Bell Labs & Technische Universität Dresden comes together for 5G Devlopment

On June, 15 The industrial research arm of Alcatel-Lucent-Bell Labs, became research partner with Technische Universität Dresden’s 5G Lab at Germany. The collaboration between the organisations will help in development and advancement of  the 5G technology by meeting the massive connectivity demands of the future and high-performance required by the end-users.

The 5G lab Germany brought together 20 professors from the Technische Universität Dresden  with more than 500 scientists when it opened in September 2014.The 5G lab Germany is a recognised technological and industry leader for the collaborative effort to develop the 5G Technology.

The collaborations initial focus will be on-

• Use of multiple device-to-radio connections to enhance reliability for mission-critical communications - It will focus on how multiple 5G and 4G LTE could enhance communication.
• Definition of a 5G air interface - The newly-developed Bell Labs Universal Filtered-Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (UF-OFDM) waveform for 5G networks will be a leading contender for standardization and will enable enhanced performance and new services while also reducing complexity of 5G Network.

Prof. Gerhard Fettweis, Vodafone Chair for Mobile Communications Systems at TU Dresden, running the university´s 5G Lab Germany, said:

“With Alcatel Lucent’s system insights and know-how we can address the most relevant challenges in designing and operating highly reliable and resilient mobile networks. We investigate a theoretical framework that allows us to analyze waveforms, find performance bounds and find low-complexity designs for implementation. The second project targets on new access technologies as an enhancement of the dual connectivity transmission approach and joint coordination among multiple radio access technologies to meet various service requirements.”

Also,Tod Sizer, head of wireless research in Bell Labs, added:

“Bell Labs is an industry leader in wireless innovation and research, and is working closely with customers, key government-funded projects in Europe and with leading universities like TU Dresden to collectively define what 5G should and will be. Our history with TU Dresden goes even beyond the very early definition of 5G and now we are innovating together to enable low latency applications, higher capacity solutions, as well as support for both Massive MIMO and Massive numbers of connected machine devices.”

Surely with such great organization's coming together for the collaborative effort towards the development of 5G technology, it's dawn is near. We will keep you informed about the updates to the news, so do follow us on Facebook and Twitter for latest updates.