Abstract – With barely 15% of the world’s mobile subscriptions served by 4G, the industry is already well under way in defining the next generation of wireless communications known as “5G”. Envisioned for commercialization in late 2020, 5G will be “Amazingly Fast with Great Service in a Crowd”. It will have the “Best Experience Following You with Super Real Time and Reliable Communications” and “Ubiquitous Things Communicating”. This vision outlined by the METIS consortium represents a revolution in the way we think about mobile communications. Research is still happening but some of this work has shifted now to active development while mobile operators from multiple countries are trialing early prototype systems. This presentation will cover the industry drivers, an examination of some of these enabling technologies, the current state of the industry’s development, and how measurement is critical to the process.

Mr. Roger Nichols is the 5G Program Manager for Keysight Technologies (formerly Keysight Technologies Electronic Measurement Business). His nearly 30 years of experience in the wireless industry spans various roles in Manufacturing and R&D and crosses the evolution from analog cellular radio through LTE and beyond. He spent the last ten years as the Marketing Director for Keysight’s Mobile Broadband Operation responsible for delivering the Wireless Test sets and systems which are used in all major design and certification labs as well as manufacturing facilities worldwide.