By Wang Shen
China has completed the first stage of the standardization of all functions for the 5G technology and entered a new stage of accelerating all aspects of the industry, as reported by the Yicai Media Group on June 21.
Georg Mayer, the chairman of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Technical Specification Group (TSG), Core Network and Terminals (CT), stated that the first set of 5G standards, which is called Release 15, will not only provide the end users with higher data rates and bandwidths but also become open and flexible enough to satisfy the communication needs of different industries.
The 3GPP unites seven telecommunications standard development organizations and provides its members with a stable environment to produce the Reports and Specifications that define the 3GPP technologies. The TSG CT is responsible for specifying terminal interfaces, terminal capabilities and the Core network parts of the 3GPP systems.
During the 2018 IMT-2020 (5G) Summit on June 21, Wang Zhiqin, the leader of the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group, released the latest achievements of the Chinese 5G technologies and stated that her group would focus on promoting the equipment for standalone 5G networks and their applications for vertical industries.
Wu Geng, the chief technical expert from Intel, pointed out that during the second stage, experts would focus on realizing the applications of 5G to various industries, primarily to support the Industry 4.0. The evolution of 5G involves many aspects, including automatic driving systems, smart home systems, the manufacturing industry, virtual reality, healthcare and so forth.
Many companies have started to test 5G outside of their laboratories. For example, China Mobile announced that it would build two 5G base stations in Shanghai, with the goal of adding over 100 5G base stations this year.
Wang suggested that China aims at enhancing and optimizing more situations wherein 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT) can be applied. The research will focus on new media, virtual reality, unmanned aerial vehicles, the electric power industry, and public security systems.
