Canadian wireless broadband vendor NuRAN Wireless via its subsidiary Nutaq has entered into an agreement with Viettel’s Network Technologies Center for the development of a 5G Massive MIMO base station prototype.
Viettel is Vietnam's largest mobile network operator and has a significant presence in 12 countries in Asia, Africa and America and serves over 90,000,000 users making it one of the largest telecommunication companies in the World
Both organizations are joining forces in this program that covers the implementation of baseband processing for 5G Massive MIMO as well as the design of a 5G Baseband Processor Unit (BBU) and Remote Radio Units (RRH).
Achieving 5G’s anticipated speeds of up to 1000Gbps and a thousand-fold increase in capacity requires the development of a multitude of new components and techniques to improve spectral efficiency, accommodate more users including connected devices (Internet of Things), increase data rates, and reduce power consumption.
As part of its contribution to the joint collaboration program, Nutaq will supply its TitanMIMO, its 5G testbed that the company claim can support up to 1000 transceivers (or antenna elements) and enables real-time, wideband, Massive MIMO implementation.
The system also allows measurement in different channel conditions. In line with its mission for supporting innovation in wireless communication technology, Nutaq will additionally provide dedicated technical staff to support the joint research program.
Francis Letourneau, VP Sales and Marketing, NuRAN Wireless
We are expecting to see concrete results from this collaboration both in terms of the evolution of Nutaq’s 5G massive MIMO testbed, as well as NuRAN’s future 5G cellular network products.
Tristan Martin, Director of Business Development, Nutaq Innovations
NuRAN Wireless and Nutaq Innovations are committed to ‘connecting the billion’ by leveraging more than 25 years of wireless innovation.
