Wireless equipment testing firm, Anite, Wednesday 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. The company's leading channel emulation and protocol testing expertise will contribute to the development of next-generation 5G technology, said Anite.
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.
According to Anite, 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 optimize the performance of next-generation networks and devices.
Paul Beaver, Products Director at Anite's Device & Infrastructure
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
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.
