This 4CC carrier aggregation (CA) increases telecom operators’ 5G deployment options by aggregating different frequency bands.

Carrier Aggregation, or CA (Carrier Aggregation), has the unique ability to combine multiple frequency bands, and double the Internet access rate through multiple carrier bonding.

According to reports, in the Interoperability Development Test (IoDT), the two companies completed a 5G data call using one low-band and three mid-band channels in the sub-7GHz frequency range (FR1). Typically, most 5G data traffic is carried in this frequency range.

The higher throughput enabled by this 4CC carrier aggregation will provide smartphone users and fixed wireless access users (FWA) with faster download speeds and smoother video transmission, thereby enhancing the user experience. For telecom operators, Ericsson’s flexible carrier aggregation solution will enable them to maximize the use of available spectrum assets to deliver high-quality 5G connections.

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Industry applications in areas such as manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, entertainment and news production often require higher uplink capacity than the average individual mobile user. With a balanced mode architecture configuration, SingTel effectively varies uplink and downlink throughput and provides a higher uplink ratio for 5G millimeter wave, which in turn increases peak cell throughput on the uplink.

The trio achieved a maximum uplink rate of 1.6Gbps on 5G millimeter wave using a balanced frame architecture configuration combined with an uplink quad carrier on SingTel’s network using Snapdragon X65 5G modem-RF system driven test equipment.

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The 5G network facilities construction has built the world’s largest and most technologically advanced 5G network. 5G base stations exceed 2.31 million, and the 5G network covers all prefecture-level cities and urban areas in all counties. 5G network supply capacity has been continuously improved with the continuous improvement of applications and facilities and has played a major leading role in building a complete industrial chain covering systems, chips and terminals. “During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, we will continue to improve the depth and breadth of 5G network coverage, further deepen network construction and sharing, and vigorously promote the integration of 5G technology applications and product applications into all sectors of the economy and society. In particular, we will promote the development of “5G + Industrial Internet” in the direction of in-depth integration in the manufacturing industry, expand to all aspects of production, and enhance the overall level of digitalization, networking and intelligence in the manufacturing industry.

In terms of gigabit optical network construction, the country has already achieved “city-to-city gigabit”, “village-to-village broadband” and “county-to-county 5G”. Gigabit optical network has the ability to cover more than 500 million households, which is also leading in the world. The “East Data and West Computing” project has been fully launched, gradually building an integrated computing infrastructure application system of “computing, storage and transportation”. The total scale of data center racks in use in China has exceeded 6.5 million standard racks, with more than 20 million servers and the second-largest scale of computing power in the world. Subsequently, we will carry out the “light chasing action” of gigabit optical network, strengthen cross-industry, cross-enterprise and cross-region network collaboration and innovation, and support traditional industries to digitalization, networking and intelligent transformation. Small and medium-sized cities and rural remote areas to achieve coordinated and balanced development of information and communication networks, promote the “broadband frontier”, small and medium-sized cities, and cloud network construction, so that modern information technology benefits the majority of the people. At the same time, we should increase support for computing infrastructure and strong computing empowerment, to create a cloud-network integration, computing network network network architecture and computing power supply system.

Mobile Internet of things, China has built the world’s largest mobile Internet of things, with 1.845 billion connections, accounting for more than 70% of the world’s total number of connections, becoming the first major economies in the world to achieve the “superhero of things” countries. Mobile Internet of things should be said in the digital city construction, intelligent manufacturing, intelligent transportation, mobile payment and other fields to achieve large-scale applications, which we all have a deep experience, facilitate our lives, and change our way of life.

The State Office of the new website was informed that Tian Yulong said the follow-up will be in accordance with the “network first, application traction, market-led, policy-driven” work ideas, in-depth development of mobile Internet of things, continue to consolidate the leading edge of network capacity, to build support for the integration of solid mobile, a wide and narrow combination of IOT access capabilities. Continue to carry out mobile Internet of things application scenario expansion, deep into various industries and fields, so that the integration of the Internet of things and various industries to further deepens, to support the construction of our digital China and our smart city construction, more of our information infrastructure to benefit the masses of people, benefit our social development.

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Under the agreement, which covers Nokia’s fundamental inventions in 5G and other technologies, Samsung will pay Nokia a multi-year fee starting on 1 January 2023. The terms of the agreement remain confidential between the parties.

The agreement is consistent with the assumptions disclosed in Nokia Technologies’ long-term outlook commentary in Nokia’s financial reports for the third quarter and January-September 2022, which were released on 20 October 2022.

Samsung is a leader in the smartphone industry and we are pleased to have reached an amicable agreement with them,” said Jenni Lukander, President of Nokia Technologies, in a press release. The agreement gives both companies the freedom to innovate and reflects the strength of Nokia’s patent portfolio, decades of investment in R&D and contributions to mobile phone standards and other technologies.

Under the new agreement, Samsung will pay royalties to Nokia over a period of many years, with a start date of January 1, 2023.

Nokia currently holds more than 20,000 patent families, 4,500 of which are considered critical to 5G technology. Since 2000, the company has invested more than 130 billion euros in research and development.

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The two companies signed the contract in March 2021 and have now expanded the agreement. With Japan’s high population density and NTT DoCoMo’s more than 84 million subscribers nationwide, the stability of the network communications equipment used will be critical. Since NTT DoCoMo has renewed the contract, it shows that Samsung Networks’ products are proving to be reliable even in densely populated areas.

As part of the contract renewal, Samsung Networks will offer its new ultra-light, compact 5G radio that supports the 28GHz UHF band (mmWave) and the sub-6GHz 5G band. Weighing only 4.5 kg, it can be easily installed in urban and densely populated areas.

Satoshi Iwao, general manager of Samsung Electronics’ network business in Japan, said, “The key to the mobile communications equipment market is to build a long-term trusting relationship between operators and suppliers and to jointly invest in next-generation technologies. We will jointly promote NTT DoCoMo’s 5G network by providing excellent 5G products based on our technological strength.”

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According to the report, Reliance Jio is now offering 5G services in 12 cities in India, including Mumbai, Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Chennai, Varanasi, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Faridabad.

It is worth mentioning that local Jio users can join its 5G network and get 5G services without paying any additional charges. However, this is likely to be temporary, and according to Indian officials, the charges are expected to start after 5G is fully available.

In an official statement, Jio said, “Starting November 25, Jio customers in Gujarat will be invited to join the Jio 5G service and experience unlimited data traffic at speeds up to 1Gbps for free.”

During the launch of 5G, Reliance Jio assured its customers that the new 5G service can be used based on their existing 4G SIM cards. Since securing the widest spectrum in the 5G spectrum auction earlier this year, Reliance Jio now offers the most diverse 5G services covering the 700MHz, 3500MHz, and 26GHz bands.

According to publicly available information, only Airtel and Jio are currently offering 5G services among India’s top three telecom providers, while Vodafone Idea has yet to offer 5G support. reliance Jio’s True 5G network is an SA network, which is different from Airtel’s 5G Plus (NSA).

The three major carriers in China can also join the 5G network without opening a 5G package, and by default, they can get a 4G full speed (300-500Mbps) experience.

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The test terminal for this technology verification is MediaTek’s M80 test platform, and the URLLC test includes both 5G millimeter wave bands and low and medium-frequency systems. The M80 test terminal and the 5G device bearing URLLC function in the millimeter wave band successfully verified the performance of 99.999% end-to-end delay within 4ms; the M80 test terminal and the 5G device bearing URLLC function in the low and medium frequency bands with short-period DS frame structure verified the performance of 99.999% end-to-end delay under different signal-to-noise ratio environment. In addition, the URLLC technology test also verified the time synchronization performance of 5G R16 high-precision timing, and the test results with several 5G equipment vendors showed that the M80 test platform supporting R16 SIB9 and high-precision time output interface can realize the error of 5G system external timing within hundreds of nanoseconds. The M80 test platform, which supports R16 SIB9 and high-precision time output interface, can achieve the external timing error of the 5G system within hundreds of nanoseconds and meet the high-precision timing requirement of the vertical industry in less than 1 microsecond.

The 5G LAN technology verification adopts the M80 test terminal supporting Ethernet PDU session and completes the 5G LAN function test and service test based on Ethernet PDU together with several network devices supporting 5G LAN function, fully verifying that the terminal supporting 5G LAN can realize the service requirements such as point-to-point communication, multicast, and broadcast communication. Compared with terminals supporting IP PDUs, terminals supporting Ethernet PDUs can be more conveniently integrated with Layer 2 LANs and industrial Ethernet, which can better meet the needs of vertical industry application scenarios for flexible LAN construction.

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“5.5G is the result of the natural evolution of mobile communication technology.” According to Walid Mathlouthi, director of the ITU’s Future Networks and Spectrum Management Division, uplink and downlink speeds, coverage and latency are the three main indicators of mobile network quality, and 5.5G will undoubtedly be a significant improvement on 5G. The spectrum will be a very important aspect. The issuance of ultra-large bandwidth spectrum and full uplink spectrum usage patterns are topics of common concern for the global industry chain, requiring all parties in the industry to work together to discuss and collaborate deeply in all aspects of the network, ecology and business to promote the healthy and sustainable development of the industry.

The above views were shared by Huawei 5.5G General Manager Gao Quanzhong. As an upgraded version of 5G, 5.5G will become the backbone of the digital economy with its signature 10 Gigabit downlink, Gigabit uplink, 100 billion connections and endogenous intelligence. Gao Quanzhong believes that downlink 10Gbps and millisecond latency will build a bridge between the virtual world and the real world, enabling the development of MR, XR and meta-universe industries at scale. Passive IoT technology with 5.5G will revolutionize the mobile IoT terminal by taking away the battery and enabling hundreds of billions of connections. Passive IoT can provide the ability to go beyond connectivity and integrate communication and sensing technologies, providing the possibility for broader application scenario innovation. “In summary, 5.5G will have continued enhancements over 5G, such as a 10x increase in network speed and new IoT and sensing capabilities.” Gao Quanzhong said.

“5.5G will have a major impact on the industry.” Michael Dowling, a member of the German National Academy of Engineering and a founding team member of Industry 4.0, believes that Industry 4.0 and the future of the industry cannot be developed without the iteration of the Internet of Things. Looking at production practices in Germany, factories equipped with 5G have often achieved better IoT, with dramatic improvements in productivity, more and better services for consumers, and in some cases sustainable production, believing that 5.5G will continue to drive change.

“The evolution of the metaverse requires a significant upgrade in communication networks, and we look forward to the surprises that 5.5G will bring.” Moon Jerin, founder and CEO of Aeindri Protocol and former Women’s Leadership Chair of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, said that high immersion, low latency, and anytime, anywhere are key elements of the metaverse, which places higher demands on the network, especially to enhance the experience in scenarios such as virtual social, metaverse gaming, and immersive coworking, where existing network conditions fall short.

5.5G, as an upgraded version of 5G, with its signature 10 Gigabit downlink, Gigabit uplink, 100 billion connections, endogenous intelligence, and other capabilities, will empower the future of the Internet of Vehicles, Internet of Things, robotics, manufacturing, and other industry sectors.

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By October 2022, more than 230 operators have launched 5G commercial services worldwide, with more than 3 million 5G sites deployed and 700 million 5G users. Based on the rapid advancement of network deployment, 5G is moving from a period of commercial scale to a period of rapid development.

5G consumer-facing services remain the ballast for operators’ revenues. Compared to 4G, the 5G user experience has been significantly improved and new consumer behaviour, represented by video, has taken shape. This has led to a two-fold increase in Internet traffic (DOU) and a 20-40% increase in ARPU, driving steady growth in operators’ connectivity revenues.

Meanwhile, 5G industry-oriented applications are becoming a new engine of revenue growth for operators. New 5G-driven applications are already emerging in several markets around the world in areas such as oil and gas, manufacturing and transportation. These applications are not only bringing business innovation, but are also starting to deliver real business value to operators. For example, in 2021, Chinese operators will have more than 3,000 5GtoB commercial projects with revenues of more than RMB 3.4 billion, leveraging 10 times DICT revenues, making it the fastest growing business area for operators.

5G has created many new scenarios, applications and models, which present unprecedented opportunities for the development of the entire industry. To seize these opportunities, Hu believes that there are three ways to prepare.

Firstly, continued technological innovation, improved network construction and enhanced user experience. 5G should not only be built to meet coverage requirements, but should also be built around service and experience. A quality user experience is the key to attracting consumers to choose 5G services more often. For example, Chinese operators have optimised their networks around the Jitterbug business experience, reducing first-screen latency by 50%, reducing lag rates to one-tenth of the original, and doubling traffic.

Secondly, we are working together to define and promote the orderly development of the 5.5G industry. The four key features of 5.5G, namely 10Gbps downlink, 1Gbps uplink, 100 billion connections and endogenous intelligence, will be realised by 2025. Hu called on “the industry to work together to drive 5.5G standards definition, spectrum acquisition and industry chain construction.”

Finally, business and commercial innovation should be developed to unlock the full 5G dividend. Based on the advantages of 5G’s large bandwidth and low latency network capabilities, operators can fully synergise and integrate 5G, cloud and AI to provide new business experiences for consumer users, such as XR, cloud gaming and new calls, while providing convenient, reliable and secure digital services for enterprise users. In the process, operators can expand from connectivity providers to cloud service providers and system integrators, thus opening up new revenue streams.

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Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio is preparing to launch its 5G SA in India and will ask OEMs to release OTA updates for 5G phones that don’t yet support Jio’s 5G network, and Vivo is one of them.

In addition, Vivo announced a partnership with Reliance Jio’s gaming platform JioGamesCloud, which is based on Jio True 5G technology. Vivo used its flagship smartphone Vivo X70 Pro + to demo the cloud game on Jio’s 5G network.

Reliance Jio has already launched its 5G service in four cities in India and plans to expand to more by the end of the year, which is currently available by invitation only. It’s worth noting that Reliance Jio is the only operator with access to low-band 5G. The company said that it will be the only brand to offer SA (standalone group) 5G services in India, while other brands will offer 5G networks via NSA technology.

Samsung India previously revealed that it has been working with Indian network operators (Airtel, Jio and Vi) to test and will release the required OTA updates by mid-November 2022.

According to ET News, a source has revealed that Apple will add 5G support for Indian carriers via a software update for the iPhone as early as December.

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