News tagged: 3GPP

02 February, 2018

Redesigning fronthaul and the road to 5G

5G is more than a new generation of technologies, writes Shawn Stapleton, the chief technology officer at Dali Wireless. It marks an inflection point for how we connect with the world today. It also promises instantaneous, high-speed data access to billions of users, devices, machines, buildings, and cities – each placing new demands on mobile infrastructure and sparking the need for a change in its design, starting with the radio access network (RAN).

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22 December, 2017

3GPP’s first 5G NR standard is completed and global mobile industry ready for full-scale development of 5G NR

The 3GPP TSG RAN Plenary Meeting in Lisbon successfully completed the first implementable 5G NR specification. AT&T, BT, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Huawei, Intel, KT Corporation, LG Electronics, LG Uplus, MediaTek Inc., NEC Corporation, Nokia, (more…)

07 December, 2017

LPWA: challenger operators could benefit from using a different technology to that of the market leader

Mobile operators have a significant opportunity to offer LPWA solutions, but competition will be intense. The leaders have decided which technology to support – for example, AT&T has opted for LTE-M, Orange uses LoRa and LTE-M and Vodafone has gone for NB-IoT. (more…)

24 November, 2017

Qualcomm, ZTE and China Mobile claim world’s first end-to-end 5G NR interoperable system based on 3GPP standard

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, ZTE, and China Mobile announced that they have successfully achieved the world’s first end-to-end 5G NR Interoperability Data Testing (IoDT) system demonstrating a data connection based on 3GPP R15 standard. (more…)

20 November, 2017

Huawei and EE showcase 5G uplink and downlink decoupling proof of concept in London

At the 8th Global Mobile Broadband Forum in London, Huawei showcased a 5G deployment with unique 5G New Radio and LTE co-site deployment to separate uplink and downlink on different bands. The 5G uplink and downlink (UL/DL) decoupling was demonstrated live for the first time at London ExCel over an end-to-end network. (more…)

15 November, 2017

NGMN is aiming for a healthy 5G ecosystem – 5G Trial and Testing Initiative

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance that has been shaping the industry of wireless communication for the past 12 years is determined to drive the industry towards a healthy 5G ecosystem. (more…)

10 July, 2017

ZTE Helps China Unicom successfully complete first 5G NR field test

ZTE Corporation, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, reported that it has supported China Unicom in the operator’s successful first 5G NR (New Radio) field test. (more…)

30 June, 2017

SES and SaT5G to spearhead development of ubiquitous 5G network capabilities

SES, announced that the Satellite and Terrestrial Network for 5G (SaT5G) consortium, comprising SES and 15 further members, has been tasked to integrate satellite into 5G networks, enabling ubiquitous and instantaneous 5G coverage and capacity. (more…)

28 November, 2016

SON revenue expected to grow to more than US$5bn by end of 2020, says SNS

SNS Research estimates that despite challenges relating to implementation complexities and multi-vendor interoperability, SON revenue is expected to grow to more than $5 Billion by the end of 2020. (more…)

12 September, 2016

Ericsson announces a 5G access network – but what is 5G?

On August 31, 2016, Ericsson announced the launch of its new AIR 6468 cellular radio. Ericsson stated that together with the 5G Plug-Ins announced in June, and the (already available) Radio System Baseband 5216, it now offers all the components of a 5G access network. (more…)