"stating that Europe's ability to control how future 5G networks are built, tested and operated will increasingly depend on non-terrestrial infrastructure and open, standards-based design. Airbus and Keysight noted that the rapid evolution of 5G NTN faces significant technical challenges, including seamless integration between terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks, reliable mobility management and maintaining high-performance connectivity across dynamic satellite orbits. These hurdles are critical to enabling global coverage, low-latency communications,"
"Airbus and Keysight's work is positioned around non-proprietary and standardised approaches to 5G NTN infrastructures, supporting European technological sovereignty and reducing dependence on closed satellite ecosystems. It will explore both broadband and direct-to-handheld 5G NTN capabilities and conclude with the deployment of an advanced regenerative payload on an Airbus low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite, featuring on-board signal processing and integrated gNodeB functionality to enable efficient and flexible network operations in space."
Airbus and Keysight are collaborating on the Airbus UpNext SpaceRAN demonstrator to explore 5G non-terrestrial networks using advanced software-defined satellite technology both on the ground and in orbit. The initiative targets foundational challenges such as mobility management, beam and gateway handover, and maintaining performance across dynamic satellite orbits to enable scalable broadband and direct-to-device services from space. The program emphasizes non-proprietary, standardised approaches to support European technological sovereignty and reduce dependence on closed satellite ecosystems. The demonstrator will simulate a LEO two-satellite constellation and culminate in deploying a regenerative payload with integrated gNodeB on a LEO satellite.
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