ZTE announces breakthrough in 5G Research with MUSA

ZTE has announced a breakthrough in 5G research, with the company’s new Multi-User Shared Access (MUSA) technology demonstrating the capability to more than triple overload capacity of wireless access networks.

Based on the simulation results, ZTE’s MUSA algorithm delivered an over 200% improvement in the overload radio, helping to transition networks for the era of the Internet of Things. MUSA is one of ZTE’s research projects on Pre5G, which use 5G-ready technologies to provide commercial 4G LTE end-users with 5G-like access experience. Other Pre5G technologies developed by ZTE include Massive MIMO, and Ultra-Dense Network (UDN). ZTE expects its Pre5G technologies will be commercially deployed in 2015.

ZTE has also successfully tested its Pre5G UDN solution, which makes full use of the sophisticated Pico RRU hardware platform and Cloud Radio interference cancellation technology, allowing for denser deployment of base stations for operators to gain higher capacity density.

Xiang Jiying Chief Scientist ZTE 150x150 ZTE announces breakthrough in 5G Research with MUSA“The validation of MUSA and UDN technologies further enhances the Pre5G solutions. The Pre5G solution will help operators exponentially enhance the access rate and overall network capacity by leveraging existing resources in the next 3–5 years. Before standardization of 5G technologies, this solution can effectively mitigate the challenges of data traffic surge, and help operators seize market opportunities and achieve better business development,” said Xiang Jiying, Chief Scientist, ZTE.

ZTE has been focussing on the core demands of mobile operators over the time horizon of the next three to five years, taking the lead in proposing the Pre5G concept... See more