Chinese firms gain lead in the race for 5G edge

[GeraltofRivia]

@TaiShang

LOL, I can relate to your feelings.

My previous image of China was the one you described.

As I am interested in HSR, I started checking out news about China's HSR. Some advanced countries can't even afford HSR, so China could not be so backward. I have made a few trips to China recently and I was blown away by the progress China has made recently. When a westerner still thinks that China is some sort of backward third world country, I don't blame them as westerners (in advanced countries) are totally brainwashed by the mainstream media. Thank goodness for the Internet and alternative media otherwise I could still be like the "frog in the well".

When I read some of the posts by delusionary PDFers, I just ignore them. There is no point arguing with them. Just let them be.

Evidently China is still a low middle income country on a per capita basis, meaning there is a lot catch up to do in the coming decades. What has been accomplished was stunning and equally we need to recognize that was only to get us back to our feet and there is a long way to go to become a high income country on a per capita basis of course. We need to continue working hard to reach that goal.

 

[AndrewJin]

Optus and Huawei have successfully completed the 5G trial in Australia as part of the 5G collaboration agreement between Optus' parent company, Singtel, and Huawei. The companies have conducted a single-user transmission speed of 35 gigabits per second using millimetre wave frequencies in the 73 GHz band. They claimed that the trial has demonstrated the fastest speeds of a single user transmission over 5G, beating Telstra and Vodafone.

Telstra and Ericsson’s 5G trial in September employed 800MHz of spectrum in the 15GHz band delivering 10Gbps data streams to two end user devices. In October, Vodafone and Nokia also staged a 5G trial that leveraged spectrum in the 4.5 GHz band.

"Australia is well positioned to take a pioneering role in the development of 5G technologies globally,” Dennis Wong, Optus Networks acting managing director, said in a statement.

“We believe Optus, as one of the Australasia’s leading telecommunications and entertainment providers has the partnerships and the expertise to take a leadership position.".

The trial aimed to explore spectrum efficiency at millimetre wave frequencies above 30GHz using the Polar Code mechanism. Optus claimed that exploring the spectrum efficiency in a frequency above 30Ghz is the key to realising the promise of 5G networks.

“The possibilities with 5G are endless. Through our strategic partnership with Huawei we are undertaking the necessary preparation, testing and trials to tackle the 5G opportunity head on,” Wong said.

In 2014, Singtel and Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint innovation program of the 5G technology. The companies have already collaborated on other projects including the implementation of Cloud Baseband technology that boosted peak speeds through inter-site carrier aggregation at the AFL Grand Final.

In 2017, Optus plans to deploy Coordinated Heterogeneous Network and trial Massive MIMO technology.

“Optus and Huawei have taken a significant step forward with achieving the highest downlink peak rate in Australia as of today and we see this embarks a new mobile broadband era for us," Yan Jun, managing director of Huawei’s Carrier Business Group, said in a statement.

@Gibbs @ahojunk @GeraltofRivia

 

[ahojunk]

Okay, I won't get overly excited as this is only a trial.

When the real deal is deployed, I will evaluate my mobile service provider then.

 

[AndrewJin]

Okay, I won't get overly excited as this is only a trial.

When the real deal is deployed, I will evaluate my mobile service provider then.

Telstra is damn expensive....
Optus and Vodaphone are cheaper but with much smaller coverage....
Anyway, 4G is not really fast in Australian cities.

 

[Imad.Khan]

I thought Vodafone had upgraded all their backend infrastructure with Huawei equipment

 

[艹艹艹]

 

[AndrewJin]

I thought Vodafone had upgraded all their backend infrastructure with Huawei equipment

I just don't get it, such a small population mainly living in a couple of cities, has 3 major national networks.
Theoretically, competition should drive down prices and increase speed and coverage....not the case in Australia.

 

[AndrewJin]

Optus, Huawei claim speed of 35Gbs with 5G trial

Optus and Huawei have claimed a single user transmission speed of 35 gigabits per second was achieved over the 73 GHz band in a 5G speed trial just completed in Sydney.

The trial was undertaken by the two companies with the aim of exploring spectrum efficiency at millimetre (mm) wave frequencies (above 30GHz), which Optus says are key to realising the promise of 5G networks.

“Australia is well positioned to take a pioneering role in the development of 5G technologies globally. We believe Optus, as one of the Australasia’s leading telecommunications and entertainment providers has the partnerships and the expertise to take a leadership position,” Dennis Wong, acting managing director, Optus Networks said.

“The possibilities with 5G are endless. Through our strategic partnership with Huawei we are undertaking the necessary preparation, testing and trials to tackle the 5G opportunity head on.”

The trial is an Australian initiative as part of the 5G collaboration Memorandum of Understanding between Optus parent company Singtel and Huawei, and utilised technologies such as mm wave and Polar code.

Yan Jun, managing director of Huawei’s carrier business group, says Optus and Huawei have taken a “significant step forward with achieving the highest downlink peak rate in Australia as of today and we see this embarks a new mobile broadband era for us”.

“Huawei began 5G research in 2009 and has committed to invest a minimum of US$600 million in 5G research & innovation by 2018.”

Wong says Optus is working to lay the building blocks for Next Generation 5G networks, “which will provide the capability to download a 1080p movie in seconds – and enable things such as massive Internet of Things, extreme broadband and ultra-low latency applications”.

In October this year, Optus implemented Cloud Baseband technology with Huawei which pushed peak speeds through inter-site carrier aggregation at the AFL grand final.

Optus has said that later next year it will deploy Coordinated Heterogeneous Network and trial Massive MIMO (multiple-input and multiple-output) technologies it says are a pre-cursor to 5G’s Joint Reception and Massive MIMO concept.

 

[艹艹艹]

 

[AndrewJin]

This is 100 times more important than Mate 9 launch!
China has been left behind in the 2/3G match, 4G so-so, but will be leading 5G!

 

[AndrewJin]

Optus and Huawei have now successfully completed a 'ground-breaking' 5G trial, which achieved a transmission rate of 35Gbps - the fastest ever speed observed from a single 5G user transmission in Australia so far.

The trial was conducted over the 73GHz band, and aimed to discover spectrum efficiency at millimetre wave frequencies above 30GHz. These frequencies are prime real estate for 5G networks, the company states.

Optus acting managing director Dennis Wong believes that Australia is in an excellent position to be a pioneer of 5G technologies.

"We believe Optus, as one of the Australasia’s leading telecommunications and entertainment providers has the partnerships and the expertise to take a leadership position. The possibilities with 5G are endless. Through our strategic partnership with Huawei we are undertaking the necessary preparation, testing and trials to tackle the 5G opportunity head on," he says.

Optus is already working to build the foundations for next-generation 5G networks, which will be able to leverage the booming Internet of Things industry, extreme broadband, ultra-low latency applications and to download a 1080p movie in seconds, the company says.

Last year Optus worked with Huawai to implement Cloud Baseband technology, which boosted peak speeds at the AFL Grand Final. In late 2017, Optus will deploy Coordinated Heterogenous Network and trial Massive MIMO (multiple-input and multiple-output).

“Optus and Huawei have taken a significant step forward with achieving the highest downlink peak rate in Australia as of today and we see this embarks a new mobile broadband era for us," explains Yan Jun, managing director of Huawei’s Carrier Business Group

"Huawei began 5G research in 2009 and has committed to invest a minimum of USD$600M in 5G Research & Innovation by 2018. Since then Huawei has won awards for ‘Biggest Contribution to 5G Development’ in 2015 and subsequently ‘Best Efforts Towards 5G in 2016," Jun concludes.

 

[cirr]

Belgian operator conducts 5G testing with China's Huawei

Source: Xinhua

Published: 2016/11/15 8:18:15

Belgian operator Proximus announced on Monday that it had begun a testing project of the 5G mobile technology in cooperation with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.

The latest move of Proximus makes it the first Belgian operator to test the 5G technology, the company said at a press conference.

The first tests achieved in a lab environment a peak connection speed of 70 gigabits per second, over 100 times faster than the current 4G, said Geert Standaert, chief technology officer at Proximus.

As technical standards and spectrum of the 5G technology remain undecided, it could still take years before customers can enjoy such high speeds.

Proximus aims to make 5G available in Belgium by 2020, and will put the 4.5G technology, which allows a peak speed of 450 megabits per second, into trial operation in 2017 in "a certain number of Belgian cities."

"We want to get a really good understanding of the potential of 5G. Then we can be aware of the investments in our networks," Standaert said, pointing out that the sharp increase in mobile data traffic expected for the coming years made the 5G development necessary.

He said that experts expected mobile data traffic to grow at least eightfold by 2020, due to the increase in the number of smartphones, the revolutionary upgrades in video formats, and the development of the Internet of Things.

"From a technical point of view, 5G requires additional spectrum and an upgrade to the current mobile network, which can be achieved by installing small cells," Standaert explained.

"The cells have been successfully tested in Antwerp since the end of last year," Standaert noted.

"We want to be ready for the future, and take the first step towards the mobile internet of the next generation," he added.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1017958.shtml

This is 100 times more important than Mate 9 launch!
China has been left behind in the 2/3G match, 4G so-so, but will be leading 5G!

Huawei's Polar Code.

 

[cirr]

Huawei and NTT DoCoMo reach 11Gbps speeds in 5G Japanese field trial

A field trial of 5G network technology by Huawei and NTT DoCoMo has seen them reach speeds of 11.29Gbps over the 4.5GHz spectrum band in Yokohama, Japan.

By Corinne Reichert

November 16, 2016 -- 06:10 GMT (14:10 GMT+08:00) | Topic: Telcos

Chinese networking giant Huawei has announced attaining 11.29Gbps throughput speeds and latency of less than 0.5 millisecond during a field trial of 5G in conjunction with Japanese telecommunications provider NTT DoCoMo.

The large-scale field trial, conducted in Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 District over the 4.5GHz spectrum band, made use of new numerology and frame structure according to 3GPP 5G New Radio current standards.

"The macro cell was made up with one base station that works in the 4.5GHz band with 200MHz bandwidth, 64 TRXs, and 23 UEs of both static and mobile types," Huawei explained.

"According to the test, 11.29Gbps total user throughput was achieved with 24 layers, with each UE receiving two layers. The peak spectrum efficiency reached was 79.82bps/Hz/cell. With new frame structure and numerology, less than 0.5ms one-way user plane delay was achieved."

(Image: Huawei)

The latency amounted to around one-tenth of that seen on 4G networks.

The trial was part of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Huawei and DoCoMo in December 2014, which also saw the companies conduct an outdoor field trial of Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) in Chengdu, China, over a year ago.

Huawei said the two companies are continuing to test Massive MIMO; mixed numerology using filtered OFDM (f-OFDM); and combined performance of Sparse Code Multiple Access (SCMA), Polar Code, and f-OFDM in Japan.

"Our success in 5G large-scale field trial in the 4.5GHz band brought the whole industry one step closer to 5G commercialization by 2020," said Takehiro Nakamura, vice president and managing director of NTT DoCoMo's 5G lab.

"DoCoMo and Huawei have been expanding their collaboration on 5G from R&D to international spectrum harmonization initiatives for 5G since December 2014. Together with Huawei, we will continue to promote 5G both from technical and ecosystem perspective."

NTT DoCoMo has also partnered with Finnish networking company Nokia on 5G technology, conducting a trial at the beginning of last year that saw them attain download speeds of 2Gbps across 70GHz millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum.

Earlier on Wednesday, Huawei also announced a 5G trial in Australia with telecommunications carrier Optus that attained speeds of 35Gbps.

The trial was similarly conducted over the 73GHz mmWave spectrum band using the Polar Code coding mechanism, and was part of Optus' parent company Singtel's MOU with Huawei.

Optus and Huawei earlier this year also conducted a live trial of 4.5G network technology, attaining download speeds of 1.41Gbps.

The trial, completed in February in Optus' Gigasite in Newcastle, saw the companies aggregate 5x 20MHz of Optus' unique network frequency bands, combined with 4x4 MIMO and 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) technologies, for peak download speeds of 1.23Gbps and "theoretical maximum speeds" of 1.43Gbps.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/huawei-and-ntt-docomo-reach-11gbps-speeds-in-5g-japanese-field-trial/

 

[AndrewJin]

Huawei and NTT DoCoMo reach 11Gbps speeds in 5G Japanese field trial

A field trial of 5G network technology by Huawei and NTT DoCoMo has seen them reach speeds of 11.29Gbps over the 4.5GHz spectrum band in Yokohama, Japan.

By Corinne Reichert

November 16, 2016 -- 06:10 GMT (14:10 GMT+08:00) | Topic: Telcos

Chinese networking giant Huawei has announced attaining 11.29Gbps throughput speeds and latency of less than 0.5 millisecond during a field trial of 5G in conjunction with Japanese telecommunications provider NTT DoCoMo.

The large-scale field trial, conducted in Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 District over the 4.5GHz spectrum band, made use of new numerology and frame structure according to 3GPP 5G New Radio current standards.

"The macro cell was made up with one base station that works in the 4.5GHz band with 200MHz bandwidth, 64 TRXs, and 23 UEs of both static and mobile types," Huawei explained.

"According to the test, 11.29Gbps total user throughput was achieved with 24 layers, with each UE receiving two layers. The peak spectrum efficiency reached was 79.82bps/Hz/cell. With new frame structure and numerology, less than 0.5ms one-way user plane delay was achieved."

(Image: Huawei)

The latency amounted to around one-tenth of that seen on 4G networks.

The trial was part of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Huawei and DoCoMo in December 2014, which also saw the companies conduct an outdoor field trial of Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) in Chengdu, China, over a year ago.

Huawei said the two companies are continuing to test Massive MIMO; mixed numerology using filtered OFDM (f-OFDM); and combined performance of Sparse Code Multiple Access (SCMA), Polar Code, and f-OFDM in Japan.

"Our success in 5G large-scale field trial in the 4.5GHz band brought the whole industry one step closer to 5G commercialization by 2020," said Takehiro Nakamura, vice president and managing director of NTT DoCoMo's 5G lab.

"DoCoMo and Huawei have been expanding their collaboration on 5G from R&D to international spectrum harmonization initiatives for 5G since December 2014. Together with Huawei, we will continue to promote 5G both from technical and ecosystem perspective."

NTT DoCoMo has also partnered with Finnish networking company Nokia on 5G technology, conducting a trial at the beginning of last year that saw them attain download speeds of 2Gbps across 70GHz millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum.

Earlier on Wednesday, Huawei also announced a 5G trial in Australia with telecommunications carrier Optus that attained speeds of 35Gbps.

The trial was similarly conducted over the 73GHz mmWave spectrum band using the Polar Code coding mechanism, and was part of Optus' parent company Singtel's MOU with Huawei.

Optus and Huawei earlier this year also conducted a live trial of 4.5G network technology, attaining download speeds of 1.41Gbps.

The trial, completed in February in Optus' Gigasite in Newcastle, saw the companies aggregate 5x 20MHz of Optus' unique network frequency bands, combined with 4x4 MIMO and 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) technologies, for peak download speeds of 1.23Gbps and "theoretical maximum speeds" of 1.43Gbps.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/huawei-and-ntt-docomo-reach-11gbps-speeds-in-5g-japanese-field-trial/

Huawei is the company eyeing future!

 

[AndrewJin]

Belgian operator conducts 5G testing with China's Huawei

Source: Xinhua

Published: 2016/11/15 8:18:15

Belgian operator Proximus announced on Monday that it had begun a testing project of the 5G mobile technology in cooperation with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.

The latest move of Proximus makes it the first Belgian operator to test the 5G technology, the company said at a press conference.

The first tests achieved in a lab environment a peak connection speed of 70 gigabits per second, over 100 times faster than the current 4G, said Geert Standaert, chief technology officer at Proximus.

As technical standards and spectrum of the 5G technology remain undecided, it could still take years before customers can enjoy such high speeds.

Proximus aims to make 5G available in Belgium by 2020, and will put the 4.5G technology, which allows a peak speed of 450 megabits per second, into trial operation in 2017 in "a certain number of Belgian cities."

"We want to get a really good understanding of the potential of 5G. Then we can be aware of the investments in our networks," Standaert said, pointing out that the sharp increase in mobile data traffic expected for the coming years made the 5G development necessary.

He said that experts expected mobile data traffic to grow at least eightfold by 2020, due to the increase in the number of smartphones, the revolutionary upgrades in video formats, and the development of the Internet of Things.

"From a technical point of view, 5G requires additional spectrum and an upgrade to the current mobile network, which can be achieved by installing small cells," Standaert explained.

"The cells have been successfully tested in Antwerp since the end of last year," Standaert noted.

"We want to be ready for the future, and take the first step towards the mobile internet of the next generation," he added.

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1017958.shtml



Huawei's Polar Code.

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