Prestandard 5G Developments [Mobile Radio]

Prestandard Fifth Generation Ericsson announced that a live, over-the-air demonstration of prestandard fifth-generation (5G) technology achieved 5-Gb/s throughput in the 15-GHz frequency band. The live demonstration employs an innovative new radio interface concept and advanced multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) technology to achieve the record-breaking results. Ericsson 5G network development activity includes new antenna technologies with wider bandwidths, higher frequencies, and shorter transmission time intervals. Radio base stations built with baseband units and radio units are being developed by the company for 5G trials.