5G Developmental Journey @WiSig Networks

WiSig Networks Pvt Ltd (WiSig), a startup incubated at IIT Hyderabad (IITH) technology incubator, is beginning to cement its place in the 5G market space, through development of cutting-edge technologies like Massive MIMO (mMIMO), ORAN 5G base station comprising of DU (Distribution Unit) and RU (Radio Unit) with sub 6GHz and mmwave support, NB-IoT SoC (System-on-Chip) production, IP (Intellectual Property) supply and licensing. WiSig with deep expertise in physical layer and protocol stack, holds a strong 5G patent portfolio that offers significant differentiation and value addition.
WiSig is working on the development of a radio access network based on an emerging disruptive technology called ORAN (Open-Radio-Access-Network), that is being touted as the next major disruptor in the 5G landscape. This technology allows development and rapid deployment of low-cost, software upgradable, 5G base stations in significantly higher volumes and larger densities than current 4G network. ORAN is a software defined 5G system based on open interfaces, and general-purpose hardware. Some operators have initiated deployment of ORAN based soft-ware-defined network (SDN) and visualization networks that enable self-organization, low operational cost, ease of introduction of new features and service upgrades. New 5G use cases can be introduced rapidly on the fly using software upgrades as opposed to costly and time-consuming hardware development cycles.
WiSig has recently demonstrated the one of the first ORAN compliant demonstrations of full 5G baseband at CEATEC, Tokyo, Japan during 2019 followed by a yet another show at Mobile World Congress (MWC) USA, LA 2019. WiSig demonstrated ORAN compliant baseband including mMIMO reference design at these trade shows. On the IoT side, WiSig Networks is developing a 3GPP standards compliant NB-IoT SoC in cooperation with IIT Hyderabad. This chip includes NB-IoT modem, GNSS (GPS) radio and an application processor. This solution can serve the security needs of critical national IoT infrastructure involving use cases such as Electricity, Water, Gas, Defence, public safety and other smart city applications.
This talk outlines the 5G developmental journey at WiSig Networks.