Frank Copsidas, President of the 5G Broadcast Collective, discusses the transformative potential of 5G Broadcast technology, a novel platform for delivering content directly to smart devices equipped with a 5G broadcast-enabled modem chip.
Spending the last two years diving into the deep end of the pool of 5G Broadcast has been both an exhilarating and passionate experience. Being a worldwide standard under the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), 5G Broadcasting brings our world together in one broadcast standard. Applications include linear programming; critical emergency alerts delivered in under half a second; innovative first responder solutions; and edge data delivery as a backup to cellular service. 5G Broadcast possibilities are limited only by one’s mind.
Transmitting
Dividing up the three main areas of the development of 5G Broadcast is explanatory. First comes the transmission side. One of the benefits is the straightforward conversion to 5G Broadcast from a traditional over-the-air broadcast chain. Assuming the transmitter is capable of OFDM, only the modulation software and exciter need to be changed. In some cases...
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