A Review on 5G Sub-6 GHz Base Station Antenna Design Challenges

5G systems: The mmMAGIC project perspective on use cases and challenges between 6-100 GHz

mmMAGIC (Millimetre-Wave Based Mobile Radio Access Network for Fifth Generation Integrated Communications) is an EU funded 5G-PPP project, whose overall objective is to design and pre-develop a mobile radio access technology (RAT) operating in the 6-100 GHz range, capable of impacting standards and other relevant fora. The focus of the project is on extreme Mobile Broadband, which is expected t...

Design of a Magneto-Electric Dipole Antenna for FM Radio Broadcasting Base Station Antenna Implementation

This work presents the design of a magneto-electric dipole (MED) antenna for the base station antenna of FM radio broadcasting implementation. The advantages of MED antenna are high gain, stable and symmetrical radiation patterns in both electric and magnetic planes, and low back lobe radiation pattern. The antenna was designed and studied to achieve the optimal dimensions of configuration para...

5G radio access above 6 GHz

Designing and developing a millimetre-wave (mmWave) based mobile Radio Access Technology (RAT) in the 6-100 GHz frequency range is a fundamental component in the standardization of the new 5G radio interface, recently kicked off by 3GPP. Such component, herein called the new mmWave RAT, will not only enable extreme mobile broadband (eMBB) services, but also support UHD/3D streaming, offer immer...

Base station antenna selection for LTE networks

High Capacity Adaptive Base-station Antenna Systems

The deployment of cellular systems is a success and as the number of subscribers grows, service providers may experience capacity problems due to limited frequency spectrum. Consequently, service providers need to find methods to enhance the coverage and capacity of their networks. Today’s systems are optimally designed for supporting speech traffic in circuit-switched services. The introductio...