Rohde & Schwarz and MediaTek collaborate on testing 5G: mm-waves for 5G radio access and over-the-air testing concepts for massive MIMO antenna arrays.
MWC: Rohde & Schwarz, MediaTek collaborate on 5G wireless comms
Communications
MWC: Rohde & Schwarz drives 5G test in the 28GHz band
It seems likely that the first 5G network deployments will be in the 28GHz band in the US and South Korea. This jump in frequency, bandwidth and complexity for design of the radio access network will require new test capabilities, says Rohde & Schwarz, which will show its 5G coverage measurement demonstrator at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week. ...
MWC: Cobham to demo first software-defined 5G phone simulator
Cobham Wireless will demonstrate what it claims is industry’s first software-defined 5G user equipment (UE) simulator, based on Verizon’s open 5G standard and down-linking at up to 10Gbit/s, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – and it has an IoT simulator – see below. “Virtualising the solution provides operators with the flexibility to test technology and share hardware, software and licenses ...
Internet attacks more than double in a year
Large-scale distributed denial of service (DDoS) internet attacks increased 140% year-over-year from Q4 2015, according to the Q4 2016 ‘state of the internet’ security report from Massachusetts content delivery network firm Akamai Technologies, which carries a significant proportion of global web traffic. It uses data gathered by its own software to analyse threats to cloud security and discover seasonal trends. ...
Cypress makes HDMI over USB-C possible
The first HDMI Alternate Mode cable, which allows phones, cameras and set-top boxes with USB-C video outputs to connect with HDMI port-equipped displays, including HD and 4K TVs
Microchip certifies zigbee with PRO and Green Power
Microchip claims an industry first combining Zigbee PRO and Green Power features in a platform, and getting it certified by the Zigbee Alliance.
Qualcomm addresses 5G radio ecosystem with TDK
Qualcomm and TDK complete their Singapore-based joint venture developing and manufacturing RF components for mobile devices.
Low-power chip modulator has THz potential
A novel slot waveguide with tunable, two-dimensional electron gas could form the basis of a room temperature THz modulator
ETSI sets standards for smart city data context
The vast amount of data created by a smart city data risks being of limited use unless it is supported by context, according to European standards body ETSI, which is attempting to formalise contextual information. ETSI said: Data without context are meaningless. The context seems obvious to humans: the temperature sensor is attached to an air-conditioner in the house, the ...
CES: Small cell deployment on the agenda
5G mobile technology groups – Small Cell Forum (SCF) and 5G Americas – have worked together on tech papers to support the deployment of small cells. The reports, Small Cell Siting: Regulatory and Deployment Considerations and Multi-Operator and Neutral Host Small Cells: Drivers, Architectures, Planning and Regulation, are hoped to simplify the planning and regulatory issues associated with the dense Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) deployments that will ...
