Case Study: NVIDIA achieves 10x faster 5G network planning and major time and cost savings with Altair 5G wireless network solution

NVIDIA Finds Dramatic Time, Cost Savings with Altair's 5G Wireless Network Solution

NVIDIA, the accelerated-computing company behind the GPU, needed a private 5G network for its new 750,000 sq. ft. Voyager building to support MEC applications like intelligent video analytics in the lobby using the CBRS band. Constrained by the 150 MHz CBRS limit and a requirement to use at least 100 MHz on a single carrier, NVIDIA faced throughput and co‑channel interference challenges while comparing directional and omni‑directional radio units with 4xDL/2xUL MIMO. To address this, NVIDIA engaged Altair and its simulation-driven network planning and optimization solution (Altair HyperWorks, Altair Feko with WinProp, and Altair HyperStudy).

Altair built a Voyager surrogate model, ran dominant‑path and full 3D ray‑tracing analyses, and used optimization to determine the optimal number, positions, and orientations of radio units and antennas. The Altair solution delivered the required throughput coverage (including 4x4 MIMO scenarios), minimized co‑channel interference, and eliminated costly physical testing—providing dramatic time and cost savings (reported as roughly 10x faster or “at least an order of magnitude”) and removing the need to buy test equipment. NVIDIA now plans to use Altair’s platform to explore other MEC deployment topologies and system parameters.

NVIDIA

Joseph Boccuzzi

5G Systems Architecture