5G Based Fixed Wireless Access

• Published in: Key 5G Physical Layer Technologies pp. 261 - 273
• Main Author: Morais, Douglas H.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 22.08.2020
• ISBN: 3030514404; 9783030514402
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51441-9_11

In Sect 1.3, a brief history of fixed wireless access (FWA) was presented. FWA today implies a relatively high data rate (tens of Mb/s to several Gb/s), two-way wireless connection between fixed user locations and a base station that is connected to a packet data handling core network. The high end of the data rates indicated above are afforded by the use of 5G technology and has resulted in FWA now being considered as a serious contender for broadband services to homes and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), being particularly well suited to situations where limited or no infrastructure exists to provide such services via coaxial cable or fiber. With 5G-enabled FWA, depending on spectrum availability, large chunks of radio spectrum can be utilized to provide consumers with high data rate, low-latency connections. In this chapter, the new FWA opportunity, FWA spectrum, market segmentation, deployment scenarios, remote unit structure, and typical link performance are discussed, reinforcing the key role of 5G technology in FWA viability.