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Engineers designing 5G base stations must contend with energy use, weight, size, and heat, which impact design decisions. 5G New Radio (NR) uses Multi-User massive-MIMO (MU-MIMO), Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB), and beamforming with millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum up to 71 GHz.
This technique reduces opex by putting a base station into a “sleep mode,” with only the essentials remaining powered on. Pulse power leverages 5G base stations' ability to analyze traffic loads. In 4G, radios are always on, even when traffic levels don't warrant it, such as transmitting reference signals to detect users in the middle of the night.
the need for true 5G network architecture. The number of base stations needed increases with each generation of mobile technolo y to support higher levels of data trafic. Antenna systems will also need to evolve to handle increases in capacity, frequency ranges and the ability to minim
HNOLOGY MANUFACTURERS FACE A CHALLENGE. With the demand for 5G coverage accelerating, it's a race to build and deploy base-s ation components and antenna mast systems. Upgrading 4G base stations by software to non-standalone (N A) 5G will still require hardware changes. It will act as an interim, but it will still not satisfy
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