5G news is here! What do you think of text messages with audio, video and location?
Nowadays, 5G has been in commercial use for two years, and
5G smart phones are becoming increasingly popular. In the 5G era, what changes
have been made to text messages in mobile phones? In addition to the functions
of sending and receiving traditional texts, 5G messages can also receive
multimedia content such as pronunciation videos, locations, and sliding cards.
The pace of 5G news is getting closer. How will it affect our lives?
In response to public concerns, People's Daily Online
invited Lu Di, an associate professor at the State Key Laboratory of Media
Convergence and Communication at Communication University of China and an
expert at China Telecom’s 5G Media Laboratory to answer questions.
Powerful, 5G news breaks imagination
"I think 5G messaging is the most likely to be the
first large-scale application of 5G native innovative business form." Lu
Di said that 5G messaging is RCS (Rich Communication Suite), that is, rich
media. In terms of content form, in addition to text and pictures, 5G messages
can also provide multimedia content such as audio and video, location, and
sliding cards. From a formal point of view, 5G messaging has more capabilities
than traditional SMS services. It uses traditional SMS as an entry point, has
an embedded card, sends real-time location, completes digital payment and other
functions. Individuals do not need to open the APP, and can interact with the
chat robot through the mobile phone SMS portal.
Technology empowered, 5G news is developing rapidly
Ludi believes that the development of 5G messaging is
inseparable from the technical support of the three levels of network, terminal
and IT.
The network layer mainly uses IMS technology. IMS technology is a hierarchical, open and converged communication core network constructed on operator networks using IP technology. It can reduce the waiting time for users to communicate across operators, improve the quality of calls between networks, and provide users with richer multimedia services. . Lu Di said, “IMS is one of the important technologies for realizing 5G messaging. At present, my country’s three major operators have completed the deployment of the IMS network interconnection and interoperability of the national mobile communication network and officially provide services to users.”
At the terminal level, Ludi said: "5G messaging SDK is
the core capability suite at the terminal level, and only terminals with 5G
messaging SDK have the ability to receive 5G messages." At the IT level,
Ludi emphasized: "5G news is closely related to the development of AI
technology." As an industry-oriented message service platform, the MaaP
platform requires a combination of chatbot, NPL (Natural Language Processing),
AI and other technologies.
Bright prospects, 5G news brings new challenges
Currently, users who use 4G terminals still account for the
majority. Can 4G terminals receive 5G messages? Talking about this issue, Ludi
said that 5G messages have an information "fallback" mechanism, and
5G messages received by 4G terminals are smart short messages. Similarly, 3G
and 2G terminals can also receive 5G messages, but the form will be different.
Therefore, 5G messages, as a strong reach application, will
play an important role in government affairs, meteorology, banking, and media
reporting. As for whether the arrival of 5G news will have an impact on some
apps, Ludi believes: “APP is an organization form of information in the 4G era.
5G news has many functions, omitting users from searching, downloading, and
installing certain apps in the app market. Therefore, 5G messaging is likely to
become a product form that replaces APP in the 5G era."