University of Bristol Selects Anite's Propsim F8 Channel Emulator for 5G Research

FLEET, England, September 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Anite's leading channel emulation expertise enables universities and research institutes to accelerate R&D into future mobile communications technologies

Anite, a global leader in wireless equipment testing technology, today announced that the UK's University of Bristol has selected Anite's Propsim F8 Channel Emulator for its 5G research projects.

Anite's Propsim F8 is currently the only radio channel emulator with an RF channel bandwidth of 160 MHz. This wide capability enables research organisations and wireless equipment manufacturers to verify very high data rates as well as implement advanced 5G and 802.11ac features, such as multi-user MIMO and beamforming.

Propsim's user-friendly interface, with its pre-built library of channel models, enables researchers and developers to quickly design new propagation models by rigorously modelling the components that make up a communications link. Propsim F8 enables the University of Bristol to 'stack' multiple channels in the frequency domain to test wideband applications that use antenna array technology and beamforming techniques for millimetre wave wireless access technologies.

Anite has a long-standing relationship with the University's Communication Systems and Networks (CSN) Group that runs a state-of-the-art hardware and measurement facility. The CSN Group will be using the Propsim F8 (procured through an UK EPSRC equipment award) for projects such as mmMagic (EU 5G PPP - http://www.5g-ppp.eu/mmmagic).

Early channel model research and development is necessary to understand the way radio waves propagate at various frequencies, which is why many research initiatives across the globe use Anite's Propsim Channel Emulators to progress 5G research. For example, the Anite-led task group within the METIS project finalised the world's first 5G radio channel models earlier this year.

Paul Beaver, Products Director at Anite's Device & Infrastructure Business says, "Anite is delighted to support the University of Bristol, helping them to further upgrade their advanced wireless channel emulation facility and achieve their 5G research goals."

Professor Andrew Nix, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Head of the CSN Group, says: "Anite's Propsim F8 Channel Emulators with enhanced bandwidth capability will open a new avenue in our 5G research in projects such as Horizon 2020 mmMAGIC and 5G-XHaul, as well as collaborative projects with industry."

About Anite 

Anite is a leading supplier of test and measurement solutions to the international wireless market. It provides testing, measurement, optimisation and analytics systems based on its specialist sector knowledge and its proprietary software and hardware products. Customers include major manufacturers of mobile devices, chipsets and network equipment, mobile network operators, regulatory authorities, and independent test houses.

Its 500+ staff work from offices in 15 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East.

Anite is now part of Keysight Technologies.

For more information, please visit the company's website: http://www.anite.com

The University of Bristol 

The University of Bristol is one of the most popular and successful universities in the U.K. It was ranked within the top 40 universities in the world in the QS World University rankings 2015 and 9th in the country. The University of Bristol is ranked among the top five institutions in the U.K. for its research, according to new analysis of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. Bristol is a member of the Russell Group of U.K. research-intensive universities, and a member of the Worldwide Universities Network, a grouping of research-led institutions of international standing.

The University was founded in 1876 and was granted its Royal Charter in 1909. It was the first university in England to admit women on the same basis as men. The University is a major force in the economic, social and cultural life of Bristol and the region, but is also a significant player on the world stage. It has over 16,000 undergraduates and nearly 6,000 postgraduate students from more than 100 countries, and its research links span the globe.

Eleven Bristol graduates and members of staff have been awarded Nobel Prizes, including Sir Winston Churchill who was Chancellor of the University of Bristol from 1929 until 1965. http://www.bristol.ac.uk

For further information, please contact:

Karolina Eklund, Anite, Tel: +44(0)1252-775245, Email: karolina.eklund@anite.com

Matt Humphries, Babel PR, Tel: +44(0)207-434-5550, Email: anite@babelpr.com