At the 2018 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, 5G has become one of the hottest keywords. Compared with the concept, framework and possibility of 5G discussed more in the past, a number of important breakthrough China 5G products were unveiled in this year’s conference, and some mature technologies and application scenarios were also displayed in the exhibition, which started the countdown to welcome the arrival of the 5G era.
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Huawei released the first 5G commercial chip and terminal.
As one of the largest annual exhibitions in the global communication field, there are many voices and highlights from China enterprises at this World Mobile Communications Conference. During the exhibition, Huawei released the first 5G commercial chip and terminal based on 3GPP standard, and ZTE and other companies also demonstrated their respective scientific and technological strength. According to the analysis, these new products mean that China enterprises are taking the lead in the field of 5G.
It is reported that Huawei’s 5G chip released this time — — Balong G5 G01 is the first 5G network product supported by the 3GPP standard. At the same time, Huawei also released Huawei 5G CPE, the first 3GPP standard 5G commercial terminal based on this chip. According to reports, the product is divided into two types: low-frequency (sub-6 GHz) CPE and high-frequency (mmWave)CPE. Among them, 5G low-frequency CPE can download an episode of online drama in less than 1 second, which can support various high-definition video and entertainment applications such as VR high-definition online video and VR online games based on 5G networks in the future, and is compatible with 4G and 5G networks. The release of Huawei’s first 3GPP standard 5G commercial chip and terminal is considered by the industry as one of the breakthroughs in 5G products, and it also marks the gradual opening of the 5G era at the industrial level.
During this conference, ZTE also highlighted the end-to-end solutions for commercial technologies, networks and industrial applications of 5G, including a new generation of 5G full range of base station products. According to reports, the new generation of 5G high and low frequency AAU released by ZTE supports the new air interface of 3GPP5G NR, supports the mainstream frequency band of 5G in the industry, and adopts a number of key technologies of 5G, which can meet the diverse scenarios and needs of 5G commercial deployment, and has been applied in domestic 5G testing and 5G testing of operators in many countries and regions.
"China has become the most dazzling star on the 5G stage" and "the world looks at 5G, and 5G looks at China". Relevant professional analysis points out that China’s communication technology has gone through the following in the 2G era, the participation in the 3G era, and the breakthrough in the 4G era. In the 5G era, China has successfully entered the first echelon.
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5G smartphones will be available in the first half of next year.
In the terminal exhibition area of this conference, a conceptual mobile phone with ultra-high speed of 1.2Gbps also attracted a lot of attention. It is understood that this smart phone product, which is praised as "quasi-5G" or "pre-5G" by the industry, takes less than two seconds to download a high-definition movie.
It is worth mentioning that during the current Mobile World Congress, China Mobile announced that it would jointly launch the "5G Terminal Pioneer Program" with 20 terminal industry partners around the world. The plan aims to launch the first batch of 5G terminals as soon as possible in the early stage of the industry, promote multi-party cooperation and jointly establish a mature 5G terminal industry ecology.
According to reports, the plan has been widely responded and actively supported by the terminal industry, including 6 mainstream chip companies such as Qualcomm, Huawei, MediaTek, Ziguang Zhanrui, Intel and Samsung, and 10 mainstream terminal companies such as Huawei, OPPO, vivo, Xiaomi and Samsung.
China Mobile expects that all parties will make concerted efforts to launch the first batch of 5G chips that meet the needs of operators before the end of 2018, and release the first batch of 5G pre-commercial terminals, including data terminals and smart phones, in the first half of 2019. The analysis believes that this also means that many brands of 5G mobile phones are expected to be available in the first half of next year.
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There are still about two years before the real outbreak of 5 G.
According to the plan of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the three major domestic operators are expected to realize the scale commercialization of the fifth generation communication technology in 2020. According to the data, since 2013, China has taken the lead in launching the 5G test and R&D process. At present, China’s 5G commercialization process has been promoted in an orderly manner, and technology research and development testing has officially entered the third stage this year. The 5G field tests of the three major operators have been started one after another, and the pilot construction has been stepped up.
At the same time, a number of recent developments that have emerged since the second half of last year show that 5G promotion is accelerating. Industry analysts believe that although there are still about two years before the real outbreak of 5G on the commercial timetable, the wrestling of the 5G industrial chain has been fully rolled out. The analysis also pointed out that with the commercialization process of 5G network, it will drive the development of applications such as car networking, Internet of Things, drones and cloud computing, which means that 5G will not only become a new round of development opportunities for the global communication industry, but also create opportunities for the rise of various emerging information technologies.
The 5G economic report released by IHS, a market research organization, predicts that by 2035, 5G will create 12.3 trillion US dollars in global economic output and create 22 million jobs. Among them, China will have 9.5 million jobs, ranking first in the world, far exceeding the United States (3.4 million).
The White Paper on the Economic and Social Impact of 5G issued by relevant institutions in China also pointed out that 5G, as a general-purpose technology, will open up a new era of mobile communication development, accelerate the process of economic and social digital transformation, and push the development of China’s digital economy to a new level. The white paper predicts that the direct output and indirect output driven by 5G will reach 6.3 trillion yuan and 10.6 trillion yuan respectively in 2030. In terms of direct output, according to the official commercialization of 5G in 2020, it is estimated that it will drive about 484 billion yuan of direct output in that year, and it will increase to 3.3 trillion yuan and 6.3 trillion yuan in 2025 and 2030 respectively, with a compound annual growth rate of 29% in the past ten years. In terms of indirect output, in 2020, 2025 and 2030, 5G will drive 1.2 trillion yuan, 6.3 trillion yuan and 10.6 trillion yuan respectively, with a compound annual growth rate of 24%.
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5G can finish a 1080P movie in a few seconds.
What is 5G? The relevant technical specifications of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have identified eight key capability indicators for 5G. According to reports, the peak rate of 5G in the future can reach 20Gbps. Other capability indicators include user experience data rate of 100Mbps, delay of 1 millisecond, connection density of 1 million devices per square kilometer, and traffic density of 10Mbps per square meter.
"Compared with the current mainstream 4G communication, 5G brings the most intuitive benefits to users. In addition to improving the quality of calls, that is the transmission rate." Relevant professionals pointed out that the speed of 5G network can reach the level of Gbps or even tens of Gbps, which means that a movie in 1080P format can be downloaded in a few seconds. In addition, 5G communication also has the characteristics of low power consumption and high access, and has become an important foundation for the development of the Internet of Things.
"For enterprises, 5G will create value for many fields, such as automobile transportation, energy/utility monitoring, security, finance, medical health, industry and agriculture, especially for large-scale and key application fields that require low latency. For consumers, the highlights of 5G services will be concentrated in two aspects: ultra-high-definition video applications and AR/VR applications. " According to the relevant report of GSMA, it is estimated that by 2025, 5G networks will be commercialized in 111 countries and regions around the world. After the early deployment, the 5G network will provide enhanced mobile broadband services with high speed, low delay, reliability and security.
However, professionals also pointed out that in order to enjoy the convenience brought by 5G communication, consumers also need a terminal that supports it. At present, mobile phones in the hands of ordinary domestic users are not yet supported. "The arrival of the 5G era is bound to set off a new round of replacement boom." The above-mentioned person said.
This edition/reporter Ren Xiaoyuan
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