5G infrastructure power supply design considerations (Part I)
Discover the factors that telecoms organizations need to consider for 5G infrastructure power design in the network periphery.
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.
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 the need for true 5G network architecture. The number of base stations needed increases with each generation of mobile technolo
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
Requirements include units that work indoors and outdoors, offer surge protection, provide step changes in voltage, and come in form factors that are compatible with heterogeneous systems. The access side of the 5G stack includes user equipment such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop devices.
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