Massey University in New Zealand says it has received funding to investigate whether there will be any adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation to human health caused by 5G networks. The project “Analysing Harmful Electromagnetic Exposure due to Future Millimeter Wave Transmissions” is funded by the Lottery Health Research Fund and will be carried out over …

Sanjay Goyal, a PhD student, along with Prof. Shivendra Panwar at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, in joint work with Carlo Galiotto and Nicola Marchetti of CONNECT, Trinity College Dublin have won the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2016 Best Paper Award. IEEE ICC is the annual flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society, …

Brooklyn is now widely accepted within the telecommunications industry as a major hub of 5G wireless research, and the credit goes wholly to NYU WIRELESS. The multidisciplinary academic research center has been at the forefront of investigating the millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) spectrum and making fifth-generation wireless a commercial reality, and now, industry leaders predict that consumers …

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the Brooklyn 5G Summit 2016 at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. The invitation-only summit was organized by NYU WIRELESS and Nokia. Global industry leaders in wireless, automotive, healthcare, academia, and government discussed and revealed the latest advancements toward making 5G a reality. Among notable announcements …

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National Instruments (NI) announced a software defined radio (SDR) for the millimeter wave (mmW) spectrum. The transceiver system can transmit and/or receive wide-bandwidth signals at 2 GHz real-time bandwidth, covering the 71-76 GHz spectrum. The system comes with accompanying software. The mmW transceiver system includes PXI Express modules that collectively function as a mmW access …

It’s a bitter pill to swallow, knowing that we’re still about three and a half years or so off from the commercial release of 5G capability. This is especially true knowing just what it can do. In fact, a great place to find out is at the third annual Brooklyn 5G Summit April 20-22, 2016, …

Number two US operator AT&T offered up a little more detail on its 5G trial plans during this morning’s keynote session at the Brooklyn 5G Summit, as well as its hopes for commercial performance of the next-generation technology. In February, the company followed rival Verizon by announcing plans to work with Ericsson and Intel on …