IMaRC is the flagship conference of Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), which is held annually in India for global academic, scientific and industrial community working in broad areas of radio frequency and microwave engineering.
The annual IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC 2021) was held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, in the hybrid mode recently.
IMaRC is the flagship conference of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S), which is held annually in India for the global academic, scientific and industrial community working in the broad areas of radio frequency (RF) and microwave engineering.
The major theme of IMaRC 2021 was RF technologies for telecommunications/5G, space and defense applications. A total of 300 participants from all over the world attended the event, with about 70 attendees being present on the IIT Kanpur campus. Dignitaries from across the world delivered talks on various themes related to the field, in the three-day event.
The conference was inaugurated by Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT Kanpur. He delivered the plenary talk on the topic titled “Connecting the Unconnected in 5G and Beyond”, where he spoke about the 5G mobile network outlining its significance for the underprivileged, especially the ones living in rural areas of developing countries.
He spoke about the key challenges in connecting the unconnected and the need to rethink the requirements of 5G and beyond systems in rural areas. He also discussed two rural broadband standardisation initiatives, namely 5Gi and Frugal 5G (IEEE P2061), and the concept of IMT-2020 LMLC (low mobility large cell) test configuration for viable rural broadband connectivity.
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