Bell Labs President says 6G will mix physical, digital and biological systems

Marcus Weldon, president of Nokia Bell Labs and the vendor’s chief technology officer, made clear in a presentation at the Brooklyn 5G Summit that 6G–“beyond 5G” if you prefer, will likely follow previous generations of cellular with a 15-year development timeline. Speaking of 5G, Weldon said, “What we’ve done now is solved for the three …

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Watershed moment for wireless: Brooklyn Summit looks at 5G and beyond

The sixth annual Brooklyn 5G Summit at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering comes at a linchpin moment: The deployment of 5G networks is set to more than triple this year with analysts predicting no fewer than 42 launches, which would result in a total of 55 live 5G networks in service by the end of 2019.

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NYU WIRELESS founder predicts proposed FCC rule will grow amateur radio hobby and inspire future engineers

In comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission and members of Congress today, the researcher credited with proving to the wireless communications world that millimeter wave communications should become the backbone for 5G cellular cast his support for a proposed FCC ham radio rule, predicting it would open exciting opportunities for growth in amateur radio …

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FCC Takes Steps to Open Spectrum Horizons for New Services and Technologies

The Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules to encourage the development of new communications technologies and expedite the deployment of new services in the spectrum above 95 GHz. This spectrum has long been considered the outermost horizon of the usable spectrum range, but rapid advancements in radio technology have made these bands especially ripe for …

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NYU WIRELESS Founder Comments on FCC Race Toward 6G Wireless Communications

On March 15, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission began considering opening up a new spectrum of radio waves that researchers believe could become integral to the sixth generation of wireless communications (6G) as part of the never-ending quest to send more data more quickly over the air.  The FCC chairman invited the researcher who …

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Spotlight on Elza Erkip

A comprehensive list of awards given to Institute Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Elza Erkip would be a very lengthy document. Early on, Erkip, the junior past president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Information Theory Society, was selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as one of the country’s most promising young researchers, garnering …

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