Explore advanced antenna technologies, massive MIMO, beamforming, millimeter-wave communications, and spectrum management techniques that power 5G networks.
Massive MIMO equips base stations with dozens to hundreds of antenna elements that serve many users on the same time-frequency resource through spatial multiplexing, multiplying capacity and coverage.
Beamforming steers radio energy toward a specific user instead of radiating in all directions, raising signal strength and cutting interference; 5G combines analog and digital (hybrid) beamforming.
5G adds mmWave bands from 24 to 100 GHz that offer very wide bandwidth and multi-gigabit rates over short ranges, with beamforming compensating for the high path loss.
5G NR uses a flexible OFDM air interface with scalable numerology (subcarrier spacing) and carrier aggregation so it can operate across low, mid and high bands.