UK firm AccelerComm has launched a new 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) physical layer solution for LEO satellites, which promises to deliver up to 6Gbps and support128 beams and 4,096 users per chipset.
Each LEO satellite can contain multiple chipsets, allowing performance in excess of 20Gbps and 500 beams, we’re told, and the new solution can also be deployed on MEO or GEO constellations. It represents a 30x increase in performance compared to the previous generation, with a roadmap to increase this by more than 400x, apparently.
Last year AccelerComm, which was spun out of Southampton University, showed off a proof of concept NTN single chip integrated solution, which was selected by Lockheed Martin for its regenerative 5G.MIL project and is set to be the first 5G base station in space, states the release.
