NYU Wireless Adds New Partner for 5G Wireless Research
NYU Wireless, New York University's
multidisciplinary academic research center for wireless networking theories and
techniques, has partnered with SiBEAM, a
developer of intelligent millimeter-wave technologies for wireless
communications, to advance research in 5G wireless technologies. SiBEAM is NYU
Wireless's 13th industrial-affiliate sponsor.
5G technology uses the millimeter-wave (mmWave) radio spectrum and has the
potential to increase mobile data capacity by a thousand times or more over
current technology, according to information from NYU Wireless and SIBEAM.
Researchers at NYU Wireless have been working to create the fundamental science
and math channel models needed to develop 5G equipment, and the partnership will
enable NYU Wireless to take advantage of SiBEAM's expertise in mmWave
semiconductor products.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
has begun exploring the potential of mobile radio services in the mmWave radio
spectrum, and both NYU Wireless and SiBEAM have filed public comments in
response to the FCC's Notice of Inquiry. NYU Wireless's comments to the FCC
included recommendations on global competitiveness and regulation, safety and
feasibility and timing.
New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering launched NYU Wireless
in August 2012. The research center includes more than 20 faculty members and
100 graduate students from the NYU School of Engineering Electrical and Computer
Engineering Department, NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the
NYU Langone School of Medicine.
As a partner of NYU Wireless, SiBEAM will also "actively participate in NYU
Wireless-sponsored industry-academia-government meetings and conferences" and
"collaborate on advanced research and technical trials of 5G technologies,"
according to information from NYU Wireless and SIBEAM.
The full text of the
NYU Wireless
and SiBEAM
comments to the FCC can be found on the FCC's site.
About the Author
Leila Meyer is a technology writer based in British Columbia. She can be reached at [email protected].