Wireless telecommunication is dictating the way our future is shaping up, with faster speed and higher capacity of data being able to be transferred, connecting more humans, machines and objects is more possible than ever.
Giving our younger generation to ability to study the wave of whats to come, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia endorsed by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education together with Ericsson is collaborating to establish an innovation centre focusing on 5G, touted as the next evolution after LTE. The first of its kind in Malaysia, the center is located will be located at UTM’s Kuala Lumpur Campus, occupying building space of 280 sqm featuring 5G innovations, a 5G research lab and a 5G learning space, that can accommodate around 2,000 students from institutions and industries in Malaysia over three years.
Commercial roll out of 5G is expected to begin in 2020 with Asia Pacific to be the second fastest growing region for the service subscription based on Ericsson Mobility report. At the centre students will be able to learn four key areas: Propagation studies, antenna studies, wireless communications, networks and securities studies, sustainability and safety studies. The R&D team includes representatives from UTM, Ericsson Malaysia and Ericsson R&D in Sweden.
The new capabilities of 5G span across several dimensions, including very high data rates, very low latency, ultra-high reliability, energy efficiency and extreme device densities.
