5G and Future Networks- SWIFt

SWIFt 5G Network

The SWIFt 5G network is internal and external on the Clifton Campus at Nottingham Trent University. We operate on a OFCOM trial and development licence, which allows us to offer test facilities on our Nokia and Airspan equipment.

NSA features:

5G NR on Band 78
LTE anchor point on band 3
NB-IoT Service
Nokia NDAC 4G/5G core

SA Features:

5G NR on Band 78 3.6-3.8GHz for indoor
5G MR on Band 77 3.8-4.2 for outdoor
ORAN architecture (CD and DU deployment)
Druid 5G Core

5G Technical Specialis

Syed-Aqeel Raza

Syed Aqeel Raza recently joined SWIFt as 5G Technical Lead. Previously, he was associated with GlobalData PLC as a Research Analyst – Technology in Enterprise Technology & Services. Prior to that, he was working as an Assistant Professor at Hamdard University, Pakistan. He holds a Ph.D. in Computing from Sunway University, Malaysia, where his research areas included Software-Defined Radio, Wireless Networks, Reinforcement Learning and real testbed implementation using USRP and GNU Radio. He authored/co-authored several publications that have been published in well reputed journals and conference venues. Besides Ph.D., he has dual master’s degrees from Sweden and Pakistan in Telecommunication and Communication & Signal Processing, respectively. Aqeel also has many years of industry experience of working in leading roles in various renowned telecommunication and networking sector companies internationally including Malaysia and Denmark.