Recently 5G has generated a steady stream of buzz and excitement. Companies and universities have announced astounding achievements and asserted incredible goals for 5G. Is 5G just hype, or is there substance behind the banter? In this keynote address, National Instruments' Vice President and Fellow Mike Santori gives his 5G “state of the union” to understand the what, when, where, and why of 5G. Recorded at the NIWeek 5G Summit 2016.

Records are being set in spectral efficiency, approaching 145 bit/s/Hz and beyond with massive MIMO systems. Increased efficiency comes with the cost of complexity. Join a panel of leading researchers to discuss how prototyping results are reshaping what we know about MIMO and how leaps in spectral efficiency might impact future wireless standards. Moderated by Nikhil Kundargi (Senior Architect, 5G & SDR Team, National Instruments), panelists include Tom Marzetta (Bell Labs/Alcatel-Lucent), Ove Edfors (Lund University), Ali Panah (Facebook), Mark Beach (University of Bristol); and Sundeep Rangan (NYU Wireless). Recorded at the NIWeek 5G Summit 2016.

mmWave has brought the 10 Gb/s KPI for 5G into sight, but many unknowns still cloud its future for mobility applications. The industry has some quick decisions to make regarding frequencies, bandwidths, and numerologies. Learn how service providers, semiconductor manufacturers, and leading academic researchers are pushing the technology forward as it’s vetted for standardization. Moderated by Sarah Yost (Product Marketing Manager, National Instruments), panelists include Arun Ghosh (AT&T), Andy Molisch (University of Southern California), Bob Daniels (PHAZR), Michael Ha (FCC), and Jerry Pi (Straight Path Communications). Recorded at the NIWeek 5G Summit 2016.

With early target deployments for the 2018 and 2020 Olympics, 3GPP standardization on 5G, also known as new radio, is now heating up. Join a panel of esteemed experts from key players in the mobile ecosystem spanning mobile operator, chipset, handset, and infrastructure vendor to learn about the latest in 3GPP and where it is going. Moderated by Ian Wong (Senior Group Manager, Advanced Wireless Research, National Instruments), panelists include Amitava Ghosh (Nokia), Brian Daly (AT&T), Geng Wu (Intel), Yang Yang (Shanghai Research Center for Wireless Communications), and Charlie Zhang (Samsung). Recorded at the NIWeek 5G Summit 2016.

To deal with the severe spectrum crunch in sub-6 GHz bands, the cellular ecosystem has recently proposed using the unlicensed spectrum with technologies such as LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U), Licensed Assisted Access (LAA), and LTE Wi-Fi Aggregation (LWA). New spectrum has also been proposed in the 3.5 GHz CBRS band. Learn about the corresponding trade-offs, the concerns and controversies potentially impacting Wi-Fi deployments, and the relevance to 5G network design. Panelists include Tamer Kadous (Qualcomm), Michael Ha (FCC), Kenneth Zdunek (Roberson & Associates), J.-F. Thomas Cheng (Ericsson) and Monisha Ghosh (University of Chicago). Recorded at the NIWeek 5G Summit 2016.