The ever rising demand of high data-traffic pushes the deployment of 5G cellular systems in 2020. 5G communication is a unifying connectivity concept for the next decade empowering new user experiences, connecting new industries and devices, enabling new services and delivering new levels of efficiency. These 5G communication systems demand high data rates up to 10 Gbps and high device density for Internet of Things.

This workshop will focus on key technologies paving the way to 5G connectivity. These include concepts and solutions for RF MIMO and millimetre-wave RF or hybrid beamforming, in combination with terminal CMOS frontend integration, a very dense base-station deployment, and flexible wireless backhaul networks. Another critical aspect for 5G mobile and backhaul systems is the demand for a new-generation of broadband linear power amplifiers with high efficiency at high PAPR, supporting higher order modulation schemes. Therefore, this workshop further addresses 5G transmitter innovations at RF and millimetre-wave bands and delivering high linear power with widebandwidth and high efficiency at highly reduced form factors and cost.