4G + 6 years before 5G

4G + 6 years before 5G

5 Gbps network test speed: 5 Gbps

Although the domestic TD-LTE and LTE-FDD of the 4G convergence network test license just recently issued, but unable to cope with the communication equipment vendors run faster: a few days ago, Ericsson announced 5G wireless testing, the maximum network transmission speed is 5 Gbps. Although this data is half faster than the theoretical speed of 5g at 10 Gbps. At the same time, Huawei announced that it had joined the 5g Infrastructure Association Board of Directors and played an important consulting role to help the EU clarify the 5g research focus. 4G is just getting started, and 5G is ready to go. But 5G will only come after 2020. What should we do in the next 6 years? Don't worry. ZTE's 5G Summit recently launched the Pre 5G concept for the first time, and some technologies in 5G can be directly applied to 4G.

5 Gbps network measurement speed

Recently, according to foreign media reports, Ericsson, a communications equipment manufacturer, has tested 5G wireless networks last week to achieve a 5 Gbps transmission speed. It is said that operators such as SK Telecom and Japan's NTTDocomo witnessed the event.

Although the network data tested by Ericsson is far from the theoretical highest network speed of 10 Gbps, it is already the highest measured mobile network speed. It is 250 times faster than the current LTE 4G network. It takes only 80 seconds to download a 50 GB video, which is 5 times faster than Google's 1 Gbit/s transmission speed.

However, the current 5 Gbps network speed is only ideal for the laboratory. In addition, although this data is equally exciting, equipment vendors, such as Ericsson, Huawei, ZTE, and Nokia, are not prepared for commercial deployment in the short term, but will wait until 2020. In addition, the North American operator most likely to be the first to use the network (the first to popularize the LTE Network) has not said this. John Wibergh, head of Ericsson's network business department, said: "LTE will allow everyone to access the Internet, while 5G will connect all things to the Internet ."

As a leader in the field of communication equipment, Ericsson is increasingly aware of the competitive pressure of Huawei. The latter was elected to the Board of Directors of the 5g Infrastructure Association at a joint conference held in Italy on September 6. 5G Infrastructure Association is an international non-profit Association headquartered in Ghent, Belgium, activities include studying 5G communication systems and networks, preparing for the formulation of 5g International Standards, and conducting regulatory discussions on topics such as future frequency bands.

4G + networks supported before 5G

5G standards to be determined, 4G has not been widely used around the world, from now until the six years in 2020, how to improve the network speed, how to evolve? At the recently held 5G Summit, ZTE's wireless CTO proposed the Pre 5G concept to Jiying for the first time-some technologies in 5G can be directly applied to 4G, you can even use 4G terminals without changing the air interface standards. In this way, users can get a 5g user experience in advance.

Xiang Jiying said that, according to the technical features of Pre 5G, the difference between Pre 5G and 4G + and 5G can be clearly defined. The performance of Pre 5G obviously exceeds the 4G + standard definition, but it does not need to depend on the standard definition of 5G. It can only be implemented based on the Standard 4G. Therefore, even if there is no Pre 5G phase in the standard, a Pre 5G phase between 4G + and 5G will also appear at the implementation level.

Some people may be skeptical about the 4G era and the intermediate stages before the arrival of 5g. However, the latest Ericsson mobile market report shows a comprehensive picture of the mobile market before the arrival of 5g, and predicts the driving factors for 5g demand-from 2013 to 2019, mobile data traffic will surge 10 times, and more importantly, the number of wireless M2M devices in operation will also increase by three to four times.