5G EDITORIAL & GUEST OPINIONS
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Simplifying Smart Homes: Learn How Matter, Thread And Wi-Fi Are Revolutionizing IoT Connectivity
Matter and Thread enable smarter, more secure, and interoperable homes by simplifying IoT connectivity, reducing fragmentation, and providing a future-proof, low-power, and self-healing network solution.
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Miniaturized Antennas, Metasurfaces, And AI: mmWave's New Era
Breakthroughs in antennas, metasurfaces, and AI are transforming mmWave networks, enabling more dependable and high-capacity wireless connectivity for dense and dynamic environments.
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The Hidden Technology Behind History's Greatest Communication Breakthroughs
Test and measurement technologies have fundamentally transformed how humanity connects, navigates, and operates in the modern world.
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Breakthroughs And Connections: Highlights From IMS2025 At The Moscone Center
IMS2025 in San Francisco brought together global RF and microwave leaders for a week of innovation, networking, and industry-firsts. Next stop: Boston 2026.
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The Promise And Challenges Of V2V Communication
Connected vehicles have the potential to improve an individual’s driving experience. But could connecting vehicles – allowing them to share information about their speed, location, and intended maneuvers – lead to a reduction in accidents, smoother traffic flow, and more efficient use of road space?
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How Drones Are Transforming Landmine Removal
Drone technology combined with AI is revolutionizing landmine clearance, making it faster, safer, and more cost-effective while overcoming challenges of accuracy and terrain limitations.
5G NEWS FEATURES

Back Channel presents the most captivating news and innovations in RF and microwaves. This week, we look at some AOC news, the successful test flight of an electric motor drive on a hybrid electric aircraft, a life well lived, and more.
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Back Channel — New Composite Safer Than SPE, Taiwan Making Inroads Into Global Space Supply Chain, China “Most Immediate Threat” In Weaponizing Space Technology, And More
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Back Channel — New Phase Shifter Using Liquid Gallium Alloy Yields Impressive Results, Smaller Smartphones?, Exploring The Dark Ages Of The Universe, And More
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Back Channel — Using Radar To Predict Falls, The Dark Side Of The Moon, Name The Mascot!, And More
Back Channel presents the most captivating news and innovations in RF and microwaves. This week, Keysight Technologies acquires Cliosoft, AOC opens registration for Cyber/Electronic Warfare Convergence 2023 Conference, how RF can bring cheap internet to Kenya, and more.
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Back Channel — The Shortest Electron Pulses Ever, New EW Warfare Device Causing Concern Among Ukrainian Forces, AR Headset Gives Wearer X-ray Vision, And More
Back Channel presents the most captivating news and innovations in RF and microwaves. This week, we look at the projected growth of the RF Interconnect market, explore hidden universes, celebrate Hispanic visionaries, and more.
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Back Channel — Pressure To Design In Tighter Spaces, World's First Advanced-Ready 5G Modem RF Chip, 3D Lightning, And More
Back Channel presents the most captivating news and innovations in RF and microwaves. This week, we explore a couple of markets, congratulate an NSF CAREER award winner, and more.
5G NEWS
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Faststream’s new DFE SoC combines hardened Digital Front End (DFE) blocks with adaptive logic DFE solution incorporating CFR, DPD, an integrated direct RF sampling transceiver and enables more processing per channel.
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Rohde & Schwarz has conducted a channel-sounding measurement campaign performed in an urban micro scenario as well as an indoor scenario at 158 GHz and 300 GHz on the Rohde & Schwarz campus in Munich, Germany to understand the propagation characteristics of THz frequencies.
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Rohde & Schwarz submitted its latest 5G NR protocol conformance test cases to the Global Certification Forum (GCF) at the GCF CAG#72 meeting in October 2022 and successfully passed verification.
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The voice and audio analysis expert HEAD acoustics has decided in favor of the 5G test solution from Rohde & Schwarz for verification of voice and audio services of 5G mobile devices.
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A Wireless Broadband Alliance cross-industry survey reveals Wi-Fi 7 is a top global priority to supercharge Wi-Fi capabilities and drive new IIoT use cases.
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Spectrum Surveyor from TCI enables regulators to proactively and continuously monitor frequencies, with a centralized sensor approach suited for the evolving digital landscape.
5G WHITE PAPERS, APPLICATION NOTES, CASE STUDIES, & BROCHURES
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Qorvo enables seamless 5G connectivity through advanced RF solutions, supporting applications from small cells to fixed wireless access, with a focus on mmWave technology.
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The metaverse, XR and 5G/6G wireless networks are interconnected. Advanced wireless networks are essential for unlocking the full potential of the metaverse and XR.
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Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) offer potential benefits for future wireless communications, including improved coverage, energy efficiency, and security.
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5G presents new challenges for device testing due to its complexity and advanced RF components. This poster provides an overview of 5G testing stages, highlighting opportunities and challenges.
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mmWave 5G is crucial for 5G's full potential. Innovative mmWave technology has made it commercially viable by offering high-performance, cost-effective solutions.
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5G small cells require high-performance, integrated components to operate at mmWave frequencies. These small cells are crucial for expanding 5G coverage and meeting growing data demands.