BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2018 -- InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, and OPENAIRINTERFACE™ SOFTWARE ALLIANCE (“OSA”) today announced the planned demonstration of a 5G millimeter wave fully digital beamforming prototype integrated with an LTE solution at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which runs from February 26 to March 1, 2018.  

The millimeter wave air interface (mmWave) is one of the key new technologies being introduced into 3GPP’s 5G NR standard as an enabler for high data rates and enhanced user experience. The demonstration will showcase some of the fundamental concepts enabling mmWave 5G integration with the existing LTE standard using non-standalone mode. A terminal prototype platform on a moving track will be used to demonstrate mmWave beam management and handover between LTE and mmWave base stations.

“Integrating millimeter wave technology with LTE is not only the most efficient approach to deploying 5G millimeter wave, but it has also demonstrated several performance benefits, especially when coupled with a fully digital beamformer,” said Doug Castor, Senior Director, InterDigital. “Also, use of the OPENAIRINTERFACE™ solution positions us to extend this work with additional research partners.”

The transformation from current beamforming technology, which relies on analog or a hybrid of analog and digital, to fully digital beamforming can result in reduction of latency and improve radio link failure detection and recovery time.  Therefore, digital beamforming establishes itself as a promising further improvement for future mmWave architectures.

Attendees of Mobile World Congress can see this demonstration, along with panel discussions and additional 5G-related demos, at InterDigital’s booth in Hall 7, Stand 7C61.

About InterDigital^®

InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400^® index.

InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.

For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.

About OPENAIRINTERFACE™ SOFTWARE ALLIANCE
OSA is a non-profit organization accelerating and democratizing wireless innovation by promoting 3GPP networks using Open-Source Software over Commercial-Over-The Shelf (COTS) hardware. The OpenAirInterface software stack today offers full 4G and 5G Radio Access Network as well as Core Network implementation. The OSA has more than 60 members from across the globe and the OAI software is used in almost all ongoing activities in 5G.

For more information, please visit www.openairinterface.org.