C2I 2017: Setting world records in 5G wireless spectral efficiency using massive MIMO

Project seeks to set world records in 5G wireless spectral efficiency by incorporating massive MIMO for real-time control of systems across a network

Collaborate To Innovate 2017

Category: Information, data & connectivity

Winner: Setting world records in 5G wireless spectral efficiency using massive MIMO

Partners: National Instruments; University of Bristol; University of Lund; BT Group

Category Sponsor: Desoutter Industrial Tools

The development of mobile or cellular telecommunication is surely one of the most disruptive of recent decades. Those without a mobile phone are now in a distinct minority, and video- and data-enabled smartphones are the norm. Even in developing countries, mobile devices have become the primary way that most people access the internet.

However, this technology depends on infrastructure. A mobile phone is no use unless the electromagnetic bandwidth is available for it to transmit and receive, and the increasing capability of smartphones to receive and transmit high-resolution video and hi-fi audio – along with growing demand for such services – means that the bandwidth reserved for mobile telecoms is constantly under pressure. Moreover, as autonomous vehicles and the industrial and domestic Internet of Things develop, more and more non-human devices will start sending and receiving large amounts of data over the airwaves.