1Tbps mobile - 5G

[Jorge-Vieira]

1Tbps mobile data speeds could soon be a reality (http://www.kitguru.net/laptops/mobile/brendan-morgan/1tbps-mobile-data-speeds-could-soon-be-a-reality/)


Thanks to research currently being conducted at the 5G Innovation Centre at the UK’s University of Surrey we could all be enjoying some incredibly fast mobile data connections, when 5G networks are rolled out. They have recently tested equipment that exceeds 1Tbps wirelessly with extremely low latency.
This lab test handily beats any other tests, such as Samsung’s recent 7.5Gbps results and also bring latency over the network down to around 1 millisecond, but it has so far only been tested over distances of 100 meters in laboratory conditions. Now that this has been validated, there are plans for real world field trials beginning next year, with public demonstrations of the technology planned for 2018.
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Professor Rahim Tafazolli from the 5G Innovation Centre said, “An important aspect of 5G is how it will support applications in the future. We don’t know what applications will be in use by 2020, or 2030 or 2040 for that matter, but we know they will be highly sensitive to latency, we need to bring end-to-end latency down to below one millisecond so that it can enable new technologies and applications that would just not be possible with 4G.”
Obviously there is quite a lot to do before we get these speeds, with a totally new infrastructure upgrade needed as well as new handset technologies that can handle these kind of data rates. Even today many LTE (otherwise known as 4G) phones do not support some faster LTE speeds and another update to the standard, called LTE-Advanced is set to bring 1 Gbit/s downstream speeds for stationary receivers and 100 Mb/s to mobile users.



Noticia:
http://www.kitguru.net/laptops/mobile/brendan-morgan/1tbps-mobile-data-speeds-could-soon-be-a-reality/

[Jorge-Vieira]

5G Networking: The Definitive Guide

http://media.bestofmicro.com/3/1/484813/original/5G-lead.pngOne, two, three and to the four… From the first mobile phone to 4G LTE, the telecommunications industry has changed plenty in just a few decades. We've jumped four G's, or generations, in about as long as it took for Snoop Dogg to become Snoop Lion. Now the market is poised to break into the fifth generation, which promises 100 to 1,000 times the speed of 4G LTE. That means you might be able to download a full-length movie in a matter of seconds. More important, 5G will enable a new wave of ultra-efficient, Internet-connected devices.
But what is 5G really, what kind of benefits will it provide, and how long will we have to wait for its high-speed arrival?
First, know that 5G is in the very early stages right now -- networking regulatory bodies haven't even settled on a standard yet. The Federal Communications Commission has only just begun to look into opening up the high frequencies that will be used in the next-generation technologies. But after interviews with numerous experts in the field and representatives of device and component makers, we have a good idea of what to expect, and when. Here's everything you need to know about 5G.
What is 5G? The term 5G stands for fifth generation. A generation refers to a set of requirements that determine what devices and networks qualify for the standard and will be compatible with each other. It also describes the technologies that power the new types of communication.
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(http://www.tomsguide.com/us/smartphone-buying-guide,review-1971.html)Second generation, or 2G, launched in 1991 as a set of standards that governed wireless telephone technology, without much concern for data transmission or the mobile Web. Third generation, 3G, focused on applications in voice telephony, mobile Internet, video calls and mobile TV. And 4G was designed to better support IP telephony (voice over IP), video conferencing and cloud computing, as well as video streaming and online gaming.
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What Will 5G Be Capable of? "You'll be able to download a full-length feature movie in a matter of seconds as 5G evolves," said Ted Rappaport, director of NYU Wireless, a research center at NYU's Polytechnic School of Engineering. According to Rappaport, the fifth generation could offer speeds of up to 1,000 times that of 4G. In fact, we could see speeds of "10 gigabits per second or more, with one to several hundred of megabits per second at the edge of the cell (site)," Rappaport said.
But let's not get too excited. Before 4G LTE was actually realized, the industry feverishly proclaimed speeds of up to 300 Mbps. When LTE launched, real-world speeds averaged only about 5 to 12 Mbps for downloads and 2 to 5 Mbps for uploads. However, during our 2014 speed tests, Verizon delivered 20 to 30 Mbps down and as high as 14 Mbps in cities like New York. T-Mobile's network is also fairly speedy, hitting 12 to 13 Mbps down and 8 to 10 Mbps up in NYC and San Francisco.
In addition to speed and throughput increases, 5G is also expected to enable more efficient communications between different devices, said Asha Keddy, vice president of standards and advanced technology at Intel.
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For instance, a 5G-enabled smart-home hub pinging a sensor for status updates wouldn't need huge throughput or for the signal to travel a long distance, but it will need a speedy response. Devices that are 5G-capable will be able to tap the right frequencies to send signals based on what kind of message is being sent.
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How Will 5G Work? Two words: millimeter waves. The FCC issued a Notice of Inquiry in October 2014 to look into opening up millimeter waves (high frequencies above 24 gigahertz) for use with 5G technologies. If these bands are leveraged, there could be immense improvements in speed and throughput.
Think of the bands of radio waves available to us as a triangular beaker filled with some water. Today's telecommunications mostly takes place in the lower bands, toward the base of that beaker. Virtually no traffic (represented by the water in the beaker) is taking place above the 24-GHz mark right now, because those waves tended to have shorter ranges and worked within shorter distances. For example, AT&T’s 4G LTE network currently operates in the 700 MHz, 850 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 2.1 GHz bands.
Recent developments are changing all that, though. NYU researchers shook things up in May 2013 when they published a paper (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6515173)in IEEE Access, showing that it's possible to use millimeter waves for long-distance transmissions. And in October 2014, Samsung demonstrated (http://www.samsung.com/global/business/networks/insights/news/samsung-electronics-sets-5g-speed-record-at-7-5gbps-over-30-times-faster-than-4g-lte?type=insights)its ability to achieve a data transmission rate of 7.5 Gbps by tapping into a 28-GHz network. That rate translates to a 940 MB download in a second, although that’s under ideal conditions.


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Samsung 5G Live Demonstration
Once the viability of millimeter waves is determined and allowed by the FCC, the industry can start looking into the components, such as radios and processors, required to tap into those bands.
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When Can I Expect 5G? You can expect public demonstrations by the year 2018. That's because South Korea has stated (http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/38950/5g-mobile-be-commercialized-worlds-first-time-2020) that it will showcase its 5G technology during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang; it aims to commercialize 5G by December 2020.
The Japanese government has also declared its intention (http://digital.asiaone.com/digital/news/japan-eyes-5g-mobiles-2020-olympic-games) to show off 5G capability for practical mobile phone use at the Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2020.
America looks set to meet a similar timeline, following the FCC's Notice of Inquiry (http://www.fcc.gov/document/noi-examine-use-bands-above-24-ghz-mobile-broadband) last October. Telecommunications standards authority 3GPP is holding a workshop in December 2015 to discuss 5G standards.
The workshop will be a milestone, according to Eduardo Esteves, vice president of product management at Qualcomm. "The vendors and operators who are part of 3GPP will come together and bring together more specific ideas about technical requirements, and about certain technology components that they think are going to be important as part of 5G," Esteves told Tom's Guide.
But determining what 5G will really look like won't really happen until the middle of 2016, said Kevin Flynn, 3GPP's marketing and communications officer.
A period of research and development will follow, Esteves said, with final definitions of the detailed specs, features and mechanisms of 5G likely to culminate in late 2019.
"Early 2020 or 2021 is really when we're going to start seeing initial commercial deployment of 5G," Esteves said.
What Will Happen to 4G? Just as 3G continues to exist today in our 4G-rich landscape, 4G will hang around as 5G takes over and even see continued development. While the industry works on bringing 5G to the masses, carriers and other players will continue to develop existing 4G LTE networks on a parallel track.
Mark McDiarmid, T-Mobile's vice president for engineering, who's also part of the Wi-Fi Alliance, said, "Whatever we develop for 5G, it will certainly incorporate all of what we've done for 4G, and work seamlessly with 4G."
But beyond 4G, older technologies like 3G and 2G will start to go away and won't be compatible with 5G.
3GPP's current definition of LTE (http://www.3gpp.org/technologies/keywords-acronyms/98-lte) states that the highest theoretical peak data rate the technology can achieve is 75 Mbps up and 300 Mbps down. LTE-Advanced sees that rate increased to 1.5 Gbps up and 3 Gbps down (http://www.3gpp.org/technologies/keywords-acronyms/97-lte-advanced), using carrier aggregation (CA), a method of increasing data speeds and capacity by combining bands of spectrum to form wider channels.
In a roundtable discussion with reporters in December 2014, Mike Haberman, Verizon's president of network support, said that the company was testing carrier aggregation on its network to ensure it can work properly. Verizon is expected to execute the technology by mid-2015, according to FierceWireless (http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-launch-carrier-aggregation-more-lte-advanced-features-2015/2014-12-04). AT&T has already deployed carrier aggregation, while Sprint is planning year-end implementation. T-Mobile is also expected to follow.
Where Will I Be Able to Get 5G? In addition to Korea and Japan, countries such as Germany and the U.K (http://blog.laptopmag.com/uk-germany-5g). have promised to bring 5G to their residents. Finland's already building (http://www.zdnet.com/article/finland-starting-to-build-its-first-5g-test-network/) a 5G test network in the city of Oulu. The U.S. is also expected to be part of the first wave of countries to deploy next-gen mobile broadband.
While standards have been similar globally in the past, spectrums and bands used by each nation have been different. For 4G LTE alone, some European operators used 2.6 GHz for their networks, while China used 2.5 GHz and Japan rides on 2.1 GHz. Many Southeast Asian markets are using 1.8 GHz. This means your 4G LTE phone won't necessarily support LTE networks worldwide.
That will hopefully be different with 5G. Kris Rinne, chairwoman for the board of governors of 4G Americas, told us that alliances such as 3GPP and 4G Americas are working on standardizing the spectrums and standards across international borders for easier global access.



Noticia:
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/5g-networking-faq,news-20629.html

[Jorge-Vieira]

5G: What It Is, What It Isn't, And What It Could Be

Anyone who has been following the mobile industry lately has heard the term 5G batted about. Playing off the 3rd and 4th generation mobile technologies that precede it, 5G is intended to be the next evolution in wireless networking standards. We're being promised multi-gigabit connections to the device, latency levels that can support real-time augmented reality sessions in the cloud, and networks that could connect billions of devices in the network of things.
There's only one problem: 5G hasn't been defined yet, and we're likely still years away from seeing an official definition. Today, 5G is more of a concept reflecting the ideas and hopes of global governments, carriers and network equipment makers. What we're witnessing is a process the industry undergoes every decade or so when it tries to come up with the next mobile standard, and as with previous "G"s, that process brings out the best and worst aspects of that industry.
http://media.bestofmicro.com/E/L/487821/gallery/Samsung_w_600.jpgCredit: Samsung (http://www.tomshardware.com/gallery/Samsung,0101-487821-0-2-12-1-jpg-.html)On the one hand, regulators and carriers are trying to hash out what our future mobile needs will be, while the brightest engineers and researchers in the wireless sector and academia are melding minds to find technological answers to those problems.
On the other hand, the marketing machines of networking companies are revving up, making premature and often simplistic pronouncements about what their 5G networks will do. For instance, China's Huawei and Russia's MegaFon have made the ridiculous promise that they will have live 5G networks in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup (http://pr.huawei.com/en/news/hw-397407-5g.htm#.VRWcVRDF9UM).
The mobile industry's largest trade group, the GSM Association, pretty much summed up the problem in a 5G report it issued in December (https://gsmaintelligence.com/research/?file=141208-5g.pdf&download). The report found that there are two competing visions for 5G: one that focuses solely on performance (getting ever-faster speeds out of our mobile connections) and one that focuses on a broader "hyper-connected vision" of connecting billions more people and devices to the mobile network.
That first approach is very enticing, because who doesn't want an insanely fast gigabit connection to their laptop or smartphone? But it's also a very limiting view. There are few applications – and few problems solved – by offering connections with that bandwidth. Building devices and networks capable of supporting those speeds would happen largely in big cities and developed markets. As the GSMA's Senior Director of Technology Dan Warren put it, that version of 5G would give those who already have the most even more.
http://media.bestofmicro.com/E/N/487823/gallery/gsm_w_600.png (http://www.tomshardware.com/gallery/gsm,0101-487823-0-2-12-1-png-.html)The other vision for 5G, however, might be overstepping the bounds of what a technical standard can accomplish. Governments and organizations like Facebook's Internet.org are increasingly looking to cellular networks as a means of connecting the unconnected. While creating more flexible networks that deliver cheaper bandwidth to more people can definitely help those efforts along, their underlying goals are political and economic, not technological.
It's pretty safe to say that the 5G future is still uncertain, but that's not a bad thing. There are serious people tackling serious problems, and when the dust clears, we'll not only have a much better idea of what 5G is from a technical standpoint, but also what the world wants 5G to be. For now though, let's take a look at a few of the key technologies the mobile industry is looking at as 5G contenders.
Massive MIMO Every new generation of technology brings in new spectrum. In the U.S. we got the 1900 MHz PCS band when we ushered in the 2G digital age, and LTE found its first home in the 700 MHz airwaves, but the available spectrum useful for consumer wireless connectivity is rapidly being used up. 5G researchers are now looking into higher-frequency spectrum in the microwave and millimeter wave bands that have previously been useless for cellular networking.
There's still a lot of debate over the specific frequencies – the proposals range from 6 GHz all the way beyond 100 MHz – but it's clear that there's a lot of potentially untapped spectrum in upper radio bands. We're talking thousands of megahertz compared to the 10 to 20 MHz increments the mobile industry works with today. The problem is that nobody is able to tap those bands for cellular networking because signals transmitting them in don't propagate very far.
http://media.bestofmicro.com/E/M/487822/gallery/nokia-white-paper_w_600.png (http://www.tomshardware.com/gallery/nokia-white-paper,0101-487822-0-2-12-1-png-.html)Wireless researchers are getting around that problem by using the same multi-antenna technology used by any home Wi-Fi router. Instead of a pair or two of MIMO antennas, millimeter wave networks would use dozens of them, forming massive arrays that could transmit signals much further and achieve speeds up to 100 Gbps.
That's some truly impressive speed, but there are still a lot of questions as to whether massive MIMO is feasible as mobile technology. Not only is the technology complex, but massive antenna arrays require real estate. Device makers are still working out how to shove four 4G antennas into smartphones to support new LTE-Advanced networks. A 5G device might need as many as 128 antennas, along with the power and processing capabilities to decipher their signals.
There are other ways to use that kind of connection. You could connect vehicles, and 5G might wind up replacing the wired broadband connection. But most significantly, massive MIMO could be used to connect other cell sites, according to Shayan Sanyal, Chief Commercial Officer of Bluwan, a networking company researching millimeter wave technologies. The 5G network might actually become a cellular network for connecting 4G networks, replacing the expensive fiber and specialty point-to-point radio links used to backhaul LTE networks today.
"We could use that technology to build very dense networks, helping us solve an age-old problem," Sanyal said.
Cells, Cells Everywhere Today, cellular networks are built on what's known as a macro scale: big umbrella cells mounted on towers that spread a blanket layer of capacity over a large area. But if we could build dense networks of tightly-packed cells, we would not only see tremendous increases in capacity – every small cell has the same capacity of its macrocell counterpart – but also big gains in speed, as each cell would be splitting its capacity among fewer devices.
Small cells certainly wouldn't be unique to 5G. Carriers like Verizon and AT&T are already deploying them in cities today to meet 4G demands, but new technologies like massive MIMO might help carriers deploy them on an even bigger scale. Instead of laying fiber or carefully provisioning backhaul links, carriers could plop small cells down wherever they chose, and they would automatically connect to the 5G network. The cells would then link to our devices through an optimized version of the LTE connections we know today.
This concept of the super-dense network is being taken up by many of the industry's research labs, and it fits in with another emerging idea known as the "heterogeneous network." The hetnet, as it's called, would be a multi-tiered network made up of multiple layers of transmitters and even multiple wireless technologies. Our devices could not only move seamlessly between those connections but form multiple connections simultaneously.
When we think of 3G and 4G, we think of a single transmission technology. But we may not be able to reduce 5G to single airlink. It might very well wind up being the summation of multiple systems that combine cellular and Wi-Fi, big and small cells, and new technologies like massive MIMO with current technologies like LTE.
Slowing Down The Network Since its inception, the mobile industry has focused single-mindedly on building faster, brawnier networks to handle the most bandwidth-intensive use on the Internet. But in debate over 5G, a new school of thought is emerging that wants to sacrifice performance in favor of scale.
Instead of architecting networks to support a few HD video streams, we could design them to support thousands of individual low-bandwidth streams that could be delivered at a fraction of the cost and at much lower power than a regular 4G connection.
Building a slower, higher-latency mobile Internet might seem like a step back. But it could also be the means of building a cheaper, more accessible mobile Internet, connecting billions who don't have access to 3G or 4G today or can't afford to use it. It could also be the means of making 5G the backbone network of the Internet of Things, linking billions of sensors and gadgets that only need intermittent access to the network.
It's possible to build a 5G network that blows the barn doors off of today's multi-megabit networks. It's also possible to build a 5G network that can connect every conceivable device and person in the world.
But it's likely impossible to build a network that can do both, according to the GSMA's Warren. That's not necessarily an insurmountable obstacle, though. It could just mean that, unlike previous generations, 5G might well define many different networks, each with different purposes.
That's bound to get confusing since a 5G device could just as easily be a low-end Internet-capable handset or the simplest sensor in addition to being the most sophisticated smartphone produced by Apple or Samsung. That may not be ideal for marketing purposes, but that's not necessarily a bad problem to have. There are bigger issues the mobile industry needs to tackle than merely building the next fastest smartphone.



Noticia:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/all-about-5g,28850.html

[Jorge-Vieira]

5G Network Speed To Transmit Data Up To 20GB Per Second, Will Debut At Winter Olympics 2018

Just as we thought 4G LTE was fast, the International Telecommunication Union unveiled the type of speed 5G will behold. Even though many of us are not yet used to the 4G LTE speed while some other third world countries yet do not have accessibility over the service, its never to early to start speculating what might be the future.
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Since the world is going mobile, the average user has more need of an increased internet speed due to professional reasons as well as saving time. Judging by this aspect, I’m sure all of us remember the dial up connection and the hardship it required to connect. Well the 5G network would recall the same on the current network speed as soon as it arrives. So its going to be a big jump.





5G Network To Support 20 Gigabytes Of Data Transmitting Speed The Korea Times described the capability of the 5G network as fast as to be able to transmit data up to 20GB per second. This a insanely fast and moves the mobile experience to a whole new level. Yes smartphone manufacturers will also manufacture devices according to the scenario. The almighty speed would enable users to download movies in just a few seconds. Basically the availability for online content would be limited to a few seconds time, keeping all other factors constant.
The report on 5G network further states, “The 5G network will also have a capacity to provide more than 100 megabits-per-second average data transmission to over one million Internet of Things devices within 1 square kilometer.” To this perspective, the maximum speed that 4G supports is 150MB per second and not all of the users have an access to this limit.
However, being it an idea so far with little consent over the availability, a lot of effort is yet to be put to make it work. Multiple groups are working with other network systems like 3G and 4G to safeguard the future of the dream. Even though the commercial launch may be planned to a 2020 mark, a demo will be presented on the 2018 Olympics which are to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. This is it for now, folks. Comment your thoughts below and stay tuned for more on this later on.









Noticia:
http://wccftech.com/5g-network-speed-transmit-data-20gb-wil-debut-winter-olympics-2018/#ixzz3ddVJCK91

[Jorge-Vieira]

LG displays 5G tech

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1000 Times more than LTE
LG Uplus and Huawei succeeded in demonstrating major technology in next-generation network called Massive MIMO60 (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output)

For those who came in late, Massive MIMO is one of the technologies which have been touted to provide the backbone for 5G.
Massive MIMO attaches more than hundreds of LTE antennas to a single base station and sends them to many users at the same time in a beam.
Until now no-one has showed a version of Massive MIMO which could be commercialised.
LG Uplus introduced that if Massive MIMO is commercialised, it is possible to send high-capacity data at once to many users in real time or send more than Giga-byte of data to one user.
It reduced electricity by decreasing transmission electricity, which can be proportional to number of antennas, from LTE base station.
Director Jo Chang Gil of LG Uplus's Network Development Center the commercialisation of future technologies such as Massive MIMO will help LG Uplus to lead in global 5G technology standard.



Noticia:
http://www.fudzilla.com/news/mobile/38343-lg-displays-5g-tech

[Jorge-Vieira]

Cambridge warns that 5G race is unnecessary

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Stop shoving
An association which brings together top players in the mobile industry has warned against rushing to 5G.

Cambridge Wireless said that the headlong rush into 5G is an unnecessary technology treadmill.
Cambridge Wireless sponsored a debate chaired by Bob Schukai, head of advanced product innovation at Thomson Reuters to discuss if 5G was needed.
The "Yes" side included the head of standards and industrial affairs at Samsung Electronics Research Institute Howard Benn. The "No" camp had strategy VP of embedded technology company u-blox Tony Milbourn.
The debate focused on 5G requirements as stated by the leading operator trade associations. Benn said that 5G "is the next generation of mobile carrier incubated radio access network technology, ready for early service adopters by 2020."
Milbourn pointed out that "we have benefited hugely from standards; 2G built a momentum big enough to justify significant R&D, which in turn drove down costs to make the market big enough for more R&D, and so on. But the standards-making machine has now moved to a point where it is defining things beyond the needs of the consumer".
"Essentially, it's like washing machines... there is a rapid growth in the supply of washing machines before everybody has one, but once people can wash their clothes easily it becomes a replacement market, where the differentiation is the colour of the knobs," he added.
"Consumer cellular is at that point right now. The area for investment is coverage, not yet another standard that sucks capital out of operators and delivers something that consumers don't need," said Milbourn.
But Milbourn added that his argument does not apply to M2M or IoT. "For a new connected world we do need new standards, urgently," he told the audience.
Speaking in defence of 5G, Howard Benn said "we need 5G because history tells us that we can't predict what services will be popular from 2020 to 2030, so we need a super-efficient and super-flexible system to cover all bases."
Gooner Schukai said "Our insatiable appetite to consume content on a variety of screens means that we have a responsibility to think about the infrastructure needed to support this level of data consumption with speed and security across wearable devices, cars, phones, computers and sensors — in fact anything that needs a connection to the wireless infrastructure."
The vote against 5G indicated that 5G, and future of wireless connectivity in general, was so vital to every industry sector, and every citizen, that the development needed to embrace a wider constituency. It was clear that there is a need to consider the wider business models necessary to lead the industry, rather than only focusing on the technologies, he said.




Noticia:
http://www.fudzilla.com/news/mobile/38426-cambridge-warns-that-5g-race-is-unnecessary

[Jorge-Vieira]

5G Is Coming Sooner Than Expected And It Will Be Faster Than Google Fiber

The next generation of wireless networks has been an ongoing race for many companies but it seems that Verizon is going to win this one. The future, 5G, is coming sooner than expected as Roger Gurani, Chief Information and Technology Architect for Verizon, said in an interview with CNet. He stated that the wireless company plans to test its 5G technology next year with “some level of commercial deployment” planned in the year 2017. Verizon didn’t exactly when it would see a burst of customers connecting to the new 5G technology but it did hint that it would happen within the next five years or so.
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5G Speeds Will Be 50 Times Faster Than 4G As Claimed By VerizonThis is sooner than anyone expected and also contrary to earlier reports which said that 5G won’t be available to consumers until the next decade. If Verizon does make this happen within this short span of time then it would put it at the top of its competitors and would give it a head start on the new technology, it would also alter the whole wireless network industry.

“The future is going to bring more stuff that I can’t really describe,” Gurnani said. “We can’t possibly envision the full range of disruptive products and services. But we have some possibilities.”
Speeds of the 5G network have been hinted to be a few times faster than the 4G network speeds in the past, but the most recent tests by Verizon have annulled all those claims. The new claim by Verizon is that speeds are 30-50 times faster than the 4G LTE network, making them even faster than the speeds offered by Google Fiber’s gigbit wired broadband. This may just be a marketing strategy to get more people on board with the new technology and to make it more attractive unwilling people, let’s hope it is true and we will enjoy these appealing speeds. To put this into perspective a 9GB movie would take around 6 minutes to download on a good LTE network but it would take less than 15 seconds on a good 5G network, which is surprisingly fast!
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Once 5G comes, these speeds will be the norm.



Verizon is looking to move plans out of its lab in the next 12 months which would encourage others to follow. South Korea has been expected to launch their 5G trial in the 2018 Winter Olympics while Japan has been aiming for the trial in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Rima Qureshi, chief strategy officer of telecommunications equipment supplier Ericsson, talking about the whole plan said:

“It’s a very aggressive timeline; it’ll be interesting to see what the reaction is.”
Trials are still limited to Verizon’s own innovative centers in San Francisco, Massachusetts and Waltham and expansion of this technology would require a release of more radio spectrums from the government.

“At this time, our focus is on the technology field trials and accelerating the technology,” Gurnani said. “For technical trials themselves, we have what we need. Beyond that, 5G will require big bands of spectrum.”
This all might tempt you to preorder the first 5G phones, but those are still years away. Let’s see if Verizon can match the speed tests as claimed, we will definitely keep you updated on this.







Noticia:
http://wccftech.com/5g-is-coming-sooner-than-expected-and-it-will-be-faster-than-google-fiber/#ixzz3lE8A13ZX

[Sonas]

Vamos começar a ter velocidades porreiras em mobile :) muito bom :)
A ver o preço a que sai para o mercado tal tecnologia :)

[Jorge-Vieira]

Next-gen 5G mobile networks may use spectrum up to 71 GHz


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5G networks are still several years off, but the Federal Communications Commission is already gearing up for their deployment by drafting rules that would allow companies to broadcast cellular signals in extremely high frequency spectrums.
The FCC has proposed (http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db1022/DOC-335993A1.pdf) new "flexible user service rules" that would permit the transmission of signals in the 28, 37, 39, and 64 to 71 GHz bands, all of which are well above the 700 to 2600 MHz bands that today's 4G LTE networks typically use. The Commission is also seeking public comment on any other bands above 24 GHz that could be suitable for use.
There are obviously complications in getting mobile networks to work effectively using spectrum above 28 GHz, including distance limits and the ease of obstruction. However the FCC believes that these complications can be overcome, paving the way for 5G networks between 1 and 10 Gbps.
The FCC specifically cites dynamic beam-forming antennas as an engineering advancement that can support high-frequency, high-capacity networks. It's expected that these sorts of antennas, once shrunk to fit inside smartphones, will lead to 5G networks with faster speeds and lower latency.
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn says (http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/10/5g-mobile-broadband-may-use-71ghz-spectrum-to-hit-multi-gigabit-speeds/) there is "little doubt" that 5G networks would combine high-frequency transmissions with spectrum below 1 GHz, giving carriers the opportunity to build a network with the best coverage (using low-frequency bands) and speeds (using high-frequency bands).
The proposal from the FCC to use spectrum up to 71 GHz isn't final just yet, though they expect to authorize unlicensed, licensed, and shared high-frequency spectrums in the near future.



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[Jorge-Vieira]

Google’s Secretive 5G Internet Drone Tests Revealed (http://www.hardocp.com/news/2016/01/30/googlersquos_secretive_5g_internet_drone_tests_rev ealed/)

It has been learned that Google is testing solar-powered drones in New Mexico for delivering high-speed internet (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/29/project-skybender-google-drone-tests-internet-spaceport-virgin-galactic).



Project SkyBender is using drones to experiment with millimetre-wave radio transmissions, one of the technologies that could underpin next generation 5G wireless internet access. High frequency millimetre waves can theoretically transmit gigabits of data every second, up to 40 times more than today’s 4G LTE systems. Google ultimately envisages thousands of high altitude "self-flying aircraft" delivering internet access around the world.



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Intel to Outline Path to 5G at Mobile World Congress 2016 (http://www.hardocp.com/news/2016/02/08/intel_to_outline_path_5g_at_mobile_world_congress_ 2016/)

Billions of increasingly smart and connected devices, data-rich personalized services, and cloud applications are bringing amazing experiences to our daily lives. This places unprecedented demands on today’s wireless networks and connected devices and makes faster, smarter, more efficient 5G wireless networks and technology critical. At Mobile World Congress 2016, Intel will announce (https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/media-alert-intel-to-outline-path-to-5g-at-mobile-world-congress-2016/) new developments that will accelerate the road to 5G and help make amazing experiences of the future possible.

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[Jorge-Vieira]

AT&T 5G LTE field trials start in Q2 2016

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Deployment by 2020

AT&T, the second largest wireless carrier in the United States (as of Q4 2015) and the nation’s second largest advertiser (as of Q1 2016), has just announced that it will begin trials of fifth-generation 5G LTE service later this summer, with the possibility of limited commercial deployments in the first months of 2017.

The company has also said it has begun working with Ericsson and Intel, with intentions to field fifth-generation LTE deployments from fixed locations in Austin, Texas before the end of the year.

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In 2015, about 60 percent of AT&T’s mobile web traffic came from video consumption, according to the company. It wants to move forward with 5G LTE as soon as possible to make headroom for the oncoming proliferation of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, 4K video streaming, and self-driving cars.
Last month, we wrote about Qualcomm’s efforts (http://www.fudzilla.com/news/mobile/39759-qualcomm-shows-off-next-gen-lte-advanced-pro) to begin bridging the gap between existing 4G LTE networks and next-generation 5G LTE deployments with an interim solution, also known as 4.5G LTE “Advanced Pro,” that is scheduled for deployment between 2016 and 2020. The technology is based on 3GPP’s “Release 13” (March 2016) (http://www.3gpp.org/Release-13) and “Release 14” (June 2017) (http://www.3gpp.org/release-14) and will be an “intermediate” standard before the wireless industry continues with “Release 15” in 2020, also known as the 5G LTE that AT&T wants to begin field testing.
In September 2015, Verizon also announced that it would begin field trials (http://phys.org/news/2015-09-verizon-5g-wireless.html) of its 5G LTE network in 2016, with speeds up to 50 times faster than its current 4G LTE network. Both AT&T – the “blue team” – and Verizon – the “red team” – expect to have commercial deployments of their fifth-generation LTE networks by the first half of 2017.

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“The driving event there for us is we’re a big broadband provider, we have merger commitments that we’ve agreed to, and we’ve agreed to serve some rural areas with wireless broadband,” said John Donovan, chief strategy officer for AT&T Technology and Operations, in a USA Today interview. “Ultimately as an integrated carrier we have a lot of incentive to [add] any new technology [to our] footprint, particularly if that 5G for fixed usage has better economics than fiber in certain locales.” http://www.fudzilla.com/images/stories/2016/February/mobile-traffic-growth-2020.jpg

Flexinets.se - Global Mobile Data Traffic Will Increase 45% A Year – Are You Prepared? (July 2015)
Among other fifth-generation wireless technologies being tested by AT&T include millimeter-wave frequency spectrum, or “mmWave” wireless beam-forming arrays. These ultra-high frequencies operate anywhere between 3GHz and 300GHz and could enable multi-gigabit connections because they can use multiple beams to route signals around obstacles.

"We expect 5G to deliver speeds 10-100 times faster than today’s average 4G LTE connections," says AT&T. "Customers will see speeds measured in gigabits per second, not megabits. For reference, at one gigabit per second, you can download a TV show in less than 3 seconds. Customers will also see much lower latency with 5G. Latency, for example, is how long it takes after you press play on a video app for the video to start streaming on your device. We expect 5G latency in the range of 1 to 5 milliseconds." 3GPP is expected to have LTE "Release 15" standardized by 2018, at which point AT&T is expected to begin offering its first "native" 5G LTE deployments (anything within "Release 15" and beyond) in very limited markets. In all likelihood, however, the standard probably will not become available to wide global audiences until the second half of 2019 or early 2020.

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http://www.fudzilla.com/news/mobile/39950-at-t-5g-lte-field-trials-start-in-q2-2016

[Jorge-Vieira]

Samsung to demo 5G technology with only 1ms latency



At MWC 2016, Samsung will make 5G technology a reality by introducing reliable mobility and feasibility to utilize spectrums above 6GHz. Samsung will demonstrate the capability of the technology by transmitting eight Ultra High-Definition 4K videos over the air without delays.
The company will simultaneously use its mmWave radio system for spectrums above 6GHz. This will show a low latency of less than one millisecond and a high speed data communication in gigabit throughput.
In addition, Samsung will introduce world’s first mobile handover test using the mmWave radio system and smartphone-integrated, multiple antenna modules in a small form factor. It is another footstep toward realization of 5G technology into reality that no one has not yet introduced.
The explosive growth in demand for mobile data is forcing operators to find new ways to make their network architecture simple and flexible. Operators face challenges to efficiently manage heterogeneous networks that include LTE/WiFi, macro/small cells, licensed/unlicensed spectrums and even different generations from 2G to 5G.
To address these challenges, Samsung will present a range of new solutions, including LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) / License Assisted Access (LAA), Multi-Path Transfer Control Protocol (MP-TCP), D-RAN Inter-site Carrier Aggregation and Samsung Smart Multi-Linktm.
Multi-Path Transfer Control Protocol (MP-TCP) technology is currently one of the key priorities for Samsung. This technology allows aggregation among independent networks using different technologies, such as WiFi, IoT, 3G, 4G, 5G and more. Distinguished from other technologies such as Dual/Multi connectivity, MP-TCP enables the merging of data streams from each independent network, including non-3GPP standard based networks, at the Internet Protocol (IP) layer, which makes aggregation much simpler and faster. This technology has already been successfully commercialized in Korea, one of the world’s most data-centric countries, last year.
Samsung is also introducing Smart Multi-Linktm for the first time, based on its Unified Core architecture. This is designed to support backward and forward compatibility, incorporating 2G to 5G technology, in addition to embracing non-3GPP standard technologies. Using Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Self Defined Network (SDN), Smart Multi-Linktm enables the transformation of distributive networks into one unified and flexible network.
The key lineup of Samsung IoT solutions will be seen at this year’s MWC as well; including IoT Core, Gateways and various radio access solutions such as a standalone IoT base station, IoT integrated Digital Unit (DU) and LoRaTM based Unlicensed Low Power Wide Area (LPWA).
Samsung will also introduce its Mission-Critical IoT service, a new use case incorporated with Public Safety-LTE. As a total solution provider of consumer electronics and carrier solutions, Samsung can provide a complete package of Mission-Critical IoT services, even including a diverse range of sensors and devices.
Not only will Samsung fulfill its requirements for 3GPP standards such as CAT-0, CAT-1, CAT-M, NB-IoT in 2016, but the company will also unveil its ‘standard beyond’ technologies in 2017, which will be especially optimal for Mission-Critical IoT.
Samsung will demonstrate its live Push-to-Talk services with multiple handheld devices, to show a typical emergency use case. In particular, this demonstration will be showcased with Evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (eMBMS), which enables HD videos and images to be broadcast to multiple devices instantly with minimized network resources. And with a virtualized core solution, a single PS-LTE network can be configured and operated independently for each government agency such as the police, fire services and national railways, while being controlled efficiently from a single point at the main control center.
Furthermore, Samsung will be deploying the world’s first 3GPP standard based PS-LTE network in Korea as the only end-to-end solution provider—from devices to core and radio solutions.
With commercial deployment of C-RAN in Korea, Samsung has already undergone two cycles of upgrades. This year, Samsung will enhance its C-RAN platform once again by introducing C-RAN 2.0+. Retaining the benefits from Samsung’s Smart SON and Smart Scheduler, base stations will detect the interference at the cell-edge and control radio transmission power in real time and maximize the total data throughput by 40~50% on average.
C-RAN is already considered a revolutionary part of the cellular industry’s future. Samsung’s continuous C-RAN evolution will be an important asset for operators preparing for 5G networks.


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(http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/samsung-to-demo-5g-technology-with-only-1ms-latency.html)Ericsson Shows 5g performing at 25Gbps

More news on 5G today, as Ericsson has been showing 5g performance at an amazing 25 Gbit/s. It was done using equipment the size of a suitcase, but none the less, it shows where the wireless technology is heading.
The prototypes for 5G make use of Multi-user, Multiple Input, Multiple Output (mu-mimo) to achieve that bandwidth. They also use advanced beam-tracking, which is required in millimeter wave bands to ensure high performance and reliability for users as they move through the network.
Dr. Dag Lindbo, 5G Research Software Lead at Ericsson, presents a live demonstration of Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes achieving peak throughput of more than 25 Gbps using MU-MIMO, beam tracking and Massive MIMO (the combination of MIMO and beamforming with a large number of antenna elements). Each compact 5G Radio Prototype – the size of a piece of carry-on luggage – supports the equivalent of 40 LTE carriers. The multi-Gbps speeds delivered by the Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes can not only support growing mobile broadband and video demand on smartphones and other mobile devices, they also provide a viable and cost effective alternative to residential fiber connections. 5G will also impact the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling new applications for smart vehicles and transport architecture, remote control of heavy machinery in hazardous environments, remote surgery and new levels of human-IoT interaction including immersive augmented reality and immersive gaming.


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Seizo Onoe, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at NTT DOCOMO, INC., says: "We are very pleased that Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes have enabled this great achievement through the 5G technical collaboration between Ericsson and DOCOMO, which has been going on for years. Both companies are already conducting joint outdoor trials to understand how 5G will really perform in the field. This will enable us to plan for the new and enhanced services that we will be able to offer with 5G. We will be in a good position to highlight our commercial 5G capabilities in 2020."
Dongmyun Lee, Chief Technology Officer at KT, says: "Though our work with Ericsson, KT is on-track to preview the innovative new 5G services at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics. We appreciate that Ericsson is enabling us to trial 5G capabilities with the advanced features, like beam tracking, MU-MIMO and Massive MIMO, that we will need as we plan for 5G commercialization."
Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes are currently delivering more than 12 Gbps mobile experience per user, in live networking environments with downlink throughput of more than 25 Gbps using MU-MIMO. The live demonstration for both NTT DOCOMO and KT took place indoors on the Ericsson campus in Kista, Sweden and will also be featured at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Each compact 5G Radio Prototype - the size of a piece of carry-on luggage - supports the equivalent of 40 LTE carriers.
Arun Bansal, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Radio, Ericsson, says: "Ericsson enables our leading operator customers to experience advanced 5G features achieving real-world performance benchmarks. With Ericsson's 5G Radio Prototypes, we are already supporting MU-MIMO, Massive MIMO and beam-tracking to make the greater bandwidth available in millimeter wave spectrum commercially viable."
5G performance will benefit consumers, business users and entire industries. The multi-Gbps speeds delivered by the Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes can not only support growing mobile broadband and video demand on smartphones and other mobile devices, they also provide a viable and cost effective alternative to residential fiber connections. 5G will also impact the Internet of Things (IoT), enabling new applications for smart vehicles and transport architecture, remote control of heavy machinery in hazardous environments, remote surgery and new levels of human-IoT interaction including immersive augmented reality and immersive gaming.
The development of 5G will encompass an evolution of today's Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the addition of new radio access technologies, often in higher frequencies. These higher frequencies have a shorter transmission range than current cellular networks and are prone to attenuation from foliage and weather-related factors, which can impact performance and reliability.
Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes use Multi-User MIMO to transmit data to several user devices using the same time and frequency resources, thus increasing the system's spectral efficiency. Massive MIMO - the combination of MIMO and beamforming with a large number of antenna elements - improves both throughput and energy efficiency. With beam tracking, the Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes track the position and movements of a given device and point one or more beams in the best direction for that device in real-time, to ensure consistently reliable connections. These beams can come from multiple transmission points.
5G will impact the entire mobile network and associated eco-system, from devices to radio access, core and into the cloud. Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes are radio access products that can be installed indoors or outside, enabling operators to field trial 5G services in their own network environments. Ericsson 5G Radio Prototypes leverage the technology innovations enabled by the lab-testing and live outdoor and indoor testing from phase one of the award-winning Ericsson Radio Test Bed, already deployed in Japan, Korea, the US and Sweden.



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http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/ericsson-shows-5g-performing-at-25gbps.html

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[Jorge-Vieira]

Intel Announces Key Industry Partnerships With Cisco, Ericsson For Herculean 5G Wireless Push



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Intel (http://hothardware.com/tags/intel) is flexing its muscles by partnering with some of the wireless industry’s biggest names to support the transition to 5G (http://hothardware.com/tags/5g) technology. Some of those partners include Ericsson (http://hothardware.com/tags/ericsson), Korea Telecom (Intel will begin 5G wireless trials with KT in 2018), Nokia (http://hothardware.com/tags/nokia), SK Telecom and Verizon (http://hothardware.com/tags/verizon). In addition, Intel has also announced an alliance with Ericsson and Cisco (http://hothardware.com/tags/cisco) (all three are members of Verizon’s 5G Technology Forum) to develop next generation 5G router technology that will be deliver high-speed Internet to businesses and residential customers. “This collaboration of industry leaders and 5G pioneers will help to enable secure, ultra-high speed wireless bandwidth,” writes Cisco in a statement. “The solution will offer Gigabit-per-second speeds by combining Cisco's enterprise networking innovations with Ericsson's advanced 5G mobile networking technology and Intel's next-generation 5G silicon.”


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"Collaboration among industry leaders in mobile, computing, and networking is critical to drive innovation and make 5G a reality," adds Asha Keddy, VP and GM of Intel's Next Generation and Standards Group.
Intel says that it is in the early prototype phase for its 5G solutions, and that it will be poised to take the leadership role once the wireless standard become mainstream on tomorrow’s mobile devices and the ever-important Internet of Things (IoT) market.
We’ve already seen ARM dip its toes into the 5G wireless arena (http://hothardware.com/news/arm-launches-cortex-r8-processor-core-ip) with its Cortex-R8 processor architecture, and Qualcomm earlier this month announced its LTE Category 16 modem, the Snapdragon X16 (http://hothardware.com/news/qualcomm-snapdragon-x16-lte-modem-ushers-in-scalable-gigabit-lte-speeds-for-mobiles), which is capable of download speeds of up to 1Gbps.


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The race to transition everyone to 5G wireless tech is on, and that push will likely involve trying to fit increasingly smaller and more power efficient wireless chips in just about every electronic gadget that we own and even our future vehicles. With the rise of autonomous (http://hothardware.com/tags/autonomous) vehicles, bandwidth-rich wireless solutions can’t get here soon enough to enable a nationwide grid of smart vehicles that “talk” to one another in real-time in an effort to drastically reduce accidents and fatalities.




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[Jorge-Vieira]

Verizon 5G to Deliver Gigabit Speeds with Ultra-Low Latency


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Verizon has announced that its super-fast 5G wireless broadband trails have started with the company working with Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, Samsung, and Qualcomm. Verizon says that their tests mimic real world scenarios and show their new 5G will top 1 Gbps! There are many people and companies who think Verizon’s being a bit premature, since nobody technically knows what 5G even is yet. Verizon admits that while 5G doesn’t exist yet, testing most of the technologies that will likely make up the standard is the right thing to do. This testing should include new variations on millimeter wave antennas, beamforming, beam tracking, massive MIMO (multiple input, multiple output), and wideband spectrum (200 MHz – 1 GHz swaths). Verizon’s full press release is after the video detailing the 5G Ecosystem.


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Verizon 5G trials driving ecosystem towards rapid commercialization



BARCELONA, Spain – Verizon and the world’s leading technology companies are working to make 5G a reality. Field tests are underway with Verizon and its 5G Technology Forum partners that are innovating and driving the 5G ecosystem. Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Qualcomm have collaborated with Verizon to work aggressively on technical alignment and have made significant progress on field networks, testing the characteristics of 5G technology in real-world environments.
Verizon’s 5G Technology Forum partners consist of companies from all areas of the telecommunications and technology industry including Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Intel, LG, Nokia, Samsung, and Qualcomm. The collective 5G Technology Forum is working collaboratively to drive technical standards for 5G technology. In addition to working with communications and technology leaders, Verizon’s 5G Technology Forum also includes a group of leading east and west-coast venture capital groups focused on a variety of emerging technologies.
“Verizon continues to accelerate innovation around 5G technology by working closely with our partners,” said Ed Chan, Senior Vice President, Technology Strategy & Planning. “We were the first to launch 4G nationwide. With 5G, we will again drive innovation across the technology landscape to bring new solutions to market for our customers. Our field technical trials are proving that 5G is here and ready to be commercialized, and we’ve constructed several test beds that represent real-world environments.”
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http://www.verizon.com/about/sites/default/files/Verizon-5g-trials_small.gif Field testing with 5G technology partners covers a wide range of deployment scenarios. Fixed wireless and mobile 5G systems were connected to the Verizon network backbone and signals transferred between outdoor and indoor environments. Testing was performed both in residential and commercial buildings. These tests mimic real world scenarios using millimeter wave bands, including bands in the FCC’s Notice for Proposed Rulemaking for 5G spectrum. The propagation characteristics of these bands were stressed across multiple fixed and mobile deployments, providing throughput in the multiple gigabits per second range. Latency was measured in the millisecond range across varied distances, delivering superb video quality.
In addition to the unique field trials being conducted with each of the partners, the following elements are being assessed across all sites:


Antenna innovation with millimeter and centimeter wave spectrum using various deployment conditions
Beamforming, beam tracking, massive MIMO (multiple input, multiple output), and wideband spectrum (200 MHz – 1 GHz swaths)
Deployment flexibility and antenna form factors including size with mmWave antennas

Verizon is committed to being the network leader and is driving 5G innovation. The 5G technology being developed now is the foundation of our future connectivity, and the center of our digital world. Multiple gigabits per second speeds and single-millisecond latency will deliver the benefits of fiber to wireless. In addition, 5G will have the ability to handle exponentially more connected devices and accommodate the explosion of the Internet of Things.
“We plan to expand this testing significantly over the next several months. With innovation occurring so rapidly, we want to quickly make some key technical decisions and move rapidly to pre-commercial form factors and testing later this year,” said Adam Koeppe, Vice President Network Technology Planning, who is leading the technical trial efforts. “We are also collaborating closely with our peer operators in the Asian markets as we are very much aligned towards implementing 5G technology in 2017.”







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http://www.legitreviews.com/verizon-5g-deliver-gigabit-speeds-ultra-low-latency_179376#cmsAOQm4UB5kY657.99

[Jorge-Vieira]

MediaTek and NTT DOCOMO make 5G pact

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Developing 5G air interface and chipsets
NTT DOCOMO and MediaTek have signed a pact to drive 5G technology development.

The pair will collaborate on developing new 5G air interface and chipsets required for 5G devices, raising spectrum efficiency and increasing data capacity. The cunning plan is to have new 5G networks up and running by 2020.
Seizo Onoe, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at DOCOMO said:

"DOCOMO is excited to work with MediaTek, an innovator with expertise in the technical requirements of 5G," said. "The potential opportunities for 5G to enable people to connect with devices are endless. We're eager to see our 5G network inspire innovative inventions to benefit technology, life and business." MediaTek is bringing its WorldMode chipsets allow device makers to serve operators worldwide using a single platform.
Kevin Jou, Senior Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of MediaTek:

"We are pleased to collaborate with DOCOMO on developing the best possible standard as well as user terminals for 5G cellular systems," said. "We plan to use our advanced signal processing and circuit technologies to design solutions that will meet the diverse and stringent requirements posed by 5G to ensure a successful service launch in the 2020 time frame." NTT DOCOMO and MediaTek plan to implement the transmission experiment in both indoor and outdoor environments in 2017, and carry out new wireless interface and chipsets development from 2018 onwards.



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http://www.fudzilla.com/news/mobile/40036-mediatek-and-ntt-docomo-make-5g-pact

[Jorge-Vieira]

5G will allow drones to fly

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Intel boss drones about the future
5G networking will eventually enable drones to fly all over the earth, according to Intel Boss Brian Krzanich.

Krzanich used a small drone as a prop during a panel at Mobile World Congress, where he discussed the impact of faster, stronger wireless networks.
The device, equipped with 4G LTE and a RealSense camera, was capable of revolutionizing package delivery he said. But to do that safely the drone needs to interface wirelessly with data sources (such as a pilot, digital maps, and weather forecasts), and also needs to beam data (such as views from its camera and other sensors) directly to the network.
This is nearly impossible on 4G network as there are problems with data drops and data speed, especially in dense urban areas with lots of big, signal-blocking buildings.
“No matter how good the network is, you will have latency and the the drone needs to stay connected at all times. To disrupt how packages are delivered, we have to have 5G.”
He said that 4G was about us and our phones and while mobile phones will take advantage of 5G, the new standard is really about robots.
“5G will be a balance between us and the machines and the machines will outnumber us ten to one.”
Of course this sort of thing does not sit well in the US where drones are associated with government plans to take away people’s guns.



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[Jorge-Vieira]

MediaTek wants to lead in 5G

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Exclusive: MediaTek CTO talks to Fudzilla
MediaTek is flat out developing its 5G technology because it wants to be the first to market with the game-changing technology.

Fudzilla spoke to Kevin Jou, a Sr. Vice President & CTO of MediaTek who is overseeing the engineers on the project. Jou is an ex-Qualcomm Vice president with a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, at the University of Southern California. He spent some time talking about importance of camera, multimedia features, core pilot scheduler before moving on to the MWC 2016 hot topic – 5G.
He said that MediaTek learned from the bad experience being late to 4G. It was a tough job to catch up and deliver all the features that were necessary to compete. MediaTek now has a 300 Mbit capable Cat 6 modem which means that it meets the requirements that most telecom companies want. Things will get faster in near future, the innovation never stops, Jou said.

5G Devices in 2020 Jou talked about the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) which is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations, known as the Organisational Partners who will rule on the final 5G specification. The final spec is expected to be ready in 2018.
Most companies and telecoms will deploy first 3GPP certified and standardised 5G in 2020, but MediaTek will be there from day one, claims Jou. Mediatek is at the research and development stage, just like everyone else. Qualcomm might have an upper card over MediaTek, Intel, Samsung, Huawei with 4G, but this is going to change with 5G as every SoC manufacturer realises the importance of having the modem that is qualified and certified.
NTT DOCOMO partnership on 5G important step Just two days earlier that NTT DOCOMO (http://www.fudzilla.com/news/mobile/40036-mediatek-and-ntt-docomo-make-5g-pact), Japan's largest telecommunications company which is famours for its early adoption of new technologies and MediaTek will work together on 5G. This is still a research and development program but it should result in 5G modems that are highly integrated which come out in 2020.

5G relies heavily on MIMO multiple-input and multiple-output technology that was popularised by Cat 6. modems that MediaTek already ships. In the next few quarters they will have time to develop a faster MIMO that can do much more than 300 Mbit per second.

Innovation, scalability and great algorithms MediaTek wants to focus on 5G scalability. Jou said that a moisture sensor sitting in on a farm needs only a few kilobytes of data transfer. But 4G never foresaw the growth in the IoT. Jou believes that 5G will have to cover a range from few Gigabits per second to as low as few kilobytes. In other worlds LTE / 4G was unscalable but 5G has to be. He thinks the new standard will combine different frequencies and continue the work that was started with LTE-A. Low Data devices needs efficiency and if things are designed correctly those same field moisture sensors might end up with battery life that will measure in years.

The quality of the scheduling algorithm will play a big role in 5G. The better the algorithm, better the efficiency.
MediaTek sees itself as a leader and some things such as Core Pilot, eight LITTLE A53 cores were copied by the competition. MediaTek proved that it has plenty of innovation and leadership and things are probably going to become even more competitive due to its heavy competition.



Noticia:
http://www.fudzilla.com/news/mobile/40063-mediatek-wants-to-lead-in-5g

[Jorge-Vieira]

SK Telekom demos 20Gbit per second 5G

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700 meters from the base station
Mobile World Congress was dominated by 5G – the next generation network that will replace the omni-present 4G / LTE network. Now South Korea's SK Telekom has showcased a demo of a base station and download speeds nearly 20 Gbit per second.

SK Telekom’s representative has shared a few details about the demo with us. They expect to start 5G trials in 2017 and to deploy the network in 2020. The 2020 has been a magical answer to every company’s question about the arrival of 5G.
This was a collaboration between Nokia and SK Telekom and the technology uses milometer waves that let them reach these incredible speeds. There are a few different approaches but companies are combining speeds of 3.5GHz to 28GHz and 60GHZ millimeter wave (mmWave). We have seen 73GHZ wave demonstated too.
The 5G standard is still in works and the 3GP standardisation should have a written standard during 2018. There is no moving forward before the standard gets finalized as company’s like Qualcomm, Intel, MediaTek, Huawei, Samsung and everyone else with a modem will have to implement final 5G solutions in silicon. This can only happen after the standard is finalis – which means 2018 at earliest.

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SK telekom will probably be one of the first one to deploy 5G. NTT Docomo will be serious competition as they are always aggressive about rolling out new network speeds and standards.
The first demonsttion showed impressive speeds of 20Gbps (2.5GB/s) maximum speed with a MIMO Rank of eight. The MIMO Rank means that SK Telecom hardware is using eight data streams on a Nokia network with each capable of 2.5 Gbit per second. The 4G and 5G future internet speed will be a multiplication of the MIMO data links.
Deutche Telekom has showcased speeds up to 70 Gbps (8.75 GB/s) but what we learned at the Mobile World Congress was that higher frequency you use, the harder it is to penetrate obstacles. Nokia did a live demonstration of this and it seems that at this stage of development you need to have a clear line of sight. SK Telecom's 20 Gbps at up to 700 Meters (0.43 miles) is not that great and at the show demo it had two devices sitting next to eachother.

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There is no need for concern as there are still a few years before we get to 5G, and by then things will be improved.



Noticia:
http://www.fudzilla.com/news/mobile/40097-sk-telekom-shows-20gbit-per-second-5g-demo

[Jorge-Vieira]

Samsung Hosting a Meeting to Standardize 5G Standards

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We’ve all heard about 3G and 4G, the standards that define the technology that has helped shape mobile communications and mobile phones for the last generation. Samsung looks to get ahead with the next generation by hosting a meeting in hopes of standardizing standards for the next generation, 5G.
Hosting the 3GPP RAN (3rd Generation Partnership Project – Radio Access Network) group, Samsung Electronics hopes that the meeting taking place in Busan, Korea, will help encourage companies (https://www.ngmn.org/uploads/media/NGMN_5G_White_Paper_V1_0.pdf) to “discuss ways to support the effective integration of new services such as IoT (Internet of Things) into 5G, and measures to ensure the compatibility of 5G technologies”.
5G is not a new technology, having been in development by Samsung since 2011, but with more and more companies looking to have the first standards ready for June 2018, we could soon see a network that could see speeds (http://www.neowin.net/news/samsung-hosts-meeting-to-begin-standardisation-of-5g) of 1.2 Gbps for moving vehicles and 7.5 gigabytes for anyone who stands still for a minute.
With companies looking at rolling out the technology for 2020, the meeting hopes to cover everything from energy and cost efficiency to security and availability, all key factors in releasing a successful piece of technology that people not only accept and pick up but support years down the road.



Noticia:
http://www.eteknix.com/samsung-hosting-a-meeting-to-standardize-5g-standards/