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Past Event Recordings
Future Network Security: Challenges & Opportunities Workshop
Virtual Event: 22-24 March 2021
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ITU-ETSI-IEEE Joint Testbed Workshop
Virtual Event: 15-16 March 2021
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Bridging the 4G/5G Gap: Telecommunications Roadmap for Implementation
A 2-part course focused on the technical aspects in applications, permitting and licensing negotiations, and deployment of next generation networking.
Virtual Event: 10 March 2021
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Upcoming Webinars
Cybersecurity and Privacy in Future Networks: Challenges and Opportunities
Next in the new series, 5G and Beyond: A Roadmap Approach
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Latest Webinars On-Demand
5G Demystified: Deployment, Socioeconomics, and Timelines
First in the new series, 5G and Beyond: A Roadmap Approach
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Latest Publications
7 Experts Cast Their Visions for 5G and Beyond in 2021
This article polled seven experts from the Future Networks Initiative community to get their predictions about energy efficiency, deployment, massive MIMO, and others. Learn what the experts expect will occur in 2021
Read the latest issue.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine
The articles in this special section focus on the evolution of automotive engineering that deploy 6G networks.
Read the latest issue.
Latest Podcast
The 5G Deployment Challenge - Part 4 in a Series: A Panel Discussion on the Health and Safety Concerns about 5G
5G promises to usher in a new era of connectivity and productivity, but is it safe?
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Featured Video
5G Infrastructure and Technology for a New World
Sumedha Limaye, Intel India
IEEE 2020 3rd 5G World Forum, 10 September - 2 November
Feature Article
Pro Sports COVID-19 Sensors Trace Rise of Ultra-Wideband Tech
Bluetooth- and UWB-based contact tracing both compelling, though UWB may be poised for post-pandemic takeoff
How To Build a Radio That Ignores Its Own Transmissions
Self-interference cancellation brings wireless networks closer to single-frequency full duplex
IEEE Future Directions Talks 5G: David Witkowski Bridging the 4G/5G Gap Course
David Witkowski, Deployment Working Group Co-Chair, discusses his upcoming 2-part course on the roadmap for implementing 5G technologies.
Treat Smart City Tech like Sewers, or Better
Cities should value IoT deployments as the infrastructure they are
Take the Updated Testbed Survey
Our working group is in the process of creating a directory of 5G testbeds to maximize national and international collaboration, but to accomplish that we need your help!
Technology Spotlight
Duke University and Facebook’s Connectivity Lab Bring Better Optical Communications to Light
The technique could eventually lead to terabit per second laser links
Marvell will launch distributed processors to deal with 5G data deluge
Marvell today announced it will be one of the chip companies making the processing of 5G data more flexible.
Derating the 5G Network
Read the latest article from Brian Zahnstecher, Co-Chair of the Energy Efficiency INGR Working Group, about "Derating the 5G Network" published in the March 2021 issue of IEEE Power Electronics Magazine.
Read more at IEEE PELS Magazine.
Will vRAN Ever Break Into mmWave 5G Networks?
mmWave's point-to-point nature means massive MIMO is needed to create lots of narrow beams, which requires RAN architectures to manage more processing. But, will that ever happen?
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