5G Smart Antenna Market by Type (Switched Multi-beam Antenna and Adaptive Array Antenna), Technology (SIMO, MISO, and MIMO), Frequency Range (FR1 and FR2), Use Cases, and Applications 2022 – 2027
This report evaluates the 5G smart antenna market including key players, technologies, and solutions. This includes analysis of product and service strategy for smart antenna vendors. The report assesses the role and importance of smart antennas in terms of 5G network optimization including data speed enhancement and error rate reduction. The report evaluates and provides forecasts for the smart antenna market by type (SIMO, MISO, MIMO), frequency range (FR1 and FR2), connectivity, and application globally and regionally. It also assesses 5G smart antenna support of IoT solutions, providing forecasts for apps and services. The report includes revenue forecasts as well as projected smart antenna shipments from 2022 – 2027.
The smart antenna market will benefit significantly from the deployment and operation of Fifth Generation (5G) cellular networks. Today, smart antennas provide simultaneous and efficient coverage for 2G, 3G, and LTE. This translates into higher throughput and improved coverage for when and where customers need it. While this is helpful in terms of pre-5G optimization, it will arguably become critical for support of 5G network optimization and support for true 5G mobility with continuous connection within a given coverage area. Accordingly, the 5G smart antenna market will be robust for ICT infrastructure providers in general and broadband equipment providers in particular.
Switched Multi-Beam Portion of 5G Smart Antenna Market to Reach $3.6 Billion by 2025
The anticipated global market for SIMO (Single Input Multiple Output), MISO (Multiple Input Single Output), and MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) 5G smart antennas will be $2.2M, $1.9M, and $1.9M respectively by 2025. These systems will support a variety of applications including many advanced enterprise solutions and industrial automation services. Mind Commerce sees the global market for switched multi-beam 5G smart antenna solutions reaching $3.6B by 2025. However, adaptive array systems will grow over 50% faster than multi-beam technology, eventually overtaking market share.
5G Smart Antenna Market Dynamics
As many in the industry understand, Fifth Generation (5G) cellular will facilitate many advancements in communications, applications, content, and commerce. One of the most important aspects of 5G is the New Radio (NR) portion that utilizes millimeter wave radio frequency (RF) propagation. 5G NR (5GNR) involves a much lower wavelength (millimeter as compared to centimeter to a meter for LTE) and therefore a higher frequency.
Physics dictates that higher frequencies need more power and/or more coverage as an RF signal fades more than a lower frequency signal. This is why there will need to be at least an order of magnitude more antennas than required for LTE. Putting this into perspective, the United States will go from roughly 30,000 antennas to 300,000 or more nationally.
5G antennas will be found virtually everywhere in metropolitan areas, but it will not be enough. While dramatically increased coverage will surely support many early 5G applications, such as fixed wireless (ISP alternative, back-haul, and front haul), it will not be enough to support continuous 5G mobility coverage. This will be vitally important for certain applications such as self-driving cars and connected vehicle services.
In addition, the 5G smart antenna market will be very important for Voice over 5G (Vo5G) coverage. Once 5G networks are operational, continuous Vo5G coverage will be facilitated by directing RF where it is most needed for communications. In absence of 5GNR for Voice over NR (VoNR) coverage, Vo5G calls will need to hand-over to LTE, analogous to how LTE handover to 3G was accounted for in 4G deployments. However, there is a big difference. Unlike LTE, which is becoming increasingly ubiquitous (especially in metro areas), 5GNR will be more constrained and thus needing smart antennas to direct RF signals to optimize QoE for VoNR.
A few key technical approaches to designing equipment for the 5G smart antenna market include adaptive arrays and miniaturized, low-power transmitters. In addition, smart antennas rely upon certain RF propagation techniques such as beam-forming (beam steering) as they rely upon antenna arrays to focus signals into narrow beams to reduce interference and amplify the signal between base station and device. Smart signal processing algorithms allow 5G smart antennas to identify the spatial signal signature of RF such as the direction of arrival. This is used for calculation of beam-forming vectors necessary to locate and track an RF beam to a target wireless device.
With this phased array approach, RF energy is reinforced in a desired direction while suppressed in undesired directions. Phased array antenna systems may also lock onto two waves (from a given device signal) to simultaneously connect to two separate eNodeB network elements. This provides improved signal selection/usage management and ultimately improved connectivity and QoS, which are important 5G smart antenna market benefits.
Smart antenna arrays use Multiple Input / Multiple Output (MIMO) at both the source (transmitter) and the destination (receiver) to improve signal quality. This is in contrast to non-array systems in which a single antenna (and signal path) is used at the source and the destination. There are some important differences between the LTE and 5G smart antenna market. For example, 5G smart antennas leverage Multi-user MIMO (Mu-MIMO) whereas LTE only uses Single User (Su-MIMO). As the name implies, Mu-MIMO is used to provide operational efficiency in a multi-user environment, which is to say every 5G mobility environment. In contrast, certain 5G solutions such as fixed wireless and other single-user use cases are fine with only Su-MIMO.
However, the 5G smart antenna market will need to support many mobile applications, including many massive IoT solutions such as the asset tracking market in which many connected enterprise assets are tracked in numerous locations simultaneously. Mu-MIMO enables 5G antennas to provide improved access control, reducing queuing delays when multiple devices (smartphones, wearables, and numerous IoT devices) simultaneous seek a connection. This reduces RAN congestion and improves overall throughput, which will provide improved QoS, especially in the massive IoT environment of the future.
Autonomous Vehicles, Industrial Automation and Smart Buildings are all Key Segments for the 5G Smart Antenna Market
Due to a variety of reasons, it is challenging to realize the theoretical gains of MIMO, such as antenna spacing/density. Accordingly, radio networks are planned with cooperative MIMO in mind, which represents coordination and joint signal processing of multiple base stations with multiple point-to-point radio links to/from wireless devices. This radio network planning and engineering approach is sometimes referred to as CO-MIMO or associated with the terms Distributed MIMO, Virtual Antenna Arrays, or Virtual MIMO to reflect the use of arrays and distributed antenna systems.
There are three forms of cooperative MIMO: (1) Fixed Arrays, Mobile Relays, and Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP). The latter has particularly high value for the 5G smart antenna market as it has great potential for radio network efficiency (capacity and coverage) through sharing of data and channel state information among neighboring cells as a means of coordinating transmission in the downlink and jointly processing received signals in the uplink. Efficiency gains are realized through CoMP transformation of inter-cell interference into useful signals. One downside to CoMP is that it requires high-speed backhaul between base stations for data sharing.
5G Smart Antenna Market Report
This report evaluates the 5G smart antenna market including key players, technologies, and solutions. This includes analysis of product and service strategy for smart antenna vendors. The report evaluates the role and importance of smart antennas in terms of 5G network optimization including data speed enhancement and error rate reduction.
The report evaluates and provides forecasts for the smart antenna market by type (SIMO, MISO, MIMO), frequency range (FR1 and FR2), connectivity, and applications. It also assesses 5G smart antenna support of IoT solutions, providing forecasts for applications and services. The report includes revenue forecasts as well as projected smart antenna shipment from 2022 – 2027.
Broadband Service Providers, Cloud and Internet of Things Companies, Communications Services Providers, Governmental Organizations and NGOs, ICT Infrastructure Providers, Investment Organizations, Managed Services Companies, Research and Development Organizations
The market for 5G smart antennas in IoT will reach $8.36B by 2027
5G will provide continuous mobility largely within only metropolitan areas
Multiple Input Multiple Output smart antennas represent the fastest-growing type
In addition to network optimization, smart antennas reduce energy needs and other resources
5G antennas will be an absolute requirement to support the smart cities market and related services
Smart antennas will benefit greatly from interworking with next generation smart surfaces technologies
In terms of frequency ranges, FR1 will lead through 2027, but FR2 is growing nearly three times as fast at CAGR of 37.7%
Report Benefits
5G Smart antenna market forecasts
Understand major smart antenna technologies
Identify key market players, solutions, and strategies
Identify business opportunities for infrastructure and devices
Understand how DSPs, AI, and beamforming optimize 5G networks
Companies in Report
Airgain Inc.
ANSYS Inc.
ArrayComm LLC
Broadcom Inc.
California Amplifier Inc.
Cobham Antenna Systems
Comba Telecom
COMMSCOPE
Ericsson
Honeywell International Inc.
Intel Corporation
Laird Technologies
Leica Geosystems AG
Linx Technologies
LOCOSYS Technology Inc.
MediaTek Inc.
Motorola Solutions Inc.
NEC Corporation
Nokia Corporation
NXP Semiconductors
PCTEL Inc.
Qualcomm Incorporated
Ruckus Networks
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Sierra Wireless (Accel Networks)
Smart Antenna Technologies Ltd
ZHEJIANG JC Antenna Co. Ltd.
Table of Contents
1.0 Executive Summary 2.0 Introduction 2.1 What Makes an Antenna Smart 2.2 Smart Antenna Systems 2.3 Smart Antenna Benefits 2.4 Smart Antennas for 5G 2.4.1 Electronically Scanned Arrays and Phased Antenna Array Design 2.4.2 Slot Coupled Microstrip Patch Antenna Array Synthesizer App 2.5 Smart Antenna Techniques 2.5.1 Fixed Switched Beam Arrays vs. Directional Finding Arrays 2.5.2 MRC, STBC, and Spatial Multiplexing 2.5.3 SIMO, MISO, and MIMO 2.5.4 Space Division Multiple Access 2.5.5 Random Beamforming 2.6 Smart Antennas Market Factors 2.7 Smart Antennas Shipment and Sales 3.0 Technology and Application Analysis 3.1 Smart Antenna Types 3.1.1 Switched Multi-beam Antennas 3.1.2 Adaptive Array Antennas 3.2 Digital Antenna Array 3.3 5G NR Infrastructure and Active Antennas 3.4 Mobile Device Antennas 3.5 System Connectivity 3.6 Adaptive Beamforming 3.6.1 Digital Beamforming 3.6.2 Hybrid Beamforming 3.7 5G MIMO Multiple Input/Multiple Output 3.8 Digital Signal Processing 3.9 Software Re-Programmability 3.10 Software Defined Radio 3.11 Smart Antennas Application Sectors 3.12 Smart Antennas in IoT 3.13 Machine Learning and Artificial Neural Network 4.0 5G Smart Antenna Market Dynamics 4.1 5G Smart Antenna Market Drivers 4.2 5G Smart Antenna Market Challenges 4.3 5G Smart Antenna Solution Considerations 4.4 5G Smart Antenna Use Case Analysis 4.4.1 Voice over 5G 4.4.2 Mission Critical Communications 4.4.3 Industrial Automation and Robotics 4.4.4 Connected and Self-Driving Vehicles 4.4.5 Drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 5.0 5G Smart Antenna Ecosystem Analysis 5.1 Ericsson 5.1.1 Overview 5.1.2 Recent Development 5.2 Cobham Antenna Systems 5.2.1 Overview 5.2.2 Recent Developments 5.3 Intel Corporation 5.3.1 Overview 5.3.2 Recent Developments 5.4 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 5.4.1 Overview 5.4.2 Recent Developments 5.5 ArrayComm LLC 5.5.1 Overview 5.5.2 Recent Developments 5.6 Nokia Corporation 5.6.1 Overview 5.6.2 Recent Developments 5.7 Motorola Solutions Inc. 5.7.1 Overview 5.8 Broadcom Inc. 5.8.1 Overview 5.9 California Amplifier Inc. 5.9.1 Overview 5.10 Sierra Wireless (Accel Networks) 5.10.1 Overview 5.10.2 Recent Developments 5.11 ZHEJIANG JC Antenna Co. Ltd. 5.11.1 Overview 5.12 Qualcomm Incorporated 5.12.1 Overview 5.12.2 Recent Developments 5.13 Honeywell International Inc. 5.13.1 Overview 5.14 Linx Technologies 5.14.1 Overview 5.14.2 Recent Developments 5.15 Ruckus Networks 5.15.1 Overview 5.15.2 Recent Developments 5.16 ANSYS Inc. 5.16.1 Overview 5.17 Smart Antenna Technologies Ltd 5.17.1 Overview 5.18 NXP Semiconductors 5.18.1 Overview 5.18.2 Recent Developments 5.19 NEC Corporation 5.19.1 Overview 5.19.2 Recent Developments 5.20 COMMSCOPE 5.20.1 Overview 5.20.2 Recent Developments 5.21 PCTEL Inc. 5.21.1 Overview 5.21.2 Recent Developments 5.22 Comba Telecom 5.22.1 Overview 5.22.2 Recent Developments 5.23 Airgain Inc. 5.23.1 Overview 5.23.2 Recent Developments 5.24 Laird Technologies 5.24.1 Overview 5.24.2 Recent Developments 5.25 MediaTek Inc. 5.25.1 Overview 5.25.2 Recent Developments 5.26 LOCOSYS Technology Inc. 5.26.1 Overview 5.27 Leica Geosystems AG 5.27.1 Overview 5.27.2 Recent Developments 6.0 5G Smart Antenna Market Analysis and Forecasts 6.1 Global 5G Smart Antenna Market 2022 – 2027 6.1.1 Total 5G Smart Antenna Market 2022 – 2027 6.1.1.1 5G Smart Antenna Market by Type 2022 – 2027 6.1.2 5G Smart Antennas by Frequency Range 2022 – 2027 6.1.3 5G Smart Antennas by Network Type 2022 – 2027 6.1.4 5G Smart Antennas by Technology 2022 – 2027 6.1.5 5G Smart Antennas by Connectivity System 2022 – 2027 6.1.6 5G Smart Antenna Market by Application 2022 – 2027 6.1.7 AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market 2022 – 2027 6.1.7.1 Embedded 5G Smart Antennas by AI Technology 2022 – 2027 6.1.8 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT 2022 – 2027 6.1.8.1 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT by Application 2022 – 2027 6.2 Regional 5G Smart Antenna Market 2022 – 2027 6.2.1 5G Smart Antenna Market by Region 2022 – 2027 6.2.2 North America 5G Smart Antenna Market by Type, Technology, Application, AI, IoT, and Leading Country 6.2.3 Europe 5G Smart Antenna Market by Type, Technology, Application, AI, IoT, and Leading Country 6.2.4 APAC 5G Smart Antenna Market by Type, Technology, Application, AI, IoT, and Leading Country 6.2.5 Latin America 5G Smart Antenna Market by Type, Technology, Application, AI, IoT, and Leading Country 6.2.6 Middle East and Africa 5G Smart Antenna Market by Type, Technology, Application, AI, IoT, and Leading Country 7.0 Conclusions and Recommendations
Figures
Figure 1: Smart Antenna Architecture Figure 2: 5G Directive High Gain Antenna Figure 3: SIMO, MISO, and MIMO Architecture Figure 4: Global Smart Antenna Unit Shipment 2022 – 2027 Figure 5: Smart Antenna Unit Shipment Percent by Price Range 2022 – 2027 Figure 6: Smart Antenna Unit Shipment Percent by Region 2022 – 2027 Figure 7: ArrayComm A-MAS Architecture Figure 8: Nokia Antenna Solution Partner Ecosystem Figure 9: D-SAS Control Function and Radio Resource Management Function Figure 10: SmarTenna Architecture Figure 11: Global Total 5G Smart Antenna Market 2022 – 2027 Figure 12: Global AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market 2022 – 2027 Figure 13: Global 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT 2022 – 2027 Figure 14: North America AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market 2022 – 2027 Figure 15: North America 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT 2022 – 2027 Figure 16: Europe AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market 2022 – 2027 Figure 17: Europe 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT 2022 – 2027 Figure 18: APAC AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market 2022 – 2027 Figure 19: APAC 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT 2022 – 2027 Figure 20: Latin America AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market 2022 – 2027 Figure 21: Latin America 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT 2022 – 2027 Figure 22: MEA AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market 2022 – 2027 Figure 23: MEA 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT 2022 – 2027
Tables
Table 1: Global 5G Smart Antenna by Segment 2022 – 2027 Table 2: Global 5G Smart Antennas by Frequency Range 2022 – 2027 Table 3: Global 5G Smart Antennas by Network Type 2022 – 2027 Table 4: Global 5G Smart Antennas by Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 5: Global 5G Smart Antenna Market by Connectivity System 2022 – 2027 Table 6: Global 5G Smart Antenna Market by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 7: Global AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market by AI Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 8: Global 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 9: 5G Smart Antenna Market by Region 2022 – 2027 Table 10: North America 5G Smart Antenna by Segment 2022 – 2027 Table 11: North America 5G Smart Antenna by Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 12: North America 5G Smart Antenna Market by Connectivity System 2022 – 2027 Table 13: North America 5G Smart Antenna Market by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 14: North America AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market by AI Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 15: North America 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 16: North America 5G Smart Antenna Market by Leading Country 2022 – 2027 Table 17: Europe 5G Smart Antenna by Segment 2022 – 2027 Table 18: Europe 5G Smart Antenna by Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 19: Europe 5G Smart Antenna Market by Connectivity System 2022 – 2027 Table 20: Europe 5G Smart Antenna Market by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 21: Europe AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market by AI Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 22: Europe 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 23: Europe 5G Smart Antenna Market by Leading Country 2022 – 2027 Table 24: APAC 5G Smart Antenna by Segment 2022 – 2027 Table 25: APAC 5G Smart Antenna by Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 26: APAC 5G Smart Antenna Market by Connectivity System 2022 – 2027 Table 27: APAC 5G Smart Antenna Market by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 28: APAC AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market by AI Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 29: APAC 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 30: APAC 5G Smart Antenna Market by Leading Country 2022 – 2027 Table 31: Latin America 5G Smart Antenna by Segment 2022 – 2027 Table 32: Latin America 5G Smart Antenna by Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 33: Latin America 5G Smart Antenna Market by Connectivity System 2022 – 2027 Table 34: Latin America 5G Smart Antenna Market by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 35: Latin America AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market by AI Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 36: Latin America 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 37: Latin America 5G Smart Antenna Market by Leading Country 2022 – 2027 Table 38: MEA 5G Smart Antenna by Segment 2022 – 2027 Table 39: MEA 5G Smart Antenna by Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 40: MEA 5G Smart Antenna Market by Connectivity System 2022 – 2027 Table 41: MEA 5G Smart Antenna Market by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 42: MEA AI Embedded 5G Smart Antenna Market by AI Technology 2022 – 2027 Table 43: MEA 5G Smart Antenna Market in IoT by Application 2022 – 2027 Table 44: MEA 5G Smart Antenna Market by Leading Country 2022 – 2027
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