Special Temporary Authority application - Applicant Name
Name of Applicant:
National Instruments
Special Temporary Authority application - Best Contact
First Name:
Colin
Last Name:
Bauer
Phone Number:
510 402 2043
Title:
Marketing Specialist
Special Temporary Authority application - Certification
Applicant certification
Neither the applicant nor any other party to the application is subject to a denial of Federal benefits that includes FCC benefits pursuant to Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C. Section 862, because of a conviction for possession or distribution of a controlled substance. The applicant hereby waives any claim to the use of any particular frequency or electromagnetic spectrum as against the regulatory power of the United States because of the prvious use of the same, whether by license or otherwise, and requests authorization in accordance with this application. (See Section 304 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.) The applicant acknowledges that all statements made in this application and attached exhibits are considered material representations, and that all the exhibits part hereof and are incorporated herein as if set out in full in this application; undersigned certifies that all statements in this application are true, complete and correct to the best of his/her knowledge and belief and are made in good faith. Applicant certifies that construction of the station would NOT be an action which is likely to have a significant environmental effect. See the Commission's Rules, 47 CFR1.1301-1.1319.
Date:
2016-07-18 00:00:00.0
Signature of Applicant (Authorized person filing form):
/Colin Bauer/
Special Temporary Authority application - Explanation
Please explain in the area below why an STA is necessary:
Te demonstrate to customers the abilities of our software defined radio hardware platforms in a live and real world setting.
Special Temporary Authority application - Information
Callsign:
WK9XEG
Class of Station:
FX
Nature of Service:
Experimental
Special Temporary Authority application - Initial values - Purpose of Operation
Please explain the purpose of operation:
This demo shows a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) wireless system based on cloud radio access networks (C-RANs). It provides a substantial gain in the downlink throughput by allowing multiple users to communicate in the same frequency and time slots. It is a challenge to design transmit beamforming vectors for every user while reducing the co-channel interference (CCI) from other users. At the base station side, a multi-FPGA platform (BEE7) and a computer server are employed as the core of C-RAN, which centrally handles sophisticated signal processing related to transmit beamforming and precoding for the MU-MIMO downlink. The precoded signal vectors are streamed to a MegaBEE unit, called remote radio head (RRH), which transmits signals over eight antennas. At the user side, two nanoBEE units, each with four receive antennas, are utilized to emulate users or user equipment (UE). One advantage of the demo is that adaptive scheduling and optimal transmission algorithms are used to efficiently mitigate the CCI arising from other users sharing common resources. It also outperforms the conventional beamforming scheme.
Special Temporary Authority application - Manufacturer
Equipment 1 Experimental
No
Equipment 1 Manufacturer
BEEcube
Equipment 1 Model Number
MegaBEE
Equipment 1 No. Of Units
1
Equipment 2 Experimental
No
Equipment 2 Manufacturer
BEEcube
Equipment 2 Model Number
nanoBEE
Equipment 2 No. Of Units
2
Special Temporary Authority application - Purpose of Operation
Please explain the purpose of operation:
This demo shows a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) wireless system based on cloud radio access networks (C-RANs). It provides a substantial gain in the downlink throughput by allowing multiple users to communicate in the same frequency and time slots. It is a challenge to design transmit beamforming vectors for every user while reducing the co-channel interference (CCI) from other users. At the base station side, a multi-FPGA platform (BEE7) and a computer server are employed as the core of C-RAN, which centrally handles sophisticated signal processing related to transmit beamforming and precoding for the MU-MIMO downlink. The precoded signal vectors are streamed to a MegaBEE unit, called remote radio head (RRH), which transmits signals over eight antennas. At the user side, two nanoBEE units, each with four receive antennas, are utilized to emulate users or user equipment (UE).
Special Temporary Authority application - Requested Period of Operation