April 2018 - Real Wireless

Copper out in front

by Dr Abhaya Sumanasena | Apr 27, 2018 | Real Wireless blog

Whether the virtualised RAN (vRAN) will be adopted as a mainstream basis for 5G is an important question – but another question may need answering first: what form should the fronthaul link between the virtualised, centralised baseband unit (BBU) and the radio/antenna...

How 5G IoT is doing down on the (UK) farm

by Simon Fletcher | Apr 12, 2018 | 5G, Real Wireless blog

The GSMA, in its report Mobilising the Internet of Things, estimates that smart agriculture is the second biggest IoT opportunity, in terms of revenue potential for mobile operators, after smart buildings [[i]]. It clearly has a lot to offer farmers too. Certainly...

After the auctions: why the real work on 5G in the UK has barely begun

by Dr Abhaya Sumanasena | Apr 10, 2018 | 5G, Real Wireless blog

The UK spectrum auctions are over – but what happens now? Here’s what we know so far…. The six spectrum bidders became five and then four as UK national regulator Ofcom announced the outcome of the principal stage of the 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz spectrum auction. All four...

A brave new 5G world?

by Simon Fletcher | Apr 23, 2018 | Featured 5G, Real Wireless blog

A brave new world in which 5G enables new entrants, regulators support a more creative approach to spectrum licensing, and MNOs support both may seem an encouraging response to the possibilities offered by 5G – but it is not necessarily about to happen. Only a few...

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Real Wireless at AutoAir Summit

by Simon Fletcher | Feb 13, 2019

Yesterday’s AutoAir event at the Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedfordshire was a great event to launch and celebrate the deployment of a 5G testbed capability. Now we have the opportunity to assess the impact of real world 5G in the context of transport routes....

Shaping MNO 5G network strategy

by Dr Abhaya Sumanasena | Jan 24, 2019

Many mobile network operators (MNOs) are currently getting ready to deploy 5G. Some have already trialled [[1]] and plan to launch 5G in 2019 or soon after [[2],[3]]. This is possible since the ecosystem is becoming available to deploy 5G. However, deployment of 5G...

5G testbed takes to the track

Real Wireless is in the news this week (17 December 2018) as part of a Forbes piece profiling the 5G AutoAir testbed at Millbrook in Bedfordshire. The AutoAir consortium is led by Airspan, with support from the 5GIC, Arm, Blu Wireless, Dense Air, McLaren Applied...

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