Advanced Antenna Systems for 5G Network Deployments: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice

Advanced Antenna Systems for 5G Network Deployments: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive understanding of the field of advanced antenna systems (AAS) and how they can be deployed in 5G networks. The book gives a thorough understanding of the basic technology components, the state-of-the-art multi-antenna solutions, what support 3GPP has standardized together with the reasoning, AAS performance in real networks, and how AAS can be used to enhance network deployments.

Explains how AAS features impact network performance and how AAS can be effectively used in a 5G network, based on either NR and/or LTEShows what AAS configurations and features to use in different network deployment scenarios, focusing on mobile broadband, but also including fixed wireless accessPresents the latest developments in multi-antenna technologies, including Beamforming, MIMO and cell shaping, along with the potential of different technologies in a commercial network contextProvides a deep understanding of the differences between mid-band and mm-Wave solutions

1. Introduction 2. Network Deployment and Evolution 3. Elements of Wave Propagation 4. Antenna Arrays and Classical Beamforming 5. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing - Based multiple-input multiple-output systems 6. Multiantenna technologies 7. Concepts and Solutions for High band Millimeter Wave 8. 3GPP Physical Layer Solutions for Long-term Evolution and the Evolution Towards New Radio 9. 3GPP Physical Solutions for New Radio 10. End-to-end features 11. Radio Performance Requirements and Regulations 12. Architecture and Implementation Aspects 13. Performance of Multiantenna Features and Configurations 14. Advanced Antenna Systems in Network Deployments 15. Summary and Outlook