Cellular and WiFi Co-design for 5G User Equipment

TL;DR

This paper explores the integration of cellular and WiFi technologies in 5G user equipment, proposing a cost-effective DPA-MIMO architecture and discussing application scenarios and network cooperation strategies.

Contribution

It introduces a novel distributed phased array MIMO architecture for 5G UE and analyzes co-design strategies for cellular and WiFi coexistence.

Findings

Proposes a cost-effective DPA-MIMO architecture for 5G UE

Analyzes cellular-WiFi co-design and application scenarios

Unveils cooperation strategies within 5G heterogeneous networks

Abstract

Motivated by providing solutions to design challenges of coexisting cellular and WiFi for future 5G application scenarios, this paper, first, conducts an in-depth investigation of current technological trends of 5G from user equipment (UE) design perspective, and then presents a cost-effective cellular-WiFi design methodology based on the new distributed phased array MIMO (DPA-MIMO) architecture for practical 5G UE devices as an example. Furthermore, additional 5G cellular-WiFi application scenarios and co-operation details within 5G heterogeneous networks are unveiled on top of the said cellular-WiFi co-enabled 5G UE design.