The infrastructure needed to deliver cost effective, reliable, and secure timing throughout cellular networks needs proper architecture, design, and management. Tighter time accuracy demands for 5G networking equipment requires reliable and robust timing architectures that guarantee network performance.
Omni outdoor antennas cover 5G low bands
Fairview Microwave Inc. has just released a new series of 5G outdoor-rated omnidirectional antennas that cover 4G, 5G, LTE, and CBRS bands. These small form factor omni antennas are the perfect solution when broad coverage is required but traditional base station antennas are too bulky or expensive. They support 6, 7, 8, and 10 dBi…
Brooklyn 6G: Sustainability is the goal
NYU brought its wireless symposium back to life, now called Brooklyn 6G. This 2½ hour virtual symposium focused on sustainability as the most important topic in next-generation networks.
Mitigate mmWave test costs in 5G smartphones
The economics of manufacturing test directly affect how you plan for the right number of test stations and test sites. Adding mmWave testing makes the difference.
Signal generator uses DDS to produce clean signals
The M9484C VXG signal generator from Keysight supports up to four independent channels for testing 5G and satellite receivers.
5G demands for 12 GHz spectrum call for consensus on testing
Before the testing begins, several policy and business issues need resolution. Stakeholders must agree on one testing methodology, which should combine modeling and real world measurements.
Positioning in 5G NR – A look at the technology and related test aspects
Positioning technologies will continue to play an essential role in future wireless communications systems. The influence of these technologies is transitioning from a “nice-to-have” approach in legacy networks, where positioning is supported as an additional service, to a “must-have” approach requiring resilient and reliable provisioning of location estimates that play a central role in the…
Orchestration at the edge reduces network latency
Edge computing brings benefits to users by reducing network latency, thus improving services, but needs management orchestration. Here, we demonstrate how orchestration improves latency in an automotive edge-computing use case by reallocating network resources. Multi-access edge computing (MEC), commonly called “edge computing,” moves data processing to the edge of communication networks. Bringing computing close to…
Battery backup chemistries for 5G small-cell sites
As the number of cell sites increase and their sizes decrease, engineers have options to consider for battery backup. Differing battery chemistries offer more choices and different performance levels. Selecting the right battery chemistry for each application is critical to ensure reliable, long lasting, and cost-effective power delivery.
Cloud-native automation of testing routines integrates data from across 5G network lifecycle to increase speed and accuracy
Infovista announced Precision Drive Testing to bring an ML/AI data-driven approach and automation to network testing, significantly reducing the cost and time of 5G network testing. The patent-pending Precision Drive Testing leverages 5G network, service and customer data, and ML/AI techniques to increase the speed and accuracy of the 5G testing process. Infovista’s cloud-based Precision…