Research centers such as NYU WIRELESS are paving the way for Fifth-Generation (5G) wireless systems through their work in the millimeter-wave radio spectrum. The next generation of mobile services will bring higher speed and lower latency. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has already taken an important step by proposing new flexible rules for the 28-, 37-, 39-, and 64-71 GHz bands. This first step will certainly help the development of 5G in the United States.

Since 2012, NYU WIRELESS has been focusing on mass-deployable wireless devices across a wide range of applications and markets. The millimeter-wave wireless networking research “is a multidisciplinary effort that includes people from different disciplines,” says Professor Sundeep Rangan, the center’s new director. “For example, there are people from NYU School of Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Department thinking about mobile computing and processing data over the network. Also, there are people from NYU Langone School of Medicine looking at the health aspect of millimeter-wave, while the NYU Stern School of Business is focusing on how millimeter-wave will be used by businesses and regulated by the FCC.

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