With the trend to extreme cellular capacities, new generations of advanced antennas have evolved, adding new possibilities and claiming crucial roles in building efficient 5G networks.

This webinar looks at the key network infrastructure decisions that mobile operators will need to make as they place their 5G plans, with a particular focus on the latest antenna technology and the benefits of beamforming.

It looks at:

• How spectrum, land topography and traffic affect your 5G RAN designs.
• The rise of beamforming antennas: why, which, when and where?
• Under the hood: building a Massive MIMO beamforming antenna.
• Innovative CommScope 5G beamformers designs.

In a recent Heavy Reading operator survey, 85% respondents said the edge cloud is important, or critical, to their 5G strategy. This is not a surprise given the use cases typically associated with 5G, such as autonomous/assisted driving, AR/VR, high-def streaming video and industrial applications. But it begs the question, if the edge cloud is so important, when and how will it be deployed? And what applications will be most important for service providers looking to capitalize on 5G?

To address these questions and more, join us for a special web seminar that will share insight and analysis from the Heavy Reading 5G Edge Cloud Survey, produced in association with Wind River. The discussion will be led by Heavy Reading Principal Analyst Gabriel Brown, with expert input from Wind River's Paul Miller.

Among the topics addressed in the survey are:

• Which edge cloud applications are most commercially attractive?
• Preferences for edge cloud infrastructure software (proprietary vs. virtualized vs. cloud native)
• Operator expectations for progress on virtual RAN
• Virtual 5G baseband and associated performance implications
• The need for a private 5G network for an industrial setting
• The expected roll-out for 5G in autonomous vehicle operation

We hope you will join us for a lively session and interactive Q&A.

Connectivity is no longer an interesting topic. Or is it? As the 5G era dawns, the potential use cases and impact of wireless/mobile connectivity have been attracting attention. Importantly, discussions focus not only on the value but also on the “profile” of connectivity. Indeed, new (mainly IT) concepts – including cloudification and open network architectures – are drastically changing the wireless/mobile industry.

Join Dr. Konstantinos Stavropoulos, solution marketing lead at EXFO, and Gabriel Brown, principal analyst at Heavy Reading, for an insightful discussion on 5G connectivity. In this webinar, you will learn about:

• The value of connectivity now and in the future, focusing on 5G
• The main aspects of connectivity, from intelligence to (resource) infinity to cloud
• The key network – domain and architecture-related – challenges for connectivity
• The key business challenges for connectivity
• Ways to make the most of connectivity in consumer/enterprise use cases