5G Requires Rethinking Deployment Strategies

5G Requires Rethinking Deployment Strategies
by Tom Simon on 03-10-2022 at 6:00 am

5G RAN architecture

5G’s Departure from Its Predecessors

In each move from 1G to 4G people became accustomed to seeing the new generation as primarily offering increased bandwidth and efficiency. It would be a mistake to view the transition to 5G along these same lines. 5G takes Radio Area Networks (RANs) from a use model primarily for cell phone communications… Read More


Implications of LTE in the 5 GHz Band

Implications of LTE in the 5 GHz Band
by Maury Wood on 11-02-2015 at 4:00 pm

Back in December 2013, during a 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN) plenary meeting, Ericsson and Qualcomm introduced LTE-Unlicensed, a scheme that puts LTE-Advanced signals in the 5 GHz unlicensed UNII band, in conjunction with an LTE “anchor” signal in a licensed band. The objective is supplemental downlink bandwidth… Read More