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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Tomi Engdahl says:
Wanna live on the edge and play with a multi-core system crammed with 5G, AI? Here’s a dev kit Qualcomm has in mind
Plus: Machine-learning software and another Power processor core opened up by IBM
https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/19/ai_roundup/
Tomi Engdahl says:
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5G means the future of mobile gaming is going to take you to new levels
How 5G will revolutionise the future of mobile gaming
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ericsson-5g-gaming?utm_source=Paid_Social&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Wired+Ericsson+Traffic+Burst+4+September+2020
Faster speeds and lower latency will unleash a new generation of gaming – and not just on your phone
Video games have been a lifeline for many during lockdown, keeping us entertained with epic interactive stories or allowing us to remain connected to friends and family thanks to multiplayer experiences. Now, the entire games industry is on the cusp of a great change – not only are we about to enter a new console generation, but the advent of 5G technologies will fully unlock the potential of mobile gaming.
Thanks to the boost in raw speed that 5G offers – up to a staggering 10Gbps, ten times what even 4G LTE-A can deliver – players can expect faster downloads and streaming, but the bigger impact will likely come from massively improved latency. With response times as low as five milliseconds, this means in-game action will be smoother than ever, with no lag between your input and the game’s response. With 5G’s greater reliability, this should hold true, even with high numbers of concurrent players.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Quantifying the global 5G experience across ten operators
https://www.opensignal.com/2020/05/20/quantifying-the-global-5g-experience-across-ten-operators
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Intel ja ADI kehittävät avointa 5G-radiota
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They’re ‘clean’: SoftBank gets thumbs-up from Uncle Sam for keeping Chinese gear off its Japanese 5G network
Seal of approval handed out for supply chain security in various tech sectors
https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/20/softbank_clean_network/
SoftBank’s Japanese 5G network has been awarded “clean status” by the US government.
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How 5G will revolutionise the future of mobile gaming
Faster speeds and lower latency will unleash a new generation of gaming – and not just on your phone
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ericsson-5g-gaming?utm_source=Paid_Social&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Wired+Ericsson+Traffic+Burst+4+September+2020
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T-Mobile amassed “unprecedented concentration of spectrum,” AT&T complains
T-Mobile rivals say it has too much spectrum, urge FCC to impose limits.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/att-and-verizon-complain-to-fcc-about-t-mobiles-big-spectrum-advantage/
“The combination of Sprint and T-Mobile has resulted in an unprecedented concentration of spectrum in the hands of one carrier,” AT&T wrote in its filing to the FCC on Friday. “In fact, the combined company exceeds the Commission’s spectrum screen, often by a wide margin, in Cellular Market Areas representing 82 percent of the US population, including all major markets.”
T-Mobile’s large spectrum holdings demand “changes in how the Commission addresses additional acquisitions of spectrum by that carrier,” AT&T said in another part of the filing. AT&T also posted a blog on the topic, saying that “Additional spectrum leases with Dish will cause T-Mobile to exceed the 250MHz screen by as much as 136MHz.”
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Is the global pandemic having an impact on the demand for 5G in rural areas? Let’s take a look.
Putting the spotlight on 5G in rural areas
https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2020/7/5g-in-rural-areas-spotlight?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_paid&utm_campaign=bnew_mana_blog-promos_5g-rural_20200728&utm_content=image1_1x1_c1&utm_aud=rural_development-interested&utm_tar=behavior_interest
The global pandemic has led to a renewed focus on closing the digital divide, which is primarily driven by changes in three areas. These changes in demand have created an opportunity to transform rural communities, and the decisions made in the next three years will have a major impact on their future.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/23/qualcomm-laajentaa-5g-alustatarjontaansa/
Mobiilipiiritalo Qualcomm on julkaissut 5G-puhelimiin tarkoitetun mobiilialustan 750G, joka sisältää laajempien 5G-toimintojen lisäksi tehokkaammat HDR-tason peliominaisuudet sekä integroidun tekoälyn.
Uusi Snapdragon 750G sisältää Snapdragon X52 5G RF-modeemin, joka tukee sekä millimetrialueen että alle kuuden gigahertsin taajuuksia, SA- ja NSA-verkkomuotoja, TDD- ja FDD-taajuudenhallintatekniikoita, dynaamista taajuuksien jakamista (DSS) sekä tuen maailmanlaajuiselle verkkovierailuille ja multi-SIM-toiminnoille.
Tomi Engdahl says:
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https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11188-hmd-haluaa-kaapata-massat-uusilla-nokia-puhelimilla
HMD Globalin ensimmäisen 5G-puhelimen ennakkomyynti alkoi tänään, mutta samalla yhtiö esitteli kaksi uutta Nokia-puhelinta. Nokia 2.4 ja Nokia 3.4 osoittavat, että yhtiö haluaa kaapata lisää markkinaosuuksia. Kyse on houkuttelevista, paljon ominaisuuksia sisältävistä uutuusmalleista. Yleensä eniten meteliä pidetään premium-luokan kalliista lippulaivamalleista. Niiden osuus markkinoista on kuitenkin aina aika pieni. Sen sijaan miljoonat ostavat edullisia puhelimia.
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5G’s Release 16: The Essentials
https://www.eetimes.com/5gs-release-16-the-essentials/
The 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Program) organization — which has been overseeing the specifications and standards for cellular technologies from the early days — last month nailed down the latest iteration for 5G, dubbed Release 16.
Why is it Important? The update includes some key enhancements that will offer consumers improved data rates and better coverage, higher reliability, and for the operators, potentially new markets for 5G communications. The Release was delayed by a few months, primarily as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Remote education, telemedicine and #WFH has increased the demand for 5G in rural areas. Now what?
Putting the spotlight on 5G in rural areas
https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2020/7/5g-in-rural-areas-spotlight?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_paid&utm_campaign=bnew_mana_blog-promos_5g-rural_20200728&utm_content=image2_1x1_c2&utm_aud=rural_development-interested&utm_tar=behavior_interest
The global pandemic has led to a renewed focus on closing the digital divide, which is primarily driven by changes in three areas. These changes in demand have created an opportunity to transform rural communities, and the decisions made in the next three years will have a major impact on their future.
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Huawei Connect: Seuraavaksi tulee 5,5G
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11191-huawei-connect-seuraavaksi-tulee-5-5g
Huawei aloitti tänään nelipäiväisen Huawei Connct -teknologiatapahtuman. Nykytyyliin verkossa järjestettävässä tapahtumassa Huawein langattomien verkkoratkaisujen johtaja Yang Chaobin kertoi, että 5G:n kehityksessä ollaan vasta alkuvaiheessa.
Chaobin muistutti, että 5G on yleistynyt valtavalla nopeudella. Käyttäjiä on jo 1,3 miljardia, kun on vasta kulunut vuosi ensimmäisten verkkojen käyttöönoton jälkeen.
Samalla mobiiliyhteydet ovat parantuneet merkittävästi. 4G-tukiasemaan verrattuna 5g-tukiaseman kapasiteetti on kasvanut 30-kertaiseksi ja käyttäjän käytössä oleva datanopeus 10-kertaiseksi, Chaobin muistutti.
Silti 5G on vasta alkuvaiheessaan. – Kolmen tai viiden vuoden päästä kyse on aivan eri tekniikasta, josta voidaan puhua esimerkiksi 5.5G:nä, Chaobin sanoi.
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G NR Primer For Amplifier And Filter Design
This primer examines the challenges of designing filters and PAs for 5G NR communication systems.
https://semiengineering.com/5g-nr-primer-for-amplifier-and-filter-design/
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Canonical revolutionises the growth path to 5G with containerised architectures. Read the BT case study to find out how.
BT turns to Canonical Ubuntu to enable next generation 5G Cloud Core
https://ubuntu.com/blog/bt-turns-to-canonical-ubuntu-to-enable-next-generation-5g-cloud-core?utm_source=Facebook_ad&utm_medium=Facebook_ad
Today, Canonical announces its Charmed OpenStack on Ubuntu has been selected by BT as a key component of its next generation 5G Core. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, will provide the open source virtual infrastructure manager (VIM) as part of BT’s Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) program, and the transition to a cloud-based Core network.
This open source cloud-based approach will ensure that BT can quickly deploy new services, and increase capacity to stay ahead of customer demand driven by 5G and FTTP. Canonical’s OpenStack architecture will also facilitate the delivery of BT’s full 5G Core network.
Openstack cloud software will enable the separation of network hardware and software, turning Core network components into software applications, meaning they can be updated faster with continuous integration and development. This separation allows different network applications to share the same hardware across data centres, making the network more resilient and scalable when additional capacity is needed. The speed at which software can be updated compared to replacing core network equipment will lead to a new way of working for the development of 5G services where BT can build new services in weeks and deploy in days.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://semiengineering.com/week-in-review-auto-security-pervasive-computing-34/
5G
GlobalFoundries and Cadence also announced they have finished a Mixed-Signal OpenAccess PDK (process design kit) for GF 22FDX platform, which means Cadence’s digital, custom, and RF design tools seamlessly interoperate with the GF 22FDX. The PDK will help in the creation of 5G mmWave, edge AI, IoT, and automotive designs, according to a press release from Cadence. Features include advanced mixed-signal floor-planning capabilities and mixed-signal EM-IR drop analysis, among other highlights.
Synopsys’s Fusion Compiler has been expanded and enhanced to work Globalfoundries’ 12LP and 12LP+ (12nm FinFET) platforms and 22FDX (22nm FD-SOI) platforms, specifically for aerospace and defense, automotive, data center, IoT and mobile.
Samsung unveiled a mmWave 5G small cell for indoor use, which Verizon will use first to bring 5G mmWave indoors.
Qualcomm added a new 5G mobile platform to its Snapdragon 7-Series.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/28/nokia-valittiin-5g-veturiyritykseksi/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/09/29/ericssonin-sa-tekniikkaa-elisan-5g-verkkoihin/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Nokia clinches 5G deal with BT to phase out Huawei’s kit in EE network
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54337759
Nokia is set to become a major beneficiary of Huawei being blocked from the UK’s 5G networks.
The Finnish telecoms firm has struck a deal to become the largest equipment provider to BT.
Nokia will now provide additional base stations and antennas to let EE customers’ devices make calls and transmit data via the UK firm’s 5G “radio access network”.
The deal will also see Nokia replace Huawei in BT’s 2G and 4G networks.
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G and Wi-Fi:
Looking for the right technology to address the need for advanced connectivity indoors?
https://www.ericsson.com/en/networks/trending/insights-and-reports/5g-and-wi-fi-path-toward-superior-indoor-connectivity?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_paid&utm_campaign=bnew_global_5g-switch-5gfb-5gwifi_20200928&utm_aud=ict_telecommunications&utm_tar=global_url-rt_5g-networks&utm_content=5gwifi_video-1_16X9_c1
5G NR and Wi-Fi 6 are able to boost bandwidth and capacity while being more efficient than legacy solutions. But, which one should you pick for your specific needs?
For any service provider in the process of comparing the advantages of each option, it is advisable to consider the following:
Reliability requirements of the traffic.
Critical low-latency requirements.
The need for mobility and outdoor wide-area connectivity.
A complete and future proof solution addressing current and future needs.
Wi-Fi 6 is suited to indoor or local area deployments and use cases requiring high speed, and best-effort traffic. But since Wi-Fi operates on unlicensed spectrum, its reliability and availability cannot be guaranteed. In critical use cases requiring highly reliable, low-latency connectivity and/or wide-area deployment, 5G is the best fit.
While both 5G NR and Wi-Fi 6 serve a specific purpose well, they share overlapping territory in which they are viable alternatives. That is, namely: in indoor use cases where reliable and predictable connectivity is not required.
5G and Wi-Fi: both have a role to play
With the arrival of every new generation of technology, the comparison of 3GPP and IEEE-based solutions have traditionally been a hot topic for discussion. And the advent of 5G NR and Wi-Fi 6 is no different. Both standards are technologically superior to their predecessors, and each has a role to play in today’s and tomorrow’s networks. Each technology has its strengths and selling points, so there is a solid case for using both as viable solutions. Rather than being regarded as competitors, we argue that the technologies should be viewed as co-existing solutions, each with plenty of benefits to offer, depending on the deployment situation.
5G, on the other hand, is a complete solution for enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), fixed wireless access (FWA), massive machine-type communication (M-MTC), and critical machine-type communication (C-MTC). It supports both the wide-area and indoor connectivity needs of consumers, enterprises and the public sector alike.
5G NR has given dramatic capability boost to cellular communication leveraging wide range of frequencies (sub-1 GHz to 100 GHz) with very large bandwidths, seamless carrier aggregation across multiple bands, massive number of steerable antenna elements, flexible and scalable physical layer for handling diverse scenarios, ultra-lean design for energy efficiency,advanced critical MTC features for ultra-reliability, ultra-low latency, interruption-free mobility, and TimeSensitive Networking (TSN), and fully flexible end-to-end network slicing and QoS framework. With these capabilities, 5G NR is much more attractive technology for addressing demanding indoor connectivity requirements than the earlier generations of cellular systems.
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Näillä vinkeillä saat yrityksesi mukaan 5G-junaan
https://www.tivi.fi/kumppanisisaltoa/dna/tv/9fc7c74c-fccc-4ef6-b8ba-3cad2525525f
5G:n kiinnostavimmat mahdollisuudet löytyvät yrityksen digitalisaatiohankkeissa
5G mahdollistaa täysin uusia palveluita, jotka hyödyntävät lyhyttä viivettä, korkeaa kapasiteettia ja luotettavuutta. Erityisesti reaaliaikaiset, videokuvaa tai laitteiden välistä kommunikaatiota hyödyntävät sovellukset – teollisuudesta logistiikkaan ja terveydenhuoltoon – ovat mahdollisia 5G:n myötä. Monet kiinnostavat ja liiketoimintaa kehittävät tekniset ratkaisut vaativat 5G:n lisäksi muun muassa laajennetun todellisuuden, tekoäly-, IoT- tai robotiikkasovellusten kehitystä.
5G tuo mahdollisuuksia toteuttaa entistä kriittisempiäkin käyttötapauksia matkaviestinverkolla. 5G:n kehittyvät URLLC-ominaisuudet (Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication) sekä yksityiset verkot soveltuvat vaativiinkin käyttötarpeisiin itseohjautuvista ajoneuvoista prosessiautomaatioon. Hyödyllisimpien käyttökohteiden tunnistaminen ja toteuttaminen edellyttää liiketoiminnan vahvaa osallistumista alusta lähtien.
5G-teknologia kehittyy nopeasti
5G:n testaamisessa ja käyttöönotossa kannattaa lähteä liikkeelle käyttöalueista, jotka tukevat 5G:n tämän hetken valmiuksia – ja laajentaa vaiheittain ominaisuuksien kehittyessä. Latausnopeudet ovat parhaimmillaan gigan luokkaa ja viiveet selvästi 4G:tä lyhyempiä. Tällä hetkellä 5G-verkot hyödyntävät 4G-runkoverkkoa, eikä aivan kaikkia 5G:n hyötyjä saada vielä irti. Ensi vuoden aikana 5G-teknologian kehitys tulee parantamaan erityisesti 5G:n lähetysnopeuksia ja viiveitä sekä mahdollistamaan asiakaskohtaisten virtuaaliverkkojen toteutuksen viipaloinnin avulla.
Tällä hetkellä 5G-tukiasemat käyttävät ainoastaan korkeampaa 3,5GHz taajuutta, joka tarjoaa isomman kaistan, mutta läpäisee rakenteita heikommin kuin matalammat 4G-taajuudet. 3,5GHz:n taajuuden rinnalle tullaan pian ottamaan käyttöön matalampia taajuuksia, jotka laajentavat merkittävästi 5G:n peittoaluetta sekä parantavat sisäkuuluvuutta. Silloin saadaan myös signaalille parempi läpäisykyky ja yhteensopivuus nykyisten sisäkuuluvuusratkaisuiden kanssa. Matalammat taajuudet mahdollistavat 5G-verkon rakentamisen myös haja-asutusalueille.
Päätelaitteiden osalta puhelimia alkaa olla hyvin saatavilla ja ensimmäisiä tablettejakin löytyy, mutta monet teolliset laitteet eivät vielä tue 5G:tä. IoT-teknologioissa päätelaitetuki on laajentunut 4G- ja 5G-standardeihin sisältyville, alhaisen virrankulutuksen ja suuren laitemäärän tarjoaville NB-IoT- ja LTE-M-teknologioille.
5G:n suunnittelussa ja käyttöönotossa ei ole mitään syytä jäädä odottelemaan. Ensimmäiset pilotit kannattaa käynnistää pienellä kynnyksellä ja hankkia kokemusta sekä osaamista uudesta teknologiasta ja sen hyödyistä. Ensimmäiselle juna-asemalle pääsee 5G-oppaan vauhdittamana.
https://www.dna.fi/yrityksille/nain-siirryt-5g-aikaan-opas-suomalaisille-yrityksille?utm_source=tivi&utm_medium=blogi&utm_content=opas_nailla_vinkeilla_saat_yrityksesi_mukaan_5g_junaan&utm_campaign=all_jatkuva_sisaltomarkkinointi_20
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.electronicdesign.com/industrial-automation/article/21142850/5g-evolution-supports-a-new-wave-of-wireless-services?utm_source=EG+ED+IoT+for+Engineers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS200924065&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
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Nathan Ingraham / Engadget:
Google unveils Pixel 5 with a 6-inch 90Hz OLED display, ultrawide rear-facing camera instead of zoom lens, 5G, 8GB RAM, and fingerprint sensor on back for $699 — It’s October, so despite the weird year we’re having, Google is hosting a (virtual) event to show off its latest smartphone, the Pixel 5.
https://www.engadget.com/google-pixel-5-5g-182238671.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/new-products/11221-huawein-toisen-polven-5g-reititin-tuli-suomeen
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2020/10/01/kannykkamyynti-kasvaa-5g-puhelimilla/
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Nikkei Asian Review:
Sources: Google is planning to produce as little as ~800,000 Pixel 5 handsets, taking total production of Pixel 4a, 4a 5G, and 5 to 3M units
Google sets modest smartphone goals as COVID-19 bites
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Google-sets-modest-smartphone-goals-as-COVID-19-bites
Google plans to produce less than 1 million Pixel 5 smartphones this year, sources told Nikkei Asia, signaling a far more conservative outlook for the internet giant’s flagship device than last year.
Production could be as low as around 800,000 units for the 5G-capable flagship smartphone, which is set to be released on Sept. 30, the sources added. Google will also introduce the Pixel 4A (5G), following the recent launch on its website of the more affordably priced Pixel 4A.
Initial production for these three models this year is currently set at a modest 3 million units. Google’s total handset sales last year fell below the company’s target, and market demand this year has been further hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Security At The Edge
Experts at the Table: How to keep devices that last longer secure, particularly when AI/ML are added in.
https://semiengineering.com/security-at-the-edge/
SE: Is 5G having an impact on machine learning — particularly sub-6GHz rather than millimeter wave?
Woo: The biggest thing for 5G is the opportunity to create data in more locations and have higher speed connections available to lots of end devices. The distances that you’ll want to go over those high speed connections will be shorter than with predecessor technologies, which means that now you’ve got these opportunities to build more regional or aggregation data centers at the edge where you can do processing and more localized training. Some of the things you might see are maybe region-specific for dialects of languages, or maybe the properties of certain types of plants in certain regions of the world. Those can become more localized, as well. It also has this other interesting benefit, where by keeping the data a little bit closer, there’s a natural improvement in security. You’re not sending it halfway around the world to be processed in a data center. So if you have an explosion in the amount of data and the need to support many more end device sensors, 5G provides an opportunity to move much more of the compute out of the data center and closer to where those devices are.
Roddy: It does two additional things. The unit cost of a connection for 5G is supposed to be significantly lower than 4G, which empowers more devices to connect. And that’s pushes the world forward. Also, if you think about 5G and AI, the deployment of the network is going to consume a significant amount of machine learning because the nodes themselves require a lot more sophisticated tuning. With the high-frequency millimeter wave stuff you’re going to roll out a base station every other light pole, and they’re affected by weather patterns, seasonal patterns, whether the trees have leaves or the trees don’t have leaves. You can’t roll a truck out to tune these things regularly, so there’s going to be a tremendous amount of AI deployed even in the base stations to be able to tune themselves to the usage requirements. From a silicon standpoint and algorithm standpoint, that’s expected to be a high consumption point for machine learning capabilities just in the network themselves.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Autonomous Driving Demo Uses Just a 5G Remote Backup Driver
After successfully demonstrating its 5G-powered “Remote Driving Service,” Baidu predicted autonomous-driving technology will realize full commercialization in 2025.
https://www.electronicdesign.com/markets/automotive/article/21142997/autonomous-driving-demo-uses-just-a-5g-remote-backup-driver?utm_source=EG+ED+Auto+Electronics&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS200928041&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
At its annual Baidu World 2020 tech conference in Beijing, Zhenyu Li, Corporate Vice President of Baidu and General Manager of its Intelligent Driving Group (IDG), demonstrated the firm’s fully automated robo-taxis operating without human safety drivers behind the wheel. The driverless vehicles will be used in Baidu’s “Apollo Go” robo-taxi service.
Instead of having safety drivers in the Apollo Go vehicles, the safe operation of the robo-taxis is backed up by a 5G-powered “Remote Driving Service” developed by Baidu. It allows human operators to remotely access the Apollo Go vehicles in the case of any emergencies or when the vehicle’s software can’t handle the current situation.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Phased-Array Antenna Patterns (Part 5)—Beam Squint
In Part 4 of this series on phased-array antenna patterns, we covered grating lobes. Part 5 turns its attention to beam squint: changes in beam angle as a function of frequency.
https://www.mwrf.com/technologies/systems/article/21142402/phasedarray-antenna-patterns-part-5beam-squint?utm_source=RF+MWRF+Today&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS200924098&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G Evolution Supports a New Wave of Wireless Services
https://www.mwrf.com/technologies/software/article/21142848/5g-evolution-supports-a-new-wave-of-wireless-services?utm_source=RF+MWRF+Today&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS200924098&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
The Third Wave of Wireless Communications
5G and future systems will close the gap between the physical and cyber worlds. Today, mobile consumers use wireless connectivity to access the web from almost any location. In the future, high-speed coverage will be more widespread and faster, with greater emphasis on uplinking information from real-world events, either human and/or IoT, to the internet.
Once this information is in the cloud, AI could reproduce the real world in cyberspace and emulate it beyond physical, economical, and time constraints, so that “future prediction” and “new knowledge” can be discovered and shared. The role of wireless communications in this cyber-physical fusion is assumed to include high-capacity and low-latency transmission of real-world images and sensing information, and feedback to the real world through high-reliability and low-latency control signaling.
Radio communications in this cyber-physical fusion scenario correspond to the role of the nervous system transmitting information between the brain and the body. Communications convert real-world events to the cyber world through enhanced uplink capabilities and provide feedback information to humans and devices through low-latency downlink functionality.
The next wave of communications focuses on three areas of service (Fig. 2) including:
Enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), which extends the current mobile experience with high data throughput on the order of more than 10 Gb/s, high system capacity on the order of more than 1000X that of LTE, and a much better spectral efficiency (3-4X) than LTE. Its use cases are high-speed mobile broadband, virtual reality, augmented reality, gaming, and more.
Ultra-reliable, low-latency communications (URLLC), which focuses on achieving low latency, high reliability, and high availability. The expectation is for latencies of less than 1 ms. This is basically for mission-critical use cases and applications.
Massive machine-type communications (mMTC), which provides connectivity to a huge number of devices whose traffic profile is typically a small amount of data (spread) sporadically. Consequently, latency and throughput aren’t a big concern. The main concern is the optimal power utilization of those devices because they’re battery-powered and the expectation of battery life is around 10 years or so.
Current activity in mmWave front-end design, including antenna-in-package (AiP) phased arrays (Fig. 3), large-scale beamforming RF integrated circuits (RFICs), multi-technology integration, and system-level electromagnetic (EM) analysis will all contribute to realizing New Radio (NR) access technology that can be cost effective and easy to install. This will support the small-cell networks that achieve 5G/6G performance.
Expanding 5G/6G connectivity to include network-to-smart device communications, combined with AI and IoT, will usher in a new industrial wave and offer greater business value for both industry and society.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Huawein toisen polven 5G-reititin tuli Suomeen
https://etn.fi/index.php/new-products/11221-huawein-toisen-polven-5g-reititin-tuli-suomeen
Huawein seuraavan sukupolven 5G CPE Pro 2 -reititin on nyt myynnissä Suomessa. Laite tukee useampia 5G-taajuuskaistoja kuin mikään muu markkinoilla oleva vastaava laite. Hintaa laitteella on 399 euroa.
Reititin pitää sisällään Huawein oman 5G Super Uplink -teknologian sekä viimeisimmän Wi-Fi 6 -standardin kompaktissa muodossa. Sen modeemi perustuu 7 nanometrin prosessissa valmistettuun Balong 5000 -piirisarjaan, joka tukee sekä 5G NSA (non-standalone) että 5G SA (standalone) -verkkoja.
Huawein mukaan Balong 5000 on sarjassaan ensimmäinen piirisarja, joka tukee 200 megahertsin taajuuskaistaa tuplaten 5G:n teoreettisen huippunopeuden verrattuna edellisen sukupolven reitittimeen. Uutuus tarjoaa parhaimmillaan jopa 3,6 gigabitin yhteyden 5G-verkkoon.
Edellisen sukupolven CPE Pro:n sisältämien neljän 5G TDD -taajuuskaistojen (n41/n77/n78/n79) lisäksi, CPE Pro 2 tukee myös seitsemää uutta 5G FDD -taajuuskaistalle (n1/n3/n5/n7/n28/n38/n40). Huawei on tarttunut 5G:tä vaivaavaan kattavuusongelmaan omalla 5G Super Uplink -teknologiallaan. Se käyttää hyödykseen sekä FDD:tä että TDD:tä ja onnistuu sen avulla nostamaan yhteysnopeuden ja peiton uusiin ulottuvuuksiin.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Huawei Has Failed To Resolve Security Flaws, U.K. Government Report Says
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/10/01/huawei-has-failed-to-resolve-security-flaws-uk-government-report-says/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie/#676f7264696
Huawei has failed to adequately resolve security flaws in the equipment used by the U.K. telecom networks, the British government’s cyber-spy agency said in an official report released a few months after the Chinese telecom equipment-maker was barred from the country’s 5G mobile networks over security concerns.
Tomi Engdahl says:
NXP Bets on 5G Networks With Radio-Frequency Chip Plant in US
https://www.electronicdesign.com/power-management/article/21143235/nxp-bets-on-5g-networks-with-radiofrequency-chip-plant-in-us?utm_source=EG+ED+Analog+%26+Power+Source&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS200924061&o_eid=7211D2691390C9R&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C7211D2691390C9R&oly_enc_id=7211D2691390C9R
Paul Hart, executive vice president of the radio frequency power business at NXP, called it the most advanced gallium-nitride (GaN) fab in the US rolling out RF chips for 5G networks. NXP said it plans to start full production at the fab by late 2020.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Is 5G ready for deployment in the real world?
Installing 5G networks is being built around the needs of machines and systems rather than handset users.
https://www.controleng.com/articles/is-5g-ready-for-deployment-in-the-real-world/?oly_enc_id=0462E3054934E2U
Until the launch of 5G, every previous generation of mobile phone technology was primarily intended to improve the operation of the handset. It was not until 4G technology was adopted in 2008 that real smartphone capability was enabled and 4G mobile broadband led to the development of smartphone apps, a proliferation of multimedia and streaming services, and high-speed internet access on-the-go.
The installation today of 5G networks marks the first time that a new generation of mobile technology has been built around the needs of machines and systems rather than of handset users. The telecoms industry’s plan for 5G envisaged technical breakthroughs in three main parameters – latency, reliability and determinism; the density of connections; bandwidth, and speed of data transfer.
The reason for enhancing performance in these parameters was to enable real-time monitoring and control of dense concentrations of devices communicating concurrently.
The requirement for latency, density and bandwidth is met by three technology enhancements embodied in the 5G standard specifications. These are:
Ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) for real time-control systems.
Enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) to support new bandwidth-dependent use cases including augmented and virtual reality.
Enhanced/massive machine type communications (eMTC) for low-power, wide-area wireless networking.
These features make 5G technology capable of supporting the requirements of factory control systems for real-time determinism and ‘six 9s’ (99.9999%) availability. Yet the real-world experience of most mobile handset users accessing 2G, 3G or 4G networks is still, to this day, of black spots where coverage is weak or non-existent, and of occasional and unpredictable dropped connections.
So is there a realistic prospect that mobile phone technology will be used to connect mission-critical, time-sensitive industrial machines?
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/11231-nokialla-nyt-sata-kaupallista-5g-sopimusta
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://mobiili.fi/2020/10/02/tallainen-on-ensimmainen-5g-nokia-arvostelussa-nokia-8-3-5g-alypuhelin/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Tässä syyskuun myydyimmät puhelimet Suomessa – suosituin 5G-älypuhelinmalli kärsi saatavuusongelmista
https://mobiili.fi/2020/10/01/tassa-syyskuun-myydyimmat-puhelimet-suomessa-suosituin-5g-alypuhelinmalli-karsi-saatavuusongelmista/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://semiengineering.com/week-in-review-auto-security-pervasive-computing-35/
Picocom is using Moortec’s in-chip sensing fabric to monitor dynamic conditions in its SoC for 5G small cell infrastructure. Picocom’s distributed unit (DU) baseband offload SoC is designed to be deployed in cityscapes and buildings to increase 5G coverage and reduce the processing load on 5G macro cells under the Open RAN initiative, according to a press release. Picocom specializes in 5G Open RAN baseband semiconductors and software.
5G laptops R&D is being fueled by Ansys’ simulation. Compal Electronics is adding 5G millimeter wave antenna module to laptop. Compal worked with Ansys to shorten the time needed for electromagnetic simulation and automated analysis of the data. Compal already has an U.S. FCC certification for its 5G laptop, which comes out this year, according to a press release.
https://www.ansys.com/about-ansys/news-center/09-29-20-compal-electronics-ansys-accelerate-5g-laptop-product-development
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.eetimes.com/5g-mixes-matches-memories/