Here are some 5G trends for year 2020:
It looked like 5G and wireless dominated the airways in 2019. It seems that year 2020 will be a real test for 5G if it will really take on or fails to full-fill the big expectations. It seems that 5G networks are available at some place here and there from many operators, but 5G end user devices are not yet widely available or desired. New year will bring more 5G base stations.
5G: How Much is Real vs. Marketing? Is 5G ready for prime time? Breaking down the marketing hype versus what’s really going on in the industry. Marketing claims 5G is pervasive. The question is when: 2020 or is it 2025?
First, let’s define 5G also known as 5G New Radio, or 5G NR:
There is sub-6-GHz 5G for the cellphone protocol that requires LTE: 5G NSA.
There is sub-6-GHz standalone 5G: 5G SA.
There is 20- to 60-GHz 5G: 5G mmWave.
It seems that 2020 will be the real test for 5G devices as the 5G device mass market has not yet really started. Samsung says it shipped 6.7M+ Galaxy 5G phones globally in 2019, accounting for 53.9% of the 5G phone market (Galaxy S10 5G and the Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G). 2020 is expected to be an interesting year for 5G growth across the smartphone market. Increased 5G rollouts by carriers means that customers will presumably be more interested in actually buying 5G devices. One June 2019 forecast made by Canalys has global 5G smartphone shipments crossing 4G smartphone shipments in 2023.
5G will be integrated to some PCs. Dell debuts a new Latitude 9510 laptop with built-in 5G, to launch March 26.
Ericsson says they are now 5G networks leader according to Ericsson ylitti odotukset kirkkaasti: ”Olemme 5g-johtaja” article. Nokia has cut its outlook for this year and next because of the need to step up its investments in 5G but ‘We don’t have a 5G problem,’ says Nokia’s head of software.
5G will be a good growing market for test device manufacturers as engineers will once again need to sharpen their skill sets and adopt new design and testing techniques. A lot of 5G Component Characterization and Test will be needed.Delivering 5G Devices to Market Will Bank on OTA Testing.
Network side needs also testing equipment. One approach being adopted to gain ground in the race to 5G involves the rapid prototyping and testing of network architectures. There is need for programmable RF devices. Industry seems to want their own private networks.
5G components are available from many sources already. The typical RF component suppliers are all providing 5G solutions: Avago/Broadcom, Huawei, MediaTek, Murata/pSemi (previously known as Peregrine), Qualcomm, Qorvo, Samsung, and Skyworks.
Challenges: Even the sub-6-GHz versions have technical issues in that the 5G target “air time” latency is 1 to 4 ms. Typical RF component manufacturers appear to be providing components that focus only on the sub-6-GHz frequency bands. The geopolitical situation relative to 5G also adds confusion to the 5G timeline.
There are many technical issues must be considered in the utilization of mmWave: mmWave frequencies travel relatively small distances. the mmWave transmitters consume a considerable amount of transmit power, providing additional challenges for battery-operated devices.
5G in automotive: The automobile industry is experiencing exponential growth of self-driving features, and this trend is expected to continue. 5G network connections are expected to have a major influence on the development of self-driving cars making them faster, smarter, and safer. Where is car technology going in 2020?
As 5G work has started for many installers and marketers, the the researchers are already thinking about the nest step Beyond 5G chips. They are already planning technologies that could enable high-speed wireless devices beyond the 5G standard.
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Monica Alleven / FierceWireless:
FCC says Verizon, Dish, Charter, and Comcast were the 4 highest bidders in a ~$4.6B 3.5GHz band auction; Dish secured the most 3.5GHz licenses with nearly 5,500 — As widely expected, Verizon showed up at the auction of 3.5 GHz Priority Access Licenses (PALs) in a big way …
Verizon, Dish & cable top list of CBRS auction winners
https://www.fiercewireless.com/operators/verizon-dish-cable-top-list-cbrs-auction-winners
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Qualcommilta viritetty 5G-moduuli kannettaviin ja sulautettuihin
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/03/qualcommilta-5g-moduuli-kannettaviin-ja-sulautettuihin/
Kännyköiden lisäski 5G yleistyy tulevaisuudessa tablettien ja kannettavien lisäksi mediatyyppisiiin sulautettuihin laite- ja IoT-ratkaisuihin. Nyt Qualcomm esittelee Berliinin osin digitaalisessa IFA-tapahtumassa kakkosversion erotyisesti kannettavien Snapdragon 8cx 5G-piirialustastaan.
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Qualcommin uusin voi olla Intelin pahin painajainen
https://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11104&via=n&datum=2020-09-03_15:26:30&mottagare=31202
Qualcomm julkisti tänään Berliinin virtuaalisilla IFA-messuilla uuden Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 -alustan, joka on yhtiön toistaiseksi kehittynein ja tehokkain laitealusta. Se tuo 5G-yhteydet ja usean päivän akunkeston Windows-koneisiin.
Piirisarja on kehitetty 8cx 5G -alustasta, jonka ympärille maailman ensimmäinen 5G-tietokone rakennettiin. Qualcommin mukaan uusi alusta on sekä suorituskyvyltään että akkukestoltaan jopa 50 prosenttia kilpailijoitaan parempi.
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Mark Sullivan / Fast Company:
Source: only the iPhone 12 Pro Max will support speedy millimeter-wave 5G, and the feature will be limited to the US, South Korea, and Japan — Just one of the new iPhones Apple is set to announce will support the faster millimeter-wave flavor of 5G wireless service, a wireless industry source tells Fast Company.
Source: Only one of Apple’s new iPhones supports the fastest 5G
All the 2020 iPhones will sport 5G, but only the top-of-the-line model has room for the antenna and battery needed for speedy millimeter-wave 5G.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90546391/source-only-one-of-apples-new-iphones-supports-the-fastest-5g
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If Sub-6 5G is a Camry, millimeter-wave 5G is a Mercedes S-Class.
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Intel, ADI Offer Platform for Open 5G Radio Units
https://www.eetimes.com/intel-adi-offer-platform-for-open-5g-radio-units/
The 5G standards body, 3GPP, is working to enable the virtualization and disaggregation of the radio access network (RAN). Analog Devices (ADI) and Intel said they are collaborating on a scalable platform to enable this new software-centric architecture.
The new radio platform combines ADI’s software-defined radio frequency (RF) transceiver technology with the high performance and low power of Intel’s Arria 10 field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), offering developers a new set of design tools to optimize the designs of open-system 5G remote radio units (O-RU). In the proposed configuration, open RUs would connect to the network through open distributed units, or O-DUs.
Telecom operators are looking to reduce development time and cost-effectively implement new solutions to increase the performance and reliability of 5G networks. They have already started doing this by implementing open systems in their network cores and virtualizing functions, and now they want to do the same with their RANs. This is where the new radio platform designed by Intel and ADI comes in; it is supposed to reduce overall design cost and accelerate customer time-to-market without sacrificing system-level performance.
“ADI and Intel are developing an O-RU reference design to enable commercialization of hardware and software. Systems integrators and operators can port their code onto open processors and perform integration testing between the O-DU (which hosts the upper phy and Layer 2) and the O-RU (which contains the lower phy and RF subsystem),” said Joe Barry, ADI’s vice president of wireless communications.
ONF Sets Out to Build 5G Open RAN Controller
https://www.eetimes.com/onf-sets-out-to-build-5g-open-ran-controller/
The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) announced the formation of the SD-RAN project (Software Defined Radio Access Network) to help create open source software platforms and multi-vendor solutions for mobile 4G and 5G RAN deployments. The first O-RAN project the ONF is going to take on is building an open source controller for open RAN networks, aka a RAN intelligent controller, or RIC. Functionally, this controller will mediate between open RAN hardware and application software modules that have been dubbed “xApps.”
Network operators have been adopting open systems for some time. It started with software-defined networking (SDN), which brought the open-systems approach to the network core. That trend that was furthered by network function virtualization (NFV).
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Telefonica/o2 Germany will deploy its 5G network core infrastructure on AWS cloud instances. This totally isnt going to go wrong on so many levels. (article in German)
https://www.golem.de/news/trotz-cloud-act-telefonica-o2-vertraut-sein-5g-kernnetz-amazon-an-2009-150632.html
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https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/04/parempaa-liikenneturvallisuutta-5g-verkon-kautta/
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This unified, pre- and post-silicon #verification strategy for #5G designs is based on #HardwareEmulation Mentor Graphics
https://www.edn.com/design-and-verify-5g-systems-part-2/?utm_content=buffera3ad8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=edn_facebook&utm_campaign=buffer
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Suomi ennakoi 5g:n tuomia riskejä – Supo mukana arvioimassa laitteita
https://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/suomi-ennakoi-5gn-tuomia-riskeja-supo-mukana-arvioimassa-laitteita/15541875-2408-4a72-9f79-7e8f1922ef38
Tuleva lakimuutos mahdollistaa verkoista kansallisesti vaaralliseksi
arvioitavien verkkolaitteiden poistamisen. “Tämä on osittain
liitoksissa 5g-turvallisuuteen, mutta laissa ei ole tarkoituksena
millään tavalla jonkin verkkolaitevalmistajan säänteleminen tai
markkinoilta poistaminen. Laki lähtee aivan neutraalista
näkökulmasta”, johtaja Jukka-Pekka Juutinen Traficomista kertoo.
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FCC 3.5GHz Auction Opens New Routes to 5G
https://www.eetimes.com/fcc-3-5ghz-auction-opens-new-routes-to-5g/
Verizon was by far the biggest spender in the FCC’s latest auction of spectrum, which focused on the highly-coveted 3.5GHz “mid-band” part of the airwaves. The total raised in Auction 105 was $4.59 billion; Verizon accounted for $1.9 billion of the total.
There were some surprising outcomes, not least that three of the top five spenders were cable companies eager to enter the mainstream mobile communications sector. They were Charter, Comcast and Cox Communications.
In second place, and less surprisingly, came Dish Networks, the ambitious group that has been busy building out its promised nationwide mobile network intended to cover 70 percent of the population by 2023, and which would offer at least 35 Mbps.
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Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
Samsung Electronics says it has won a $6.6B order to provide 5G wireless solutions to Verizon in the US — – It’s one of Samsung’s largest so far in 5G networking — Samsung is pushing hard to compete with Nokia and Ericsson — Samsung Electronics Co. won a 7.9 trillion won …
Samsung Wins $6.6 Billion 5G Verizon Deal While Huawei Struggles
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-07/samsung-wins-6-6-billion-5g-verizon-deal-while-huawei-struggles
Samsung Electronics Co. won a 7.9 trillion won ($6.6 billion) order to provide fifth-generation wireless solutions to Verizon Communications Inc. in the U.S., a big win for the electronics giant’s networking gear business.
The contract was finalized Friday and is valid from June 30 through December 2025, it said in a regulatory filing.
The deal marks one of Samsung’s biggest 5G contracts since Korea’s largest corporation decided years ago to invest in networking and compete with global players like Nokia Oyj and Ericsson in providing telecom equipment. It should lift Samsung’s market share in the wireless industry at a time leader Huawei Technologies Co. is grappling with U.S. sanctions and Washington’s effort to get allies around the world to shut out the Chinese company.
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FCC estimates it’ll cost $1.8B to remove Huawei, ZTE equipment from US
networks
https://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-estimates-itll-cost-1-8b-to-remove-huawei-zte-equipment-from-us-networks/
The two Chinese tech giants have been designated national security
threats.
Samsung scores $6.6bn for 5G at Verizon
https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/07/samsung_wins_verizon_5g/
Samsung Electronics has won a $6.6bn contract to supply 5G
infrastructure to Verizon in the US, beating out more established and
traditional telco suppliers Nokia and Ericsson.
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https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/08/helsinki-kokeilee-5g-verkossa-drone-koptereita/
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https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/08/dna-rakentaa-vauhdilla-5g-verkkoaan/
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https://semiengineering.com/week-in-review-auto-security-pervasive-computing-31/
5G
With 5G roll out starting in 2019, the antenna vendor market is getting more competitive, says ABI Research. Huawei remains the market leader in the base station antenna market, followed by CommScope, Kathrein Mobile Communication, Rosenberger, and ACE Technologies. South Korea has more than 90,000 5G base stations deployed, China has more than 130,000 5G base stations.
Marvell joined the Open RAN Policy Coalition, a group of telecom operators, equipment providers, and policymakers promoting open and interoperable protocols and components (radios, hardware and software) for the radio access network (RAN). Often a single vendor is used regionally in setting up RANs because components don’t play well together. As the core network operations start heading closer to the edge, the RAN —which is the part of the mobile network located at the cell tower — should have open and interoperable wireless technologies, says the coalition because the networks can be more modular in design without depending on a single vendor. Marvell designs chips for RAN hardware.
MediaTek announced its 5G smartphone chip, the Dimensity 1000C, which debuted first in the United States in the LG Velvet phone on T-Mobile’s 5G network. The chip has four Arm-Cortex-A77 CPU cores and four Arm Cortex-A55 cores. The chip was designed for the U.S. market, according to MediaTek’s press release, with a AV1 for video streaming, lower-power voice wakeup functions, and an AI face detection hardware engine.
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AT&T’s Current 5G Is Slower Than 4G In Nearly Every City Tested By PCMag
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/20/09/08/1934223/atts-current-5g-is-slower-than-4g-in-nearly-every-city-tested-by-pcmag?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot%2Fto+%28%28Title%29Slashdot+%28rdf%29%29
AT&T smartphone users who see their network indicators switch from “4G” to “5G” shouldn’t necessarily expect that they’re about to get faster speeds. In PCMag’s annual mobile-network testing, released today, 5G phones connected to AT&T got slower speeds than 4G phones in 21 out of 22 cities. PCMag concluded that “AT&T 5G right now appears to be essentially worthless,” though AT&T’s average download speed of 103.1Mbps was nearly as good as Verizon’s thanks to a strong 4G performance. Of course, AT&T 5G should be faster than 4G in the long run — this isn’t another case of AT&T misleadingly labeling its 4G network as a type of 5G. Instead, the disappointing result on PCMag’s test has to do with how today’s 5G phones work and with how AT&T allocates spectrum.
https://www.pcmag.com/fastest-mobile-networks/2020
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America’s 5G efforts get shot in the arm with mid-band spectrum free-up
FCC rushes auction process through following Defense Department’s agreement
https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/09/america_5g_pai/
The deployment of next-gen 5G mobile network in the US has just got a shot in the arm, with the FCC announcement that at the end of the month it will approve use of a big chunk of mid-band spectrum solely for 5G.
In an announcement, and blog post, on Tuesday, FCC chair Ajit Pai highlighted “decisive steps toward making the 3.45-3.55 GHz band available for commercial use throughout the contiguous United States.” The independent regulator will vote on an initial plan at its meeting on September 30.
The decision was not really the FCC’s to make: the spectrum in question is currently used exclusively by the US military and there have been frequent tussles between the current users of spectrum bands and efforts to wrangle them away to sell them onto commercial mobile operators.
However, last month, the White House and Department of Defense announced that they had found 100MHz “of contiguous mid-band spectrum, in the 3450-3550 MHz band [that] will be available for 5G by the end of the summer.”
It was a rare example of the Trump Administration using pressure tactics in a constructive, rather than destructive way
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A Visionary Roadmap for Advanced Driving Use Cases, Connectivity Technologies, and Radio Spectrum Needs
https://5gaa.org/news/the-new-c-v2x-roadmap-for-automotive-connectivity/
With this white paper, the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) presents the results of its studies relating to the evolution of automotive connectivity for the purposes of enhanced road safety, improved traffic efficiency, greener environmental impact, and more comfortable driving.
5GAA has identified the most promising advanced driving use cases such as Cooperative Manoeuvres and Sensor Sharing, in conjunction with the adoption of Cellular Vehicle-To-Everything (C-V2X) standards as well as availability of required technologies and devices, i.e. on-board units (OBUs), road-side units (RSUs), and smartphones, integrating the latest chipsets and modules. The market trajectory of the identified use cases is described along with the expected timeline for their mass market deployment.
The white paper finally highlights the spectrum needs for basic and advanced driving use cases. For direct communication, this corresponds to between 10 and 20 MHz at 5.9 GHz for basic safety, and an additional 40 MHz or more at 5.9 GHz for advanced driving.
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5G New Radio Design with MATLAB
https://se.mathworks.com/campaigns/offers/5g-technology-ebook.html?s_eid=PSB_6203320488205&elqCampaignId=10588
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AT&T’s current 5G is slower than 4G in nearly every city tested by PCMag
AT&T phones often get just 5MHz of 5G spectrum, slowing them down in speed tests.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/09/atts-current-5g-is-slower-than-4g-in-nearly-every-city-tested-by-pcmag/
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https://www.talouselama.fi/uutiset/pystyyko-400-eurolla-saamaan-hyvan-5g-puhelimen-ja-mita-edullisista-puhelimista-puuttuu/4476f40e-7d3c-4454-88d0-98166648bee6
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Ericsson warned the communications network industry again that Open RAN, an open version of radio access network, has serious security flaws. The company is a supplier of RAN equipment and has warned about Open RAN in the past, according to TelecomTV.
Making sure that Open RAN doesn’t open the door for new risks in 5G
https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2020/9/open-ran-security-5g
5G has the promise to be *the* foundational platform for the global digital economy by providing secure connectivity for everything and everyone. As the industry evolves towards RAN virtualization, with virtual RAN or Open RAN (O-RAN), it is important that a risk-based approach is taken to adequately address security.
Ericsson crashes Open RAN party with security scare
https://www.telecomtv.com/content/open-networking/ericsson-crashes-open-ran-party-with-security-scare-39634/
Swedish vendor points network security finger at Open RAN
Outlines multiple ways in which an Open RAN build could be hacked
Security just one of the challenges Open RAN deployments will raise
Ericsson is no fan of the alternative radio access architecture…
Just as the Open RAN party was getting into full swing, Ericsson has arrived in sober mood, turned down the music, switched on the lights and given everyone a lecture about potential security concerns.
The Swedish vendor, which has long expressed reservations about the role that Open RAN technology could or should play in commercial network rollouts, has published a blog, titled Making sure that Open RAN doesn’t open the door for new risks in 5G, that lays out the various ways in which an Open RAN architecture, with its additional interfaces and new functions such as the near-real-time RAN intelligent controller (RIC), could lead to security challenges: “The introduction of new and additional touch points in O-RAN architecture, along with the decoupling of hardware and software, has the potential to expand the threat and attack surface of the network in numerous ways,” writes Jason Boswell, Head of Security, Network Product Solutions, at Ericsson.
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https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2020/9/open-ran-security-5g
Expanded threat surface
The introduction of new and additional touch points in O-RAN architecture, along with the decoupling of hardware and software, has the potential to expand the threat and attack surface of the network in numerous ways, including:
New interfaces increase threat surface – for example, open fronthaul, A1, E2, etc.
Near-Real-Time (RT) RIC and 3PP xApps introduces new threats that could be exploited
Decoupling of hardware increases threat to Trust Chain
Management interfaces may not be secured to industry best practices
(not exclusive to O-RAN): adherence to Open Source best practices
These and other areas are explored in greater depth in Ericsson’s report, Security considerations of Open RAN. Many of these items are being studied in several O-RAN Alliance working groups, including the Security Task Group, a consensus-based standards group that will ensure that O-RAN implementations meet the levels of security expected by the industry. Ericsson is committed to providing leadership and guidance in the O-RAN Alliance on these emerging areas of study. In the meantime, let’s take an in-depth look at just one of these new areas of risk:
Weakened Links in the Trust Chain
Virtualization and the use of cloud platforms give the possibility to utilize hardware resources better between different applications, but it will also introduce security risks as isolation between applications are only “logical” in software without physical isolation across hardware resources. Recently discovered vulnerabilities like Meltdown and Spectre reveal that there can be increased security risks when sharing hardware resources.
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Samsung won a $6.6 billion contract to supply 5G equipment to U.S. telecom Verizon.
Huawei and China Unicom verified a 5G indoor distributed Massive MIMO, according to a press release. The system will improve indoor 5G network access and is intended for use in larger indoor venues, such as stadiums and transit hubs.
https://www.huawei.com/us/news/2020/9/chinaunicom-distributed-massive-mimo-verified
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Design and verify 5G systems, part 2
https://www.edn.com/design-and-verify-5g-systems-part-2/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=link&utm_medium=EDNFunFriday-20200911
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Markkinoilla on jo 138 5G-puhelinta
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11146-markkinoilla-on-jo-138-5g-puhelinta
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Google Pixel 5, Pixel 4a with 5G support coming on Sept. 30
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/09/14/google-pixel-5-pixel-4a-with-5g-support-coming-on-sept-30
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Ericsson Warns that Open RAN Compromises Security
https://www.eetimes.com/ericsson-warns-that-open-ran-compromises-security/
Just as the open RAN concept is gaining traction -– with more and more operators around the world rolling out limited networks and others finalizing trials; an exciting roll-call of component and systems suppliers joining the party; and market analysts poring over the numbers and coming up with ambitious and perhaps overly enthusiastic projections — along comes Ericsson to dampen the mood.
The Swedish group has issued the wireless infrastructure sector a stern warning that the underlying technology could be inherently insecure.
Perhaps we should not be completely surprised. Ericsson is not far behind arch-rival Huawei with its reservations about the whole concept of “openness” for next generation mobile networks, and clearly has serious concerns about the wave of support for its alternative to the established set-up for the radio access network (RAN).
Open RAN (O-RAN) is a way to separate the various elements of a network so that operators will be able to mix and match products from different vendors in the same set-up. Its proponents argue it could be significantly more cost effective than the current set up where giant groups such as Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia typically sell highly integrated and often proprietary hardware and software in a package.
“The introduction of new and additional touch points in O-RAN architecture, along with the decoupling of hardware and software, has the potential to expand the threat and attack surface of the network in numerous ways,” warns Boswell.
Some of the dangers he refers to include:
New interfaces increasing the threat surface, for instance open front-haul;
Near-real time RAN intelligent controller (RIC) and 3PP xApps introducing new threats that could be exploited;
Decoupling of hardware increasing the threat to the trust chain;
Management interfaces not being secured to industry best practices;
…and one not exclusive to O RAN…
Adherence to open source best practices.
Boswell concludes that as with any nascent technology, “security cannot be an afterthought and should be built upon a security-by-design approach.”
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The LTC5597, from Analog Devices, is a high accuracy RMS power detector that provides a very wide RF input bandwidth, from 100MHz up to 70GHz. This makes the device suitable for a wide range of RF and microwave applications, such as point-to-point microwave links, instrumentation and power control applications.
https://www.arrow.com/en/products/dc2932a/analog-devices?utm_source=programmatic&utm_medium=display&utm_term=adi_npi_rmktg_dc2932a_pdp&utm_content=rmktg-ngz-image-allsizes&utm_campaign=supplier_adi_npi_q320_global&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9fKs1P_q6wIVDKyyCh1zvAwJEAEYASAAEgIagfD_BwE
Key Features and Benefits
• RMS detection up to 70GHz: Waveform insensitive measurement; no other device in market operating up to 70GHz
• -37dBm sensitivity; ability to measure signals down to -37dBm, About 10dB better than any Schottky device; can save an (expensive) amplifier in the signal path
• +/-2dB flat frequency response up to 60GHz, Enables accurate measurement of very broadband signals, minimizes need for calibration (single frequency may be sufficient)
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French President Emmanuel Macron Compares 5G Opponents To Amish
https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/20/09/15/2344200/french-president-emmanuel-macron-compares-5g-opponents-to-amish?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot%2Fto+%28%28Title%29Slashdot+%28rdf%29%29
“France is the country of the Enlightenment, it is the country of innovation [...] We are going to debunk all false ideas. Yes, France is going to take the 5G turning point because it is the turning point of innovation,” Macron insisted in front of a hundred French Tech entrepreneurs gathered at the Elysee. “I hear a lot of voices saying that the complexity of contemporary problems should be addressed by returning to the oil lamp! I don’t think that the Amish model can solve the challenges of contemporary ecology,” the head of state said.
One, Amish are peaceful and don’t try to burn down car dealerships. Two, Amish don’t spread rumours that cars are the devil’s work, they are quite Ok with everyone else driving cars. Three, anyone should be free not to use a mobile phone if they don’t want to.
Macron slams anti-5G proponents as ‘Amish’, causing uproar in France
https://www.euractiv.com/section/5g/news/macron-slams-anti-5g-proponents-as-amish-causing-uproar-in-france/
French President Emmanuel Macron defended 5G technology in his speech to a French startup gathering on Monday (14 September), providing a clear answer to a moratorium on the rollout of the super-fast broadband network wanted by leftist and green parties.
“France is the country of the Enlightenment, it is the country of innovation […] We are going to debunk all false ideas. Yes, France is going to take the 5G turning point because it is the turning point of innovation”, Macron insisted in front of a hundred French Tech entrepreneurs gathered at the Élysée.
“I hear a lot of voices saying that the complexity of contemporary problems should be addressed by returning to the oil lamp! I don’t think that the Amish model can solve the challenges of contemporary ecology,” the head of state said.
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Huawei kiihdytti 5G:n sisätiloissa lähes 5 gigabittiin
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11157-huawei-kiihdytti-5g-n-sisatiloissa-lahes-5-gigabittiin
Huawei ja China Unicom ovat demonneet ensimmäistä kertaa ns. jaettua Massive MIMO -tekniikkaa 5G-sisätilayhteyksissä. Testi osoitti, että tekniikka tarjoaa jopa 4,7 gigabitin datanopeuden käyttäjille, kun käytössä on 100 megahertsin kaista.
Sisätiloissa hajautettu massiivinen MIMO tuo huippunopeat yhteydet samanaikaisesti yksittäisille käyttäjille.
Testissä päätelaitteisiin saatiin dataa jopa 4,7 gigabitin nopeudella. Yhteydet oli toteutettu C-kaistalla eli 3,4-4,2 gigahertsin alueella.
Massiivinen, jaettu MIMO on tarkoitettu ennen kaikkea kampuksien, kauppakeskuksien ja stadionien nopeiden 5G-yhteyksien toteutukseen. Perinteiset solutoteutukset menisivät nopeasti ”tukkoon” käyttäjämäärän kasvaessa.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11155-ericsson-varoittaa-avoimien-verkkojen-riskeista
Making sure that Open RAN doesn’t open the door for new risks in 5G
https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2020/9/open-ran-security-5g
5G has the promise to be *the* foundational platform for the global digital economy by providing secure connectivity for everything and everyone. As the industry evolves towards RAN virtualization, with virtual RAN or Open RAN (O-RAN), it is important that a risk-based approach is taken to adequately address security.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Uusinta 5G-tekniikkaa etäohjattaviin traktoreihinsa
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/17/uusinta-5g-tekniikkaa-etaohjattaviin-traktoreihinsa/
Valtran 5G-verkossa etäohjattava traktori pystyy nyt suorittamaan entistä vaativampia tehtäviä. Elisan kanssa 5G-etäohjausratkaisua traktoreihin on jatkokehitetty. Nyt traktoreja voidaan käyttää ilman ohjauskopissa istuvaa kuljettajaa.
Pienikokoinen kannettava Elisan 5G-etäohjausratkaisu voidaan asentaa nopeasti traktoriin. Tällöin traktoria voidaan ohjata etänä Elisan 5G-verkon yli erillisestä komentokeskuksesta, joka voi sijaita satojen kilometrien päässä traktorista.
Etäohjaajalle näkymä traktorista on 360-asteinen eli traktorin ympäristöä pystyy havainnoimaan vaivatta. 5G-verkon kautta etäohjaussignaalin edestakainen välittyminen on ohjaustilanteessa viiveetöntä.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11162-sony-toi-5g-lippulaivansa-huippukameralla
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ericsson ja Qualcomm: millimetriaallot käyvät myös kiinteään laajakaistaan
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11167-ericsson-ja-qualcomm-millimetriaallot-kayvat-myos-kiinteaan-laajakaistaan
Millimetrialueen taajuuksia on tähän asti pidetty hyvin lyhyiden solujen 5G-alueena, mutta Ericssonin, Qualcommin ja U.S. Cellularin testi osoittaa, että se voi sopia myös kiinteisiin laajakaistayhteyksiin. Yhtiöt kertovat onnistuneensa ensimmäisen kerran pitkän etäisyyden 5G NR mmWave -datapuhelussa kaupallisessa verkossa Yhdysvalloissa. Wisconsinin osavaltion Janesvillessa soitetun puhelun etäisyys oli yli viisi kilometriä ja tiedonsiirtonopeus yli 100 megabittiä sekunnissa.
Pitkän etäisyyden datapuhelu todistaa, ettei 5G mmWave -tekniikka ole ainoastaan urbaanien ja tiheästi asutettujen alueiden ratkaisu, vaan sen avulla nykyistä infrastruktuuria voi hyödyntää myös muualla.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Nokia rankattiin ohjelmistojen ja palvelujen ykköseksi
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11166-nokia-rankattiin-ohjelmistojen-ja-palvelujen-ykkoseksi
Tomi Engdahl says:
Elisa laajensi 5g-verkkoaan Espoossa: koko maassa verkon alueella jo 1 miljoona asukasta
https://www.tivi.fi/uutiset/tv/87bcdf36-d522-4b75-bdb7-cb420124daef
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/18/nopeaa-5g-laajakaistaa-millimetriaalloilla/
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G Multi-access
Edge Computing (MEC)
MEC Puts the Cloud in Your Hand
https://www.adlinktech.com/en/Edge_Server
Tomi Engdahl says:
Digita aloitti syyskuun alussa antenniverkossaan uudenlaiset 5G-broadcasting-lähetykset, joiden avulla voidaan toimittaa kännyköihin samanaikaisesti televisiolähetyksiä ilman verkon kuormitusongelmia.
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/18/digita-testaa-seuraavan-sukupolven-tv-lahetysteknologiaa/
Tomi Engdahl says:
This unified, pre- and post-silicon #verification strategy for #5G designs is based on #HardwareEmulation Mentor Graphics
https://buff.ly/32FiyNH
Tomi Engdahl says:
Secure a better 5G Core network
https://www.ericsson.com/en/digital-services/5g-core/packet-core-firewall
Securing service availability with dedicated security solutions is challenging in 5G. That is why we are providing an integrated Ericsson Packet Core Firewall.
The Ericsson Packet Core Firewall provides a fusion of user plane security and advanced security functions. It is integrated with Ericsson Packet Core Gateway in Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G Core offering and addresses security use cases for core network deployments in mobile broadband and IoT segments.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/16/nopea-kiihdytinkortti-5g-verkon-virtualisointiin/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Ericsson Buys Cradlepoint to Enter Enterprise 5G Market
https://www.eetimes.com/ericsson-buys-cradlepoint-to-enter-enterprise-5g-market/
Ericsson’s acquisition of Cradlepoint should silence the detractors who have been suggesting for some time that the Swedish group has been neglecting the enterprise sector for too long in favor of other 5G opportunities.
Cradlepoint focuses on LTE/4G/5G indoor and private network wireless access and mobile wireless WAN (wide area network) edge solutions.
Ericsson paid $1.1 billion in cash for the Boise, Idaho-based company that has been a long-term but low-key partner of the Swedish telecommunications infrastructure supplier.
Cradlepoint has an impressive line-up of cellular and Wi-Fi access points, accompanied by cloud-based management software. Its solutions are specifically designed to operate in local areas, including inside buildings and factories and private and campus networks.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Xilinx Debuts T1 Card to Enable Open RAN Splits
https://www.eetimes.com/xilinx-debuts-t1-card-to-enable-open-ran-splits/
In 5G, the move to open RAN allows network architects to take parts of a RAN that used to be integrated — notably baseband units, or BBUs — and redistribute their functions in a variety of combinations. That’s where Xilinx comes in with its new T1 Telco Accelerator Card for 5G O-RAN distributed units and virtual baseband units.
A radio access network is basically the wireless part of a cellular network, which ultimately links to the network core, which is largely wireline. One of the elements of a RAN is the baseband unit (BBU), which is essentially the unit that smartphones and the like connect to. In 4G networks, the BBU is a single, integrated system. Originally, 5G BBUs were all integrated too, but then came a proposal for open standards for RAN (or open RAN, or O-RAN). With O-RAN, a BBU can be split in two; into a centralized unit, or CU, and a distributed unit, or DU. These often also get an O-for-open prefix, like so: O-CU and O-DU. A BBU thus divided can then also be referred to as a virtual BBU, or vBBU. And now we return you to your regularly scheduled article:
The move to open RAN has created an opportunity to rethink a lot of how a RAN is constructed, including the relationship between the BBU’s central processor and other BBU circuitry. A traditional BBU will have a board equipped with a CPU (typically an Intel Xeon or perhaps an Arm-based equivalent) working in conjunction with a co-processor for fronthaul (it might be one of Xilinx’s Zynq UltraScale FPGAs), and another device to handle Layer 1 baseband (also possibly an FPGA-based product such as a Xilinx Zynq RFSoC, but alternatively an ASIC).
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/18/digita-testaa-seuraavan-sukupolven-tv-lahetysteknologiaa/