MIMO
Motorola’s 4TXx8RX LTE eNB May be the Solution
Nov 27th
Since my last post I have been surfing the Internet looking for a commercial LTE basestation that would satisfy the bandwidth-hungry applications such as HD video conferencing and HD video streaming. Motorola seems to be the only company that has gone beyond the minimum requirements defined by 3GPP release 8. It is indeed a smart move.
More specifically they are now offering a basestation that can transmit with up to 4 antennas and receive on 8 antennas. While this falls short of what is needed Motorola seems to be on right track. I would not be surprised if we soon see an offering with up to 12 or more antennas on the receive side.
Bravo to Motorola for this kind of forward thinking
Today I successfully defended my Ph. D. thesis
Dec 16th
Congrats to me! I can finally say that I am a Dr. or may be Dr.2 to be more precise (because of my honorary Ph.D. degree from Nipissing University). It was an extremely tough year. I had to work more than full time (you figure out what that means) to be able to finish by the end of the year.
My supervisor asked me what is next and I told him that I have a lot of thoughts (not plans!) about what to do next. I do not want to think about it now. It is time to enjoy and celebrate this achievement. I will certainly make up my mind by early 2010.
If you ever think of embarking on a Ph. D. adventure at the University of Ottawa you may find the following presentation inspiring enough! Enjoy watching.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiIUhMXo4yo
