This article appeared in Microwaves & RF and has been published here with permission. When studying 5G NR operation, it’s not immediately obvious that 5G meets all of the objectives of the 3GPP ...

The RF front end (RFFE) is becoming increasingly complex in 5G designs due to the growing number of frequency bands. Subsequently, more antennas are required to deliver higher data rates while they ...

802.11n’s intimidating nomenclature contains such mysterious terms as MIMO, spatial streams and spatial multiplexing, which can quickly freeze a network manager’s brain. What do these specs really ...

Evolving communication systems are driving developments in the RF/microwave industry. The large umbrella of 5G focuses on supporting three main technologies: enhanced mobile broadband, which is the ...

Massive MIMO uses a large number of small antennas to create dedicated connections to multiple devices at once. In this case, the base station has 64×64 MIMO, or 64 antennas each for upstream and ...

Deutsche Telekom said it will be installing 5G small cell antennas made by Huber+Suhner on public telephone boxes, bus and streetcar shelters, walls, or on LED furniture. The deployment of small cells ...

Because the size of antennas is defined by wavelengths, higher frequencies mean smaller antennas, so a 64×64 system for more typical cellular frequencies would be too big to be practical. Sprint ...