Millimeter-wave Beamforming Prototype Design Solution

"Focused on 5G/6G wireless communication and sensing research, satellite communication, and radar application markets, TMYTEK's millimetre-wave beamforming prototype design solution."

Recent technology trends in 5G/6G and satellite communication have increased the demand for millimetre-wave technology. However, the high-frequency propagation attenuation encountered in the millimetre-wave frequency band is a significant challenge for millimetre-wave technology. 

At the same time, researchers in advanced communication and sensing system applications have been studying integrated technologies for measuring channel state information (CSI) to estimate radio channel characteristics in complex NLOS environments, to be applied in beamforming systems that achieve large-scale multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) through beam control and beam tracking. From research to commercialization, the concept verification prototype system can be evaluated on a simulation platform with a standard protocol stack to simulate real-world operations.

TMYTEK collaborates with NI to launch millimetre-wave communication prototype design solutions, integrating NI Ettus USRP X410 with TMYTEK UD Box 5G frequency converter and BBox 5G beamformer Millimetre-wave technology and satellite communication solutions leader TMYTEK (TMY Technology Inc., TMYTEK) collaborate with NI to launch millimetre-wave communication prototype design solutions, integrating NI Ettus USRP X410 with TMYTEK UD Box 5G frequency converter and BBox 5G beamformer for advanced wireless communication and sensing research, including 5G/6G, satellite communication, radar, and another land, sea, and air domains.

This newly launched millimetre-wave communication prototype design solution integrates top-notch products from TMYTEK and NI; using TMYTEK's beamformer series, users can easily perform beam control experiments through the TMXLAB Kit (TLK) graphical user interface and verify test results. At the same time, combined with TMYTEK's frequency converter, easy up-conversion and down-conversion between sub-6 GHz and millimetre-wave frequency bands can be achieved, ensuring the transmission performance of 5G NR FR2 waveforms is unaffected. The NI Ettus USRP X410, with its open FPGA and ultra-wide real-time analysis bandwidth, is the ideal choice for generating and analyzing RF signals.

The millimetre-wave communication prototype solution provides an immediately simple, usable, and relatively low-cost platform for experimentation, fully supporting 5G FR2 frequency bands 26/28/39 GHz and nanosecond-level beam switching capabilities. It is designed for 5G and satellite communication millimetre-wave system developers, system integrators, MIMO researchers, and OAI developers, significantly reducing the development threshold of millimetre-wave frequency bands speeding up development but also greatly reducing the expensive replacement cost of millimetre-wave instruments.

Solution features:

• Fully supports 5G FR2 frequency bands 26/28/39 GHz;
• Out-of-the-box beamforming platform and visual beam steering; 
• Based on NI's high-performance USRP with open FPGA and ultra-wide real-time signal analysis bandwidth.

An ideal choice for satellite communication millimetre-wave system developers, system integrators, MIMO researchers, and OAI developers.