FLEET, England, September 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Anite's leading
channel emulation expertise enables universities and research
institutes to accelerate R&D into future mobile
communications technologies
Anite, a global leader in wireless equipment testing technology,
today announced that the UK's University of Bristol has selected Anite's Propsim F8
Channel Emulator for its 5G research projects.
Anite's Propsim F8 is currently the only radio channel emulator
with an RF channel bandwidth of 160 MHz. This wide capability
enables research organisations and wireless equipment manufacturers
to verify very high data rates as well as implement advanced 5G and
802.11ac features, such as multi-user MIMO and beamforming.
Propsim's user-friendly interface, with its pre-built library of
channel models, enables researchers and developers to quickly
design new propagation models by rigorously modelling the
components that make up a communications link. Propsim F8 enables
the University of Bristol to
'stack' multiple channels in the frequency domain to test wideband
applications that use antenna array technology and beamforming
techniques for millimetre wave wireless access technologies.
Anite has a long-standing relationship with the University's
Communication Systems and Networks (CSN) Group that runs a
state-of-the-art hardware and measurement facility. The CSN Group
will be using the Propsim F8 (procured through an UK EPSRC
equipment award) for projects such as mmMagic (EU 5G PPP -
http://www.5g-ppp.eu/mmmagic).
Early channel model research and development is necessary to
understand the way radio waves propagate at various frequencies,
which is why many research initiatives across the globe use Anite's
Propsim Channel Emulators to progress 5G research. For example, the
Anite-led task group within the METIS project finalised the world's
first 5G radio channel models earlier this year.
Paul Beaver, Products Director at
Anite's Device & Infrastructure Business says, "Anite is
delighted to support the University of Bristol, helping them to further upgrade their
advanced wireless channel emulation facility and achieve their 5G
research goals."
Professor Andrew Nix, Dean of the
Faculty of Engineering and Head of the CSN Group, says: "Anite's
Propsim F8 Channel Emulators with enhanced bandwidth capability
will open a new avenue in our 5G research in projects such as
Horizon 2020 mmMAGIC and 5G-XHaul, as well as collaborative
projects with industry."
About Anite
Anite is a leading supplier of test and measurement solutions to
the international wireless market. It provides testing,
measurement, optimisation and analytics systems based on its
specialist sector knowledge and its proprietary software and
hardware products. Customers include major manufacturers of mobile
devices, chipsets and network equipment, mobile network operators,
regulatory authorities, and independent test houses.
Its 500+ staff work from offices in 15 countries across
Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle
East.
Anite is now part of Keysight Technologies.
For more information, please visit the company's website:
http://www.anite.com
The University of Bristol
The University of Bristol is
one of the most popular and successful universities in the U.K. It
was ranked within the top 40 universities in the world in the QS
World University rankings 2015 and 9th in the country. The
University of Bristol is ranked
among the top five institutions in the U.K. for its research,
according to new analysis of the Research Excellence Framework
(REF) 2014. Bristol is a member of
the Russell Group of U.K. research-intensive universities, and a
member of the Worldwide Universities Network, a grouping of
research-led institutions of international standing.
The University was founded in 1876 and was granted its
Royal Charter in 1909. It was the
first university in England to
admit women on the same basis as men. The University is a major
force in the economic, social and cultural life of Bristol and the region, but is also a
significant player on the world stage. It has over 16,000
undergraduates and nearly 6,000 postgraduate students from more
than 100 countries, and its research links span the globe.
Eleven Bristol graduates and
members of staff have been awarded Nobel Prizes, including Sir
Winston Churchill who was Chancellor
of the University of Bristol from
1929 until 1965. http://www.bristol.ac.uk
For further information, please contact:
Karolina Eklund, Anite, Tel:
+44(0)1252-775245, Email: karolina.eklund@anite.com
Matt Humphries, Babel PR, Tel:
+44(0)207-434-5550, Email: anite@babelpr.com
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