Here is my collection of relevant trend for 5G networks for 2019:
The most newsworthy stories in wireless today are all about 5G. In 2019, we enter a cautious, early-adoption phase of this next generation of wireless technology. 2019 will be the year when we see the first commercial networks turning on and first handsets arriving in the market. Only a small number of users will get a first taste of 5G in specific geographic locations, using specific applications, none of which are ubiquitous or cost-optimized.
5G promises a paradigm shift in throughput, latency, and scalability.We are not here yet, and may not reach those all those promises in 2019 because we might have to wait to 2020 to get a good selection of devices that can use 5G networks.The initial 5G market in 2019 might not be yet very big. The real business could start in 2020.
It is expected that by 2025, the emerging wireless 5G market is expected to reach a total value of $250B1. 5G is projected to be 100 times faster than 4G LTE. Ericsson forecasts over 1 billion 5G subscriptions for enhanced mobile broadband by the end of 2023, accounting for around 12% of all mobile subscriptions. By end of 2023, close to 50% of all mobile subscriptions in North America are forecast to be for 5G. For Western Europe 5G penetration is expected to be at 21%.
Plenty of publications are going to claim 2019 as “The Year of 5G,” but we are just seeing the first wave which could be seen as not meeting the 5G hype. 5G will arrive into this world as a marketing gimmick. When it does fully roll out, 5G has the potential to be a great but is in a risk that it is already oversold (like what happened to 3G initially). Sure, widespread use is still a few years away, but before handset manufacturers, embedded devices for industrial applications, connected cars, and the like begin to take hold, some infrastructure needs to be in place.
There will be exciting 5G applications coming in 2019. All of the hype and irrational exuberance of a few years ago are turning into initial pilot deployments. 5G is just now getting close to emerging into real wireless networks. Despite the hype, there’s still plenty of work to do and improvements to make. And there will be failed attempts to build those new networks and applications.
The main features of the 5G are high capacity, short delay and the ability to connect a massive number of IoT sensors to the network. 5G network can be used to implement customized network services that are suitable for different needs. The capacity of the 5G network serves to exponentially increase the amount of data.The short delay is important in many different industries. Delay is of great importance in the remote control of self-propelled vehicles and other machines and equipment. It is also seen as useful for AI applications.
Networks start up
Next year, it will be interesting, for example, when the first commercial 5G networks start up.
What is true 5G will be asked often. One question to consider is if these deployed networks will be “true 5G.” It will depend on how 5G is defined. An accepted definition of a 5G subscriber is a device supporting the New Radio (NR) protocol connected to an NR base station. This is independent of which spectrum band the network utilizes. We will see NR deployed across the entire spectrum range depending on what assets operators have available to support their strategy. For the sub-6-GHz infrastructure, Release 15 radio standards specifications are comprehensive. For mmWave the technology has not been defined so clearly yet.5G deployments have begun. Carriers have promised to begin rolling out the technology in the States early 2019. Most initial deployments may be on sub-6-GHz bands, but there will be some fixed wireless use cases using millimeter-wave (mmWave) technologies.
Initially, 5G will provide the ability to deliver mobile broadband at lower cost to operators, but as full NR capability emerges, there are some exciting applications and use cases forthcoming. Industrial automation is one of the promising use cases that may leverage the low latency and high reliability provided by future 5G networks. If you recall the original IMT2020 KPIs set out by the ITU, there are several requirements that will certainly be met, but don’t expect all of the KPIs to be achieved by any operator on Day 1.
Based on recent announcements from key industry players (i.e., Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile), the first 5G commercial deployments will likely commence during the second half of 2019, with a target to have 5G commercial service available in 2020.
One question to consider is if these networks will be “true 5G.” It will depend on how 5G is defined. AT&T’s 5G network goes live in 12 cities — but you can’t use it yet because 5G device sales don’t start until next year.
5G networks will be more or less cloud based. Mobile Operator DNA introduces Nokia’s cloud platforms in its upcoming 5G networks. With the new features, the degree of automation, capacity and programmability of today’s networks can be raised to a new level, according to DNA.
What is the indoor coverage of a 5G network compared to a 4G network? The 3.5 gigahertz frequency used by Telia behaves very similarly to the frequencies used so far, and the 3.5 gigahertz 5G networks are built on the same base stations as the 4G networks.
Once 5G uses mmWave signals, there will still be a lower-frequency (sub 6 GHz) “anchor” to handle data when there’s no mmWave service available. mmWave service will likely be used only when available and needed. Connectivity will be constant in sub 6 GHz bands. For example in Finland majority of first 5G activity will be at 3.5 GHz.We will need both mmWave and lower frequencies to provide what was promised. The very high frequency mmWave is needed to get enough bandwidth to fast data rates.
It seems that many network operators will be retaining all their 4G infrastructure for quite long time. When 5G wireless phone subscribers who don’t enable Wi-Fi end up in 5G dead spots, they’ll be connected via 4G instead. So the bright 5G future for an awful lot of mobile phone use will actually be Wi-Fi and 4G.
Chips
There will be many new mobile chips coming.Release 15 has provided SoC makers such as Qualcomm and Intel with what they need to get baseband processors out the door.
Qualcomm has unveiled the next generation of its Snapdragon family of processors, the 855 – the first chip optimized for bringing 5G connectivity to mobile devices. The 855 is manufactured with a 7-nanometer process. The Snapdragon 855, along with its X50 modem, position the company to dominate the first wave of 5G devices. Samsung and Verizon will partner to release a 5G smartphone using Qualcomm processors in the first half of 2019. AT&T says it’s getting that 5G Samsung phone, too. Currently, at least 18 major companies — including Samsung, Nokia / HMD, Sony, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, HTC, LG, Asus, ZTE, Sharp, Fujitsu, and OnePlus — are working with Qualcomm and its Snapdragon X50 5G NR modems.
Intel is putting bets on its new XMM 8160 5G modem. The XMM 8160 modem is set to be released to manufacturers sometime in the second half of 2019, with the first devices using the chip coming in early 2020. Intel says that the modem will support both millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum as well as lower-band parts of the spectrum. This Intel’s new 5G modem might power Apple’s first 5G iPhones because the company recently switched to using Intel modems exclusively for its 2018 iPhone XS and XR phones.
Huawei and Samsung are both also working on their own in-house 5G modems, too.
5G smartphones
Telia expects that the first devices will be routers, and tablets. It seems that in the first phase, 5G connections will be available to consumers in the form of broadband routers. Inseego has showed a mobile 5G hotspot it will launch at CES for Verizon’s network.
We’re going to see the first wave of 5G handsets appearing in 2019. At least OnePlus, Samsung, and Huawei will compete for the title of the first 5G smartphone.Huawei has promised 5G smart phone before summer. OnePlus and LG have committed to a handset and Samsung, being Samsung, has since committed to two. There will be possibly also other handsets available. It is expected that “flagship” high-end handsets will be the first to integrate some form of 5G radio. Apple is not expected to release a 5G handset until 2020.
There has been already some test 5G smart phones showed on tech shows. Samsung has showed an early version of its first 5G smartphone streaming 4K video to a large-screen TV. Motorola has demoed a 5G upgrade module that attached to its LTE smartphone.
Will you be holding a 5G smartphone in your hands in 2019? If you pay attention to the news, there’s a good chance of that happening. Will You Own a 5G Smartphone in 2019? For most people maybe not. The first 5G service plan prices will be expensive and the speeds will be considerably slower than maximums. In the beginning your 5G handset will likely spend a lot more time using 4G for quite many years. It means that until 5G becomes more ubiquitous, you’re going to be paying a hefty premium for a feature you barely use
What’s the status of 5G standards?
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is defining the 5G standard, which needs to meet the following technical requirements, as defined by the International Telecommunication Union:
>10-Gb/s peak data rates for the enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB)
>1 M/km2 connections for massive machine-type communications (MMTC)
<1-ms latency for ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC).
The 5G standard will be defined in two subsequent releases – Release 15 and Release 16.
The Non-Stand-Alone spec came out in 2017 with the stand-alone spec released in June 2018. 3GPP Release 15 is almost done. Updates will include dual connectivity, the ability to simultaneously support LTE and 5G New Radio (5G NR). Download links will likely have both LTE and NR, possibly in the same frequency band but upload could stick to using only one connection. For the sub-6-GHz infrastructure, Release 15 radio standards specifications are comprehensive. Release 15 has provided SoC makers such as Qualcomm and Intel with what they need to get baseband processors out the door. Most of the forward-looking features reside in the baseband and generally will be implemented in software. Release 15 laid down the foundation to enable initial SoCs to be defined and subsequent first user devices to be available in 2019. For mmWave, we are still early in the game.
Work for Release 16 will start with mobile V2x communications. IoT is another aspect of Release 16. We will have to wait for it to become ready.
Technogies
Lower latency, on the order of 1 ms, is an expected feature of 5G. It will be needed for industrial control applications and even more so in V2X communications needed for connected cars. This is the promise, but I expect that the first 5G networks might not be able to fulfill this 1 ms promise.
5G will also drive radio channel counts, whether it be for macro, massive MIMO, small-cell, or mmWave form factors. Macro base stations in the low bands will expand MIMO channel counts from 2T2R to 4T4R and possibly higher. Massive MIMO radios will have increased radio density per system ranging from 16T16R to 64T64R, and mmWave radios will have up to 256 RF channels in the analog beamformers.
Much of the work is still focused on infrastructure: the radios and networks that will carry all that data. There’s still plenty of R&D activity going on modems, antenna arrays, amplifiers, data converters, etc. Power amplifiers (PAs) are a critical component of 5G base stations and user equipment. Because 5G’s emphasis on power savings, engineers are designing PAs using GaN power transistors with some using the Doherty amplifier architecture. We need to continue to reduce size, weight, and power (SWaP) consumption while supporting wider bandwidths and higher operating frequencies.
5G systems claim to be more open than older telecom systems and they use open source components. The mobile industry’s equivalent of open source is Open RAN, which will enable a service creation environment that can help realize the more advanced 5G use cases.
There are hurdles that need to be cleared before full 5G deployment can be achieved. First, we need new spectrum. This is well underway globally with many countries allocating spectrum for 5G. Ideal spectrum allocations for 5G are on the order of 50 MHz or more of contiguous spectrum to take full advantage of NR.
Test equipment is showing signs of use outside the engineering lab as equipment manufacturers and network installers need 5G test equipment. If you design devices that will connect to 5G networks, you’ll probably need also simulations.
With 5G moving out of the lab and onto the street, we will see lots of announcements regarding collaborations the bring 5G design and test products to market. Anritsu and Qualcomm succeeded in testing the 5G-SA connection (Standalone) with the MT8000A testing system and the Qualcomm 5G terminal with 5G NR modem (Snapdragon X50). The commercial offering of these “genuine” 5G connections will begin in China next year.
New interface ODI could be important for 5G testing. Six companies along with the AXIe Consortium and the VITA trade industry group have endorsed a new standard called Optical Data Interface (ODI). ODI is a high-speed interface for instrumentation and embedded systems, supporting speeds up to 80 GBytes/s. ODI is now positioned to address difficult challenges in 5G communications, mil/aero systems, and high-speed data acquisition.
Changes to core network
Core networks need to evolve. Because 5G is expected to reduce latency and increase reliability over LTE, core networks will evolve into software-defined networks (SDNs) that will treat data differently depending on use case. The radio-access networks (RANs) will be modified first to handle 5G NR, but the data packets will route to the 4G core network. Over time, a 5G network core will roll out.
Deploying 5G will require distinct indoor and outdoor strategies. 5G base stations will have to be spaced more closely, necessitating more of them, especially in densely populated areas compared to 3G or 4G. Dual-mode operation (4G/5G + WiFi) is a blessing for operators evolving their networks to 5G. Indoor reception problems are guaranteed with 5G; higher-frequency millimeter wave signals in particular will not penetrate walls.
We will need both mmWave and lower frequencies to provide what was promised. The very high frequency mmWave is needed to get enough bandwidth to fast data rates. But the higher the frequency of a wireless signal, the less well it propagates and the less able it is to penetrate obstacles. Water vapor will cause signal loss at 24 GHz. Oxygen is an impediment at 60 GHz. Verizon and Samsung recently announced a successful data transmission using 800 MHz of bandwidth at 28 GHz, resulting in a maximum throughput of almost 4 Gb/s. A lot of traditional players now talk about how active antennas will become prevalent in mmWave.
There will be need for very many small 5G base stations. Maybe not in 2019, but some years later on urban networks. The strategy has been a combination of small cells with massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas to increase coverage. Wireless network operators have been considering small cells for more than 15 years, but if small cells were the best solution for anything we’d have them already. Maybe it is necessity for mmWave based 5G networks. Previous estimates have been that the average distance between 5G base stations might be 250m to 300m. But now most equipment designers are targeting 150 meters to 200 meters apart everywhere, simply to get adequate coverage.
Wireless operators are going to have to install more 5G base stations than they did to support 4G, they’re going to have to install more 5G base stations than they originally estimated. We need lots of new 5G base stations and innovation how to install them to our environment.There will be many different approaches. Manhole cover can server as antennas. 5G base stations will be integrated to street lights, bus stops and advertisement displays.
IoT and autonomous cars
The standards for 5G will be defined in large part by the direct integration of Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT (IIoT) devices into global networks and devices. There is not yet ready 5G standards for those applications. So for 2019 IoT and IIoT will need to be pretty much stick to 4G technologies like NB-IoT and LTE-M. For 5G to shape industrial computing application in larger scale than just some small tests we will have to wait till 2020. Researchers seeking to impact 5G technologies are focused on how to properly introduce this new species of computing into the mobile networking ecosystem.
Work for Release 16 will start with mobile V2x communications. IoT is another aspect of Release 16, which should make IoT communications more efficient, reliable and lower the latency.
It is believed that 5G’s “big data pipe” will make vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) technologies even more powerful than originally planned. Having a high-data-rate pipe is essential to allowing vehicles to exchange information with each other. Future safety technologies could get bigger with the advent of 5G cellular communications. 5G offers data rates measured in Gigabits per second, whereas the dedicated short-range communication system (DSRC) originally intended for V2X is measured in Megabits per second. More bandwidth could translate into more information and greater safety. There’s also a new evaluation methodology being defined for V2X use cases including vehicle platooning, advanced driving to enable semi-autonomous or fully-autonomous driving, and remote driving.
The 5G technology is first utilized in the industrial sector, where it has promised to have many applications. Addressing the issues behind Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices is important. Qualcomm, the largest supplier of modem chips used in smartphones, has introduced the X50 modem to give IIoT devices the ability to communicate over 5G networks.
Security
Is 5G Technology a Blessing or a Curse for Security? The answer depends who you ask it. There are conflicting schools of thought about 5G security. Ericsson asserts that security has been built into 5G from the ground up. Inverse report warns that 5G’s inevitable internet of things (IoT) wave could create massive security headaches. I think the technology is new and it is inevitable that there will be many security issues until most of them get sorted out.
Trade war hits 5G
The USA vs China trade war will have some effect on the 5G development. USA has claimed that Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE can use their telecom gear to spy on users. The Chinese telecommunications company Huawei is under scrutiny around the globe over concerns that its close ties with the Chinese government present national security threats to the U.S., Europe and allied countries.
Countries like the United States, Australia and Japan have blocked Huawei from building their next-generation, super-fast 5G internet networks. Over the summer, Australia barred Huawei from providing 5G technology for wireless networks over espionage fears. In New Zeland GCSB bans Spark from using Huawei gear for its 5G mobile upgrade. In UK BT plans to remove the Chinese firm’s gear from the core of its networks. Germany’s IT watchdog has expressed scepticism about calls for a boycott of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. German security authority BSI (Das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik) had not found any evidence that Huawe’s equipment would in any way be less secure than its competitors.
The current situation has caused annoyance, even despair in Huawei’s leadership. Will there be any effect for 5G development of this? SoftBank Corp sees no tech impact from not using Huawei gear.
Applications
Social Automation with 5G: About 20 percent of smart phone users believe that 5G will make it easier to connect to different IoT devices, such as home appliances and many home appliances. I think that those believes are not to be realized by 5G in 2019, because making connections to IoT devices easier is not about 5G, but IoT systems development in general. Adding 5G to the IoT communications jungle had potential to first make configuring the devices harder (more networking options means more complicated settings on device).
Operators have claimed many different applications that 5G would make it possible. In many cases those could be made without 5G and even might have already done before 5G networks become live. Here are some examples:
Remote surgery: Ahmedabad Doctor Claims World’s First Telerobotic Heart Surgery on Patient 32 KM Away article tells that Dr Tejas Patel, an internationally renowned cardiologist, claims to have performed the world’s first cardiovascular stent surgeryoperating from a remote area. I did not seem any mention of 5G used there. I expect that this was performed using fixed network connections that are available now and are more reliable than wireless systems like 5G.
Self driving cars: They are already being tested without 5G. 5G could help here. For Self driving cars have multitude of challenges to get them run properly, and 5G will help to solve only few of them. We will need to wait for Release 16 standard to be implemented to network to see the benefits to autonomous traffic.
Artificial intelligence: We are already doing that without 5G. The current trends seems to be that the AI is made both at the edge device and in the cloud. Using this architecture 5G does not seem to do very much at the moment to help AI solutions.
Industrial applications: The short delay is said to be important in many different industries. And the 5G will be important for industrial applications. I am still waiting for real applications to appear. One question for critical industrial applications will be how reliable the 5G network will be. In the beginning there will always be issues in keeping the network reliable in changing wireless conditions and when the brand new devices have software bug in them. For industrial applications we need to find niches where benefits out-weight the potential risks that network might not be very reliable.
Be warned of “fake 5G”
5G will arrive into this world as a marketing gimmick. We will see lots of “fake 5G” marketing in 2019.
I expect we will see many first commercial 5G network press releases. Many marketers will try to frame their 5G offering to form in which they can claim it to be he “the first commercial 5G”. I expect that many of those news releases will be publishes in magazines as news that claim that 5G just started for real now.Was this really the first commercial 5g networks? Hard to say for sure and depends on criteria what is considered to be be “commercial 5G network”.
This can also mean that something that is not really still only 4G is rebranded as being 5G solution. Verge reports that AT&T customers will start to see a 5G logo appear in the corner of their smartphone next year — not because they’re using a 5G phone connected to a 5G network, but because AT&T is going to start pretending its most advanced 4G LTE tech is 5G.
Another example Forum Virium 5G test project in Helsinki Finland will use 4G LTE based NB-IOT and LTE-M technologies for IoT communications because 5G IoT standards are not ready yet and claims that those 4G solutions are 5G compatible (whatever it means). I think those are confusing and borderline deceptive moves designed to win the coming advertising wars around 5G.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
6G will achieve terabits-per-second speeds
https://www.networkworld.com/article/3305359/lan-wan/6g-will-achieve-terabits-per-second-speeds.html
Initial, upcoming 5G is going to be a disappointment, a University of Oulu researcher says. 6G, with frequencies up to terahertz, will be needed for true microsecond latency and unlimited bandwidth.
The first of the upcoming 5G network technologies won’t provide significant reliability gains over existing wireless, such as 4G LTE, according to a developer involved in 5G.
Additionally, the millisecond levels of latency that the new 5G wireless will attempt to offer—when some of it is commercially launched, possibly later this year—isn’t going to be enough of an advantage for a society that’s now completely data-driven and needs near-instant, microsecond connectivity.
“Ultra-reliability will be basically not there,” Ari Pouttu, professor for Dependable Wireless at the University of Oulu, told me during a visit to the university in Finland.
We think “6G will emerge around 2030 to satisfy the expectation not met with 5G,” Pouttu said. “It will eventually offer terabits per second,” along with microsecond latency.
The school has been a major research partner in millimeter 5G development, alongside Nokia, and is now starting work on 6Genesis, its 6G development program. 6G is also sometimes called 5G Long Term Evolution.
Problems with 5G
“Millisecond latency [found in 5G] is simply not sufficient,” Pouttu said. It’s “too slow.”
“there will be 1,000 radios per person in the next ten years.” That’s going to be because the millimeter frequencies that are being used in 5G, while being copious in bandwidth, are short in travel distance. One will need lots of radioheads and antennas—millions—all needing to be connected. And it is why one needs to think up better ways of doing it at scale—hence 6G’s efforts.
Researchers in the University of Oulu’s 6Genesis program, as well as those in the U.S.’s Center for Converged TeraHertz Communications and Sensing (ComSenTer), which I wrote about in June, say frequencies from 100GHz up to terahertz (THz) are the way to go.
Mobile Edge Computing and Multi-access Edge Computing on the way
Pouttu said we will also begin to observe more of a new form of computing called Mobile Edge or Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) to handle 5G as it transitions to 6G. That’s a network architecture where heavy processing takes place near people on server-cum-base-stations, but most of the final work, such as AI and problem modelling, happens in the mobile device or IoT device somewhere in the vicinity.
Tomi Engdahl says:
President Trump Wants US To Win 5G Through Real Competition
https://m.slashdot.org/story/352464
Tomi Engdahl says:
Trump Calls For America To Implement A Technology That Doesn’t Exist, Gets Brutally Mocked
https://www.iflscience.com/technology/trump-calls-for-america-to-implement-a-technology-that-doesnt-exist-gets-brutally-mocked/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Why China Is Winning the 5G War
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-china-winning-5g-war-43347
If America wants to lead in 5G, then it must clear the path for strong competition among leading American technology companies.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Recode:
AT&T CEO on 5G deployment, how 5G may replace broadband in 3 to 5 years, new applications it will enable, and leveraging Time Warner for its streaming services
Full Q&A: AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson on Recode Media
Stephenson talks about sports gambling, the potential of 5G, and buying Time Warner.
https://www.recode.net/podcasts/2019/2/21/18233800/att-randall-stephenson-recode-media-peter-kafka-podcast-interview-5g-sports-nba-gambling-time-warner
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/24/xiaomi-announces-its-first-5g-phone-the-mi-mix-3-5g/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Huawei’s 5G foldable costs $2,600
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/24/huaweis-5g-foldable-costs-2600/
Foldables are expense. And so are 5G phones. But foldable 5G phones? Well, um, get ready for that second mortgage.
Tomi Engdahl says:
MWC Barcelona 2019: Foldable Devices, “Real” 5G, and Microsoft’s HoloLens 2
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/mwc-barcelona-2019-foldable-devices-real-5g-and-microsofts-hololens-2
Over time, many believe that 5G will fundamentally change the way that we communicate, and how our devices communicate with each other. That’s why so many companies are investing heavily now. 5G’s data rates and ultralow latency could lead to devices and services that we still haven’t imagined, much like how 4G brought us services like Airbnb, Uber, and the gig and app economies.
In addition to the buzz around 5G, MWC Barcelona will also be brimming with announcements from smartphone makers. Huawei, LG, and Xiaomi will host press conferences at the show, as well as OPPO.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Surprise! More 5G complications
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4461589/Surprise–More-5G-complications?utm_source=Aspencore&utm_medium=EDN&utm_campaign=social
As network operators furtively roll out 5G services, the cellular communications industry is learning about 5G on the fly, finding one unexpected challenge after another. It’s more difficult than they had anticipated, and in response they’re incurring greater startup costs than they’d originally budgeted for.
One ray of sunshine: millimeter wave (mmWave) signals are more robust than many had feared.
A critical element of 5G is virtualizing the network, with the goal of making communications networks endlessly configurable to suit the various and changing needs of network users. On-demand network reconfigurability creates a need to make sure that each new configuration is delivering what was ordered. By definition, testing in advance is not possible.
Carriers are consequently calling on their T&M partners to extend their test capabilities from the lab into the network itself, to a) make sure the technology works when installed and b) new iservices perform as advertised when they’re spun up.
Some T&M companies have responded by virtualizing their test capabilities so that they can be instantiated anywhere within a network.
many of challenges with handsets that have been revealed in recent months persist.
there’s a couple possibilities that are being considered. One would be virtualizing parts of the radio. He said it might be possible to take as much as 50 percent of the processing off the base station and move it into the cloud. The potential downside is whether that will slow network traffic too much
MIMO antennas are physically big and much heavier than 4G antennas
Tomi Engdahl says:
Experts see 5G as defense to ‘Stingray’ spying
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/408858-experts-see-5g-as-defense-to-stingray-spying
Security experts and privacy advocates are hopeful the rollout of the new 5G wireless network could eliminate a glaring surveillance vulnerability that allows spying on nearby phone calls.
Lawmakers have been pressing the Trump administration to crack down on technology known as “Stingrays,” after it was revealed they were found near federal buildings in Washington D.C. earlier this year.
The devices, International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) catchers, allow for unauthorized cellphone surveillance. They are often used by law enforcement to track suspects in cases. But the devices have vexed federal officials who until recently had no way of tracking them, sparking worries about their use by foreign powers.
5G networks would be less reliant on those towers and also would require new security standards for communications. The new network would be built using smaller cells, which are about the size of refrigerators and located every few blocks.
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New flaws in 4G, 5G allow attackers to intercept calls and track phone locations | TechCrunch
http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/2019/02/25/new-flaws-in-4g-5g-allow-attackers-to-intercept-calls-and-track-phone-locations-techcrunch/
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Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Researchers find new flaws in 4G and 5G letting hackers perform a targeted denial of service attack on a phone and track its location using ~$200 in equipment
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/24/new-4g-5g-security-flaws/
A group of academics have found three new security flaws in 4G and 5G, which they say can be used to intercept phone calls and track the locations of cell phone users.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5749002-4G-5G-paper-at-NDSS-2019.html
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UK security chiefs: Huawei risk in 5G can be contained
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/17/uk-security-chiefs-huawei-risk-in-5g-can-be-contained
US has pressured its allies not to use Chinese group amid fears of cyber espionage
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5G warning: Don’t let governments ruin our plans with greed and red tape, warn networks
https://www.zdnet.com/article/5g-warning-dont-let-governments-ruin-our-plans-with-greed-and-red-tape-warn-networks/
MWC2019: 5G is coming, but governments need to do more to support the rollout of new technology.
5G smartphones and mobile networks are going to start arriving later this year but mobile network operators are warning that greedy behaviour by governments could hurt consumers in the long run.
A new approach is necessary if 5G is going to fulfil its potential, with telecommunications providers allowed to take more freedom over how they develop and rollout the technology, they argue.
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Huawei’s Mate X foldable 5G smartphone has one big design difference
https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-is-huaweis-mate-x-foldable-5g-smartphone/
MWC2019: Huawei unveils its folding phone – but there’s one big difference when compared with Samsung’s foldable device.
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Germany tells America to verpissen off over Huawei 5G cyber-Sicherheitsbedenken
Europeans can’t find any evidence of Chinese spying
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/19/germany_huawei_5g_security/
German is expected to snub US pressure to cut Huawei out of its next-generation 5G networks, rejecting claims that the Chinese manufacturer is a security risk.
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Huawei’s Mate X foldable phone is a thinner 5G rival to the Galaxy Fold
A foldable that folds without a gap
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/24/18238269/huawei-foldable-phone-mate-x-price-release-date-specs-mwc-2019
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Week in Review: IoT, Security, Auto
Google smartwatch; access control; Rivian investors.
https://semiengineering.com/week-in-review-iot-security-auto-32/
Keysight Technologies last month demonstrated its network emulation offering at CES 2019 to showcase an Industrial IoT application from NAVER LABS with Qualcomm 5G technology. The proof-of-concept demonstration connected the Snapdragon X50 5G modem from Qualcomm Technologies and Keysight’s network emulation tool to NAVER’s AMBIDEX industrial robotic arm.
Keysight Technologies, Qualcomm Demonstrate Industrial IoT Application Using 5G Technology
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190212005634/en/
Keysight’s 5G network emulation solution used to showcase low-latency wireless communication
This proof-of-concept demonstration used the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 5G modem from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, and Keysight’s 5G network emulation solution to control NAVER’s AMBIDEX industrial robotic arm. 5G networks will revolutionize IIoT to support reduced latencies, higher reliability, and a greater number of connected devices. The third-generation partnership project (3GPP) will include support for 5G NR ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) features and capabilities in its Release 16, enabling mobile operators and enterprises to address a diverse range of high-performance industrial use-cases.
“We have collectively achieved several significant industry milestones, including the successful demonstration of a 3GPP 5G NR standalone (SA) mode IP data transfer. This demonstration used Keysight’s 5G network emulation solutions and a mobile smartphone form-factor test device consisting of a 5G modem and antenna modules from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., announced in December last year.”
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China’s Telecom Dominance a Security Challenge: UK’s GCHQ
https://www.securityweek.com/chinas-telecom-dominance-security-challenge-uks-gchq
China’s global dominance in telecommunications networks could pose security threats for decades, Britain’s cybersecurity chief warned in a speech in Singapore on Monday.
As countries move to roll out ultra-fast fifth-generation — 5G — mobile networks, concerns are mounting that Beijing could use hardware provided by Chinese firms to spy on Western governments.
“The strategic challenge of China’s place in the era of globalised technology is much bigger than just one telecommunications equipment company… it’s a first order strategic challenge for us all,” the head of Britain’s GCHQ cybersecurity agency Jeremy Fleming said.
“It’s a hugely complex strategic challenge which will span the next few decades… How we deal with it will be crucial for prosperity and security way beyond 5G contracts.”
In the last year, the United States has stepped up pressure on its allies to block Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from building their 5G networks, citing security concerns.
https://www.securityweek.com/us-urging-allies-shun-huawei-wsj
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MWC Barcelona 2019: Foldable Devices, “Real” 5G, and Microsoft’s HoloLens 2
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/mwc-barcelona-2019-foldable-devices-real-5g-and-microsofts-hololens-2
The main focus of the show, though, will be 5G—without a doubt. Expect announcements from every major network operator in virtually every region. Lots of these discussions will revolve around the non-standalone (NSA) 5G New Radio (NR) deployments happening this year in the United States, South Korea, and Australia.
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Here are all the 5G phones announced at MWC
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/25/here-are-all-the-5g-phones-announced-at-mwc/
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https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/02/25/elisa-tuo-huawein-5g-reitittimet-ja-puhelimet/
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Nokia vie minitukiaseman millimetriaalloille
http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9110&via=n&datum=2019-02-20_15:40:56&mottagare=30929
Nokia esitteli tänään ensi viikon Barcelonan Mobile World COngressin edellä uuden pikotukiaseman, joka toimii millimetrialueella. Sen avulla voidaan tuoda lisää datakapasiteettia ulkotiloihin, joissa käyttäjiä on paljon.
Radio toimii 28 ja 39 gigahertsin alueella. Nämä ovat tulossa 5G-käyttöön monilla markkinoilla, vaikka esimerkiksi Suomessa keskustelu on vasta käynnistynyt.
Uutuuden lähetysteho on 4 x 250 milliwattia, millä päästään laajempaan peittoon. Nokialla on myös 2-porttinen Ethernet-toistin, jonka avulla 5G-radiopäät voidaan asentaa jopa 200 metrin päähän AirScale-keskuksesta.
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MWC: Maailmanennätys 5G-yhteydessä
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9135-mwc-maailmanennatys-5g-yhteydessa
Ruotsalainen Sivers IMA on yhdessä englantilaisen Blu Wirelessin kanssa rikkonut aiemmat datansiirtoennätykset 5G-linkissä. Barcelonan Mobile World Congressissa yhtiöt demoavat linkkiä, jossa siirtyy gigabitin verran dataa sekunnissa 700 metrin päähän 60 gigahertsin taajuudella.
16 lähetys- ja vastaanottokanavaa. Ratkaisu on uusimman WiGig-eli 802.11ad-standardin mukainen.
57 gigahertsistä aina 71 gigahertsiin
USA:n kannalta, jossa vastikään on avattua 64-71 gigahertsin alue vapaaseen käyttöön.
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Qualcomm Introduces its First Multimode 5G Modem
https://www.electronicdesign.com/embedded-revolution/qualcomm-introduces-its-first-multimode-5g-modem?NL=ED-003&Issue=ED-003_20190222_ED-003_827&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_2_b&utm_rid=CPG05000002750211&utm_campaign=23527&utm_medium=email&elq2=c63dcadc34c84cfb82dfa4118705a834
Qualcomm, the largest supplier of smartphone chips, introduced its second-generation modem for tapping into 5G networks
The announcement came on Tuesday ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The Snapdragon X55 is manufactured on the 7-nanometer node, while the first generation of the modem, the X50, is based on 10-nanometer technology. Qualcomm’s X55 modem stands out for integrating all the technology for tapping into 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G networks on the same flake of silicon. Even though customers are building the X50 modem into smartphones due out before the end of the year, the first-generation chip can only handle 5G.
Because the X50 modem is limited to 5G technology, the chip needs to be combined with the modem inside Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 processor to access 2G, 3G and 4G networks. Conversely, the multimode X55 modem consumes less power, takes up less board space and costs less to integrate into devices, according to Qualcomm. Curbing costs is critical because the first 5G smartphones could end up being pricier than 4G models.
The X55 modem can support both non-standalone and standalone 5G networks, which operate in sub-6 GHz frequency bands
The chip covers “virtually any 5G network or region in the world,” according to Qualcomm. The product also has a spectrum-sharing mode that allows 4G and 5G services to run on the same radio frequencies at the same time.
The 33-year-old company is also fighting Apple over how it licenses standard essential wireless patents and facing mounting competition from Intel, Mediatek, and some customers.
Last year, Intel said that its latest multimode 5G modem could support maximum speeds of 6 Gbps. The Silicon Valley company said the XMM8160 would be used in smartphones by the first half of 2020. Last year, Apple forced Qualcomm out of its flagship smartphones in favor of Intel
Mediatek, which typically targets lower end smartphones than Qualcomm, announced its M70 cellular modem last year with 5-Gbps download speeds. The chip should start shipping the second half of 2019, the company said. Mediatek, Intel and Qualcomm’s products are all discrete modems
Mediatek and Qualcomm can only currently build 4G modems directly into SoCs.
Qualcomm is also facing fresh competition from potential customers. Huawei’s HiSilicon unit announced its first 5G multimode modem, the Balong 5000, based on 7-nanometers last month. Samsung’s 10-nanometer Exynos 5100 cellular modem is designed for Samsung devices sold in regions other than the United States. Samsung partnered with Qualcomm last year to release a phone powered by the X50 modem targeting consumers in the U.S.
Qualcomm is offering not only the cellular modem but also the antenna and other critical 5G components as an integrated solution
The company is trying to undercut other major players in the smartphone market, such as Broadcom, Qorvo, Murata and Skyworks. They sell many of the same components as Qualcomm—just not the modem.
“The need to support multimode operation from 5G to 2G, along with an ever-increasing number of band combinations, brings unprecedented complexity,”
“Discrete modem or RF solutions are no longer sufficient.”
Part of the problem is that millimeter waves are blocked by hard surfaces, ranging from trees and concrete to windows and a person’s hand. To support more advanced 5G networks, the signals are narrowed into beams and steered around obstacles.
Qualcomm has started to untangle some of these snags. The company’s third-generation antenna module, the QTM525
The module adds the ability to access 26 GHz frequencies used in North America, Europe and other regions while keeping the QTM052′s support for 28 GHz and 39 GHz bands used in Japan and South Korea.
The company also announced an adaptive antenna tuner that operates from 600 MHz to 6 GHz. The QAT3555
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Samsung Pushes 5G, New Form Factors with its Newest Phones
https://www.designnews.com/electronics-test/samsung-pushes-5g-new-form-factors-its-newest-phones/111203499660306%20%20?ADTRK=UBM&elq_mid=7611&elq_cid=876648
With the new Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Fold Samsung is looking to lead the way in mobile 5G and also introduce new designs and form factors to smartphones.
The S10 5G, which will be available in June, will be among the first wave of 5G phones to hit the market. Major smartphone makers including Huawei, OnePlus, and LG are also expected to release their own 5G smartphones in 2019.
Like the rest of the S10 family, the S10 5G is built on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 platform, which Qualcomm debuted in late 2018. The 855′s architecture features a CPU, GPU, and DSP all working in tandem in addition to a proprietary “AI Engine.” The enhancements in processing and graphics performance offered by the 855 are a clear benefit to current smartphone applications, and are reflected in features such as the S10 5G’s 6.7-inch screen (the largest-ever featured in a Galaxy phone, according to Samsung) and 3D image capturing camera. However, the longer-term goal of the 855 is to provide the horsepower necessary to accommodate multi-gigabit wireless connectivity.
The S10 5G combines the 855 with the Snapdragon X50 5G modem, which is designed with adaptive beamforming and and beam tracking to overcome some of the challenges with capturing a 5G signal. The mmWave wavelengths that comprise 5G have much larger bandwidths than LTE, but come with the caveat that they cannot travel very far and cannot penetrate thick surfaces (like the walls of our homes and offices). The X50 5G overcomes this with built-in algorithms that determine the best paths for a signal to travel – bouncing it off of surfaces when there is no direct line-of-sight – and handing the signal off between 5G small cells. When all else fails the x50 5G is capable of seamlessly switching to a more widely available gigabit LTE signal.
The other big debut at Unpack 2019 was the Galaxy Fold, the first commercially-available phone with a flexible display. At first glance the Fold appears to be a thicker-than-average smartphone with a 4.6-inch display. But the phone actually folds open like a book, revealing itself to be more of mini-tablet, with a 7.3-inch display.
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OnePlus demos a 5G prototype at MWC
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/25/oneplus-demos-a-5g-prototype-at-mwc/
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Facebook’s mesh network tech will deliver 5G broadband in California
https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/25/facebook-terragraph-network-5g-broadband-california/
Startup Common Networks is tapping into the open-source network.
Facebook’s open-source Terragraph WiFi technology will power 5G home broadband in Alameda, California. Unveiled in 2016, the 60GHz millimeter-wave wireless tech is designed to bypass cost-prohibitive fiber-optic lines by blasting the internet through buildings along a network of short-distance cell towers. The Terragraph device itself can be attached to existing infrastructure, like a street lamp or apartment building.
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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
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Companies that seem to have “5G ready” consumer mobile phone/modems:
+ Qualcomm
+ Xiaomi
+ LG
+ Huawei
+ Lenovo
+ Samsung
It seems that Apple is going to wait for 5G modem from Intel for iPhone upgrades maybe due to patent fighting with Qualcomm,
Tomi Engdahl says:
MWC Barcelona 2019: 5G Is Putting Robots’ Heads in the Cloud
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/mwc-barcelona-2019-5g-is-putting-robots-heads-in-the-cloud
After placing an order via a smartphone nearby, a robotic arm behind a glass panel juggled cups, operated coffee makers, and gently placed drinks on trays so they could be collected by waiting humans. According to a representative of Dal.Komm, the robot’s precise movement was only possible with a 5G network provided by the KT Corporation, the Korean teleco.
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Huawei: “The US security accusation of our 5G has no evidence. Nothing.”
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/26/huawei-the-us-security-accusation-of-our-5g-has-no-evidence-nothing/
Tomi Engdahl says:
MWC Barcelona 2019: Low Latency 5G Networks Could Be a Game-Changer for AR and VR (But Not Until 2020)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/mwc-barcelona-2019-low-latency-5g-networks-could-be-a-gamechanger-for-ar-and-vr-but-not-until-2020
If you haven’t already heard, 5G is no longer on the way—it’s here, with rollouts happening around the world.
MWC Barcelona this year: What should we expect from this new generation of wireless? If you’re just waiting for better smartphone service, you might not be thinking far enough outside the box. Plenty of companies—Nokia, Qualcomm, and Deutsche Telekom, to name a few—believe augmented reality (AR) and VR will massively benefit from 5G’s high data throughput and low latency.
To return to the Hyperglobe once more, two of its key features are enabled by a wireless 5G connection in the 59 to 61 gigahertz band. The first is that a player can interact, in a virtual space, with a virtual object.
Doing this successfully requires a low latency connection so that, as the user moves around the sphere, their view updates without delay—otherwise, they might blemish the Hyperglobe’s pristine surface with vomit. While you could create a similar setup on a Wi-Fi network with a couple of today’s wireless headsets, like the HTC Vive, the players would find it difficult to navigate around and coordinate their efforts because the network would take too long to update them on what the others were doing.
Hyperglobe also lets you experience all of this with friends.
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5G, security and Huawei: Why the UK is taking a different approach
https://www.zdnet.com/article/5g-security-and-huawei-why-the-uk-is-taking-a-different-approach/
The old certainties about where technology comes from are going away. That means tough choices ahead.
Huawei: We’re watching Chinese firm closely and it’s working says UK cybersecurity chief
https://www.zdnet.com/article/huawei-were-watching-chinese-firm-closely-and-its-working-says-uk-cyber-security-chief/
5G networks create new security concerns but the UK says its monitoring regime can manage the risks.
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ST Goes 5G…on Multiple Fronts
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1334379
STMicroelectronics, not among the “usual suspects” indulging in 5G chips, is nonetheless making its move into this nascent market.
ST’s approach to 5G opportunities is cautious but methodical. First up, it’s going to advance its collaboration with Macom (Lowell, Massachusetts) on GaN-on-silicon, focusing initially on the telecom base-station market. Separately, ST is also angling to develop solutions for repeaters and small cells, which are sorely needed in 5G mmWave networks.
The newly announced agreement with Macom calls for ST to expand its 150-mm GaN-on-silicon production capacity this year at fabs in Catania, Sicily, and possibly move to 200 mm as demand picks up. GaN-on-silicon — instead of the GaN-on-SiC promoted by competitors — will be critical for OEMs to build out a new generation of high-performance 5G networks, according to Macom.
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The Time is Now to Secure for 5G
https://www.securityweek.com/time-now-secure-5g
5G wireless networks are coming, and so are the security threats. By now you’ve undoubtedly heard about, talked about and thought about what the World Economic Forum has coined the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” that will take our industry by storm, transforming business models and network infrastructures, and enabling technologies and applications that just a few years ago were solely those of science fiction films.
But as they say, with great power comes great responsibility, and it’s crucial for enterprises to establish an effective and scalable security architecture before these new networks are deployed into the mainstream so they can deploy new applications and maximize their business potential with confidence with regards to 5G.
Faster and More Connected Everything … Including Cyberattacks
5G is still new and evolving and therefore the majority of the potential security vulnerabilities have yet to be discovered. For example, recently, researchers from the Technical University in Berlin, ETH Zurich and SINTEF Digital Norway, discovered (PDF) a vulnerability with the 5G network that affects Authentication and Key Agreement (AKA), which is how a phone securely communicates with cellular networks. This vulnerability allows cybercriminals to steal information from 5G airwaves, such as calls and sent text messages.
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Huimasti lisää tehoa tutkaan ja 5G-laitteisiin
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9146-huimasti-lisaa-tehoa-tutkaan-ja-5g-laitteisiin
Embedded World – 10 kertaa tehokkaampia tutkia ja LiDareita autonomisiin ajoneuvoihin ja jopa 30 kertaa tehokkaampaa signaalikäsittelyä 5G-laitteisiin. Sitä lupaa Cadence Design Systems uudella ConnX-sarjan DSP-prosessorillaan. Lisensoitava B20-prosessori esiteltiin Nürnbergin Embedded World -messuilla.
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Huawei Says US Has ‘No Evidence’ of 5G Spying Allegations
https://www.securityweek.com/huawei-says-us-has-no-evidence-5g-spying-allegations
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China’s Telecom Dominance a Security Challenge: UK’s GCHQ
https://www.securityweek.com/chinas-telecom-dominance-security-challenge-uks-gchq
China’s global dominance in telecommunications networks could pose security threats for decades, Britain’s cybersecurity chief warned in a speech in Singapore on Monday.
As countries move to roll out ultra-fast fifth-generation — 5G — mobile networks, concerns are mounting that Beijing could use hardware provided by Chinese firms to spy on Western governments.
“It’s a hugely complex strategic challenge which will span the next few decades… How we deal with it will be crucial for prosperity and security way beyond 5G contracts.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
Nokia tekee paluun kuluttajamarkkinoille: Esitteli laitteen, joka tuo 5g:n kotiin
https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/nokia-tekee-paluun-kuluttajamarkkinoille-esitteli-laitteen-joka-tuo-5gn-kotiin/534749c7-c5bf-47a7-ad9e-a5360e940645?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_campaign=FB_KL_02
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OnePlus, EE and Qualcomm start a contest for 5G apps
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/26/oneplus-ee-and-qualcomm-puts-a-call-out-for-5g-apps/
Today at MWC Barcelona, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau unveiled an initiative to spur apps for 5G networks. The timing is right, too. With 5G launching around the world this year, carriers, phone makers and consumers alike have yet to develop a killer app for the massive increase of speed provided by 5G. Basically, OnePlus is asking for help developing uses for 5G
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5G is here as Galaxy S10, Mate X and other phones debut. But it’ll cost you
https://www.cnet.com/news/5g-from-samsung-huawei-xiaomi-is-here-but-it-will-cost-you/
Huawei and Xiaomi have set prices at opposite extremes, while Samsung’s being cagey. Now let’s see which way the needle really
Huawei said its Mate X will cost a jaw-dropping 2,300 euros ($2,600) when it goes on sale in the middle of the year. That’s pricier than feared, even though it’s one of the world’s first foldable phones. By contrast, Xiaomi said its Mi Mix 3 5G will retail for 599 euros ($679) when it hits the market in May, much lower than what seemed possible for the first 5G phones.
The devices may end up being on extreme ends of the pricing scale, but there’s really no way to know right now. While nearly every major Android handset maker has unveiled plans to release a 5G phone, Huawei and Xiaomi are the only companies that have actually detailed how much they’re going to cost.
But we do know this much: 5G won’t be cheap.
The shift to 5G gives carriers and phone makers the chance to charge more for those top speeds at a time they’re not selling as many devices.
The trick is to figure out how much more to charge without scaring consumers off.
“I do believe it should be priced at a small premium to 4G,”
The first 5G wave
5G promises to significantly boost the speed, coverage and responsiveness of wireless networks. It can run between 10 and 100 times faster than your typical cellular connection today, and even quicker than anything you can get with a physical fiber-optic cable going into your house.
MWC this week in Barcelona marked the debut of the first crop of 5G smartphones. The faster network — OK, foldables too — was all anyone talked about at the mobile trade show. Except for Apple, every major handset maker plans to launch a 5G phone early this year.
“It’s more what 5G can bring to you than whether it’s more expensive or not,” Buniac said in an interview on Monday.
Ultimately, more of the 5G phone price increase could come from what other features are added. There are higher costs overall for the 5G devices, from the chipset to the antennas, batteries and other components.
“Initially, the price of 5G phones will be higher than 4G phones, that’s for sure,”
Soaring service plans?
Along with not knowing device prices, we also still don’t know what most mobile 5G plans will cost — or, in many cases, when service will actually be turned on.
Dan Hays, a consultant for PWC, said he sees the potential for an 8 percent to 10 percent premium on 5G service, similar to early 4G deployments. But he doesn’t think carriers will be able to get away with higher increases because the initial deployments are so small.
Operators will first launch 5G in just a handful of cities
If you can only use it 10 percent of the time, would I pay for it?
Dan Hays, a consultant for PW
Bye-bye, throttling?
While 5G service plans are likely to be more expensive, there could be benefits. Data plan sizes are likely to be higher and carriers could encourage more data sharing across devices instead of charging for each device we have, Creative Strategies analyst Carolina Milanesi said.
“It’s fair to say that data plans of the future will be different,”
And 5G also could mean the end of throttling, the practice of slowing down our network speeds when we’ve hit our data caps.
“5G allows us to look at it different because we have more capacity,” Sprint Chief Technology Officer John Saw said Monday.
Still, in the early days, there’s no doubt we’ll be paying more.
Tomi Engdahl says:
5g mullistaa maailman: “yhtä tärkeä kuin sähkön keksiminen” – mutta kenen taskusta ne miljardit maksetaan?
https://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/5g-mullistaa-maailman-yhta-tarkea-kuin-sahkon-keksiminen-mutta-kenen-taskusta-ne-miljardit-maksetaan-6759773?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=TV_NA_03&utm_content=Ad+-+Post%3A+%2FTivi%2Fposts%2F10156083895227267
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MWC Barcelona 2019: On the Road to Self-Driving Cars, 5G Will Make Us Better Drivers
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/mwc-barcelona-2019-on-the-road-to-selfdriving-cars-5g-will-make-us-better-drivers
Tomi Engdahl says:
The best of MWC 2019
5G, foldables and lots of security talks
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/01/the-best-of-mwc-2019/
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5G fear-mongering?
Dr. Martin Pall To The NIH: “The 5G Rollout Is Absolutely Insane.”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kBsUWbUB6PE
During the “Health in Buildings Roundtable” sponsored by the NIH & co-organized by the US CDC and several other organizations, Dr. Martin Pall from the Washington State University (WSU) concluded that the “5G rollout is absolutely insane”.
In this short presentation, Dr. Pall confirms that the current 2G/3G/4G radiation the population is exposed to has been scientifically linked with
5G Dangers
“The 5G Rollout is Absolutely Insane” Dr Martin Pall
https://es-ireland.com/5g-5th-generation-greater-dangers/
“Along with the 5G there is another thing coming – Internet of Things. If you look at it combined the radiation level is going to increase tremendously and yet the industry is very excited about it…. they project 5G/IoT business to be a $7 trillion business.”
-Prof. Girish Kumar, Professor at Electrical Engineering Department at IIT Bombay
Tomi Engdahl says:
MWC Barcelona 2019: The Biggest Changes That 5G Will Bring to the IoT Will Be Invisible
https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/mwc-barcelona-2019-the-iot-will-use-5g-to-make-life-more-efficient-in-ways-we-wont-even-notice
Today, ambulances aren’t connected directly to the Internet. But, if you slap some antennas on one, you can turn it into a node in a 5G network and make any ambulance part of the Internet of Things (IoT). Specifically, it would become one “thing” in the emerging, 5G-enabled IoT.
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G phones are here but there’s no rush to upgrade
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/02/5g-phones-are-here-but-theres-no-rush-to-upgrade/
Tomi Engdahl says:
PCTEL unveils enhanced 5G test tools plus CBRS antennas
https://www.cablinginstall.com/articles/pt/2019/02/pctel-unveils-enhanced-5g-test-tools-plus-cbrs-antennas.html?cmpid=&utm_source=enl&utm_medium=cim&utm_campaign=cim_data_center_newsletter&utm_content=2019-03-04&eid=289644432&bid=2382195
Tomi Engdahl says:
Cisco drives cloud native 5G network; Legrand acquires UEC; 5G FO cabling req’s shift – Last week’s top stories
https://www.cablinginstall.com/articles/2019/03/cisco-legrand-5g.html
Cisco Breaks the Record Books: Powering Rakuten’s First-of-its-Kind Cloud Native Mobile Network
https://markets.financialcontent.com/pennwell.cabling/news/read/37805426/cisco_breaks_the_record_books
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Mobile World Congress — Cisco today announced details of its innovation blueprint with Rakuten Mobile Network, Inc. to build the world’s first end-to-end fully virtualized, cloud native mobile network, ready for 5G.
The foundation of the new Rakuten Mobile Network architecture and telco-cloud will extensively use Cisco software and services, and routing and switching hardware.
Key contributions feature the following:
Fully virtualized network with a common and distributed telco-cloud with NFVI
Multi-access edge computing
5G-ready system architecture
5G enabled IPv6 transport/mobile backhaul
SDN-enabled centralized and regional data center fabrics for 5G
End-to-end infrastructure and service automation