Chinese firms gain lead in the race for 5G edge

[Shotgunner51]

China to Achieve Nationwide 5G Network Coverage by 2020
January 6, 2017

Chinese telecom service providers will spend close to $44 billion by 2020 to achieve nationwide 5G mobile communications coverage, reports Nikkei Asian Review.

The said development could boost the chances of Chinese technology and services in becoming the de facto global standards.

The 5G technology will bring much faster data speeds than those offered by the 4G standard, and this telecommunications protocol also will be the first developed with the internet of things (IoT) in mind. Hundreds of billions of devices are expected to exchange data as the internet of things takes hold, and mobile networks likely will serve as a key conduit.

China Mobile Communications, which boasts over 800 million subscribers, will develop 5G-related technologies with more than 40 global companies. China Mobile has ended basic technology development and plans to begin field trials of 5G technology this year, aiming to commercialize services in select areas in 2018 and start upgrading over 1 million 4G base stations to handle the new standard in the following year. The company aims to spread 5G services nationwide in 2020.

China is the world’s No. 1 mobile phone market, with service subscribers exceeding 1.3 billion. The country also stands at the cutting edge of related services such as electronic funds settlement, as well as ride-hailing services.

The creation of 5G networks likely will accelerate the development of new services, as it will enable wireless linking of various home appliances via the internet. Businesses should be able to centrally control multiple factory robots more easily and improve maintenance of machinery by using big-data analysis to spot potential breakdowns.

The next-generation technology also likely will help improve the performance of self-driving vehicles, such as by letting cars exchange data among each other and avert a collision.

Image and excerpts from Nikkei Asian review

Read the full article at https://worldindustrialreporter.com/china-to-achieve-nationwide-5g-network-coverage-by-2020/

 

[AndrewJin]

Set the standards, supply 5G equipments to the world.

 

[ahojunk]

Set the standards, supply 5G equipments to the world.

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China certainly has the market, technology (i.e. Huawei, ZTE, China Mobile, etc), the money and the government political will to make this come true.

 

[ahojunk]

China's 4G users exceed 700 mln: ministry
(CRI Online) 09:43, January 07, 2017

China's 4G mobile users have reached to a total of 734 million. [Photo: guigu.org]


China has a total of 734 million 4G mobile users, and 5G commercial operations will be launched in 2020, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) said Friday.

Wen Ku, head of the information and communication development department of the MOST, said the 4G industrial chain has taken shape in China, with strengthened research and development capabilities.

Wen said the ministry will promote the formation of a global unified 5G standard and push forward the use and innovation of 5G-based mobile Internet and the Internet of Things to lay a foundation for 5G commercial operations in 2020.


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The significance of this 734 million users - they are all potential customers of 5G.
Imagine the huge business opportunities for new handsets and network carriers.
And all these will happen starting in 2020.
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[艹艹艹]

http://hoyentv.com/2017/02/22/5g-edges-closer-as-china-mobile-announces-large-scale.html
5G edges closer as China Mobile announces large-scale testing
Roana De Caro|22 Febrero 2017, 08:40

Qualcomm, ZTE and China Mobile to collaborate on 5G NR trials at 3.5 GHz

Qualcomm, ZTE, and China Mobile have announced plans to conduct interoperability testing and over-the-air field trials based on the 5G New Radio (NR) specifications being developed by 3GPP.

THE next-generation, or 5G, mobile communications services will create a market valued at US$984 billion and provide 9.5 million new jobs in China by 2035, industry officials said yesterday.


China Mobile and its hardware partners hope to achieve multi-gigabit per second data rates at significantly lower latency and better reliability than today's network to showcase the possibilities of 5G technologies.

The announcement confirms reports that China Mobile is planning to accelerate its schedule for 5G development.

"5G is very important for future development and we have put much resources on 5G research, standardisation, and industrialization, and built a 5G joint innovation center to cultivate the cross-industry innovation", said Wang Xiaoyun, General Manager at China Mobile.

Shenzhen-based ZTE is China's largest-listed telecommunications equipment supplier, while Qualcomm Technologies is the operating subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed mobile chip giant Qualcomm.

The 5G trials will operate in sub-6 GHz mid-band spectrum at 3.5 GHz, enabling commercial network launches based on3GPPRel-15 standard compliant 5G NR infrastructure and devices.

In its upcoming 5G trials, China Mobile will implement prototype devices from Qualcomm Technologies and mobile base stations from ZTE on the 3.5GHz band, the spectrum on which the three companies aim to test ubiquitous subscriber coverage and other 5G user cases, according to Qualcomm. "Trials based on the global 3GPP 5G standard, such as this, are critical to ensure timely deployment of 5G networks and continuing our long history of leadership integrating advanced wireless technologies".

More read：

China Mobile to Begin Large-Scale 5G Testing This Year
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/02/22/china-mobile-5g-testing-qualcomm/

Radisys and China Unicom Collaborate on Mobile CORD (M-CORD) Implementation for 5G Services
https://www.twst.com/update/radisys...e-cord-m-cord-implementation-for-5g-services/

Keysight Technologies, ZTE Collaborate on the Commercial Pre‑Deployment of 5G
http://www.microwavejournal.com/art...aborate-on-the-commercial-predeployment-of-5g

Keysight Technologies Inc.announced that it is collaborating with ZTE to assist them in the test and measurement of critical 5G key technologies, including mmW communications, new PHY, massive MIMO and BTS beamforming prototypes. Keysight will help ZTE accelerate 5G product time to market by providing industry-leading products and solutions, for example, UXA mmW signal analyzes, AXIe modular ultra-broad bandwidth signal generation and analysis systems, and system level prototype solutions.

ZTE is a world leading comprehensive telecommunication solution provider who is a proactive participant and contributor of 5G communications. ZTE is one of the first group of companies that completed the China 5G Experimental Trials in phase I, and accredited by IMT2020(5G) Promotion Group with the official certificate of 5G technologies experiments. ZTE’s mmW 5G BTS prototype is now under test in the China 5G Experimental Trials phase II.

China 5GTech R&D 2nd Phase Started
http://www.4-traders.com/TELEFONAKT...China-5G-Tech-R-D-2nd-Phase-Started-23920795/

02/22/2017 | 05:24am EST

BEIJING,February 22, SinoCast --China's5G technology research and development test's second phase was officially launched inSeptember 2016and Huawei,Ericsson,ZTE,Datang, Nokia and Shanghai Bell, Samsung and other enterprises participated in the test.

The IMT-2020 (5G) promotion group is organizing the implementation of the test andChina Mobile,China Telecom,China Unicom,DOCOMO Beijing Communications Laboratoriesand CAICT formed a test group. They currently plan the world's largest 5G test out-field inBeijing'sHuairou and complete the planning of 30 stations' site. Meanwhile,Spreadtrum, MTK and other chip companies and Keysight Technologies, R&S and other instrument companies also participated in the test.

Recently, Huawei, based on the constructed out-field in Huairou, took the first to carry out the out-field performance test and the interoperability and docking test of instrument/chip companies under the 3.5GHz 5G NR, marking the test's second phase rung up the curtain.

With the completion of Huairou out-field's site planning,Ericsson,ZTE,Datangand other enterprises are also stepping up the out-field environment construction and will orderly carry out the second phase work according to the plan.

© Sinocast, sourceSinocast Beats

 

[ahojunk]

Huawei compete with global peers to set 5G standard
(People's Daily Online) 16:37, February 23, 2017

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has carried out the world’s first field test of fifth-generation cellular network (5G) technology using a 3.5 GHz band, which is expected to become the global 5G standard. Huawei also tested the connection between instrument and chip manufacturers, Thepaper.cn reported.

Huawei’s announcement comes after Qualcomm, an American competitor, successfully tested its 5G connection on Feb. 21. The latter's connection is based on New Radio (NR) work in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), an international mobile telecommunications standards organization.

According to 3GPP’s official website, the standards for 5G technology will be set this year. Global telecom giants including Qualcomm, Huawei and Ericsson have all been carrying out research and tests of the new technology, competing for a leading role in setting those standards.

“The international community has reached a consensus that a unified 5G standard should be established. Currently, all the telecom giants have offered their technological patents to 3GPP, hoping that their standards will be the ones adopted,” an anonymous expert told Thepaper.cn, adding that the competition to set the 5G standards could affect national interests.

Chinese companies have gained ground in the 5G battle, where the U.S. and EU have long been leaders. During the No.87 RAN1 meeting held by 3GPP in 2016, the polar code, created by Chinese companies, was defined by participants from around the world as the control channel encoding scheme for the application of 5G in eMBB (enhanced mobile broadband) scenarios.

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[艹艹艹]

https://iot.do/zte-5g-pre-commercial-base-stations-2017-02
MWC17: ZTE releases full range of 5G pre-commercial base stations
By IoT - Internet of Things
February 26, 2017



ZTE Corporation is releasing a full range of 5G mmWave and Sub6GHz pre-commercial base stations, and will be demonstrating the 50 Gbps peak rate of a 5G mmWave base station at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona. This release allows operators to deploy these products ahead of time and seize opportunities in the 5G era so that consumers can enjoy the 5G ultimate rate ahead of time.

At MWC, ZTE’s full range of 5G mmWave and Sub6GHz pre-commercial products showcased support for 3rd Generation Partnership Projects (3GPP) 5G new radio (NR) new air interfaces and mainstream 5G frequency bands in the industry. The range uses massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO), Beam Tracking, beamforming and other key 5G technologies, meeting the 5G pre-commercial deployment requirements in various scenarios. 5G Sub6GHz base stations are the smallest and lightest base stations with the industry’s highest level of integration, and their data throughput can reach 10 Gbps. ZTE, and its strategic partner China Mobile, also carried out a joint demonstration of the 5G mmWave pre-commercial base station.

In 2016, ZTE became the world’s first vendor to verify the key technologies in the 5G mmWave and Sub6GHz fields and successfully completed 5G mmWave field tests. With outstanding performance, ZTE took the lead and passed all the tests in the first phase of China’s 5G test. ZTE has successfully completed 5G single-point technology and prototype verification and has now entered the 5G solution verification and product research and development (R&D) phase. The release of the full range of 5G mmWave and Sub6GHz base stations has paved the way for subsequent 5G pre-commercial tests and deployment.

As one of the key 5G technologies, Massive MIMO plays a vital role in improving frequency efficiency and air interface bandwidth. In June 2014, ZTE became the world’s first vendor to put forward the innovative Pre5G concept in the 4G era and put Massive MIMO into commercial use ahead of time, meeting customers’ increasing data requirements and allowing a smooth evolution into the 5G era. So far, ZTE’s Pre5G Massive MIMO has been widely deployed with China Mobile, Softbank (in Japan) and in other global high-end markets.

Widely recognised by operators and the industry, Massive MIMO is already used in 5G scenarios in existing mobile networks. It can solve technology and application problems caused during the commercial operation process, and will greatly accelerate the maturity of core 5G technologies and effectively shorten the period of product verification and large-scale commercial use. ZTE has applied for hundreds of technical patents, and contributed to many valuable proposals from standards organisations in regards to this technology process based on massive data collected from actual scenarios.

Zhang Jianguo, SVP of ZTE, said: “ZTE will continue its innovation in the 5G field to meet the product and service needs of customers. ZTE will occupy a place in the world’s first 5G commercial market and lay a solid foundation for the future Internet of Things (IoT).”


more read：
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas...-generation-of-wireless-technology-1488114002

 

[艹艹艹]

http://www.china.org.cn/business/2017-03/03/content_40403597.htm
China speeds 5G roll-out with world's largest test field
Xinhua, March 3, 2017

China has established the world's largest 5G test field in the race to standardize the mobile communication technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Friday.

Industry giants including Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp are participating in the test programs at the outdoor test site in Huairou District, Beijing.

The tests, set between 2016 and 2018, will include three stages for key technology verification, technological solution verification and system verification respectively, said Zhang Feng, chief engineer of the MIIT.

The second stage of tests has begun after the first stage verified the feasibility of essential techniques.

China has started preparation early for the 5G network, establishing the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group in February 2013 to coordinate efforts by mobile service operators, manufacturers and research institutes.

Years of investment has put China in pole position to formulate the industry standard and reap the benefits of a network that provides much faster connectivity and lower energy consumption.

China aims to commercialize 5G mobile networks as early as 2020.

 

[Place Of Space]

I hear 5G network speed can reach 10Gb/s+

 

[AndrewJin]

I hear 5G network speed can reach 10Gb/s+

Wuhan should be the first city...

 

[Place Of Space]

Wuhan should be the first city...

Obviously

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

Wuhan should be the first city...

How?

I would guess it would be either Beijing or Shenzhen. After all both Huawei and ZTE are situated in Shenzhen.

 

[AndrewJin]

How?

I would guess it would be either Beijing or shenzhen. After all both Huawei and ZTE are situated in shenzhen.

Huawei's Wuhan Institute will be bigger.

 

[TaiShang]

China speeds 5G roll-out with world's largest test field
Xinhua, March 3, 2017

China has established the world's largest 5G test field in the race to standardize the mobile communication technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Friday.

Industry giants including Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp are participating in the test programs at the outdoor test site in Huairou District, Beijing.

The tests, set between 2016 and 2018, will include three stages for key technology verification, technological solution verification and system verification respectively, said Zhang Feng, chief engineer of the MIIT.

The second stage of tests has begun after the first stage verified the feasibility of essential techniques.

China has started preparation early for the 5G network, establishing the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group in February 2013 to coordinate efforts by mobile service operators, manufacturers and research institutes.

Years of investment has put China in pole position to formulate the industry standard and reap the benefits of a network that provides much faster connectivity and lower energy consumption.

China aims to commercialize 5G mobile networks as early as 2020.

@Martian2

 

[GS Zhou]

当年吹过的牛逼，现在都实现了！再不济也至少有了些眉目了。

we need to be humble and work harder, for a better world!