Huawei proposes to plan for certainty in industrial development and join hands in entering the 5.5G era
2023.03.02
Huawei proposes to plan for certainty in industrial development and join hands in entering the 5.5G era
With the rapid development of 5G, new business requirements are more diverse and complex, and higher requirements are placed on 5G network capabilities. 5.5G is the only way for the next upgrade and evolution of 5G networks. It has reached a consensus in the industry and is a deterministic industry development trend.
[Spain, Barcelona, March 1, 2023] The "Jointly Entering the 5.5G Era" summit was held today during MWC2023 Barcelona. Huawei advocated that all walks of life in the industry work together to continue to promote industry consensus and commercial deployment in the 5.5G era, and accelerate the march towards a smart world. .
Yang Chaobin, Senior Vice President of Huawei and President of ICT Products and Solutions, said: "With the rapid development of 5G, the new business requirements are more diverse and complex, which puts forward higher requirements for 5G network capabilities. 5.5G is the next step in the evolution of 5G networks. The only way that must be taken has reached a consensus in the industry and is a deterministic industry development trend. With the clear pace of 5.5G (5G-Advanced), F5.5G (F5G-Advanced), and Net5.5G standards, the spectrum strategy is clear, and key technologies and diverse The application scenario verification has passed, and the industry consensus has steadily advanced, which will surely accelerate the commercialization of 5.5G networks, and the ten-fold increase in network capabilities will trigger thousands of industries to release more powerful digital productivity."
Yang Chaobin, President of ICT Products and Solutions, delivered a keynote speech on "Available at your fingertips, stepping into the 5.5G era hand in hand"
"5.5G" has formed an industry consensus and has become a deterministic development trend
Yang Chaobin said that 6G is still in the early research stage, so 5.5G is the only way for the next upgrade and evolution of 5G networks, and the industry is accelerating the formation of a consensus on this. For the development of the 5.5G industry, it is necessary to join hands with the whole industry to promote it from four aspects:
1. The rhythm of industry standards is clear: 5.5G has started the standardization process, and will define 5.5G technical specifications through three versions of 3GPP Release18, Release19, and Release20, and continue to enrich the technical connotation of 5.5G. Release18 will be frozen in H1 in 2024; F5 .5G has been implemented as a standard design from an industry initiative. ETSI released the F5G Advanced white paper in September last year. The first standard version of F5.5G, Release 3, which took the lead in defining it, will be frozen in H1 in 2024. IETF and IEEE are also fully carrying out the standard work related to the first phase of Net5.5G such as SRv6, Wi-Fi 7, and 800GE, and the relevant standards will be fully released in 2024.
2. Spectrum resource strategy is clear: Spectrum resources are the cornerstone of wireless networks, and the 5.5G industry jointly promotes Sub 100GHz spectrum to NR: On the one hand, the current stock spectrum is gradually moving towards 5.5G through spectrum refarming and on-demand integration; on the other hand, jointly Promote the commercial use of millimeter wave and U6GHz ultra-large bandwidth spectrum, and provide resource guarantee for 5.5G.
3. Steady advancement of industry consensus: 5.5G has formed a broad consensus in the industry, and the world's leading operators are actively promoting the formulation of 5.5G standards and verification of technological innovation. During this Pakistan exhibition, GSMA led industry partners to establish the 5.5G Community. WBBA (World Broadband Association) has also been officially established in 2022 and released the Next Generation Broadband Roadmap white paper for F5.5G. OMDIA released the Net5G in September last year. .5G white paper aligns industry goals from technological evolution, application scenarios, and industrial ecology, aligns industry rhythms, and accelerates the commercial process.
4. Smooth evolution to protect investment: 5.5G will realize the on-demand integration of existing 5G network resources through key technologies such as stock spectrum refarming and equipment multi-mode multiplexing, and gradually evolve to 5.5G smoothly, fully protecting the existing investment of operators .
The continuous maturity of key technologies and the verification of application scenarios make the 5.5G era within reach
Yang Chaobin said that with the joint efforts of the industry, breakthroughs have been made in many key technologies of 5.5G. Innovative technologies such as ultra-large-scale antenna array (ELAA) and virtual large-carrier reconstructed discontinuous spectrum (MBSC) for wireless networks have been verified by multiple operators around the world, bringing 5.5G 10G capabilities into reality. In the F5.5G fixed network, 50G PON has been standardized by ITU-T as the next-generation PON. Key technologies such as uplink and downlink symmetry and multi-mode integration continue to develop and mature, laying the foundation for the smooth upgrade and evolution from F5G to F5.5G. The development of 5.5G/F5.5G drives the upgrade of IP network, enabling Net5.5G. Net5.5G continues to enhance in terms of 800GE ultra-broadband, end-to-end IPv6+, intelligence, security, and latency. It brings new capabilities, new products, and new opportunities to operators, and stimulates operators to continue to grow.
5G commercial use has entered a period of rapid development in three years. By the end of 2022, the number of global 5G users will exceed 1 billion, the number of gigabit broadband users will reach 100 million, and the number of 5G industry applications will exceed 20,000. higher requirement. In terms of personal business, with the gradual maturity of immersive services such as XR and holographic communication, the connection experience has changed from Gigabit 1Gbps to 10 Gigabit 10Gbps; in the field of IoT applications, the explosive growth of IoT applications is a deterministic trend. For example, in 2022, the total number of Internet of Things connections will exceed the total number of human connections; industry digitization will gradually penetrate into the core production system, and richer scenarios and demands will emerge, such as 5G+ cloud for high-precision industrial vision AI detection, remote control of mines, and automatic driving. +AI fusion application scenario, puts forward the requirement of 1Gbps for the uplink bandwidth of 5G network.
Mobile World Congress 2023 will be held in Barcelona, Spain from February 27 to March 2. The Huawei booth is located in booth 1H50, Hall 1, Fira Gran Via. Huawei, together with global operators, industry elites, and opinion leaders, discussed hot topics such as 5G business success, new opportunities for 5.5G, green development, and digital transformation, and used the GUIDE business blueprint to move from a prosperous 5G era to a more prosperous 5.5G era. For more details, see: