My main technology areas of interest are:

Mobile Communication Technologies (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G and Beyond) in general

Wireless/Radio network architecture and protocol (radio resource management, mobility management, RLC, MAC, Air-Interface)

Radio network design, dimensioning and optimisation

Radio network optimisation algorithm development

Some of the technology concepts related to my work or interest are give below

Mobile Network Use cases/ Services


Mobile Network Requirements
From White Paper on 5G Evolution and 6G by NTT DOCOMO, INC. in January 2020

Technologies

• Massive MIMO for macro and small cells
• Millimetre wave technologies
• M2M -> device centric architecture
• Dense small cell deployment
  • Small cell cooperation ( to reduce interference)
  • Hypercellular architecture: separation of control and user planes
• Network virtualisation
  • Core network: SDN
  • Access network: C-RAN
  • Backhaul network: flexible backhauling, combination of wired and wireless
• Network Slicing
• Artificial intelligence (AI) based services
• Edge computing
• Quantum computing
• Optical wireless communication
• Hybrid access
• Tactile services
• Satellite Communication

Mobile Network Architecture
From techplayon.com


Mobile Network Components


Cellular Network Coverage & Capacity Planning & Optimisation


Mobile Network Design, Build and maintenance processes



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