# 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.

## Key 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.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1803.06943