On course to complete the 5G vision

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Korea has taken the lead in 5G growth and is on pace to surpass 5 million 5G subscribers by the end of this year, all major US carriers have launched 5G commercially on low/mid bands as well as mmWave spectrum.
In that respect, there were two events in fall 2019 which significantly set the course toward the completion of the 5G vision: the WRC19 and the 3GPP plenary meetings.
WRC19 provides significant additional spectrum for 5G growth
Equally important, WRC19 agreed on reasonable technical conditions that will govern the 5G use of these bands while protecting other services such as satellite communications.
In addition, the WRC agreed that new mid-bands in the 3-11 GHz range will be studied for eventual identification for 5G use in four years’ time.
In 2019, 5G deployments were based on 3GPP Release 15 Non-stand-alone, which allows for a 5G service to work in conjunction with 4G connection to allow for faster broadband.
The Release 16 version of 3GPP is approaching finalization, and it includes, as one of the more transformative functions, the ability for 5G to operate in unlicensed bands (“NR-U”) such as 5 GHz or 6 GHz.
The most important decision was the definition of the Release 17 content of 5G, or “New Radio” (NR) as 3GPP calls it.
Firstly, in accordance with the WRC decision to identify the 66 GHz band for 5G (IMT), the 3GPP will extend its radio design to include this band, extending 5G’s operational reach up to 71GHz for both licensed and unlicensed operation.
The completion of Industrial 5G was another big headline from Release 17, by which we mean a version of 5G fully optimized for industry-grade Wireless 5G networks.
5G support for broadcast and multicast as well as proximity services will enable use cases for public safety, mission critical communication and vehicle-to-everything connections required for autonomous driving.

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