Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies partner with Finnish communications service provider Elisa to demonstrate high uplink speeds in commercial 5G standalone (SA) networks, as well as successful network trial to explore network slicing for UK’s BT Group announced.
The three companies, working at BT’s Adastral Park, the BT Group’s home of research and innovation, will build end-to-end consumer networks enabled by network slicing of Ericsson’s 5G core and radio access network technology in the UK. said that it has successfully demonstrated differentiated connectivity of 5G for enterprises. Use a device with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Samsung Galaxy Mobile Platform.
The trial will establish network slices for gaming, enterprise, and enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and allocate portions of the 5G SA network to provide dynamic partitioning for specific use cases, including: We demonstrated how you can maintain optimal performance for bandwidth-intensive activities. Mobile gaming and video conferencing are possible even during peak hours.
Investigating the potential of network slicing for BT Group’s corporate customers, the trial used enterprise slices and eMBB slices configured with URSP rules that allow devices to connect to multiple network slices simultaneously depending on the application. demonstrated consistent 4K video. Streaming and enterprise use cases with Samsung S23 Ultra devices powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy.
Enterprise communication platforms and video applications require stable connections and low jitter to function properly. Ericsson 5G RAN slicing feature, Radio Resource Partitioning, is now enabled to ensure an optimal experience for enterprise traffic.
Mobile gaming is experiencing relentless growth, with traffic on BT’s EE network almost doubling since the start of 2023, generating more than two petabytes of data every month. With consistent, low-latency, jitter-free and immersive experiences becoming increasingly essential to the gaming experience, the three companies believe that network slicing will be a key enabler of performance and growth in the 5G SA era. Guaranteed to be expected.
With Elisa, Ericsson and Qualcomm focused on uplinks. Contextualizing the trial, the partner noted that the amount of data traffic generated today is increasing on uplinks, increasing speed and capacity and providing a seamless 5G user experience. Highlighted the need for new network capabilities. As an example, they said concertgoers are recording and streaming live video on their social media accounts.
In trials, the three parties used uplink carrier aggregation to achieve upload speeds of 230 Mbps on live 5G networks. This test combined the 25MHz 2.6 GHz frequency division duplex (FDD) band with the 100MHz 3.5 GHz time division duplex (TDD) band on a mobile test device equipped with a Snapdragon X75 5G modem RF system.
Ericsson’s uplink carrier aggregation software combines mid-band FDD and mid-band TDD within frequency range 1 to increase speeds for uplinks such as live streaming, broadcast, cloud gaming, augmented reality, and video-based use cases. Enables heavily used applications.
“The use of augmented reality and developments towards the metaverse will increase the demand for high-speed uplink connectivity,” said Sami Rajamäki, vice president of network services at Elisa. “The highest speeds we have achieved in collaboration with Ericsson and Qualcomm are therefore an important step in the development of 5G standalone networks.”
