NI Announces Multiple Antenna UE Support for Its MIMO Application Framework to Further 5G Research
July 25 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
NI (Nasdaq: NATI), the provider of platform-based systems that
enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s greatest
engineering challenges, today announced multiple antenna User
Equipment (UE) support for its LabVIEW Communications MIMO
Application Framework. This makes the MIMO Application Framework
the world’s only commercially available physical layer reference
design that powers true Massive MIMO prototyping that goes beyond
just desktop simulations to fully functional 5G deployments.
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NI adds multiple antenna User Equipment
(UE) support for its LabVIEW Communications MIMO Application
Framework. (Photo: Business Wire)
Wireless researchers can pair the MIMO Application Framework
with NI software defined radio hardware to conduct real-time,
over-the-air experiments for a wide range of MIMO research topics
including multi-user MIMO, single-user MIMO and Massive MIMO. This
multi-FPGA physical layer reference design ships with
well-documented LabVIEW Communications source code that is fully
reconfigurable and modifiable, making it possible to create a
complete network of multiple antenna devices with minimal system
integration or design effort.
Researchers can now explore beamforming techniques not just at
the base station, but also at the UE to further improve overall
network throughput, extend cell coverage, reduce interference and
more. The MIMO Application Framework supports a maximum network
throughput of more than 1.5 Gb/s, a flexible and reconfigurable
Time Division Duplex-based frame structure and a fully
bidirectional communications link that can be used out of the box
to conduct Massive MIMO experiments and seamlessly integrate custom
signal processing algorithms in a fraction of the time compared to
other approaches.
As participants in NI’s RF/Communications Lead User program,
wireless researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used NI’s
flexible prototyping platform for 5G research and have recently
demonstrated the feasibility of Massive MIMO under mobile
conditions for users moving at both pedestrian and vehicular
speeds.
“Massive MIMO has emerged as one of the leading 5G technologies
that has the potential to provide unprecedented levels of spectral
efficiency that will be critical in supporting the vast number of
wireless devices expected to come online in the coming years,” said
Fredrik Tufvesson, IEEE fellow and professor of radio systems at
Lund University. “NI’s MIMO Application Framework provides the
hardware and software capabilities needed so that beamforming
techniques can be explored at not just the Massive MIMO base
station, but also at the multi-antenna UEs to further enhance the
overall system performance of 5G networks.”
Find more information on the MIMO Application Framework at
www.ni.com/sdr/mimo.
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expansive ecosystem. This proven approach puts users firmly in
control of defining what they need to accelerate their system
design within test, measurement and control. NI’s solution helps
build high-performance systems that exceed requirements, quickly
adapt to change and ultimately improve the world.
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