FLEET, England, August 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Anite's leading channel emulation
and protocol expertise to contribute to 5G
research in collaboration with other international technology
companies
Anite, a global leader in wireless equipment testing technology,
today announced that it has joined the 5G Innovation Centre at the
University of Surrey ("5GIC"), the largest UK academic research
centre dedicated to the development of the next generation of
mobile and wireless communications.
Anite's leading channel emulation and protocol testing expertise
will contribute to the development of next-generation 5G
technology. Many candidate technologies are currently being
considered for future 5G standards and a common theme across these
proposals is the increasingly complex interactions between wireless
devices. Wireless researchers find it essential to accurately
simulate the protocol and radio conditions of potential 5G network
environments in order to evaluate the technology and optimise the
performance of next-generation networks and devices.
At the heart of the 5GIC, which is backed by both the UK
government and leading global industry players, is a
state-of-the-art testbed for trialling emerging 5G ideas, proving
concepts, validating standards and vendor inter-operability
testing.
Several other universities and international research projects
including METIS and Virtuoso have called upon Anite's wireless
expertise and test solutions to progress their research into 5G.
Earlier this year, Anite announced that the Anite-led task group
within the METIS project finalised the world's first 5G radio
channel models, which will help to accelerate the development of 5G
radio access technologies and future mobile industry standards. The
Virtuoso project benefits from Anite's Virtual Drive Testing
Modelling Tool, which uses Anite's Propsim Channel Emulator and the
Anite 9000 network simulator to "virtually" recreate the field
environment in the laboratory.
Paul Beaver, Products Director at
Anite's Device & Infrastructure business says, "We are really
excited to be joining 5GIC, adding Anite's valuable expertise to
help accelerate key research initiatives. 5G has the potential to
transform wireless communications but it will be essential to
ensure that key technology attributes are appropriately designed
and tested, and this is where Anite can play an important
role."
Professor Rahim Tafazolli, Head
of the 5G Innovation Centre commented, "Anite's contribution to our
5G research programme will enable the development and testing of
future technologies in a real environment and in an end to end
manner. Through 5GIC's collaboration with leading industry partners
our 5G testbed will inform a new communications network that will
revolutionise the way technologies are developed in the
future."
About Anite
Anite plc 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 headquarters in the UK and from offices in 15 countries
across Europe, the Americas,
Asia and the Middle East.
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1. METIS (Mobile and wireless communications Enablers for 2020
Information Society) is co-funded by the European Commission as an
Integrated Project under the Seventh Framework Programme for
research and development (FP7).
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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