GTI Cooperates with Industry Partners to Release 5G Pre-commercial Use White Paper

[Barcelona, Spain, February 22, 2019] Yesterday, in the 24th GTI Workshop held in Barcelona, Spain, GTI released GTI Sub-6GHz 5G Pre-Commercial Trial White Paper. Huawei, as the organizer and main content contributor, interpreted the white paper.

This white paper, initiated by GTI, is written by China Mobile, Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, and ZTE. It details 5G spectrum and terminal industry progress, key technologies and solutions for 5G deployment include Massive MIMO, coverage enhancement, mobility, voice, and low-latency solutions. In addition, the white paper provides strategy reference for early 5G network deployment and the test results of multiple pre-commercial networks. It is expected that global industry partners work together to address 5G deployment challenges, promote the maturity of the 5G industry, and embrace the large-scale 5G commercial use. 

According to the latest research report of GSA, in the middle of January 2019, 201 operators in 83 countries started to invest in 5G and conducted 5G technical verification and pre-commercial tests. In the early 5G network deployment period, to ensure continuous 5G service experience, such as HD video, mobile AR/VR, and low-altitude UAV, the network rate needs to reach 50 Mbps to 100 Mbps at least in the downlink and 3 Mbps to 5 Mbps in the uplink, and the end-to-end delay must be within 20 ms. As a native technology of 5G networks, Massive MIMO uses unique multi-antenna technologies and 3D beamforming to greatly improve spectral efficiency. 64TRX as a representative of these network deployment solutions is the first choice for early 5G deployment. It enables the cell capacity to reach more than 10Gbps and the single-user experienced data rate to reach above 1Gbps, which meet the long-term requirements of 5G services for large capacity. 

According to the global spectrum distribution pace and deployment scale, C-band and 2.6 GHz will become the first mature industry chain in 5G sub-6 GHz deployment. In 2019, global operators will launch more intensive pre-commercial tests and commercial deployment. Meanwhile, many mainstream terminal vendors in the industry are expected to release 5G chipsets and smartphones in 2019, which will greatly promote the maturity of the entire industry and enable users to enjoy the excellent user experience brought by 5G.

For more information, click the following link to download the complete GTI Sub-6GHz 5G Pre-Commercial Trial White Paper.