Sprint and NYU Wireless this week announced they are working together to further the development of mobile 5G. Sprint joins the university research center at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering as an industry affiliate sponsor.
As an industry affiliate, Sprint will gain early access to NYU Wireless's research, work with students and faculty on 5G-oriented projects, and have access to a ready pipeline of engineering talent.
Sprint will also contribute technical expertise on network design, use cases, and architecture requirements for core and radio access 5G networks and the devices that will access them.
Together with Qualcomm Technologies and SoftBank, Softbank recently agreed to develop technologies for mobile 5G, including the 3GPP New Radio (NR) standard in Band 41 (2.5 GHz) for accelerated wide-scale 5G deployments. The companies plan to provide commercial services and devices in late 2019.
The announcement builds on Sprint’s demonstration last summer, where it was the first carrier in the world to showcase 5G at a large scale public event – the Copa America Centenario soccer tournament – using 15 GHz and 73 GHz spectrum.
NYU WIRELESS is a recognized international academic leader in 5G research for its seminal mmWave research, measuring, and modeling. The center, which conducted the world’s first radio channel measurements proving that the mmWave spectrum holds vast potential to improve wireless communications, was cited by the FCC when the commission explored the future of millimeter technology.
Dr Ron Marquardt, VP of Technology, Sprint
We’re focused on delivering mobile 5G in late 2019 using our 2.5 GHz spectrum to provide broad nationwide 5G coverage with millimeter wave bands serving as high-capacity, high-throughput hotspots. Our work with NYU Wireless will be instrumental for practical use of this spectrum and ensuring strong integration between these bands.
