F3: Radio architectures and circuits towards 5G

In the last two decades data-rates in wireless communication systems have been increasing exponentially. This trend is continuing with the fifth generation of wireless systems (5G) that will require peak rates in excess of Gb/s for many users, several hundred thousands of simultaneous connections for massive sensor deployments, and substantially improved spectral efficiency, coverage and signaling. How will the wireless technology deliver these promises? This forum will focus on current state-of-the-art and future directions of the key circuit techniques and system architectures that will enable the 5G revolution, including advanced MIMO, carrier aggregation, mm-Wave radios, large phased-array transceivers, and in-band full duplex operation. Compact low-loss front-end modules for future 5G systems will also be addressed.