Beamforming Without Baseband

Technical Explanation

Unlike small cells or IAB nodes that demodulate and re-encode every bit (adding 2 to 5 ms of latency), an NCR steers beams entirely in the analog domain. Using electronically reconfigurable phase shifters commanded by SCI, the NCR alters beam trajectory in nanoseconds, introducing virtually zero latency (under 100 ns group delay) to user traffic.

Key Functions

• Steers spatial beams directly in the analog radio frequency domain via phase shifters
• Eliminates latency-intensive baseband demodulation, decoding, and re-encoding steps
• Introduces negligible group delay (under 100 nanoseconds) to repeated user signals
• Ideal for latency-critical industrial URLLC and high-frame-rate cloud gaming streams