NI Announces MIMO Application Framework to Accelerate 5G Prototyping
Published2016.08.25 06:02National Instruments (NI) has announced the world's first MIMO application framework.
When this software design framework is combined with NI software-defined radio hardware, it enables the construction of a physical layer that allows designers to develop both conventional MIMO and Massive MIMO prototypes. This physical layer is written in LabVIEW source code, offering high readability, reconfigurability, and parameter-based operation.
The MIMO application framework enables wireless developers to develop algorithms and evaluate custom IP while addressing the diverse and practical challenges associated with implementing real multi-user MIMO systems. The MIMO application framework supports antenna configurations ranging from 4 to 128 antennas, and when used with NI USRP RIO and NI PXI hardware platforms, it minimizes system integration and design efforts for both large and small antenna systems.
Researchers can conduct Massive MIMO experiments using the system without additional configuration and seamlessly integrate their own signal processing algorithms in significantly shorter timeframes compared to alternative approaches, enabling design cycles to be drastically shortened in the wireless industry's competition toward 5G.
Researchers from Bristol University in the United Kingdom, participating in NI's RF/Communications Lead User Program, have utilized NI's flexible prototyping platform in 5G research, and recently conducted joint research with Lund University in Sweden, announcing remarkable achievements that improve spectrum efficiency by 22 times compared to today's 4G networks.
Andrew Nix, head of the CSN group and dean of the engineering faculty at Bristol University, emphasized that "NI's MIMO platform has been an indispensable tool for Massive MIMO research," and stated "The research team was able to proceed directly with advanced research using the MIMO application framework provided by NI, and through seamless integration of software and hardware, we were able to rapidly develop prototypes based on theory. As a result, we have established record-breaking achievements in spectrum efficiency, demonstrating the potential of Massive MIMO as a 5G technology."
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