NI and Samsung Electronics Collaborate to Develop 5G NR Test UE for 28GHz
Published2018.02.22 09:15National Instruments announced that it is collaborating with Samsung Electronics to develop a 5G test UE for 5G NR (New Radio).
As a result of this collaboration, NI and Samsung will publicly demonstrate Samsung’s 28GHz base station communicating with NI test UEs for the first time at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018.
3GPP officially released the draft of the 5G NR standard in December 2017. In the next major phase of building the new 5G ecosystem, equipment and device manufacturers must achieve interoperability goals by testing implementations that comply with these standards against each other. Interoperability Device Tests (IODT) determine whether base stations and devices can establish and maintain a stable communication link to enable 5G performance under predefined test conditions.
To this end, NI and Samsung entered into a business agreement for IODT, which connects Samsung’s commercial base station with 5G NR performance to NI’s test UE in real-time at 28 GHz (over the air). The NI test UE establishes a link by exchanging messages with the base station and then verifies downlink functionality and performance in accordance with 3GPP guidelines. The test UE uses NI's 28GHz mmWave transceiver system along with a compatible 5G NR Phase 1 protocol stack developed with NI's LabVIEW system design software.
"Samsung Electronics Vice President and Head of Technology Strategy Group at Network Business Division, Won-il Noh, stated, 'As a leading provider of telecom solutions, Samsung has pioneered 5G technology by making early investments in R&D and building a robust ecosystem.' He added, 'NI is a key partner that supports Samsung in accelerating the development of 5G mmWave technology and systems based on 5G NR.'"
Through this collaboration, NI and Samsung are researching 5G NR standards at maximum throughput levels by utilizing all available bandwidth and the maximum number of element carriers (8) in a 2x2 MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) configuration.
"Researchers around the world have developed 5G candidate technologies using NI's mmWave technology," said Eric Starkloff, Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing at NI. "Through the knowledge gained from these engagements and NI's flexible platform, NI was able to very rapidly introduce 5G NR performance technologies. We look forward to continuing to collaborate with Samsung to validate 5G systems, test new 5G equipment, and accelerate adoption and commercialization."
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