InterDigital's CCO Patrick Van de Wille takes us on a tour of the MWC 2017 InterDigital booth and provides insight into the technology demonstrations presented at the show.
EdgeHaul, the world's first self-organizing millimeter wave Gbps transport system featuring adaptive phased array beam form technology.
MEC is a foundational network architecture concept, which will help 5G networks live up to their potential as “living networks”, while delivering significant capability gains required for IoT, enhanced mobile broadband, virtual reality, self-driving vehicles, and more. This e-book will review key aspects of MEC architecture and answer some common questions about…
This article proposes multiple multi-domain solutions to deploy private SG networks for vertical industries. Different models of deploying SG private networks are presented, covering deployment on local premises as well as their interconnection with public networks of mobile network operators. Building on a set of industry verticals (comprising Industry 4.0, …
Standardization of mobile technology is a critical step in bringing together industry views and ideas, while ultimately ensuring that devices and networks are able to communicate with each other and meet industry needs. Standardization efforts for 5G are already underway... Check out this Creating the Living Network™ webinar that features industry experts weighi…
5G has reached significant commercial and technical milestones. However, so far, its focus remains primarily on Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and fixed wireless applications. As per the IMT-2020 vision, 5G should be oriented toward a variety of new applications and business prospects, going beyond just mobile broadband. It is noteworthy that the enterprise se…
Blockchain technology is a technology that jointly leverages and builds on top of a few existing techniques such as cryptography, hashing, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networking, smart contract, and consensus protocols. Fully distributed control and management capability of the 5G/6G wireless systems may be enabled by blockchain technology, especially in the untrusted en…
research Paper / Feb 2024 / Wireless communication, 5G, Machine learning/ Deep learning /Artificial Intelligence
The ubiquitous deployment of 4G/5G technology has made it a critical infrastructure for society that will facilitate the delivery and adoption of emerging applications and use cases (extended reality, automation, robotics, to name but a few). These new applications require high throughput and low latency in both uplink and downlink for optimal performance, while…
New Radio (NR) supports operations at high frequency bands (e.g., millimeter wave frequencies) by using narrow beam based directional transmissions in order to compensate high propagation losses at such frequencies. Due to the limited spatial coverage with each beam, the broadcast transmission of paging in NR is performed using beam sweeping, which takes multipl…
At MWC ’16, we utilized our millimeter wave 5G technology to live stream a tour guided by Patrick Van de Wille, Chief Communications Officer in which he interviewed some of our subject matter experts on the main topics and demonstrations within the InterDigital booth.
In a newly-released white paper, ABI Research estimates the total value unlocked by 5G will reach $6.5 trillion within ten years of the standard being adopted, growing to an astounding $17 trillion by 2035 fueled by enterprise vertical services – a new use case within 5G.
Techniques which leverage channel state information (CSI) at a transmitter to adapt wireless signals to changing propagation conditions have been shown to improve the reliability of modern multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication systems. Due to the difficulty of estimating downlink CSI at the transmitter in many wireless systems, CSI is estimated at …
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In designing the next generation of mobile communications technology for 5G, developers are expected to include multiple radio technologies in order to address the broad range of use cases and their diverging requirements. During this webinar, InterDigital’s Jim Miller is joined by panelists from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Intel Corporat…
5G, more than any previous generation, promises to enable a diverse range of applications, services, and user experiences: from ultra-high definition video, fiber-quality mobile broadband, massive IoT, and mission critical automation (vehicles, drones, smart factories, etc.). To meet this challenge, new ways of architecting networks needs to be considered. Multi…
A fully functional ‘5G’ network will involve a wide variety of technologies and capabilities. In this video, InterDigital's Alan Carlton walks us through six key arguments that position the Edge as most important to 5G and the 5G business cases. This talk is a clip from the Mobile World Congress 2018 session titled, "Debate: Do 5G Business Cases Depend More on C…
The traditional role of a communication engineer is to address the technical problem of transporting bits reliably overa noisy channel. With the emergence of 5G, and the availability
MEC and other edge computing initiatives address the need to place processing and storage where appropriate, whether a central location or the network’s edge, depending on factors such as applications, traffic type, network conditions, subscriber profile, and operator’s preference. This RCRWireless panel, sponsored by InterDigital, features a conversation revolv…
Zero-forcing precoding is a commonly-used multiple-user, multiple-input multiple-output beamforming technique. Applying such precoding, the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) statistics with outdated channel state information, which involve various projections related to the multi-dimensional channel vectors and precoding vectors, have never been exp…
What makes 5G different from all other Gs? After efforts to develop specifications, technology and research, the industry has an initial view of how the next generation of 5G services will look. What’s still unknown, is just how great will be 5G’s global impact. According to a recent
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Abstract—Ubiquitous connectivity is vital for emerging appli cations like extended reality, factory automation, and robotics, necessitating low latency, high data rates, and reliability in both downlink and uplink. From the network protocol perspective, successfully supporting these new use cases hinges on the network being resilient enough to address the hetero…
The fifth generation of mobile networks, commonly known as 5G, holds a lot of promise. Historically, 2G brought us mobile voice, while 3G introduced us to mobile data. 4G and LTE enabled usable mobile broadband services and now 5G is supposed to unlock further value from our mobile networks with faster broadband data speeds and lower latency.
"The geographic data and timestamps of subscribers held by mobile carriers have long been used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies to conduct legal investigations, largescale surveillance, or even unconstitutional search. Meanwhile, with the surge in popularity of Location-based Services (LBS) over the past decade, selling the geolocation information of…
InterDigital's Yong He demonstrates a personalized virtual reality platform at Mobile World Congress 2017.
The Olympic games are a global phenomenon that draw in millions of viewers every two years, and wireless technology developers are working endlessly to keep up with the demands of the mobile audience. According to the GSMA, these games are "accelerating the global development of the technology," especially when it comes to efforts in 5G. This webinar explores th…
With the growth rate of new-device mobile data traffic significantly greater than the growth rate of users, Wi-Fi wireless data delivery currently accounts for 20 times more of data delivery than cellular systems. Wi-Fi wireless data delivery is expected to increase exponentially through 2017. This paper provides an overview of InterDigital’s 5G Carrier Grade Wi…
As operators prepare for 5G service launch around the globe, the industry has a reasonable view of how the initial generation of 5G products and services will look and is moving forward with confidence. What’s still unknown is just how great will be 5G’s global impact. According to a recent Heavy Reading Operator Survey, there are striking differences between th…
research Paper / Nov 2020 / 5G, Wireless communication, Network and Communications, Computing and Optimization
This paper investigates the task management for cooperative mobile edge computing (MEC), where a set of geographically distributed heterogeneous edge nodes not only cooperate with remote cloud data centers but also help each other to jointly process tasks and support real-time IoT applications at the edge of the network. Especially, we address the challenges in …
In this MWC18 interview, Robert "Bob" DiFazio gives The Mobile Network an inside look at the new technologies that InterDigital is trialling right now in operator test beds.
research Paper / Jan 2024 / Machine learning/ Deep learning /Artificial Intelligence, 5G, Wireless communication
"Abstract—3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 18 has initiated a comprehensive study of Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) use cases for Air Interface, e.g., Channel State Information (CSI) feedback enhancement, beam management, and positioning accuracy enhancement. In order to advance the adoption of AI/ML in 5G and towards 6G, it …
It won’t be long before we will begin seeing the first real world testing and deployment of 5G networks. While these early individual deployments are planned to be relatively narrow in scope, the full rollout of worldwide 5G will be a wide ranging, transformative global effort requiring significant collaboration between the engineering community, standards bodie…
InterDigital Europe's Dirk Trossen provides his view on the role of NFV and SDN in the 5G space in this episode of RCR Wireless' NFV/SDN Reality Check.
The emergence of edge computing introduces new complexity in the creation of distributed mobile applications. Application designers can now deploy application functionality in three or more tiers of compute infrastructure to optimize bandwidth, latency, cost, user experience and privacy for their users and their own operations. However, the diversity of edge and…
research Paper / Jul 2021 / 5G, Wireless communication, Machine learning/ Deep learning /Artificial Intelligence
Building upon on a digital transformation, Industry 4.0 (I4.0) aims to build the factories of the future, which feature additional flexibility, increasingly connected infrastructures and automated processes. 5G is playing a paramount role in this transformation, as it can offer high bandwidth, reliable and low latency wireless connectivity to meet the stringent …
Check out this demonstration for the H2020 5GPPP 5G-Crosshaul consortium that integrates InterDigital's EdgeLink™ system into an integrated fronthaul and backhaul trial at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute in Berlin.
During MWC18, InterDigital's Yong He demonstrated an end-to-end 360 video live streaming platform with AR capabilities that is built upon a series of state-of-the-art video standards, including MPEG Ominidirectional Media Format (OMAF), the latest MPEG-Immersive standard, MPEG DASH, and the most efficient video compression standard H.265/HEVC.
The future of manufacturing industry highly depends on digital systems that convert existing production and monitoring systems to autonomous systems with stringent requirements in terms of availability, reliability, security, low latency, positioning with high-accuracy and so on. In order to provide such requirements, a private 5G network deployment is considere…
In order for network slicing to deliver on its promise as an effective tool to generate new revenues and profitability, new business models must match the dynamic technical and operational changes that it brings. Significant progress is being made in demonstrations and trials, as highlighted in this report and the accompanying RCR Wireless Webinar with Strategy …
research Paper / Dec 2020 / 5G, Machine learning/ Deep learning /Artificial Intelligence, Network and Communications
This document describes the winning solution to the GNN Challenge 2020 organized by the Barcelona Neural Networking
End-to-end network slicing holds promise as the key to unlocking new business opportunities with 5G to drive revenue growth. So exactly how will service providers benefit from slicing? And how can they overcome technical challenges?
This webinar, developed by Strategy Analytics, showcases where business issues meet technical topics to help service providers unc…
At 5G World, InterDigital's Dirk Trossen demonstrates and explains our Next Generation Networks platform. The platform is a hybrid of pure ICN and IP, to leverage the best of both: re-introducing multicast, particularly for HTTP unicast scenarios, as a way to drive down bandwidth costs. Watch the video to learn more!
With the growth rate of new-device mobile data traffic significantly greater than the growth rate of users, Wi-Fi wireless data delivery currently accounts for 20 times more of data delivery than cellular systems. Wi-Fi wireless data delivery is expected to increase exponentially through 2017. This paper provides an overview of InterDigital’s 5G Carrier Grade Wi…
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) are currently moving from the phase of standardization to that of early proliferation and adoption as common 5G base technologies. Due to the flexible demands of 5G standardization, developers are calling for the application of NFV and SDN to increase their scope by returning to their or…
MEC and other edge computing initiatives address the need to place processing and storage where appropriate, whether a central location or the network’s edge, depending on factors such as applications, traffic type, network conditions, subscriber profile, and operator’s preference. In this InterDigital sponsored report, RCRWireless explores the evolution of the …
5G is happening now, and the upcoming years will see many new testbeds and trial networks. The testbeds will lay and validate the foundation of 5G, but will also set opportunities for new research initiatives. This MWC18 panel looks at the breadth of international activities on-going with 5G testbeds and discusses differences in approaches and expectations.
Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre discusses 5G and IoT with InterDigital's Alan Carlton at Mobile World Congress 2017.
Intelligent radio surface (IRS) is a programmable structure that can be used to control the propagation of electromagnetic waves by changing the electric and magnetic properties of the surface. By placing these surfaces in an environment, the properties of radio channels can be, at least partially, controlled. This opens new possibilities to improve the performa…
We propose XRC, an explicit rate control algorithm that overcomes the poor performance of commonly used TCP variants in cellular networks. XRC exploits an explicit feedback from the radio access network that is aware of the physical, network and transport layer information of all UEs as well as resource distribution policies among users with different traffic ch…
Looking at various research and standardization forums leading the development of 5G, such as 5G-PPP, NGMN, 3GPP, IEEE, ITU, IETF, ETSI, etc., all seem to align on the vision that the fronthaul and backhaul will converge or fuse in 5G into what is now popularly referred to as
A survey and analysis of service providers' trials, timelines and implementations of 5G technologies spanning across Asia, Europe and North America is the focus of the January 31st release of TIA's 5G Operator Survey Report. The report claims 5G needs to be a “chameleon” technology and industry must adapt to differing demands of wireless services to support high…
As part of the first 5G-CORAL trial, Nov. 2, 2018, Charles Turyagenya, Staff Engineer, InterDigital demonstrates virtual reality in the form of adaptive 360-degree video streaming over the 5G-CORAL solution. A series of demos, conducted by InterDigital and other members of the 5G-CORAL consortium, took place at Global Mall Nangang Station Store in Taipei, Taiwan.
In this work, we propose a novel deep learning-based framework for the adaptive configuration of DMRS used for MIMO CCE. Specifically, a neural network architecture is proposed at the terminal side which based on statistical learning indicates to the network the preferred configuration of DMRS in time, frequency, and code domains for use in subsequent slots. The…
"5G new radio (NR) sidelink (SL) is envisioned as a key enabler of high speed, low latency applications like automated driving. To meet the high data rate requirements for such applications, SL support at mmWave and sub-THz frequencies with large bandwidths will be essential. Several enhancements and optimizations will be needed to the latest version of NR SL, w…
With the recent finish of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, there is huge interest in how the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2020 Summer Games will be the launchpad for the latest generation of mobile technology – 5G. A new whitepaper from InterDigital and Mobile World Live cuts through the hype to address:
InterDigital's CCO Patrick Van de Wille takes us on a tour of the MWC 2018 InterDigital booth and provides insight into technology demonstrations, the InterDigital studio space, and other happenings that occurred at the show.
In this presentation we’ll talk about the development of Beam Management and describe the system attributes related to performing the initial beam establishment. We will also review the supported 3GPP requirements and limitations of the current implementation. We’ll then share some details about the beam management implementation done on the gNB and UE and highl…
Within the next two decades, it is predicted that every person, industry, and service provider will be using 5G systems. The fifth generation wireless standard is expected to underpin new technology deployments as well as future technologies that at this time can only be imagined. This paper provides valuable insight into the network operators' view of the 5G re…
In this MWC18 demonstration, InterDigital's Phil Leithead and Lisa Lam show some of the fundamental concepts enabling millimeter wave 5G integration with the existing LTE standard in nonstandalone mode.
Next generation Terabit per second (Tbps) wireless communication systems aim for sub-THz and THz bands where noise and hardware impairments are known to be dominantly non-linear and lack accurate closed form analytical models. The physical layer (PHY) blocks designed under linearity and Gaussian noise assumptions will fall short of satisfying the requirements of…
InterDigital's Fred Schreider talks through a real-time 3D “Remote Surgery: 4G vs. 5G” game application and explains the technology powering the application, Crosshaul with InterDigital’s EdgeLink™ 60GHz Platform, at Mobile World Congress 2017.
Within the next two decades, it is predicted that every person, industry, and service provider will be using 5G systems. The fifth generation wireless standard is expected to underpin new technology deployments as well as future technologies that at this time can only be imagined. This paper, an update on TIA's previous 2015 5G Operator Survey, provides valuable…
The wireless industry is working towards the fastest, smartest network to date – 5G. The demand for low latency and high availability required for 5G networks and services is driving the emergence of new technologies, such as Mobile Edge Computing (MEC).
The evolution from LTE to 5G will be the most profound transformation on the wireless industry since the transition from analog to digital. In order for the 5G networks of the future to become truly “living networks,” there are many different issues that must be addressed. Check out this eBook that reviews ten fundamental questions facing the industry over the n…
You might be wondering, “who is InterDigital?” What do we do, and how have we impacted the technology of today – and tomorrow? Check out this video to learn the answers and more!
The path to 5G standardization is a long one with a very busy and tight schedule. Several milestones towards IMT-2020 submission have been reached in various standards organizations. After releasing the IMT-2020 requirements document earlier in February, the ITU-R WP5D group has delivered the IMT-2020 evaluation document in June, setting the stage for standards …
"Industrial applications and Extended Reality vertical sectors have expressed the need for dedicated Quality of Service considerations by 3GPP to support time-sensitive and bursty high throughput communications, respectively. Consequently, 3GPP enabled support for Time-Sensitive Networking in Release 17 and started specifying the concept around Packet Data Unit …
Alain Mourad, Director, InterDigital Europe, provides an overview of the first 5G-CORAL trial, Nov. 2, 2018. A series of demos, conducted by InterDigital and other members of the 5G-CORAL consortium took place at Global Mall Nangang Station Store in Taipei, Taiwan.
Check out this free report, published by Telecoms.com Intelligence and co-sponsored by InterDigital and Mitel, that analyzes and presents the findings of an in-depth questionnaire answered by over 800 members of the telecoms industry involved with 5G today.
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) have the ability to steer the electromagnetic waves to a desired direction. This enables the improvement of the wireless link performance by allowing the illumination of receivers otherwise shadowed by buildings or hills. In this paper, a link level simulations are used to study the performance improvement offered by a R…
Hopes are sky-high for what 5G may enable, from 20 Gbps speeds to extremely low latency to connections for billions of IoT new devices. But there are still many unknowns. This FierceWireless eBook sponsored by Cisco, F5 and InterDigital, aims to address some of the unknowns.
In this MWC18 interview with The Mobile Network, Dirk Trossen outlines why networks need an intelligent edge, and describes new routing technologies that can enable it. He also says that edge compute goes beyond the mobile network operator.
research Paper / Dec 2020 / Network and Communications, 5G, Wireless communication, Computing and Optimization
For Internet operators, on-line service providers and end-users, representative operational measurements are crucial to monitor and diagnose the performance of networks and on-line services. While numerous approaches have been proposed to measure performance, only a few works fully adopt an end-user perspective by taking measurements from within web browsers. In…
research Paper / May 2024 / Wireless communication, Machine learning/ Deep learning /Artificial Intelligence, 5G, 6G
"Compressed beamforming algorithm is used in the current Wi-Fi standard to reduce the beamforming feedback overhead (BFO). However, with each new amendment of the standard the number of supported antennas in Wi-Fi devices increases, leading to increased BFO and hampering the throughput despite using compressed beamforming. In this paper, a novel index-based meth…
The Future of Wi-Fi Promises up to a 4-Fold Capacity Improvement
In frequency division duplex (FDD) massive MIMO systems, each user equipment (UE) device typically feeds back downlink channel state information (CSI) to its serving base station (BS), which may then be utilized for beamforming and scheduling purposes. However, the large number of antennas increases the CSI signaling overhead in the uplink, thereby impacting the…
Today's networks have an atomic, discrete architecture, but as technology develops and more users and devices become a part of the equation, they are evolving into more user-centric and pervasive networks. Senza Fili and RCR Wireless come together to present this webinar following the white paper that explores why densifying networks is a growing need and how we…
5G promises to bring back value to the network operator and not only serve as a data pipe solution anymore. Operators have started to adopt cloud-native paradigms for the deployment of the 5G core architecture. With it goes the introduction of the service-based architecture as a key design pattern for realizing future control, and ultimately user planes of mobil…