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3GPP Announces New Release 17 Schedule

in News, 3GPP, 5G, LTE
3GPP

Earlier this month, 3GPP Technical Specification Groups (TSG) announced a firm Release 17 timeline after considering the effects that e-meetings in 2020 had on the work’s progress and the pressure that cancellation of all face-to-face meetings has created.

3GPP Approves List of Release 17 5G New Radio Features and Functions

in Blog, 3GPP, 5G, 5G NR, LTE
3GPP Release 17 Timeline

Earlier this week 3GPP held RAN#86 to discuss and finalize further technology evolution of 5G NR radio. 3GPP has now approved a list of features and detailed functionality that will be part of Release-17.

5G Tool box in MATLAB: Possibilities and Limitations

in 3GPP, 5G, 5G NR, MATLAB

MATLAB has introduced its 5G Toolbox, which provides standards compliant waveforms and reference examples for modeling, simulation, and verification of the physical layer of 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) communications systems. 5G Toolbox can be used  to design algorithms and predict end-to-end link performance of systems that conform to the 5G Release 15 standard.

3GPP Completes 5G System Specifications with SA Release

in News, 3GPP, 5G, 5G New Radio, 5G NR
5G is ready

3GPP has announced the completion of the standalone (SA) Release 15, 5G specifications paving the way for 5G commercialization. Earlier in Dec. 2017, 3GPP has released the 5G NR specifications for non-standalone (NSA) operation. 

3GPP Road to 5G Massive Internet of Things

in Blog, 3GPP, 5G, EC-GSM, EGPRS, eMTC, IOT, NB-IoT, 4G, GSM, LTE
5G IoT

In last few years, Internet of Things (IoT) standards have evolved considerably to provide seamless convergence of the digital and the physical world. IoT allows applications, machines connected to the network to communicate among them or with servers without human intervention.

NR first specs & 5G system progress in Release 15

in Video, 3GPP, 5G, 5G NR

This interview was recorded during the 3GPP TSG Plenary meetings, in Lisbon, December 21, 2017.

Guy Daniels, the Director of content at TelecomTV, talks to Balazs Bertenyi (TSG RAN Chairman) and Erik Guttman (TSG SA Chairman) about the achievements at that meeting - namely the news of the "First 5G NR Specs Approved"

3GPP completes work on official 5G NR specification

in Video, 3GPP, 5G

At its plenary meeting in Lisbon this week, the 3GPPi completed the first 5G NR specification. That’s a new radio standard that will, for the moment, work alongside the LTEi core network in so-called "non standalone mode". The work was part of the first drop of Release 15 – the cellular specifications that will define 5G.

3GPP Achieves 5G Phase 1 System Architecture Milestone

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5G Phase 1 is achieved

3GPP has completed 3GPP 5G architecture stage 2 level specifications. With this Release 15 milestone, 3GPP has provided the set of features and functionality needed for deploying a commercially operational 5G system. The delivered specifications are TS 23.501, TS 23.502 and TS 23.503.

Huawei 3GPP 5G Pre-commercial System is awarded as one of World Leading Internet Scientific and Technological Achievement at the Fourth World Internet Conference

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Huawei 5G Award

[Wuzhen, China, December 3, 2017] Huawei 3GPP 5G Pre-commercial System was awarded as one of World Leading Internet Scientific and Technological Achievements at the fourth World Internet Conference opening on December 3, 2017. This honor recognized the system's excellent end-to-end capabilities and technical innovation.

SK Telecom Announces Ultra-fast Packet Processing Technology for 10x Handling in 5G Network

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SK Telecom

SK Telecom has tested a new Ultra-fast packet processing technology, which will help 5G network equipment to process data traffic 10 times faster than LTE, company announced Operator aims to propose the new development to 3GPP and ETSI as global standard to speed up the global rollout of 5G

Telecom Standard Bodies Prep for IMT-2020

in Blog, 3GPP, 5G, ITU, ITU-R
5G

Last week, ITU-R Workshop on IMT-2020 terrestrial radio interfaces was held in Munich, Germany with main objective to outline the process of submission/reception of the Radio Interface Technology (RIT)/set of RIT (SRIT) proposals and acknowledgment of receipt.

Nokia to Expand Development and Deployment of 5G Solution

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Nokia

Nokia is broadening its focus into multiple areas of early 5G mobility use cases, including enhanced mobile broadband and ultra-reliable, ultra-low latency communications, company announced yesterday.

SK Telecom Demonstrates 5G Trial Networks using 3.5GHz Band

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SK Telecom

SK Telecom has successfully demonstrated 5G communications using the 3.5GHz band through collaborations with Samsung Electronics and Nokia in Korea. Operator joined hands with Samsung Electronics to develop a 3.5GHz 5G end-to-end network

Strategic direction of related 5G infrastructure work in 3GPP

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ETSI Summit on 5G Network Infrastructure: SESSION A: Challenges for the development of the 5G infrastructure. Strategic direction of related 5G infrastructure work in 3GPPi. Presented by Georg Mayer, 3GPP CT Chair