In 5G networks, equipment readiness is no surprise. The most exciting thing for the industry is that Huawei's consumer business is facing the world's first 3G commercial chip, the 3G (Global Authoritative Communication Standard), released by Barron 5G01 (Balong 5G01). The emergence of not only the barron chips in the field of communications shows strong strength, but also means a key breakthrough in the global 5G industry, 5G era has come.
Baron 5G01: Leading 5G Wargames
As a masterpiece, Barron's reputation is less well-known, but talking about mobile SoC chip Unicorn, many people must be familiar with. Huawei's MATE flagship phone series that can compete with Apple, is the use of Kirin chips, in the field of mobile phone SoC, Huawei Kirin and Qualcomm Xiaolong have already formed a world of two-wheeled hegemony.
Kirin and Barron are integrated relationships - Kirin is a mobile SoC, divided into BP (baseband processor) and AP (application processor) in two parts, Baron is located in the BP part of Unicorn, determines the Kirin chip The communication standard; Barron as a mobile terminal communication platform, can also appear in various types of mobile terminals, such as CPE, data cards, etc.
The Balong 5G01 launched this time is the earliest commercially released 5G chip based on the 3GPP standard after the 5G standard was frozen. It supports the global mainstream 5G band, including Sub6GHz (low frequency) and mmWave (high frequency), and can theoretically achieve a maximum of 2.3Gbps. Data download rate, support NSA (Non Standalone, 5G non-independent networking) and SA (Standalone, 5G independent networking) two networking methods.
5G networks and terminals are the two basic conditions for 5G commercial use. For terminals, the commercialization of chips is a top priority. It is a key link for the development and maturity of 5G industry. It can be the first time after the 5G standard freezes. The release of commercial chips was one step ahead. It marked that Huawei was the first to break through the commercial bottleneck of 5G terminal chips and made a significant contribution to the development of the 5G industry. It also means that Huawei has become the world’s first to have 5G chip-end-network capabilities. Can provide customers with end-to-end 5G solutions.
One step ahead is not accidental
It is no coincidence that Balong 5G01 is one step ahead. In fact, Barron is a terminal chip brand launched by Huawei in 2007. It has accumulated many years of profound experience in the field of communications. In the 3G era, Baron Internet Card has successfully entered the top global operations; In the 4G era, Barron team cooperated with LTE working group to participate in LTE standard and strategy research, experiment and test evaluation, industrial layout and promotion, and international exchange and cooperation.
In the field of mobile phone chips, communication capability is an important threshold. The quality of mobile phone calls is good or bad, the speed of the Internet is fast, and the signal strength is the most intuitive embodiment of the chip's communication capabilities. Only by raising the communication standard to the top level can one enter the mobile phone chip. High-end clubs. Based on the strength of Barron's communications, Huawei Kirin series chips have the industry-leading capabilities in communications and become a competitive chip brand in the world.
In the history of 4G development, Barron series chips have created the first to support LTE TDD/FDD, and have firstly supported LTE Cat.4, Cat.6, Cat12/13(UL) and other records. The Barron 750 chip has also become the world's first commercial 4CA. (Four-Carrier Aggregation), the first commercial 4x4 MIMO, downloads a baseband processor with a peak rate of 600Mbps. Not long ago, the Huawei Unicorn 970 chip, released by Huawei, became the industry's first support for LTE Cat because of the integration of the Barron 760 baseband chip. .18 Mobile SoC, download peak rate of 1.2Gbps, for the first time to achieve dual-card dual VoLTE commercial.
Barron's communication strength has been repeatedly affirmed by the authority of the industry. In the “China Mobile Terminal Quality Report” released by China Mobile in the past three years, Kirin chips have achieved good results in the communications sector, with high scores through the download rate. Data throughput capabilities, call quality and other professional tests, which have an inseparable relationship with Barron Communications.
Barron chips have been pursuing more reliable and higher-speed connections for end-users, leading to a more extreme communication experience. The Barron 765 just released at this MWC once again refreshes the new height of communication specifications. This is the world's first 8-antenna 4.5G LTE modem chip, and the world's first chip that supports LTE Cat.19. The peak download rate is 1.6Gbps in the FDD network environment and 1.16 in the TD-LTE network. Gbps, is the world's first TD-LTE G-bit solution.
In addition, Baron 765 is the world’s first single chip to support LTE-V integration with other communication standards, and fully supports GSM/UMTS/TD-SCDMA/TD LTE/FDD-LTE/LTE-V multiple formats. According to report, LTE-V is the latest car linkage solution launched by the 3GPP agreement. It is an evolution technology based on 4G LTE system for intelligent traffic and car networking applications. It includes the connection between cars and cars, cars and transportation infrastructure, and cars and people. These connections will greatly improve vehicle safety and transportation efficiency. Barron 765, which supports LTE-V, provides a highly integrated chip solution for Vehicular connectivity. Its 8-antenna technology not only reduces latency but also provides vehicle connectivity. A more secure and stable connection.
Card position 5G golden period
According to the 5G standard defined by the ITU (International Telecommunication Union), 5G networks have high speed, wide connectivity, and low latency. They can achieve peak downlink speeds of up to 20Gbps, linking 1 million devices per km2 and as low as 0.5ms. The time delay, which means that communication in the 5G era is not only a connection between people, it will expand people's connection to the object of the IoT (Internet of Things). For 2020 and the future, based on the 5G network of VR /AR applications, industrial Internet, driverless and telematics and other enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and Internet of Things (IoT) applications will grow explosively with the maturity of 5G networks, and it is expected that the number of global connections will reach 1000 by 2025 Billion, where the connection based on objects will account for 90%.
Based on this, Huawei's consumer business released a terminal strategy for the 5G era at this MWC conference. It plans to launch CPE, Mobile WiFi, and connection based on the characteristics of 5G high-speed, wide connectivity, and low latency. Smart phone, 5G industrial module for connection, 5G car box for connecting the car and other products. According to reports, Huawei's first 5G smart phone will be available in the fourth quarter of 2019, and the first 3GPP based on Barron 5G01 chip released this time. Standard 5G commercial terminal - Huawei 5G CPE, is a new achievement of this strategy.
According to report, Huawei 5G CPE is divided into low-frequency (Sub6GHz) CPE and high-frequency (mmWave) CPE. Among them, low-frequency CPE is compatible with 4G and 5G networks, weighs 3kg, and has a volume of only 2L. It can be placed at random indoors. The peak downlink rate can reach 2Gbps, which is 20 times the peak rate of 100M fiber. You can download a episode of network play in less than 1 second. It can support various types of VR high-definition online video, VR network games and other high-definition video based on 5G networks in the future. And entertainment applications. Huawei 5G high-frequency CPE includes outdoor ODU (Outdoor Unit, digital microwave transceiver) and indoor IDU (IndoorUnit, interface data unit).
As a leader in the global 5G industry, Huawei is actively responsible for industry leaders and has tackled many major technical issues. It also actively participates in the 3GPP standard work. As early as 2009, Huawei started 5G related research and has invested at least US$600 million so far. In 5G research and innovation, 11 5G research centers have been established in the world (France, USA, Canada, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Chengdu, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou), and more than thousands of experts have participated in 5G research. Currently Significant progress has been made in areas such as networking, spectrum use, air interface technology, prototype implementation, and field verification. At present, Huawei's measured 5G network peak rate in the 5G experiment network has reached 20.25 Gbps, with low latency. To 0.33ms, the number of devices that can be connected per square kilometer reaches 2.17 million, which fully meets the requirements of the ITU standard.
At present, Huawei has cooperated with more than 30 top operators in the world including China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Vodafone, SoftBank, T-Mobile, BT and Telefonica. In 2017, Huawei took the lead in cooperating with partners. 5G pre-commercial network will promote the industrial chain in 2018 and complete interoperability testing and support the first round of 5G commercial use. Towards the future, Huawei will work with industry partners to promote global standardization and common innovation to promote the 5G standardization and industrialization process. , Build a beautiful era of the Internet of Everything.