, more flexible 5G NR hardware.
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![agguide]( "CommAgility 5G Capabilities Guide")
CommAgility is a developer of embedded signal processing and RF modules, and PHY/stack software, for 4G and 5G mobile network and related applications. Combining the latest DSP, FPGA and RF technologies with advanced, industry-leading software, CommAgility provides compact, powerful, and reliable products for integration into high performance test equipment, specialized radio and intelligence systems, and R&D demonstrators.
