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 …

Graduate Fellowships for Incoming Ph.D Students Available at NYU WIRELESS NYU WIRELESS is pleased to offer Graduate Fellowships to qualified incoming Ph.D students interested in wireless communications, computing and medicine. To apply, please visit the NYU-Tandon graduate admissions webpage for electrical and computer engineering or the Courant Institute Computer Science graduate admissions program.   Tandon …

Last week I went to the 3rd annual Brooklyn 5G Summit – an event hosted by Nokia and the New York University (NYU) Wireless, NYU Tandon School of Engineering and IEEE communication society. The theme of the summit this year was “Making 5G a commercial reality”.  The two-day event packed even more speakers, industry ingenuity …