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Overview of Echo 5G
The Echo 5G is a self-installable, on-the-window, precision beamforming repeater designed to
counteract mmWave penetration, reflection, and structural shadowing losses so it can gently flood an
interior with native mmWave signal. Essentially, the Echo 5G acts as a portal between indoor and
outdoor worlds.
For fixed wireless access (FWA) providers serving homes and enterprises, the Echo 5G facilitates Gigabit
speeds and introduces a superior broadband choice and experience to cable and DSL end users. For 5G-
connected devices, the Echo 5G enables outdoor-to-indoor signal transitions so users can ubiquitously
enjoy the immersive 5G experiences that only mmWave capacity can deliver.
The Echo 5G product li
ne accomplishes this using Pivotal’s patented Holographic Beam Forming®
(HBF) technology whose cost, size, weight, and power consumption (C-SWaP) profile is significantly
lower than phased array beamformers; specifically, an order of magnitude less cost, less than half the
weight, and less than one-third the power consumption.
With HBF, Echo 5G overcomes a major obstacle to cost-effectively delivering 5G broadband access to
homes and businesses with mmWave-in-building penetration.
Figure 1: Millimeter wave signals bounce off windows
Figure 2: The Echo 5G boosts the signals through the glass