One in 10 communications companies claim to have deployed 5G technology already, according to a recent survey (see: With 5G technology, the time is now).
Some parts of the 5G standard are close to being finalized, but nothing has been ratified yet.
Furthermore, many of the constituent technologies (e.g., mmWave RF, beamforming, MIMO, etc.) are either new or not commonly used. SDN and NFV are considered critical enablers of the heightened utility and expanded flexibility that will be hallmarks of 5G networks.
The industry has a learning curve to climb. The recent set of announcements can be considered an indicator that the industry is beginning to surge up that slope.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/8545-5g-datan-elinika-kutistuu-millisekunteihin
Tulevat 5G-verkot muuttavat monta asiaa. Yksi muutos koskee generoitavan datan määrää ja sen elinikää. Monissa sovelluksissa datan elinikä jää millisekunneiksi. Sen jälkeen sillä ei ole mitään käyttöä.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Verizon’s 5G Rollout Experiences Are a Mixed Bag So Far
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/wireless/verizons-5g-rollout-experiences-a-mixed-bag-so-far
Verizon’s rollout last week of its proprietary 5G home service was met with a fair amount of vociferous skepticism. While the criticisms had their fair share of cattiness, they seemed to center primarily around just how limited the service coverage was rather than the quality of the service, or whether it truly constituted a 5G network.
On the question of coverage, it was certainly a limited rollout including just four cities: Sacramento, Los Angeles, Houston and Indianapolis. However, even within that limited number of cities, Verizon never made it known exactly how much coverage they would be offering. It became clear after the rollout that the coverage would be limited to a few restricted neighborhoods in these cities.
While coverage limitations garnered most of the complaints, the design of the network was not beyond reproach. The limited rollout had all the earmarks of 5G: millimeter wave (mmWave) transmission and small cells. However, Verizon’s 5G home service was more or less a prototype and did not meet the industry standards for 5G set out in Release 15 of the 5G New Radio specifications, scheduled for rollout in 2019.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Today marks the 35th anniversary of the launch of the first cellular network in the United States in Chicago. Watch 5G explaine
Everything You Need to Know About 5G
https://spectrum.ieee.org/video/telecom/wireless/everything-you-need-to-know-about-5g
Millimeter waves, massive MIMO, full duplex, beamforming, and small cells are just a few of the technologies that could enable ultrafast 5G networks
Tomi Engdahl says:
U.S. lawmakers warn Canada to keep Huawei out of its 5G plans
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/12/huawei-5g-canada-warner-rubio-trudeau/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
In a letter addressed to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Senators Mark Warner and Marco Rubio make a very public case that Canada should leave Chinese tech and telecom giant Huawei out of its plans to build a next-generation mobile network.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/10/15/dna-korvaa-5g-yhteyksilla-ensin-kuitua/
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G moves forward, one topology at a time
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4461190/5G-moves-forward–one-topology-at-a-time?utm_source=Aspencore&utm_medium=EDN&utm_campaign=social
5G continues to move forward, but will 2018 be the year we remember as the year 5G became a reality? Let’s take a look at what’s happened and what we can expect
Current state
With the first draft of the initial 5G specification, Release 15, released in December 2017, the 3GPP and its contributors continue to evolve the standard toward achieving the lofty goals initially set in 2015. Release 15 focused on the non-standalone (NSA) modes and specifically the Option 3 configurations. In June, the 3GPP finalized the first standalone (SA) topology utilizing a new next generation core network (NGC).
Although different, the SA and NSA topologies provide service operators with several options for 5G network deployment. NSA relies on the existing evolved packet core (EPC) or LTE network infrastructure to cost effectively transition to 5G services in a shorter timeframe.
In December 2018, the 3GPP will complete NSA by defining two additional configurations – Option 4 and Option 7. These configurations take advantage of NGC but enable connectivity for existing LTE eNodeBs (ie legacy equipment). These configurations ensure that LTE may indeed have a longer life than prior standards and may be complementary to the 5G capabilities delivered in Release 15. The 3GPP continues to evolve LTE with goals of enhancing IoT capabilities along with V2X.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.talouselama.fi/uutiset/5g-tulee-ensi-vuonna-mutta-jos-haluat-kayttaa-sita-joudut-ostamaan-taas-uuden-puhelimen/9ddefc20-eb72-31a9-a610-a302ba61e998
Tomi Engdahl says:
The first real 5G phone is coming soon, well before 5G networks go live
https://bgr.com/2018/10/16/xiaomi-mi-mix-3-release-date-worlds-first-5g-phone-is-coming-soon/
and there’s also this silliness on top of everything. None of these phones feature 5G support, but the first real 5G phone is also dropping this month, even though you won’t be able to use 5G networks for quite some time.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://5g.co.uk/news/5g-britain-modelled-on-bournemouth/4120/
The coastal town of Bournemouth has been chosen to trial a new kind of precise digital modelling that will be crucial to building a 5G-enabled Britain.
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G moves forward, one topology at a time
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4461190/5G-moves-forward–one-topology-at-a-time?utm_source=Aspencore&utm_medium=EDN&utm_campaign=social
5G continues to move forward, but will 2018 be the year we remember as the year 5G became a reality? Let’s take a look at what’s happened and what we can expect.
With the first draft of the initial 5G specification, Release 15, released in December 2017, the 3GPP and its contributors continue to evolve the standard toward achieving the lofty goals initially set in 2015. Release 15 focused on the non-standalone (NSA) modes
In June, the 3GPP finalized the first standalone (SA) topology utilizing a new next generation core network (NGC).
What’s next?
Currently, infrastructure vendors around the world are conducting field trials with new 5G equipment and they’re measuring the results. The operators conduct these trials to test interoperability of equipment, evaluate the performance of the various options, and gather vital data necessary for network planning. These initial trials are focused on NSA modes including sub 6 GHz and mmWave equipment. Early indications reveal a focus on sub 6 GHz, NSA deployments (Option 3/3a/3x), and a migration to mmWave in 2019.
Tomi Engdahl says:
OnePlus commits to releasing a 5G phone in 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/24/oneplus-commits-to-releasing-a-5g-phone-in-2019/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
cofounder Carl Pei recently promised to deliver a 5G handset in 2019. Unlike other features, however, you can’t really accuse 5G of being a flash in the pan here.
Sure, lots of companies have been talking around the technology, and Motorola kind of, sort of delivered something in the form of the Z3, which will offer the cellular technology in the future via Mod. But OnePlus promising to deliver a full-on 5G sporting handset puts the company ahead of the curve here.
OnePlus will release one of the first 5G smartphones
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/22/oneplus-will-release-a-5g-smartphone-next-year/
It’ll be one of the first, if not the first, with a 5G phone next year.
Tomi Engdahl says:
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Trump signs memo asking Department of Commerce to develop a national spectrum strategy for 5G and is creating a White House Spectrum Strategy Task Force
Trump signs order to set U.S. spectrum strategy as 5G race looms
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-spectrum-trump/trump-signs-order-to-set-u-s-spectrum-strategy-as-5g-race-looms-idUSKCN1MZ2FG
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.telia.fi/yrityksille/artikkelit/artikkeli/oulu-on-suomen-ensimmaisia-alykaupunkeja?utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=B2B+sisältö+nostot+Q3-Q4+2018+buP11160004019&utm_medium=social_paid&utm_content=oulu+5G+org+nosto+%7C+SERVICES+%7C+link+%7C+2018-10-23+-+Copy&utm_term=BRAND+%7C+pros+%7C+Oulu+5G-artikkelin+somenostot+2+%7C+LPV+%7C+custom+%7C+Lookalike+%28FI%2C+7%25%29+-+yrityksille%2Fartikkelit+visitors+60d+%7C+2018-10-23
Tomi Engdahl says:
Cultural Attitudes Define The Race For 5G Connectivity As Germany And Holland Inch Ahead
https://workplaceinsight.net/cultural-attitudes-define-the-race-for-5g-connectivity-as-germany-and-holland-inch-ahead/
New research commissioned by international law firm Osborne Clarke claims that businesses in Germany and the Netherlands could be leading the global race to embrace next-generation 5G connectivity. The Next Generation Connectivity research of executives and managers from 11 countries
Across the global businesses surveyed, those in Germany and the Netherlands were found to be the most advanced in their adoption of connectivity. What’s more, executives from these countries were most likely to think that connectivity – including 5G – is important to their business and they were also the most positive about the business applications greater connectivity enables.
Jon Fell, partner at Osborne Clarke said, “There is a great deal of optimism among businesses around the adoption of next-gen connectivity – and rightly so. With greater speeds and capacity, along with lower latency, companies can transform how they do businesses and enable new applications – whether that’s driverless car technology, remote surgery, sophisticated real-time drone management or even building smart cities.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
What can I say about this 5G elixir? Try it on steaks! Cleans nylons! It’s made for the home! The office! On fruits!
Yeah, everyone’s getting fed up with next-gen wireless hype
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/26/5g_hype/
Once in a generation, a technology comes along that changes everything: how we work, communicate, trade, live.
And based on a year of seemingly endless coverage, you could be forgiven for believing that “5G”, the next advance in wireless technology, is it.
It will make the internet-of-things a reality; it will fix internet access for rural areas; it will create entire new markets; it will change literally everything that we do on a day-to-day basis.
Except it won’t. And more and more people are getting fed up with the hype. Hype that, incidentally, has led pretty much every Congressman and woman to believe that the United States is in a global “race to 5G” – and why mobile operators should be subsidized to expand their money-making networks, and why new rules and laws must be passed to override local and state government who are simply getting in the way of this incredible technology.
So it may come as a surprise to find that some big names are not quite so enamored with 5G.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Perspectives on 5G applications and services
https://www.cablinginstall.com/articles/pt/2018/10/perspectives-on-5g-applications-and-services.html?cmpid=enl_cim_cim_data_center_newsletter_2018-10-29&pwhid=6b9badc08db25d04d04ee00b499089ffc280910702f8ef99951bdbdad3175f54dcae8b7ad9fa2c1f5697ffa19d05535df56b8dc1e6f75b7b6f6f8c7461ce0b24&eid=289644432&bid=2283419
For all it may eventually offer in the future, there’s a lot of present hype surrounding 5G technology. CNET’s latest “Ask Maggie” column offers “a glimpse into some of the cool things 5G will enable — and why you should care.” Surgery from afar? Self-driving cars? Drones? Virtual reality? All are easily on the docket for 5G, according to CNET.
As concurrently noted by IEEE Future Networks, “5G is not just an evolutionary upgrade of the previous generation of cellular, but it is a revolutionary technology envisioned that will eliminate the bounds of access, bandwidth, performance, and latency limitations on connectivity worldwide. 5G has the potential to enable fundamentally new applications, industries, and business models and dramatically improve quality of life around the world via unprecedented use cases that require high data-rate instantaneous communications, low latency, and massive connectivity for new applications for mobile, eHealth, autonomous vehicles, smart cities, smart homes, and the IoT.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
AT&T, Verizon seek to shutter tiny wireless network experiment in lieu of 5G demands
https://www.cablinginstall.com/articles/pt/2018/10/at-t-verizon-seek-to-shutter-tiny-wireless-network-experiment-in-lieu-of-5g-demands.html?cmpid=enl_cim_cim_data_center_newsletter_2018-10-29&pwhid=6b9badc08db25d04d04ee00b499089ffc280910702f8ef99951bdbdad3175f54dcae8b7ad9fa2c1f5697ffa19d05535df56b8dc1e6f75b7b6f6f8c7461ce0b24&eid=289644432&bid=2283419
Tomi Engdahl says:
What can I say about this 5G elixir? Try it on steaks! Cleans nylons! It’s made for the home! The office! On fruits!
Yeah, everyone’s getting fed up with next-gen wireless hype
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/26/5g_hype/
Once in a generation, a technology comes along that changes everything: how we work, communicate, trade, live.
And based on a year of seemingly endless coverage, you could be forgiven for believing that “5G”, the next advance in wireless technology, is it.
It will make the internet-of-things a reality; it will fix internet access for rural areas; it will create entire new markets; it will change literally everything that we do on a day-to-day basis.
Except it won’t. And more and more people are getting fed up with the hype. Hype that, incidentally, has led pretty much every Congressman and woman to believe that the United States is in a global “race to 5G”
Tomi Engdahl says:
The iPhone is reportedly getting 5G in 2020
https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/03/the-iphone-is-reportedly-getting-5g-in-2020/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
The first 5G phones are set to start arriving next year. Motorola plans to bring next-gen connectivity via a Mod for the Z3, and companies like LG and OnePlus have promised to deliver the tech baked into handsets at some point in 2019. iPhone users, on the other hand, may have to wait a bit longer.
The technology is, of course, an inevitability for Apple (along with everyone else, really), so it’s just a question of when.
The “source with knowledge of Apple’s plans” put the 5G iPhone’s arrival at some point in 2020, with Intel supplying the tech this time out. Apparently Apple and Intel are going through a bit of a rough patch of late, courtesy of heat/battery issues with the 8060 5G modem. Of course, things aren’t rough enough for the company to hit up Qualcomm again.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Mark Sullivan / Fast Company:
Source: Apple will launch an iPhone with Intel’s 8161 5G modem chip in 2020; Intel will likely be the sole modem supplier for that year’s iPhones — Apple’s 5G iPhone will come to market in 2020, a source with knowledge of Apple’s plans says. — Apple plans to use Intel’s 8161 5G modem chip in its 2020 phones.
Apple’s first 5G iPhone will arrive in 2020
https://www.fastcompany.com/90261969/source-apples-first-5g-iphone-will-arrive-in-2020
Apple’s relationship with Intel is not all wine and roses, but the chipmaker will be the sole provider of modems for the first 5G iPhone.
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G moves forward, one topology at a time
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4461190/5G-moves-forward–one-topology-at-a-time?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=link&utm_medium=EDNFunFriday-20181102
5G continues to move forward, but will 2018 be the year we remember as the year 5G became a reality? Let’s take a look at what’s happened and what we can expect.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Commercializing 5G: How to use standards and testing for success
https://www.edn.com/5G/4461250/Commercializing-5G–How-to-use-standards-and-testing-for-success?utm_source=Aspencore&utm_medium=EDN&utm_campaign=social
Tomi Engdahl says:
4G slowcoach Three plans network and IT overhaul to get foot in the door with 5G
The future’s… made of … virtual insanity
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/08/three_5g/
Hutchison’s Three UK has detailed an ambitious network and IT overhaul as it paves the ground for 5G.
After being a laggard with 4G, the UK operation sees 5G as a chance to grow by jumping the competition with efficiency gains from infrastructure updates.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/valtio-myi-5g-vallankumouksen-tarkeimpia-valineita-kassaan-kilahti-liki-80-miljoonaa-euroa-6748454
Valtioneuvosto myönsi 3,5 gigahertsin taajuusalueen verkkotoimiluvat Telia Finlandille, Elisalle ja DNA:lle. Taajuuksia voidaan hyödyntää 5g-verkkojen rakentamiseen vuoden 2019 alusta. Toimiluvat ovat voimassa 31.12.2033 asti.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Pax mobility – 5G?
https://jukkasoft.com/2018/11/10/pax-mobility-5g/
Technology doesn’t go very linearly forward.
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/8699-ensimmainen-5g-laitteiden-valinen-yhteys-euroopassa
Tomi Engdahl says:
Yonhap News Agency:
Sources: Samsung to launch the flagship Galaxy S10 in February, Galaxy S10 with 5G support and its foldable phone called Galaxy F in March
Samsung Electronics to release first foldable smartphone in March: sources
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2018/11/12/0504000000AEN20181112003100320.html
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to launch its first foldable smartphone in March, along with a fifth-generation (5G) network-powered Galaxy S10, industry sources said Monday.
According to the sources, the South Korean tech giant plans to unveil the flagship Galaxy S10 smartphone in February, followed by the presumed foldable Galaxy F and another edition of the Galaxy S10 that runs on the 5G network in March.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/11/13/kunnat-tukemaan-5g-verkkojen-rakentamista/
Viestintävirasto on avittamassa 5G-verkkojen tukiasemien rakentamista uudella 5GKIRI-hankkeella. Tavoitteena on tehdä rakentamisesta ja lupamenettelystä ketterämpien ja valtakunnallisesti yhtenäinen.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Corinne Reichert / ZDNet:
Intel says it will make its XMM 8160 5G modem available to manufacturers in H2 2019, six months ahead of schedule, with devices using it shipping in H1 2020 — Intel said it has pushed the launch of a 5G modem forward by six months, with the product to become available to device manufacturers in the second half of next year.
Intel announces 5G modem for 2019
https://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-announces-5g-modem-for-2019/
Intel said it has pushed the launch of a 5G modem forward by six months, with the product to become available to device manufacturers in the second half of next year.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Week in Review: IoT, Security, Auto
Private 5G; cybersecurity M&A; Tencent jobs.
https://semiengineering.com/week-in-review-iot-security-auto-18/
Internet of Things
What’s better than a 5G network? How about a local, private 5G network? The Industrial Internet of Things may drive the development of such networks. Of course, 5G cellular communications technology is still being worked out worldwide. BMW, Daimler, and Volkswagen are looking ahead to the future; those automotive manufacturers notified Germany’s Federal Network Agency that they are interested in operating local 5G networks to enhance the cybersecurity of their facilities. Meanwhile, Qualcomm is developing 5G New Radio tech for private Industrial IoT networks. “We’re inventing new 5G technologies that will bring new capabilities and opportunities for private industrial networks, such as replacing wired industrial Ethernet for reconfigurable factories with our ultra-reliable, ultra-low-latency 5G NR link,” the chip company says on its website.
Gemalto this week debuted its Cinterion narrowband-IoT wireless module platform. The company has been using the product in China and touts how it could provide energy-efficient 5G connectivity to other markets.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Expanding 5G NR to industrial IoT.
https://www.qualcomm.com/invention/5g/private-industrial-networks
The next industrial revolution is upon us, and the ability to deliver local and customized services with secure and reliable wireless connectivity is essential to this transformation. At Qualcomm, we are optimizing LTE today and inventing new 5G NR technologies to deliver high-performance, private industrial networks that will power this revolution.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ericsson CEO categorizes 5G wireless networks as ‘critical national infrastructure’
https://www.cablinginstall.com/articles/pt/2018/11/ericsson-ceo-categorizes-5g-wireless-networks-as-critical-national-infrastructure.html?cmpid=enl_cim_cim_data_center_newsletter_2018-11-12&pwhid=6b9badc08db25d04d04ee00b499089ffc280910702f8ef99951bdbdad3175f54dcae8b7ad9fa2c1f5697ffa19d05535df56b8dc1e6f75b7b6f6f8c7461ce0b24&eid=289644432&bid=2297054
Fortune’s Andrew Nusca recently spoke with Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm at September’s 2018 Mobile World Congress Americas show in Los Angeles. Not surprisingly, Ekholm is bullish on 5G. “Given that it is a digital infrastructure for countries, it becomes a critical national infrastructure,” Ekholm said. “We see all the operators here in the U.S. investing in 5G. But we see this also happening in other countries.”
For example, China is rolling out next-generation wireless infrastructure “very fast,” Ekholm said, expecting to complete the effort in 2020. So are Japan and South Korea. Why so hurried? “Because it impacts the economies in those countries,”
“You need interoperability,” Eckholm says. “That’s the big thing with mobile networks—they are global, and they are immediately global. That’s why cell phone technology has scaled the fastest of all technologies known to mankind, basically.”
http://fortune.com/2018/11/05/ericsson-ceo-5g-wireless/
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/8713-intelin-5g-modeemi-tuo-6-gigabitin-datanopeuden
Tomi Engdahl says:
Intel on esitellyt ensimmäisen 5G-modeemipiirinsä älypuhelimiin. XMM 8160 on integroitu piiri, joka tukee jopa 6 gigabitin sekuntinopeuksia. Tämä on 2-6 kertaa nopeammin kuin mihin tämän hetken parhaat LTE-modeemit yltävät.
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/8713-intelin-5g-modeemi-tuo-6-gigabitin-datanopeuden
Tomi Engdahl says:
Surveys: 5G Moves to Production, Cuts Time on Social Media
https://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1333970
A survey by Keysight Technologies says many companies are investing in 5G, whether that’s infrastructure or business cases. Another survey says 5G will let gamers spend more time playing and you’ll spend less time on Social media.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Apple Said to Inspire Intel 5G Chip
Integrated part leaves 2019 market to Qualcomm
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1333966
Intel announced plans for an integrated 5G modem, targeting 2020, when the market is expected to be in full gear. The news could accelerate work on an integrated chipset from Qualcomm, which is expected to pick up the vast majority of the few sockets for 5G-only modems through 2019.
Intel said that its XMM 8160, a 5G modem chipset also supporting LTE and 2G/3G, will ship in the second half of 2019, six months earlier than first planned. It will support data rates up to 6 Gbits/s and come in versions for millimeter-wave and sub-6-GHz bands, supporting standalone and non-standalone 5G modes.
An earlier 5G-only modem, the XMM 8060, “is becoming a development platform” rather than a commercial product, said an Intel spokeswoman. Thus, Intel “will miss the 2019 5G launches, but it is targeting large-scale rollouts from customers such as Apple and [partner] Spreadtrum,” said Malik Saadi, vice president of strategic technologies for market watcher ABI Research.
The commitment to an integrated part early in the 5G ramp suggests that Intel got backing from Apple, one or more large China handset makers, or both. “Intel could potentially secure at least 300 million-unit shipments for this first commercial 5G chip across its lifetime — not all chipset suppliers could claim such a performance,” said Saadi.
ABI expects that as many as 728.7 million 5G devices will ship by the end of 2023. The market will start off slowly next year, with sales of about 18.5 million devices, it estimates.
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G rollout may give utility companies technical benefits and revenue gains
https://iconsofinfrastructure.com/5g-rollout-utility-companies/
Advanced cellular technology is expected to start making an impact in around five years, providing both smart grid communications and revenue sources.
The build-out of America’s smart grid will utilize a number of wireless communication technologies to gather data from smart meters and monitor remote equipment. The coming rollout of 5G cellular communications will give utility companies another connectivity option, as well as a potential revenue source.
Communications are a mainstay in utility infrastructures that include smart meters and a growing number of distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar arrays and wind turbines. Both often multidirectional transmissions. Wireless links are also used to monitor remote stations and power transmission networks.
A broad range of technologies are used for these short- and long-range links. ZigBee, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, cellular communications and proprietary mesh networks are among the items in designers’ tool kits.
Most of these technologies have found applications where they dominate, with some areas where communication schemes vie for market share.
The emergence of 5G cellular networks, expected to start in earnest around 2020, will shake up the market. Interest is not just in the U.S. A 5G monitoring system for wind farms is among the European Union’s 5G Public Private Partnership programs.
The rollout of 5G networks comes as two global movements increase demand for high-speed communications. The Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Cities movements both rely on networking to improve efficiency.
“For the utility sector, 5G technology will help unleash the next wave of smart grid features and efficiency through low-cost connections, improved monitoring capabilities and better forecasting of energy needs.”
“As 5G networks come to market, that fiber may present a revenue opportunity, as 5G will require fiber not only for backhaul but also fronthaul,”
“Meanwhile, 5G networks may also present an attractive alternative to fiber given its very high performance profile and (purported) lower total cost of ownership. Another opportunity for utilities will come from its use of mmWave spectrum bands”
Qualcomm Technologies’ Jeffery Torrance noted that companies can start gaining some benefits of cellular connectivity without waiting for 5G to hit critical mass. Existing 4G technologies are being adapted to provide the features and functions needed for the Internet of Things. A variant called 4G LTE IoT uses narrowband technologies to reduce power consumption and cost, two big factors for utility providers, he explained.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/11/19/nokian-5g-tekniikkaa-satama-automaatioon/
Nokia, ABB ja Cargotecin Kalmar ovat testanneet uusinta 5G-teknologiaa ensimmäistä kertaa satama-automaatiossa ja älykkäissä sähköverkoissa. Testeissä on käytetty Nokian lyhyen viiveen varmistettua 5G/URLLC-protoratkaisua.
5G-verkon lyhyen viiveen URLLC:n (Ultra-reliable low latency communications) on yksi teollisuussovellusten kolmesta tärkeimmästä käyttötarkoituksesta. 3GPP on jo vakioinut URLLC-ratkaisun ensimmäisen version osana Rel-15 New Radio (NR) -työtä.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/11/20/pakettikioskiin-sopii-myos-5g-tukiasema/
Suomessa kehitettyä Agora-pakettikioskia suunnitellaan asennettavaksi ensi vuoden aikana yli 200 kappaletta ympäri Suomea. Erikoiseksi älykkään pakettikioskin tekee, että se voisi toimia alustana myös ilmanlaadunmittaukselle tai Wifi-/5G-tukiasemille. Osaan on tulossa myös digitaaliset opasnäytöt.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/11/20/telia-avaa-5g-verkon-teollisuusalueelle/
Telia avaa 5G-verkon Oulussa, Nuottasaaren teollisuusalueelle. Verkon myötä Oritkari-Nuottasaaren alueelle rakentuu Telian mukan yksi maailman ensimmäisistä teollisista 5G-ympäristöistä. Stora Enso, Nokia ja Telia ovat kokeilleet jo aiemmin 5G-tekniikan käyttämistä tiedonsiirtoon Oulun tehtaillaan.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/11/22/nokia-perustaa-uuden-5g-divisioonan/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/11/22/testi-osoitti-nykimatonta-videokuvaa-mobiiliverkkoon/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/11/23/turussa-testaan-5g-tekniikan-toimintavarmuutta-testaan-jo-turussa/
Viestintävirasto ja Turun ammattikorkeakoulu (AMK) selvittävät 5G:n toimintavarmuutta uusin laboratorio- ja kenttämittauksin. Mittaukset toteutetaan osana 5G Momentum -hanketta ja niitä tukee myös verkkotoimittaja Nokia.
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/8751-testi-osoitti-suora-tv-lahetys-siirtyy-hyvin-5g-verkossa
Tomi Engdahl says:
Andrew Orlowski / The Register:
OpenSignal: average data speeds on mobile networks now outpace customer’s Wi-Fi connection, on average, in 33 countries like Australia, France, Turkey, Lebanon — And that means smartphones will need to get smarter — Ofcom’s top tech bod, Mansoor Hanif, recently gave the Wi-Fi industry a roasting …
Mobile networks are killing Wi-Fi for speed around the world
And that means smartphones will need to get smarter
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/23/mobile_v_wifi_speed_report/
Ofcom’s top tech bod, Mansoor Hanif, recently gave the Wi-Fi industry a roasting, telling them to shape up to 5G or face sliding into irrelevance. New network data from around the world shows that slide has already begun.
OpenSignal has found that mobile networks already outpace a customer’s Wi-Fi connection, on average, in 33 countries.
Ian Fogg, VP of Analysis at OpenSignal, urged mobile networks and smartphone platforms to rethink some basic assumptions. Currently a phone gloms onto a Wi-Fi network whenever it can, assuming this provides the user with a superior internet connection. But increasingly, this not the case. All things being equal, more phones will be pushing more users to a worse experience.
Huawei this week further illustrated the case for abandoning home broadband over 5G, something called 5G-FWA – we discussed the state of the art, and the pros and cons, here this week.
But, wait! There’s a natural tension here for networks as 5G emerges. Every network is a constrained resource: if someone else’s is less constrained than yours, why not dump traffic there? Offloading the traffic onto a decent Wi-Fi connection makes sense for an operator.
And it might be a necessity for a while.
ensuring good coverage indoors in 5G’s early days will almost be as complicated as calling up the Cable Guy.
“At 26/28GHz, there will need to be an outdoor unit, connected to an indoor Wi-Fi-enabled hub. But it will need power, either way. So either people need to run an electricity cable up the wall of the building, or drill a hole for a power-over-Ethernet cable between them. And install the outdoor antenna on a bracket (like satellite dishes of yore). Not self-install, and not great if you live in an apartment or rented house.”
Note the reliance on Wi-Fi – still.
Huawei is the only phone maker we can think of who performs a sanity check, switching your connection from a slow Wi-Fi link to a faster cellular connection.
Tomi Engdahl says:
US asks allies to drop Huawei, but Little asserts independence
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12165136
The US government has initiated an extraordinary outreach campaign to foreign allies, trying to persuade wireless and internet providers in these countries to avoid telecommunications equipment from Chinese company Huawei, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The move will ramp up pressure on GCSB Minister Andrew Little and Communications Minister Kris Faafoi to ban Huawei – as security agencies in the US and Australia have already recommended.
But Little indicates New Zealand will plot its own course, and that his government won’t interfere as Spark, Vodafone and 2degrees consider technology providers for their pending 5G upgrades.”
US officials say they worry about the prospect of Chinese telecom-equipment makers spying on or disabling connections to an exponentially growing universe of things, including components of manufacturing plants, the Journal says.
The paper quotes an un-named US official who says, “There are additional complexities to 5G networks that make them more vulnerable to cyberattacks.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/8764-turussa-mitataan-kuinka-varmasti-5g-verkko-toimii
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/11/23/turussa-testaan-5g-tekniikan-toimintavarmuutta-testaan-jo-turussa/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2018/11/27/5g-verkkoa-valjastetaan-tieturvallisuuden-parantamiseen/
Tomi Engdahl says:
“Spark New Zealand wanted to use Huawei equipment in its 5G mobile network. However, a NZ government security agency said the deal would bring significant risks to national security.”
via BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46368001