BEIJING, Jan. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera, now a
part of Intel Corporation, announced the results of the 5G
Algorithm Innovation Competition, the industry's first awards
competition to focus on aligning silicon and systems companies with
the research community to create a pool of new and innovative ideas
to help accelerate 5G, the fifth generation of mobile networks.
First announced in May by Altera, now the Intel Programmable
Solutions Group, Xidian University, and Terasic, the 5G Algorithm
Innovation Competition was sponsored by technology leaders and
gold sponsors Huawei and Intel, and silver sponsor Spreadtrum, and
attracted an impressive 184 teams from leading universities from a
wide geographical area. The 184 teams consisted of 462 students
from 76 universities in 31 Chinese cities.
Participating student teams were required to submit link-level
simulations and logical implementations of three 5G new
air-interface key algorithms, SCMA (Sparse Code Multiple Access),
F-OFDM (Filtered-OFDM) and polar code, based on Altera FPGAs.
Student Teams Honored for Award-winning 5G Projects
Thirty teams were selected to move forward to the final
competition, of which there were twenty teams awarded the inaugural
5G Algorithm Innovation Competition Gold, Silver and Bronze
awards. For details of the competition results, please visit:
http://www.innovateasia.com/5g/en/5g_all_prize_en03.html
In addition to the twenty winning teams, thirteen teams were
recognized with Excellent awards, which included the 5G Algorithm
Excellent FPGA Implementation, and the 5G Algorithm Excellent
Simulation Awards. A special award from the organizers was
presented to Xidian University in recognition of its support in
organizing the competition. Leaders from Intel, Huawei, Spreadtrum,
Xidian University, and Terasic, were on hand to congratulate the
winners.
Industry Sponsor Quotes
- "The engineering designs delivered by the students were very
innovative. We are delighted to see that the 5G algorithm
competition turned out to be a huge success," said Erhaan Shaikh, Vice President, Business
Divisions, Programmable Solutions Group, Intel. "The
competition explored the potential of delivering FPGA-based designs
that can accelerate processing, enabling a faster time to market
for OEMs and carriers who are rolling out 5G wireless
networks."
- "Promoting industry and academic community efforts fosters and
strengthens future technological advancements in the communications
industry," said Sandra Rivera,
Vice President, Data Center Group and General Manager, Network
Platforms Group, Intel. "The projects in the 5G Algorithm
Competition are great examples of how collaborative thinking can
accelerate innovation in 5G development."
- "The submissions were impressive and it was amazing to see that
the students completed these high-quality works in only six
months," said Ms. Wang Zhiqin, Director, Communication Standards
Institute of Telecom Academy, Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology, China, and leader of
the judging committee. "The results show that the performance
of the three 5G new air-interface techniques, F-OFDM, SCMA and
polar code are excellent. To some extent, the complexity and
completion have met commercial deployment requirements. These kind
of academic activities greatly evangelize the advanced technologies
and accelerated their applications in the coming 5G wireless
standard."
- "This 5G awards event represents the collaboration among the
academic research community as well as the key industry players,
which results in an outstanding effort in supporting our efforts
toward creating ground-breaking 5G technologies," said Dr.
Wen Tong, Fellow and CTO,
Huawei Wireless. "We are very
pleased with the impressive quality of the student projects that
will lay a foundation in the emerging 5G air-interface standard,
and the expanded use of FPGA technology."
- "We are honored to have participated in this inaugural 5G
algorithm innovation competition," said Dr. Yi Kang, Global VP of Spreadtrum
Communications. "The student research projects showed a
relatively mature understanding of 5G and displayed innovations in
a number of areas—the physical layer waveform, multiple access, and
the channel coding applied in physical layer technology of core
wireless communication. Spreadtrum will continue to contribute our
effort in China's 5G
standardization process."
The 5G Algorithm Innovation Competition
The 5G Algorithm Innovation Competition is part of the
InnovateAsia 2015 FPGA Design Contest, an established engineering
design contest for university students in APAC, fostering talent
and driving innovation. The Huawei Innovation Research Program
(HIRP) provided significant support during the competition, along
with the algorithmic topic recommendation, demonstrating its
commitment to innovation and developing future technologies as a
leading communications company. Through the HIRP, Huawei will
continue to enhance industry collaboration and strengthen knowledge
sharing to drive technological advancements.
The Altera University Program supports schools who offer
students an education in engineering and digital technology. The
support to universities comes in the form of hardware, software and
teaching materials. The program sponsors conferences, workshops,
and design contests for academics and students around the world. In
addition, the program sponsors student design competitions, which
have resulted in many innovative designs.
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Editor Contact:
Karin Taylor
Corporate Communications
408-544-8207
newsroom@altera.com
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