Macquarie Uni joins international 5G research team

Macquarie University researchers have joined an international line-up of universities to develop 5G wireless technologies.

The team members, led by Professor Eryk Dutkiewicz, are the only Australians involved in the three-year, multimillion-dollar program with industry sponsors led by Intel.

“We’re excited to be collaborating with such a prestigious group of internationally recognised institutions who are investigating candidate technologies for 5G, including solutions for the impending shortage of radio spectrum, or ‘wireless crunch’,” said Professor Dutkiewicz.

“Although the full scope of the 5G technologies has yet to be defined, the research project at Macquarie University will aim to develop innovative solutions for addressing the 1000-fold increase in capacity needed for future mobile communication networks.”

The team will present its work at a workshop in California later this year.

Other institutions involved include the University of Southern California, New York University, Princeton University, Stanford University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Texas at Austin, University Fabra Pompeu, Purdue University, Cornell University, IIT Delhi, the University of California at Los Angeles and Rice University.

Macquarie University researchers have a proud history in the field, having played a critical role in the initial development of wireless networking, helping to translate Wi-Fi into a prototype for a commercial integrated circuit.