NI and Samsung Collaborate on 5G New Radio Interoperability Device Testing for 28 GHz
February 20 2018 - 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 plans to collaborate with
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung) to develop 5G test UEs for
5G New Radio (NR). The first public demonstration of this
collaboration will show Samsung’s 28 GHz base station communicating
with an NI test UE at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 in Barcelona
next week.
The 3GPP officially released a first draft of the 5G NR standard
in December 2017. An important next step in the formation of a new
5G ecosystem calls for equipment and device manufacturers to test
their implementations that conform to this standard with each other
to achieve the goal of interoperability. Interoperability device
testing (IODT) determines whether the base station and device can
establish and maintain a robust communication link capable of
achieving 5G performance in prescribed test conditions.
To that end, NI and Samsung have agreed to collaborate on IODT
in which Samsung’s 5G NR-capable commercial base station connects
with a test UE developed by NI at 28 GHz over the air and in real
time. The NI test UE exchanges messages with the base station to
establish a link and then validates the downlink functionality and
performance as dictated by the 3GPP. The test UE uses NI’s 28 GHz
mmWave Transceiver System with a compliant 5G NR Phase 1 protocol
stack developed using LabVIEW system design software.
“As a leading telecommunications solution provider, Samsung has
been pioneering 5G technology with early investment in R&D and
by building a strong ecosystem,” said Wonil Roh, vice president and
head of technology strategy group for Networks Business, Samsung
Electronics. “NI is a key partner helping accelerate our
development on NR-based 5G mmWave technology and systems.”
This collaboration will explore the 5G NR standard at maximum
throughput levels utilizing the full available bandwidth and
maximum number of component carriers (eight) in a full 2x2 multiple
input, multiple output (MIMO) configuration.
“Researchers all over the world have used our mmWave technology
to develop 5G candidate technologies,” said Eric Starkloff,
executive vice president of global sales and marketing at NI. “With
the knowledge gained from these engagements and our flexible
platform, we were able to introduce 5G NR-capable technologies very
quickly. We look forward to continuing to work with Samsung to
validate 5G systems, test emerging 5G equipment and speed adoption
and commercialization.”
The NI and Samsung demonstration will be shown in Samsung’s
booth at MWC, located at the Exhibit Hall 2 Stand 2M20 in Fira Gran
Via, and will be open from February 26 to March 1. To learn more
about MWC 2018, please visit mobileworldcongress.com.
For more information about NI's participation at Mobile World
Congress 2018, visit ni.com/innovate-faster.
About Samsung Electronics
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About NI
NI (ni.com) empowers engineers and scientists with a
software-centric platform that incorporates modular hardware and an
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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