Xilinx and Movandi have teamed up on an Open-RAN (Radio Unit RU) that companies are demonstrating at the virtual BIG 5G event September 22-24. This continues to advance open 5G architecture and innovation and, most importantly, accelerates deployments.

Networks have become increasingly complex with the advent of 5G, densification, and richer, more demanding applications. To tame this complexity, we cannot use traditional human-intensive means of deploying, optimizing, and operating a network. Instead, networks must be self-driving and should be able to leverage new learning-based technologies to automate operational network functions and reduce OPEX.

Movandi is excited to collaborate with Xilinx to help design the standards that will optimize today’s networks and build a more open network infrastructure to accelerate new 5G technologies.

Open-RAN Radio Unit Demonstration Platform

Movandi has developed a platform with Xilinx for a mmWave Open-RAN system. Here you see that we're using Xilinx RF SOC Gen 3 as a modem, connecting to our front end module of 32 elements, 28 gigahertz and we're showing phenomenal results of -31 dB and EVM, which basically is perfect for up to 64QAM modulation.

We're only using 32 elements modules, the whole front end, which we're using Xilinx chip sets as well as Movandi antennas and module. It is very modular approach that can be used in many different applications. For example, it could be used to build an array with a thousand element antennas as well as very small numbers, all the way going to as little as four elements antennas.

This can address many different mmWave radio applications; we support 28 gigahertz, 24 gigahertz as well as 39 gigahertz RF2 bands. And we can address all the way from gNodeB applications to the CPE consumer products, including small cells for indoor and outdoor applications with the Movandi BeamXR 5G extender to expand 5G home and mobile deployments to more places.

<Movandi Solutions Across Entire 5G mmWave Ecosystem>

In the video we're demonstrating the latest generation ORAN mmWave RU solution. We're combining technology from Xilinx in the form of an RFSoC Gen 3 device with the latest BeamX radio technology from Movandi. The RFSoC provides the baseband processing for the ORAN RU and the high IF signal for the BeamX mmWave front endto provide a fully integrated ORAN mmWave RU solution. 

<Open-RAN Radio Unit Demonstration Platform>

Movandi is a unique company, unlike many other companies, from the beginning, they started working on devices, providing components to basically make devices. Movandi realized that the challenges of millimeter are in the coverage. Therefore, they decided to focus on everything possible to make solutions that basically help the deployment of mmWave for 5G. Movandi is solving the technical challenges of 5G millimeter wave networks.

Movandi’s BeamXR is the industry’s first smart active repeater solution that amplifies coverage and closes the gap in 5G mmWave deployments. It’s designed to penetrate physical barriers in urban environments and amplify mmWave coverage in public spaces and inside buildings, enabling leading carriers like Verizon to expand live 5G networks. Movandi’s active smart repeater system extends the range and coverage of 5G and helps to significantly reduce deployment costs. Movandi’s core technology in 5G integrated circuits, antennas, systems, and algorithms design disciplines is yielding improvements in performance, coverage and latency, to enable 5G to its full potential.

<Active Router/Repeater: Solving “5G Coverage Challenges”>

Movandi is the fastest growing 5G mmWave solutions company with a mission to revolutionize 5G everywhere. The company was founded by two siblings, Maryam and Reza Rofougaran, today’s top leaders in the wireless industry, whose innovations have shaped and transformed wireless in the last few decades. Having pioneered wireless systems, Movandi is solving real-world 5G mmWave deployments with unmatched differentiation and high-performance core technology in 5G integrated circuits, antennas, systems, algorithms and design disciplines to enable 5G to reach its full potential. Movandi’s flexible solutions solve 5G mmWave deployment cost and schedule challenges and provide future-proof solutions utilizing mesh and routing to further improve 5G coverage and capacity. Movandi’s strong and diverse system portfolio of IP and patents plays a critical role across the complete 5G ecosystem, from infrastructure to mobile, while allowing for maximum 5G coverage.  www.movandi.com

Original Date: 09-22-2020