Cellular Antennas
The mobile communication system cannot function without cellular antennas. They are the vital link that ties everything together and allows us to use our cell phones. This is because antennas can operate across all the frequency bands used by cellular networks (e.g., GSM, UMTS, 5G), allowing them to maintain connection with a network even when moving at high speeds.
The emergence of 5G technology has led to the creation of advanced new cellular antennas that are able to operate at higher frequencies and with much greater bandwidth. While existing 4G LTE networks commonly use singular 'panel' antennas to receive and transmit signals, 5G networks may employ MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) systems – where there are twin or even triplet components on both sending and receiving ends to improve network performance; and all this is being done to allow for wherever, whenever service that's fast enough for truly mission-critical applications.
For cellular applications, panel antennas serve as the solution due to their very directional radiation pattern. They concentrate signal in one direction and do not waste power elsewhere. High gain and coverage come with using panel antennas—two key reasons why they're applied so frequently in point-to-point or point-to-multipoint systems for 4G (and future 5G) networks.
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