Ericsson and T-Mobile ink $3.5B deal for 5G
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Ericsson and T-Mobile ink $3.5B deal for 5G
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Re: Ericsson and T-Mobile ink $3.5B deal for 5G
#2Is there a specific 5G standard? In comparison to 3G which had CDMA2000 and UMTS, there seems to be mutlitude of unnamed standards.
Re: Ericsson and T-Mobile ink $3.5B deal for 5G
#3Is there a specific 5G standard? In comparison to 3G which had CDMA2000 and UMTS, there seems to be mutlitude of unnamed standards.
It is like virtualization of air interface. Multiple standards with different metrics.
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#4Is there a specific 5G standard? In comparison to 3G which had CDMA2000 and UMTS, there seems to be mutlitude of unnamed standards.
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Re: Ericsson and T-Mobile ink $3.5B deal for 5G
#5Is there a specific 5G standard? In comparison to 3G which had CDMA2000 and UMTS, there seems to be mutlitude of unnamed standards.
Re: Ericsson and T-Mobile ink $3.5B deal for 5G
#6Is there a specific 5G standard? In comparison to 3G which had CDMA2000 and UMTS, there seems to be mutlitude of unnamed standards.
Yes, there is a set of 3GPP specs that define 5G standard. Slicing of the network to provide low latency is one of the highlights. There are open source implementations such as openCORD that target the same goals.
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#7Is there a specific 5G standard? In comparison to 3G which had CDMA2000 and UMTS, there seems to be mutlitude of unnamed standards.
ITU IMT-2020, though I can't seem to find the actual text. Secondary sources:
https://news.itu.int/5g-update-new-itu-standards-network-sof...
Re: Ericsson and T-Mobile ink $3.5B deal for 5G
#8Is there a specific 5G standard? In comparison to 3G which had CDMA2000 and UMTS, there seems to be mutlitude of unnamed standards.
4G mobile standard was LTE from 3GPP, which competed against WiMax from IEEE and won in the late 00s.
5G mobile standard is NR (stands for New Radio) from 3GPP. There is no competing mobile standard from anyone else.
Biggest change compared to LTE is the formal standard for millimeter wave communication for mobile. Previously it's been used for fixed wireless access and/or satellites. We'll see how it plays out in a mobile consumer environment.
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#9Is there a specific 5G standard? In comparison to 3G which had CDMA2000 and UMTS, there seems to be mutlitude of unnamed standards.
3gpp release-15 describes parts of what they're calling 5G [1]. And no AFAICT it's not finalized, there's a lot under this umbrella. IIRC fixed/terrestrial wireless (at 60GHz?) is part of what's referred to as '5G'.
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#10Is there a specific 5G standard? In comparison to 3G which had CDMA2000 and UMTS, there seems to be mutlitude of unnamed standards.
Yes.
5G New Radio (NR) is the global standard for a unified 5G wireless air interface. It was ratified some time ago. This allows investments to hardware.
The standardization efforts continue and they add functionality and more interfaces for specialized services and applications. For example: Multimedia Priority Service, Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) application layer services, 5G satellite access, Local Area Network support in 5G, terminal positioning and location and lots of other service interfaces. 5G will be much more than just 4G LTE with steroids.