Talk 1: 5G in Nutshell by Dr. Nishith Tripathi

5G will revolutionize the world around us. 5G aims to offer amazing services such as holograms, 4k8k videos, countless ARVR Apps, automated factories, remote/assisted surgery, and self-driving cars. This seminar gives an overview of 5G. It discusses target 5G services and 5G performance targets. 5G has New Radio (NR) air interface, new radio network, and new core network. 5G utilizes concepts such as massive MIMO, network slicing, and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC). Key building blocks and associated concepts are introduced. In summary, this seminar provides a comprehensive introduction to 5G.

Dr. Nishith Tripathi has been working in the wireless telecommunications industry for about 21 years. As 5G Prime at Award Solutions, he leads directs development of technology training courses on 5G. Over the period of more than fourteen years, Dr. Tripathi has developed numerous courses and trained thousands of engineers and executives in the cellular industry. As an adjunct faculty member at Virginia Tech, Dr. Tripathi teaches cellular communications. He has hands-on experience with wireless technologies such as 5G, LTE-Advanced Pro (e.g., LTE-M, NB-IoT, and LAA), LTE-Advanced, LTE, Radio and Core Networks, IMS, UMTSWCDMA, 1xEV-DO, 1x, and CDMAIS-95. He is the co-author (with Dr. Jeff Reed of Virginia Tech) of the cellular industry’s first multimedia eBook on 5G, which is planned for release in December 2018. He has also co-authored a university textbook on Cellular Communications with Dr. Reed. Dr. Tripathi has contributed to chapters in books related to network neutrality and neuro-fuzzy applications. Dr. Tripathi has written numerous papers and obtained several patents. Dr. Tripathi carried out pioneering research on the applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in cellular networks as part of his Ph.D. dissertation at Virginia Tech by designing handover algorithms using a variety of neural, fuzzy, and neuro-fuzzy techniques. He has written or presented for Scientific American, EE Times University, and Association of Old Crows and has also contributed to FCC NPRMs.