Signals Research Group Partners with Rohde & Schwarz to Conduct Performance Study on 5G Power Amplifiers

5G mobile phone systems will be pushing the boundaries of modern communication systems. Power amplifiers, which are a key building block of transmitter design, will be required to do more in 5G applications. This includes better performance, cleaner signals and operating at higher frequencies in order to deliver the proposed data rates and throughputs of 5G.

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Jun 21, 2016, 08:40 ET

COLUMBIA, Md., June 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Signals Research Group, in conjunction with Rohde & Schwarz USA, Inc., is conducting a research report on the state of 5G power amplifiers that will involve the products and support of several industry leading component companies currently working on 5G power amplifiers. As one of the most respected and trusted names in technical research reports for the wireless industry, Signals Research Group plans to publish this report in its Signals Ahead publication during the second half of 2016.

Power amplifiers for 5G systems will be required to deliver exceptional performance and at much higher frequencies than current 4G systems today. The 28 GHz band, in particular, is getting considerable attention from researchers and companies around the world with its ability to supply very wide bandwidths, allowing 5G systems to deliver individual data throughputs as high as 10 Gbps. Other performance factors, such as power added efficiency (PAE) and error vector magnitude for single and multicarrier signals, will be important for 5G power amplifiers.

"5G will be pushing the performance envelope unlike anything we've ever experienced," said Charlie Zhang, V.P. of Samsung Research America. "As a user of power amplifiers in our mobile phones and devices, we are interested to learn about the current state of power amplifier performance for upcoming 5G devices. This report is very timely and useful, and we appreciate the work that Signals Research Group and Rohde & Schwarz have put into it."

If you would like to learn more about this report, or would like to consider joining this study, please send an email to: [email protected].

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Signals Research Group (SRG) offers thought-leading field research and consulting services covering the wireless telecommunications industry. The Signals Ahead publication provides in-depth analysis of emerging wireless technologies with a particular focus on performance benchmarking. Examples of industry-first studies include LTE (Feb 2010), DC-HSDPA (Jan 2011), LTE-Advanced (Oct 2013) and VoLTE (Aug 2014). The consultancy's Signals Flash product provides timely commentary on recent events, such as trade shows or company-specific events, as well as major news announcements. In addition to its subscription-based research products, SRG also provides customized studies and commissioned papers for individual clients, including mobile operators, equipment suppliers, trade associations, and the financial community.

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