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Submitted by s.parker on February 16, 2016
In his latest blog post, Yngve Selén from Ericsson Research shares his experiences on 5G ahead of the major industry event next week, Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Yngve has been involved in 5G research ever since it started at Ericsson several years. At the beginning, the main focus was on understanding and evaluating different technology components and concepts. Another early priority was improving the understanding of the use cases and requirements for wireless communication in the future; in short why the world needs 5G.
As we enter a new phase, work on 5G is getting even more exciting: a place where the industry comes together to standardise 5G, a key activity also for 5G-ENSURE.
This work has now started in 3GPP, the organisation responsible for the standardisation of 3G and 4G. "Global standards are the very foundation of making connected things understand each other, including phones, connected machines and base stations from different vendors. This worldwide interoperability drives competition and ensures continuous innovation", explains Yngve in his blog.
Ericsson is working very closely with industries in other fields to understand their needs as future users of 5G. One key point to note here is the availability of existing technologies, such as 4G LTE, to help turn many ideas into reality. Connecting devices and processes brings all sorts of benefits, spanning efficiency, cost reduction, safety, reliability and much more.
While we'll see a lot of innovation coming along before we get to 5G, new technology is needed to support more extreme use cases in areas like factory automation, low latency remote control, smart grid and connected vehicles, among others. The same applies to coping with the anticipated data traffic increase beyond 2020. This is what Ericsson and others are working with and now starting to standardise in 3GPP.
Yngve Selén Blog: http://www.ericsson.com/research-blog/5g/on-the-road-to-5g/#more-3148
Anand Prasad's post on 5G security and 3GPP standardisation: http://www.5gensure.eu/news/5g-security-your-doorsteps
