A Super-Efficient GSM Triplexer for 5G-Enabled IoT in Sustainable Smart Grid Edge Computing and the Metaverse

Area of Science:

• Electrical Engineering
• Telecommunications
• Sustainable Technology

Background:

• Increasing energy demands and climate change necessitate sustainable solutions for industrial applications.
• Conventional private power networks are inadequate for advanced technologies like smart grids, edge computing, and the Metaverse.
• 5G technology offers crucial features like high reliability and low latency, essential for future smart grid services and IoT integration.

Purpose of the Study:

• To design, fabricate, and evaluate a super-efficient GSM triplexer for 5G-enabled IoT.
• To optimize IoT for sustainable edge computing networks within smart grid and Metaverse platforms.
• To present a novel, compact triplexer design with superior performance characteristics.

Main Methods:

• Design and fabrication of a novel GSM triplexer operating at 0.815/1.58/2.65 GHz for 5G applications.
• Physical layout optimization to achieve the smallest possible size (0.007 λg²).
• Performance evaluation focusing on insertion losses and return losses across all channels.

Main Results:

• The proposed triplexer achieved an exceptionally small size of 0.007 λg².
• Very low insertion losses were recorded: 0.12 dB, 0.09 dB, and 0.42 dB for the three channels.
• Return losses exceeded 26 dB at all channels, indicating high signal integrity.

Conclusions:

• The developed triplexer offers a significant advancement in miniaturization and efficiency for 5G IoT applications.
• This component is crucial for enabling sustainable smart grid edge computing and Metaverse integration.
• The achieved performance metrics surpass those of previous triplexer designs.