Abstract – With 4G deployment still growing, the industry is defining the next generation of wireless communications known as “5G”. Envisioned for commercialization sometime after 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 under way to assess and prove out the enabling technologies. This presentation will cover the industry drivers, an examination of some of these enabling technologies, how measurement is critical to the process.

Mr. Roger Nichols is the 5G Program Manager for Keysight Technologies (formerly Agilent 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 Agilent’s Mobile Broadband Operation responsible for delivering the Wireless Testsets and systems which are used in all major design and certification labs as well as manufacturing facilities worldwide.