New York University is making its channel model simulator and measurement data free and open to all, which could reduce the development time of millimetre wave (mmW) technologies for companies looking to use these higher frequencies in 5G-compliant systems. The work on mmW technology and propagation is being undertaken at NYU Wireless, a multi-disciplinary academic research centre based at the New York University’s Brooklyn engineering facility.

The announcement was made this morning by NYU Wireless founder Ted Rappaport at a Federal Communications Commission workshop on 5G wireless technology.

“Over the last 40 years, computer clock speeds and memory sizes rose by as much as six orders of magnitude; yet communications frequencies have barely moved,” said Rappaport. “The only hope to meet mobile traffic demand is to utilise much more spectrum, and opening the mmW band will do just that.”

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