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Base station, end user equipment to serve as testbed for verifying new sub-6-GHz technologies.
Qualcomm this week introduced 5G prototype equipment designed to drive standardisation and help operators and vendors trial next-generation network technology.
The U.S. chipmaker describes its offering as a 5G New Radio (NR) prototype, and it consists of a base station and user equipment. It supports radio frequency bandwidths of more than 100 MHz, enabling multi-gigabit per second connection speeds.
"The 5G NR prototype further demonstrates our leadership in developing a unified, more capable 5G air interface, building upon our long-standing expertise in delivering OFDM chips and technology with LTE and WiFi," said Qualcomm CTO Matt Grob, in a statement on Monday.
Qualcomm said its prototype system will closely track 3GPP’s progress on a 5G air interface to help mobile operators, infrastructure vendors, and other industry players, trial new technology and support future commercial network deployments.
The prototype system is designed specifically for sub-6-GHz spectrum. The company already offers a prototype system for millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum in the 28 GHz band.
