The Federal Communications Commission has been doling out special access to spectrum as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to help operators deal with the strains on wireless networks as a result of increased network traffic due to telework, remote learning and...
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Dean Brenner and Alice Tornquist, Qualcomm (Ep.4)
Making roads safer with 5G V2X
Qualcomm's Dean Brenner, SVP of Spectrum Strategy and Technology Policy, and VP of Government Affairs Alice Tornquist explore safety opportunities associated with cellular V2X...
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...
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...
Qualcomm has hailed the progress with cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in recent months, including with certification of seven products using its own Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset.
C-V2X is a global solution for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and V2X communication, standardized in 3GPP. It is designed to enhance...
Spanish telecom giant Telefonica, together with testing, inspection and certification specialist Dekra, unveiled an advanced research and development laboratory in the Spanish city of Malaga, in Andalusia, for the development of connected driving.
The center will have all the infrastructure needed to test 5G solutions...
Technological improvements in cars over the decades have generally reduced costs or increased performance and safety. “Analog” technologies including collapsible steering columns, crumple zones and seatbelts have saved car occupants from death or serious injury. Many digital technologies have also improved our in-car experience...
Qualcomm, together with Audi of America and the Virginia Department of Transportation announced plans for initial deployments of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communication on northern Virginia roadways.
In a press release, Qualcomm said that this technology will be provided by using the same portion of the...
Transportation officials pushback on shift away from DSRC, potential for unlicensed use
In December, FCC passed notice of proposed rulemaking that would reallocated 75 megahertz of the 5.9 GHz band for C-V2X and unlicensed use.
45 megahertz would go for unlicensed uses like Wi-Fi;...
BMW is pushing in-car 5G connectivity at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 in Las Vegas. The German car marque reckons its forthcoming iNEXT electric crossover, scheduled for launch in 2021, equipped with a built-in SIM, will be the first high-end consumer vehicle to...
The economic value created by Wi-Fi in the U.S. is projected to double by 2023, reaching nearly $1 trillion
After what FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has referred to as “two decades of dormancy,” the FCC is taking a fresh look the 5.9 GHz band, ultimately...
Ovum recently predicted that the global connected car market will grow from 59 million vehicles in 2016 to more than 308 million vehicles by 2022. As we sit halfway between these dates, more is changing than simply the vehicles on the road. Rather, the systems,...
75 megahertz of 5.9 GHz spectrum are in play
This week U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai laid out a plan to reallocate 75 megahertz of the 5.9 GHz band for cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communications and for unlicensed uses like Wi-Fi. The FCC will...
Japanese car maker Subaru and compatriot telecommunications group SoftBank have started joint research on use cases that apply 5G mobile communication systems and cellular V2X (C-V2X) communication systems to help realize an automated driving society, SoftBank said in a statement.
With the main aim of eliminating...
Qualcomm spectrum chief on C-V2X, NR-U, DSS and other 5G mega trends
During Mobile World Congress Los Angeles, Dean Brenner, Qualcomm's senior vice president of spectrum strategy and technology policy, sat down with RCR Wireless News to discuss some of the major technology trends he...
Qualcomm is working with over 30 Chinese automotive companies, including the China-based joint ventures with European and US car makers, to showcase the commercial viability of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology for connected and autonomous vehicles.
China will deploy commercial C-V2X in vehicles from next year,...
Outdoor surveillance cameras will be the largest market for 5G internet-of-things (IoT) solutions over the next three years, according to analyst house Gartner.
They will represent 70 per cent of installed 5G-based IoT endpoints in 2020. By 2028, however, as much as 94 per...
Qualcomm is working with California-based Trimble to make high accuracy positioning solutions for cellular vehicle-to-everything services (C-V2X) in connected and autonomous vehicles.
Qualcomm said it will host Trimble’s RTX sitioning software library on its Snapdragon platforms for the vehicle market. Qualcomm’s 4G and 5G based...
At
least 25 mobile operators worldwide are currently involved in trials of LTE or
5G-based Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technologies, according to a
recent study by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).
In its
report, GSA has identified the following cellular-V2X ecosystem status:
-25
operators involved in trials of LTE- or 5G-based...
5G is just barely getting off the ground, but it's not too early for "6G" research efforts -- and Keysight Technologies is jumping in by joining Finland's 6G Flagship Program, which is led by the University of Oulu, Finland and supported by the Academy...
China is currently testing self-driving and connected vehicles in a mountain highway in eastern Shandong province, South China Morning Post reported.
The local Qilu Transportation Development Group earmarked a 26-kilometer-long highway for autonomous driving and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, in cooperation with partners including Chinese vendor Huawei...
5G technology will be available to 58% of the world’s population by 2025, which will create new business models, services and applications for customers and enterprises, according to Huawei’s Global Industry Vision (GIV) report.
GIV also predicts that by 2025, there will be 6.5 million...
5G technology is back in the driving seat as the connectivity platform for connected and autonomous vehicles in Europe, after European Union member states rejected a European Commission vote to choose a Wi-Fi based system for vehicle communications.
A widening cross-industry group – combining prominent...
