This year the global mobile communication conference (MWC), chip factory, telecom equipment maker, and telecom operators all 5 g technology research and development and field testing the cooperation, such as qualcomm respectively with deutsche telekom and Ericsson LAA technology measured with each test; Intel, and South Korea telecom, lg, and nokia strategy alliance, makes 5 g market situation more hasten is heating up.
3 GPP will set 5 g standards in 2016, and hope to start in 2020 5 g commercial. To grasp the opportunity and control technology development, the industry has been engaged in development, the layout of the 5 g only to officially entered the commercial in 5 g, grab a huge profits.
Paves the way for 5 g Qualcomm DT/Ericsson hand in hand
Although 5 g related technologies and standards development process is unclear, but say to seize market opportunities and leading technology development, many companies have been.
Qualcomm Qualcomm, Qualcomm subsidiary technology company in the near future and Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche supporting) hand in hand to cooperate, for LTE authorized Access (Licensed - Assisted Access, LAA) real field test, authorized by polymerization and unlicensed spectrum expansion of LTE network coverage and improve the network capacity, and can provide uninterrupted communication ability, enhance the end user's experience. The technology can also ensure the LTE with wi-fi in Unlicensed Spectrum (Unlicensed Spectrum) coexist.
Deutsche telekom technology officer Bruno Jacobfeuerborn said the LAA and action is to meet rising data connectivity requirements of one of the key technologies. This test will help wireless ecosystem with the main stakeholders validation and experience the benefits of LAA technology.
Learned, LAA technology is being developed in the 3 GPP Release version 13 one of the new features of standard, by the extension of the 4 g LTE - A to unlicensed spectrum and bring more benefits. 4 g LTE authorization and unlicensed spectrum aggregation, is an important step in the future 5 g platform development.
Qualcomm technology executive vice President and chief technology officer Matt Grob, says the test is an important milestone, it will demonstrate how LAA let European users to quickly get benefits.
Download this Air (Over The Air, OTA) test for three weeks, completed in November 20, 2015. The tests using the study of Qualcomm Qualcomm technology Research and development department (Qualcomm Research) LAA test equipment design and deployment, while deutsche telekom spectrum resources.
LAA test equipment in accordance with the standard of 3 GPP Release 13, and it is in order to comply with global unlicensed spectrum standard and special design, it has carrier listening (Listen Before Talk) function, is assessed using Channel is Clear, Clear Channel Assessment) program and the realization of Channel occupancy limit.
In addition, in addition to the cooperation with deutsche telekom LAA technology, qualcomm technology is also in Barcelona, Spain at the world conference on mobile communications (MEC) announced that will work with Ericsson (Ericsson) is 5 g technology development, early each test, and the major telecom carriers to a specific action plan to promote and to cooperate. The two companies will open early testing, to verify the key 5 g technology components, with support for 3 GPP Release 15 required technical specification standardization work, this topic 3 GPP is due out in 2018. To conform to the standard of 5 g infrastructure and equipment can Release 15 standard Release the introduction, the shortest period of time after the two companies more promote interoperability testing according to the 3 GPP specification, so that all kinds of new 5 g standard can quickly adopted.
Qualcomm technology company executive vice President and chief technology officer Matt Grob said, just as the past experiences in 3 g and 4 g, the company is willing to continue to cooperate with each big operators that teamed up to develop a more powerful, unified platform for the 5 g. Now 5 g of vision is quite definite, parties intend, so now we must focus on the technical and engineering aspects, to assist in testing operators, contribute to the commercial launch of the Internet.
Through the past decades, prompt action technology continuous innovation development experience, including 3 g and 4 g LTE, qualcomm technology company with Ericsson now with a line operators around the world to 5 g technology research and development, standardization, each test and test, etc. This cooperation will further towards the common goals, using the joint test of 3 GPP, and promote the first 5 g 3 GPP standard finished on time, and at the same time that the two companies can follow the draft on the evolution of standards, early each test. Operators through experiment two companies provide the prototype device can exchange can better understand the functions of 5 g, prompted the industry to speed up the launch and conforms to standard the commercialization of the 5 g infrastructure and equipment.
In addition to the 5 g technology development, qualcomm technology and Ericsson will continue to play the first front, in 3 GPP LTE Advanced Pro support, leading the development of 4 g technology and develop new technology, such as unauthorized spectrum LTE (including LTE -u, auxiliary authorized access and MulteFire), LTE IoT (such as eMTC with NB - IoT), as well as a variety of Advanced antenna technology, and the antenna technology of 5 g to all sorts of function and the expected application model is imported into the LTE networks.
Ericsson technology officer Ulf Ewaldsson pointed out that, along with many operators to speed up the pace of development of 5 g, the vanguard of the industry system operators must joint effort to develop standardized solution, for the benefit of consumers and society as a whole. The company and qualcomm technology company has a long history in terms of technical cooperation, looking forward to the two sides can continue cooperation in the future.
Intel alliance layout 5 g market
Huge business opportunities 5 g, cause each big crystal film more vigorously, compete to layout. In addition to qualcomm to take the nation strategy, Intel (Intel) also play the group, in partnership, has announced a number of new industry published products at the same time, lay solid foundation for the 5 g wireless networks, thus developing faster, smarter, and more efficient 5 g wireless networks, bring brand-new experience for different levels of the daily life.
Intel vice President and communications with equipment enterprise group general manager Aicha Evans points out, billions of intelligence and networking device, using a large number of data of personalized service, as well as a variety of cloud applications, prompting market needs more intelligent and more powerful network performance. In addition, transfer to 5 g network path to promote communication and computing a combination of both, leading to the foundation of the industry transition, now you must lay the foundation for the next 5 g network, to create the use of all kinds of great experience.
It is reported, 5 g business opportunities for layout, Intel cooperates with all the big players, all kinds of 5 g application technology development.
Such as telecommunications and Intel with South Korea will begin in 2018 5 g network testing, in order to research and development and validation of 5 g wireless technology and the related devices, virtual network platform, and promote the standardization of the field; LG with Intel for a new generation of car development and test 5 g wireless technology; Nokia and Intel is working with development tentative standard (Pre - standard), 5 g radio technology and network solutions, let users build 5 g action as soon as possible the client with the wireless infrastructure and may exchange the 5 g radio technology, in response to a device that has the network demand in the future wireless networks.
In addition, South Korea SK telecom hand Intel to jointly develop and verify the 5 g mobile devices and Network solutions, through continued cooperation in 5 g technology, both present in the Radio Access Network (Radio Access Network) technology improvements, including Anchor - booster Cell technology and large-scale multiple input multiple output (Massive MIMO), further enhance the capacity of 5 g wireless networks. As to Verizon and Intel through Verizon 5 g technology BBS for field test of 5 g wireless solution to show you how the millimeter wave frequency spectrum is support than today honeycomb Network (Cellular Network) is a higher level and speed of data transmission capacity, for homes and businesses to provide high-quality high-speed wireless networking.
Meanwhile, Intel also offer 5 g mobile test platform (figure 1), make the industry to speed up the integration and test device 5 g base stations and wireless networks. Intel is currently working with telecommunication companies around the world hand in hand to develop prototype 5 g technology, construction technology, and the new testing machine for testing, and for smartphone, tablet, PC and the Internet of things device of wireless communications launched solution.
Only 5 g landscape Nokia to speed up technology research and development
5 g business rolling, not only the above mentioned qualcomm, Intel chip companies such as activity, telecom equipment maker Nokia communication (Nokia Networks) grab to eat 5 g pie, the present stage also has with the standard organization, telecommunication operating companies and academic institutions all over the world, the development of related technology and the high frequency components. In addition, the company on the Internet section (Network Slicing) innovative technology, also engaged in layout.
Figure 2 nokia communication technology innovation department, general manager of Asia Pacific industrial environment often jiang said, 5 g can enable network has higher throughput and more valuable data and to provide more service in all walks of life.
Nokia communication technology innovation department, general manager of Asia Pacific industrial environment often xinjiang (figure 2), 5 g demand diversity is unprecedented, and its potential lies in can enable network has higher throughput and more valuable data and to provide more service in all walks of life. In addition, the network is to focus on the interpersonal communication in the past, but the whole world of the future will be digital, become a person with everything connected world of programmable.
In order to achieve faster transmission speed, low latency, large capacity of 5 g communications, now the company also with operators and academic research institutions all over the world, to develop new spectrum, multiple network connections, large-scale antenna (Massive MIMO) and the whole dynamic resource management, etc.
Nokia communications research and development in these areas has some achievements, often xinjiang further, for example, the spectrum of real estate, resources are limited, and the frequency range in 400 MHZ ~ 100 GHZ is the scope of the 5 g considerations for this current the company hand in hand at New York university, also for 3 ~ 73 GHZ channel test; In addition, also with the Japanese operators NTT DoCoMo millimeter wave (mmWave) experiment was carried out, and of global academic research institutions of high frequency components, and the further development of large-scale antenna technology.
On the other hand, the company has invested network slice, 5 g innovation technology development, and launch related AirFrame data center solutions. Xinjiang often explain, network slice as tailored clothes, means that the technology can through software programming network, help to accelerate the programmable implementation of the world.
Additionally notable is, often jiang said that the current third generation partner project (3 GPP) is recognized as the mainstream of 5 g standards organization, the organization will be in 5 g 2016 standards in action. And 5 g international standard is expected to be implemented in stages, that is, there will be two versions, namely phase one will produce first edition (2018) and phase 2 (2019), release the full version, in order to differ according to the 5 g in each region of the global market development progress.
At the same time, nokia is also special in 2016 MWC convention shows many in the operation of the 5 g application on the network infrastructure. Nokia more than 5 g real machine show, there are eight show is from bell LABS, the company developed 5 g communication technology has the huge bandwidth capacity and the characteristics of close to zero delay, will enable new applications such as automatic driving and the remote robot come true.
Bei er lab President, nokia's chief technology officer Marcus Weldon said, 5 g will bring more new possibilities for human, realize the automation of everything. This wisdom, contact networks driven automation will create new business and create new services, finally became a save more time. Nokia is widely cooperation with customers, formulate the network architecture and planning reform scheme, which will bring great influence to people's lives.
, nokia in MWC of 5 g technology a total of six, self-driving cars respectively, 5 g, 5 g interconnection within the industrial robot field experience, 5 g, 5 g, virtual reality interaction and 5 g massively connected.
Application in self-driving cars, 5 g for fast running unattended operation of the system to provide low delay attachment ability, so as to realize the automatic driving; Autopilot system needs to be fixed and almost without interruption of communication and transport, in order to improve the road safety, reduce traffic congestion; And industrial manufacturing, highly reliable and low delay of 5 g network can fast synchronization interconnected robot remote intelligent control. Through the 5 g, manufacturing will be unified computing infrastructure Replace today's mixed industry standard, thus more effectively to achieve production goal.
On the other hand, through the synchronous transfer data between a large number of smartphones, 5 g network can realize fast now multiple radio (Multi - casting). By different shooting Angle of real-time video streaming and almost zero transmission delay, user will be able to enhance and share their true course; At the same time, the current virtual reality interaction, 5 g technology is also indispensable. By 1 millisecond delay and high network processing capacity, can make the two are in different space the virtual reality of user action, like working in the same place. Distal association and remote monitoring, will be able to optimize different business applications and processes, including the remote education, production, and machine maintenance and repair, etc.
In addition, the bell LABS developed can achieve 30 gbit/s record the highest rate of convergence technology, allows users to experience a more reliable network quality. This is mainly through the different action and fixed network technology converge to a high capacity for end users in the transmission of streaming. These innovations can make operators network assets to create the biggest benefit. Nokia also showed significant changes in action network, use bell LABS innovation technology to implement multiple devices connected and interconnected. Using new waveform, not even the linear information sending and flexible routing, the application of soft style of ultra low delay technical support will realize all automation new content networking era.
Road network community, stearns industrial university, chairman of deutsche telekom, Germany 5 g lab coordinator Frank H.P Fitzek revealed by professional 5 g communication system, the unit works closely with nokia, implements a new low latency 5 g, the Internet (Internet) Tactile perception. Low-latency communication is a combination of security and flexibility, can support monitoring remote objects and equipment at any time and place, such as automatic driving cars, such as industrial robots and remote operation. These features can significantly improve efficiency, and provide action areas such as communication, manufacturing and medical new possibilities.
5 g in addition to continuing to pour money into new technology/product development, nokia's executive Rajeev have thought, said 2016 will expand a series of the new 5 g and the application of Internet of things and the product of the investment, to strengthen the strength of the company's technology development in the future. Nokia and alcatel-lucent (Alcatel - Lucent) merger, potential market size quickly rose to 141 billion euros, net of 26.6 billion euros, r&d spending accounts for 4.5 billion euros, and there are 40000 r&d personnel.
Nokia next to buy Canada's Nakina company, focused on network security, and through the Nokia Partners growing fund (Nokia Growth Partners, NGP) invested $350 million, the security of the network security solution can help Nokia Nakina of 5 g and the Internet of things application, in line with the long-term strategy of Nokia, and bring new technology and unique ability for the company.
Market competition heats up alliance WeiCheng wind
Under 5 g market fierce competition, from the above text can be found, to grab opportunities and development of dominant discourse right, past dominance, solo operation strategy is no longer a major chip factory or telecom equipment maker's way. Now many companies is past ecosystem or group development, market strategy of unity is strength, only have to take the multiple relations of cooperation, and JieChangBuDuan manufacturer, is likely to become the biggest winner in the next 5 g era.
