Driving interoperability, ecosystem development, and future innovation
Today, we take it for granted that our wireless devices and applications just work out of the box —smartphones can connect, make calls, and receive and send data anywhere in the world; laptops can seamlessly connect to any...
The future of public safety communications is inextricably linked to LTE and cellular technologies, according to Jeff Johnson, CEO of the Western Fire Chiefs Association -- and those who keep asking, "When will Land Mobile Radio die?" are focused on the wrong question.
"People are...
It seems like yesterday that I first wrote about the five wireless inventions that defined 5G NR. At the time, 5G was not yet deployed. Today, however, we are in the midst of rapidly expanding 5G’s global footprint. To date, over 70 mobile operators...
It has been almost a decade since Qualcomm Technologies embarked on the journey to realizing its vision for high-performance cellular networking in unlicensed spectrum. Now, just two years since the launch of 5G NR Release 15, 3GPP is set to complete Release 16 in...
The new 6 GHz spectrum opportunity more than doubles the airspace available for Wi-Fi and that is just the beginning. Technology implementation of Wi-Fi 6 in the 6 GHz band (dubbed Wi-Fi 6E) across mobile and networking products are of critical importance to transition...
5G smart factories get additional support as a host of new IIoT capabilities emerge
As part of Qualcomm’s efforts to further support industry IoT applications, the company provided live over-the-air demonstrations of upcoming 5G industrial IoT capabilities such as Time Sensitive Networking (TSN), enhanced...
Regulators and automotive OEMs embracing C-V2X for vehicular connectivity
We’re all familiar with the futuristic vision of highways filled with vehicles driving themselves while passengers, fully confident in the technological abilities of connected vehicular systems, catch up on emails or finish watching their favorite television...
Infrastructure buildout costs and device power saving among key KPIs for operators
With the 3GPP Release 16 Stage 3 freeze scheduled for June 2020, Qualcomm took to its test networks and system simulations to highlight some of the key 5G mmWave technology enhancements and features...
Wide-area 5G enhancements coming as signal processing and full-duplex technologies evolve
More than 100 operators on six continents have deployed 5G networks, according to data compiled by Ookla. And, with 5G here now and already making an impact on consumers and businesses, the next step...
With 3GPP Release 16 being finalized soon, let’s have a look at some of the highlights it will bring to C-V2X. When C-V2X was introduced in 3GPP Release 14, it was focused on enabling basic safety use cases . Release 16 builds on Release...
The mmWave-sub6 spectrum aggregation capability of the X60 modem will result it much faster 5G connectivity
The newest standalone 5G modem to Qualcomm’s line up is the Snapdragon X60, announced today. Unlike previous generations of the chipmaker’s 5G modems, the newest one is built on...
Self-driving cars, autonomous manufacturing and immersive mobile XR are all on the 5G horizon
5G networks are commercially available in dozens of countries around the globe and consumer adoption of compatible handsets is set to spike in 2020 as coverage scales and services like cloud...
Join Signals Research Group (SRG) for a deep dive analysis of 5G network performance on a global basis (Asia, Europe and North America), including both millimeter wave and sub 6 GHz.
SRG will present detailed results that the consultancy collected in its benchmark studies of...
Had LG not settled, it may have faced "catastrophic damage to its mobile business"
Disagreements and a lawsuit followed South Korean electronics company LG’s termination of its master licensing deal with U.S. chip manufacturer Qualcomm in 2018. In June, LG claimed that it was unable to settle its differences with...
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This live demo showcases how 5G NR in shared and unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) can be utilized with coordinated multi-point (CoMP) in local private 5G networks to provide higher performance in terms of network capacity, user throughput and reliability.
Taking extended reality (XR) to the next level of immersion within the power and thermal constraints of a mobile device is a critical challenge. This demo showcases the potential of boundless mobile XR experiences with photorealistic visuals in a new era of distributed computing...
5G NR mmWave is unlocking new indoor deployment opportunities, bringing massive capacity, multi-gigabit and low-latency connectivity to smartphones, laptops and more. This demonstration showcases the benefits and user experiences of 5G NR mmWave for indoor venues and enterprises.
https://youtu.be/FSRlv0j1PzU
Qualcomm unlocked 5G and we continue to lead the evolution of 5G NR in 3GPP Release 16 and beyond - pioneering new levels of performance and efficiency. This demonstration showcases potential future enhancements of 5G NR networks and devices operating in sub-6 GHz...
The first wave of 5G devices was launched during Mobile World Congress Barcelona and Ignacio Contreras of Qualcomm discusses the company's role in not just the device launches but the standards work and ecosystem development that led to this milestone.
https://youtu.be/r48Kaf3JKfQ
Explore use cases that illustrate how industries transformed by 5G will enrich people’s lives.
The excitement for 5G is building and we are seeing great momentum across the industry. Qualcomm Technologies kicked off the charge with our early 5G NR-compliant prototypes in 2016, followed by the...
Millimeter wave modules can be put into smartphone form factor
With U.S. carriers Verizon and AT&T touting commercial 5G service launches using millimeter wave spectrum later this year, the question has lingered: what devices will there be to support the high capacity, high band spectrum?...
The quarterly 3GPP RAN Plenary Meeting in San Diego, California, marks two important milestones that will take us another step closer to our vision for 5G— a unifying connectivity fabric that will expand the reach of mobile to new services, deployments, and spectrum types:
The...
February 22 is a big date in the history of mobile broadband for several reasons. On that date last year, the FCC approved the first devices using LTE-U, a new technology that brought the benefits of LTE cellular technology into unlicensed spectrum, enabling consumers to...
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Sherif Hanna, Director of Product Marketing at Qualcomm Technologies explains the path Qualcomm is taking for the x50 modem to get data over mmWave spectrum.
