5G WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

Dear members and friends of the IEEE Central Texas Consultant's Network and the Austin Life Members Group,

This month we will have a virtual meeting by way of a WebEx webcast. As a result of community spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the US our speaker's company has suspended travel. He will present to us from Dallas. so please connect from your home or any other place convenient for you. Indeed, avoiding unnecessary group events seems prudent until we know more about the trajectory of this virus and how to manage it.
Please register at https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/227316. You will be emailed connection instructions before the meeting, but only if you register.

Abstract
5G technology has the ability to radically change how we interact with the world. Not only will the new technology allow for higher speeds and throughput, the additional capability will unlock multitudes of different applications. This includes everything from remote surgeries to live VR sporting events to autonomous vehicles. But the big question is how this will be done. This presentation will cover an overview of 5G, including how this new technology will work. The presentation will cover topics such as carrier aggregation, frame and protocol structure, beamforming, network architecture, and the latest changes proposed by Release 16.

Biography
Muru Thirugnana is a Wireless Specialist and Application Engineer with Keysight Technologies, based in Dallas, Texas. Muru has a master's degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU). He has worked in the development of modem/protocol stack, RF firmware, physical layer, and 3GPP wireless systems. His experience includes handset development, chipset integration, and test solutions development. Currently, Muru's focus is on LTE-A, NB-IoT, and 5G solutions.