IMDEA Networks announces a Provisional US Patent Application called “Beam Steering for Highly Directional Wireless Communication on Multi-Frequency Band Enabled Systems Using Angle of Arrival Detection”. This is a joint patent between IMDEA Networks (inventors: Thomas Nitsche & Joerg Widmer) and Rice University, USA (inventors: Adriana B. Flores Miranda & Edward W. Knightly).

Interview with Dr. Ralf Steinmetz, Full Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Computer Science at Technische Universität Darmstadt (TUD), as well as Director of the Multimedia Communications Lab (KOM) at the said university. Dr. Steinmetz is the recipient of a Chair of Excellence Universidad Carlos III de Madrid-Banco Santander for the current academic year and has just joined IMDEA Networks Institute as a Visiting Professor.

Interview with Dr. Gustavo de Veciana, Cullen Trust Professor at University of Texas at Austin, and member of the Board of Trustees and of the Scientific Council of IMDEA Networks. This interview was recorded in June 2014 during the celebration of the IMDEA Networks’ 6th Annual International Workshop: 5G Network Revolution.

Communication networks are evolving to keep pace with increasing consumer needs and business demands. We’ve already experienced the progressive jumps from 1G to 4G wireless networks and 5G is looming in the not-too-distant future.  But 5G is much more than 4G plus 1. In the manner of an evolutionary leap, 5G technologies and ICT networks bring the global competition for technological leadership to a whole new level. This is a truly wireless environment that will realize the promise of near-instantaneous, zero-distance online connectivity at any time, from anywhere and from almost any device or terminal.