As the final days of 2017 draw closer, we achieved a very significant milestone this week in the path to making 5G a commercial reality. At the 3GPP RAN Plenary meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, which I’m actively participating in, 3GPP successfully completed the first...
In a milestone that ushers in the next generation of wireless technology, the Third Generation Partnership Project has officially ratified the first release of the 5G New Radio standard.
The non-standalone 5G NR specification, or NSA 5G NR, will rely on an operator having an...
Five wireless inventions that define 5G NR — the global 5G standard
I have seen many changes and amazing innovations in wireless technology, but nothing quite compares to the fundamental shift happening right now with 5G. Over the last several years, I’ve been leading a...
Editor's Note: SRG has been participating in 3GPP standardization meetings since September 2015 when the standards body held its first workshop on 5G. Prior to that initial 5G workshop, SRG closely followed the various standardization efforts since they provide great insight into the future capabilities...
Verizon prepping to deliver residential broadband using 5G fixed wireless access in 2018
U.S. operators in 2017 carried out extensive tests of the pre-standard, non-standalone 5G fixed wireless access variant, and Verizon, building on field trials, is planning a commercial deployment in the second-half of...
Ericsson will supply Verizon with RAN, core, transport and services for 2018 5G deployment
With the 3GPP working to deliver a standalone 5G New Radio specification in mid-2018, Verizon last month announced plans to roll-out 5G fixed wireless access in the second half of the...
Everywhere you look today, 5G is at the center of conversations about exciting new technology. Recent announcements from Mobile World Congress 2017 in late February indicate that 5G is already here. The truth is that 5G isn’t here yet, but we are getting closer....
Gigabit LTE is growing fast, faster than any previous 3GPP release. The ratification of LTE-Advanced Pro took place during March 2016, and it was only eight months after, in January 2017 that the first Gigabit LTE network was lit in Australia, by Telstra. Now,...
With 40% of emerging markets still anticipated to use 2G in 2020 (according to GSMA), the cost savings and simplification of Parallel Wireless solution allow global operators to bring connectivity to these markets while enabling an easy and cost-effective migration path to 3G/4G/5G.
This solution...
What exactly is a 3GPP submission?
As the name suggests, a 3GPP submission is a document that a company or some other entity submits to a 3GPP plenary or working group. The document, which is generally in Word or PowerPoint format, can have...
Who attends 3GPP meetings and why do they attend?
The men and women who attend 3GPP meetings come from companies around the world and across the entire wireless ecosystem. The member companies include mobile operators, handset manufacturers, infrastructure suppliers, test equipment companies, and modem chipset...
Based on a new application for an experimental license, Qualcomm is seeking permission from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to test pre-standard 5G technologies using a 100 megahertz channel in the 3.4-3.55 GHz band.
As planned, the test network would cover a half-mile radius and...
Academic researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology, Princeton and Notre Dame have collaborated to recommend requirements for the wireless infrastructure that will support the internet of things. The researchers said that despite the quality of today's wireless networks "there remain very difficult challenges to...
How to ascertain leadership in 3GPP; quality vs. quantity of technical contributions
Established in 1998, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) united seven organizational partners into one group that works on telecommunications technological specifications that broadly cover radio access networks, services and systems, and core...
Nokia highlights interest from operators in the U.S. and Asia
Finnish vendor Nokia has announced plans to implement early 5G specifications, enhancing its "5G First" portfolio with the 3GPP 5G Phase I protocol, to meet growing interest for 5G mobility applications emerging from telecommunications operators...
The most effective wireless researchers have something in common: they understand the complexity of looking at standards, what their competitors are doing, and how-to work towards 5G development for their organization.
Our complete guide will provide an overview and update covering: PHY and MAC layers...
3GPP recently began a new study of 5G New Radio (NR) operating in unlicensed spectrum. Access to shared and unlicensed spectrum will extend 5G into a wider range of deployments and create opportunity for innovation; it will enhance mobile broadband deployments anchored in licensed...
Study item on 5G NR in unlicensed spectrum could support enterprise and industrial IoT, and other deployment models
When the 3GPP convened in Croatia for a March session, in addition to approving an accelerated plan to include a non-standalone version of the 5G NR spec...
3GPP Release 13: Implications for IoT
Jeff Smith, Managing Partner of Quantum IoT, explains the implications of the 3GPP Release 13 for the Internet of Things (IoT), at the 5G trend track at the Enterprise IoT Summit in Austin, Texas.
https://youtu.be/lJ6u1mY9D2A
Jeff Smith is Managing Partner of QuantumIOT...
Why? What? How? An insider’s perspective.
If you were like me and the 100,000+ other attendees, you were at Mobile World Congress (MWC) last week in Barcelona, Spain, and were inundated with 5G everywhere. However, unlike me, hopefully you got to return home at the...
A new report from SNS Research predicts larger operators in the U.S. and South Korea are set to drive prestandard 5G deployment spending.
With a “5G” technology standard now making more progress through the Third Generation Partnership Project, operators are set to increase...
Standards-based 5G networks could begin hitting the market as soon as year-end, with AT&T touting mobile 5G services by end of 2018.
Proponents of an accelerated standards timeline for a non-standalone “5G” specification were successful in getting the Third Generation Partnership Project to...
Signals Research Group’s Michael Thelander reports significant 5G standards, label work from ongoing 3GPP Plenary in Croatia.
Technical and specifications work on what is to be “5G” network technology continues this week as the Third Generation Partnership Project is holding a plenary...
Report: 5G technology will provide coverage to one-third of the world’s population by 2025.
"5G" connections are forecast to reach 1.1 billion by 2025, according to a recent report by industry trade group GSMA. The association predicts commercial 5G networks will begin to be...
