White Paper

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) technology has drawn increasing attention in academia and industry due to the potential technical advantages it may provide to future wireless communications systems like the upcoming 6th generation of mobile communications. This technology shows promise as …

RedCap is poised to expand the NR device ecosystem, enabling growth and increased 5G use cases. But what exactly is it? RedCap, also called NR-Lite, is the 3GPP IoT wireless specification. Key features of RedCap are lower cost and longer …

The introduction of 5G has seen E-band spread to most parts of the world. In this 10th edition of the report, we see that the E-band spectrum fulfills the capacity needs for most deployments even beyond 2030. Driven by advancements …

Private networks can be game changers in enabling productivity, flexibility and differentiation for enterprises with complex or highly demanding needs. And yet, private network adoption has been slower than expected. But it appears a shift is on the horizon as …

IoT device certification is crucial for any connected product launch. Yet, navigating the intricate global certifications landscape can be time-consuming and complex. This white paper on the IoT device certification process can help your business accelerate product releases. Quectel’s free …

The rising adoption of advanced multimode cellular (5G, 4G) and wireless (Wi-Fi 6/6E/7) delivers powerful benefits while also driving significant RF complexity in smart connected devices. 5G and Wi-Fi 7 integration has multiple challenges that need cutting-edge RF design, components …

RedCap targets IoT services requiring higher data rates with a reduction of UE complexity and leverages power saving, while allowing for smaller form factors of the IoT device. This white paper presents the RedCap technology extension of the 5G system …

G non-terrestrial networks (NTN) is a technology to enable 5G user terminals on, or close to the earth’s surface, to connect to non-terrestrial base stations located on satellites. There are two major market ecosystems driving and innovating both the technology …

5G is more than just higher data rates. The main advantage lies in the scalability of the network slices to support different critical applications. These network slices can be tuned for extremely short latencies, especially for reliable connections and peak …

The O-RAN RIC is combining with advances in AI to provide new opportunities for network automation. This will maximise service performance and user experience, allowing immersive services and advanced industrial applications to flourish. In this paper, we ask: How can …

Broadband and mobile service providers around the world are investing billions in fiber deployments to support their 5G network and service ambitions. Fiber plays a key role: it supports the increased number of small cells that 5G standalone (SA) requires …

The wireless evolution to 5G, digital services, IoT, cloud-native and virtualized architectures is creating networks that are at once more powerful and sophisticated, and more complex to manage and optimize. To keep up with the new requirements and expectations, operators …

5G is expanding into new industry segments, but also expanding into new technology areas, such as 5G positioning. Key concept of 5G precise positioning is to utilize 3GPP signaling in the 5G network to enhance the performance of position calculation. …

Large enterprises typically operate multiple campuses in sectors like transportation, manufacturing, ports, airports, hospitals, smart cities and energy, as well as governmental instances. These enterprises typically work in isolated “islands”. Their devices and employees need to stay seamlessly connected when …

Leaders in every industry are turning to AI to transform their businesses. For the Telecommunications industry, AI delivers value through the terabytes of data collected every day—from network elements to customer interactions—and through the resulting insights related to managing increased …

Telecom carriers / mobile operators invest well over a billion dollars per year in their network infrastructure, operations and spectrum. It’s vital for the telecom carriers / mobile operators to access continuous and real-time competitive data to be proactive about …

The progression to pervasive remote working brings new requirements for the provision of enterprise broadband to meet the requirements of a distributed, home office-based workforce post COVID. This White Paper examines how CSPs can use active testing techniques to meet …

This white paper describes the lifecycle of a modern mobile device, including identification of target requirements and goals, real-estate planning of components, design, prototype development, testing of the device at various stages and commercial launch. Details of smartphone human and …

Learn how NI’s new PXIe-4190 can help you measure current voltage (IV) and capacitance voltage (CV) measurements to extract critical information about a manufacturing process or validate device performance – all with a single instrument.

Smarter communities bring real benefits, but creating them requires the right technology and the right partners from the outset. In our new Smart communities report 2022 ‘The building blocks of smarter, more connected communities’, we examine how organisations regard smart …

Communication service providers (CSPs) have already invested millions of man-hours and billions of dollars to develop and market their new 5G solutions. Now, they need the appropriate infrastructure to deploy and deliver those solutions. To accomplish this huge task, the …

IN THE AGE OF REMOTE WORK AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, CREATING GREAT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST ESSENTIAL INITIATIVES FOR COMPANIES OF ALL TYPES.  One of the biggest enablers of delightful customer experiences is data processing speed, and two …

5G is a transformational technology designed to provide significant flexibility and support for a variety of use cases. In this white paper, we describe the emerging infrastructure trends of wireless networks for 4G, 5G, and beyond 5G. Such trends include: …

5G network development is driven by improved data services, higher mobile data rates, and reduced latency. However, legacy voice and video communication remain key services to maintaining subscriber happiness. According to analysts, voice subscriptions worldwide will double annually until 2025. …

The deployment of mmWave 5G networks has been a slow roll. First, there was skepticism that mmWave was viable in a mobility use case which has been proved out in the field. Now there’s scrutiny on the business case, which …