Intel Editorial: The Dash to 5G Commercialization Begins
June 13 2018 - 10:05PM
Business Wire
The Pace of Innovation Accelerates with the
Finalization of the Standalone 5G New Radio Global Standard
The following is an opinion editorial provided by Asha Keddy of
Intel Corporation.
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Asha Keddy is vice president in the
Technology, Systems Architecture & Client Group and general
manager of Next Generation and Standards at Intel Corporation.
(Credit: Intel Corporation)
Just six short months ago, I remarked that the finalization of
the Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G New Radio (NR) represented “One Small
Step for 5G, One Giant Step for Wireless” — noting that, with the
announcement of the common standard, the real innovation was just
beginning. Today, I’m excited to say that the industry has not just
taken more steps to advance the future of 5G, but has gone from a
walk to a jog to a run, and is now in a full-blown sprint to
commercialization, as the 3GPP Release 15, Standalone (SA) 5G NR
standard is finalized.
Intel has been uniquely positioned at the forefront of these
conversations — providing essential technological inputs and
leveraging global partnerships to push testing and implementation
of standards-based technologies. We’re also working with operators
and manufacturers worldwide, to drive a wholesale transformation of
the network infrastructure required to deliver 5G experiences to a
flexible, agile and virtualized architecture powered by Intel
computing technologies.
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5G will enable a fully-mobile and connected society — unleashing
human and technological possibility, and fueling business and
financial opportunity. It will erode the boundaries between the
physical and the digital to deliver personalized experiences and
valuable services that will test the limits of our collective
imaginations. 5G will take the industry beyond communications,
bringing together wireless, computing and the cloud to create a
unified technological foundation and a scalable global marketplace.
At the heart of that transformation sits standards-based
technologies.
Because of the magnitude of work required to implement 5G, it
was essential to deliver a version of the standard that would allow
the industry to prototype, build and test 5G silicon and
infrastructure, informing both the specifications of the final
standard and future development cycles. With an anchor in 4G LTE
(Long Term Evolution), non-standalone 5G NR provided the industry
with guardrails for the development of 5G technologies, creating a
bridge to the past with a deployment model that comprehends
extensive infrastructure investments in 4G. And with the standalone
5G NR specification complete, 5G deployments can now be built
without the need for co-located 4G infrastructure including
greenfield areas with minimal to no existing cellular
infrastructure.
Intel partnered with other industry leaders to speed the
mid-point release of NSA 5G NR, and contributed to the finalization
of the SA 5G NR standard with proprietary research, reference
designs and insights from trials conducted with partners using the
Intel® 5G Mobile Trial Platform. Our mobile trial platform provides
a critical resource for mobile operators, manufacturers and other
industry leaders to develop, test and deploy services and solutions
that meet the latency, reliability and performance requirements of
5G. Working closely with telecom equipment manufacturers including
Ericsson and Nokia, Intel and our partners have given the world a
taste of the experiences that 5G networks will provide.
The Intel trial platform played a pivotal role in recent trials
in China, which anticipates SA 5G NR deployments in the second half
of 2019. Working with Huawei in Shanghai earlier this year and
using our mobile trial platform, we were able to perform the
world’s first fully compliant test showcasing 5G interoperability
and development testing (IODT) based on the 5G NSA NR
specification. This followed another trial last year with Ericsson
and China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
to complete the first early 5G 3.5GHz multi-vendor end-to-end
interoperability test in Beijing. These trials provide an entry
point to understanding the requirements and potential of multiple
5G use cases.
We’re also in the midst of a collaboration with Unigroup
Spreadtrum & RDA to develop a 5G smartphone platform for the
China market. Targeted to coincide with 5G network deployments in
2019, Spreadtrum’s first Android-based high-end 5G smartphone
solution will utilize the Intel® XMM™ 8060 5G modem and
Spreadtrum’s application processor.
Of course, we’ve been innovating in the U.S. as well, exploring
what can be achieved with mmWave spectrum for extreme capacity and
throughput. We’ve partnered with Fox Sports to “unplug the wires”
at the U.S. Open Golf Tournament on DirecTV, using two 4K HDR
cameras positioned at the seventh hole of the event. As a par 3,
this is the trickiest hole on the course by far, so the action here
will be pretty exciting. The Intel trial platform will provide 5G
network connectivity at gigabit speeds, utilizing Ericsson’s
infrastructure and AT&T’s mmWave technologies and network. And
last week at Computex, we announced that Sprint will join us as a
partner to sell Intel processor-based 5G-connected PCs in retail
stores next year.
This is just a sampling of the dozens of collaborations with our
partners worldwide, and we’re just getting started. But 5G is more
than a new air interface, and Intel’s work in helping operators
build out next-gen 5G requires a reimagined core, edge and access
network. From connected cars and immersive media experiences to
drones, AI-enhanced agriculture and smart cities, we are only
beginning to scratch the surface of what we can accomplish with 5G.
The opportunities for incumbents to evolve, developing new lines of
business and revenue, and for new market entrants to innovate,
launching new products and services, are nearly endless.
Change is happening fast. With change comes opportunity. With
opportunity comes responsibility. With 50 years of leadership,
Intel is working with partners to take on the responsibility of
delivering a smart and connected 5G-powered world across the
network, the cloud and clients. The work is challenging and the
scope is immense, but inspiration is at an all-time high. We
congratulate the industry, and all of you, on reaching this
remarkable milestone.
Asha Keddy is vice president in the Technology, Systems
Architecture & Client Group and general manager of Next
Generation and Standards at Intel Corporation.
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