5G Americas said releasing more licensed spectrum to the wireless industry is critical to U.S. leadership in technology, mobile communications and the economy.
5G Advanced and future 6G network deployments will require a comprehensive roadmap of newly commercially available spectrum, according to a new white paper titled “5G Spectrum Evolution” published by 5G Americas. It will be necessary to develop
Chris Pearson, president of 5G Americas, said: “Freeing up more licensed spectrum for the wireless industry is critical to U.S. leadership in technology, mobile communications, and the economy. The industry roadmap to achieve more spectrum is essential for future networks. It helps ensure effective deployment and accelerate the emergence of breakthrough technologies.”
According to the white paper, the upper midband spectrum in the 7.125 to 15.35 GHz range is key to leveraging existing infrastructure to increase capacity. 5G Americas emphasizes that identifying new spectrum is essential to the U.S. National Spectrum Strategy pipeline and ensures rapid commercialization.
“5G Americas supports the spectrum range from 7.125 to 15.35 GHz, especially below 10 GHz, for licensed mobile operations, considering the balance between capacity and coverage. To open bands in this range, Relocation considerations and shared strategies are needed. In addition, mmWave bands can be used for deployment in dense locations such as urban centers, transportation hubs, downtown areas, and entertainment centers, as well as for fixed wireless access deployments. That’s very important. Sub-THz bands offer much higher bandwidth and may be suitable for special use cases,” said Alexander Dam, co-leader of the workgroup and principal manager at Qualcomm Technologies. Janovich said.
5G Americas noted that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)’s International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)-2030 codifies various usage scenarios that form the basis of spectrum needs. These scenarios highlight the need for high data rates and wide area coverage for applications such as immersive experiences, next-generation medical monitoring, human-machine interfaces, and joint communications and sensing (JCAS).
“With cellular network traffic expected to increase fourfold by 2028, the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference recently identified spectrum in the 4.4-15.5 GHz range for future wireless technology deployment. “The wireless industry needs access to more spectrum to support new applications such as XR, connected cars, and the Metaverse,” said co-leader of the workgroup, T. -Brian Olsen, Senior Manager of Technology Development and Strategy, Mobile US.
Dimitris Mavrakis, senior research director at ABI Research, previously said that 5G-Advanced is expected to introduce many new features that will help carriers monetize 5G networks. Ta. RCR Wireless News.
“These include advanced support for augmented reality (virtual reality, cloud gaming, augmented reality, etc.), improved performance of existing networks, advanced positioning capabilities, enhanced sidelinks, and new device types including sensor-based devices. , which will include more advanced features and industry-specific features.”The analyst said.
Mavrakis also said that 5G Advanced introduces new network management and deployment capabilities, including enhanced coverage, network performance, and most importantly, the ability to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to manage the network. I pointed out.
He also explained that 3GPP Release 18, branded as 5G-Advanced, will be frozen in March 2024. “We should therefore expect related capabilities to start appearing on the market at the end of 2024, with additional commercialization from 2025 onwards,” Mavrakis added. .
