he Future of Wireless Communications (Reprise) Hint: It’s not a linear amplifier - Livestream

Spectrum and energy are expensive and constrained resources in the era of 5G. Given the exponential increase in the demand for wireless capacity, these constraints have become more apparent and innovation in this space is therefore crucial.

The future generations of wireless communications will demand innovative leaps in spectrum efficiency, bandwidth efficiency, and power efficiency for successful technology deployments. Key applications that will fundamentally change how we interact with wireless systems and the demands we place on wireless technologies include Small Cell deployment, Massive MIMO and Beam Steering, and eventually Dynamic Spectrum Access. While each of these breakthrough "system" capabilities make simultaneous demands of spectrum efficiency, bandwidth efficiency, and power efficiency, the current suite of legacy technologies forces system designers to make undesirable trade-offs because of the limitations of linear amplifier technology.

Eridan's solution is the antithesis of "linear". By combining the favorable properties of Gallium Nitride with direct polar architecture, Eridan's digital sampling radio emphasizes precision and flexibility, and simultaneously delivers spectrum efficiency, bandwidth efficiency, and power efficiency. The resulting capabilities dramatically increase total wireless capacity without expanding operations into extended regions of the wireless spectrum.

This presentation will discuss the driving forces behind wireless system performance, the physics of linear amplifiers and digital sampling radios, measured performance of Eridan's solution, and the implications for wireless system capabilities in the near future.

Speaker: Doug Kirkpatrick, Eridan Communications

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