Xilinx, China Mobile Research Institute Partner on Virtualized 5G Network

Xilinx has announced a collaboration with China Mobile Research Institute to develop virtualized 5G wireless networks.

Bill Huang, general manager of China Mobile Research Institute, said, “China Mobile has been working on new technologies like large scale antenna systems (LSAS) and cloud RAN virtualization (C-RAN) for several years. The realization of those new technologies requires a new level of flexibility and scalability that only all programmable platforms can offer. I believe the collaboration between China Mobile and Xilinx will accelerate the adoption of the industry's most advanced technologies and therefore help us deliver the highest quality service to Chinese customers in the mobile internet era.”

5G wireless networks will employ a large of antennas to minimize overall interference and improve the user experience and network efficiency. Because hardware is abstracted and resources allocated dynamically depending on the current requirements, network function virtualization (NFV) will be essential for 5G.

Sunil Kar, vice president of Wireless Communications at Xilinx explains, “5G wireless network systems will be extremely complex, requiring tremendous signal processing power and high speed connectivity, and the realization of hardware virtualization. This can only be enabled through innovations in silicon, software and IP. Our close collaboration with China Mobile ensures Xilinx's technical innovations are aligned with the needs of the next generation wireless networks.”

Dr. Chih-Lin I, chief scientist at China Mobile Research Institute, said, “The strength and capability of Xilinx's silicon portfolio is extremely important for the green initiatives of China \ Mobile's 5G wireless networks. We hope Xilinx plays a more important role in 5G base station development by enhancing programmable logic's advantages in power, performance, flexibility and cost.”

Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack.
A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.