On February 25th, Huawei's consumer business launched in Barcelona the 5G commercial chip of Huawei's first 3GPP standard (global authoritative communication standard) - Barong 5G01 (Balong 5G01) and the first 3GPP standard 5G commercial terminal based on the chip - -Huawei 5G CPE (Consumer Premise Equipment, 5G User Terminal).
Based on the products that have been launched, Huawei also plans to push the terminal products: Based on the 5G-oriented terminal strategy, Huawei will start from the characteristics of 5G high-speed, large connection, and low latency, respectively, to launch the connection between people and homes. Mobile WiFi and Smartphones, 5G Industrial Modules for Linkages, 5G Car Boxes for Coupled Vehicles.
Build a smart world of connected things, the terminal is the key
4G changes lives, 5G changes society. 5G technology will bring more rich communication methods and more real connection experience, reshaping people, cars, and family life scenes.
These changes are determined by the unique capabilities of 5G. To be aware, 'extremely complex' is a major feature of 5G era services and products, 5G terminals are not just mobile phones, 5G services are not only for ordinary consumers. Therefore, telecom operators Need a flexible network and operating system to meet the multiple needs of multiple users, but also save network and operating costs.
Specifically, it is a major feature of 5G that first realizes the high-speed interconnection of all things. This means that 5G must not only realize human-to-human connections, but also achieve a high-speed connection between people and things and things. Because of the 5G, intelligence Terminal, smart home will be 'connected to each other', making holographic video, AR, VR bring people a better experience.
Secondly, 5G also has wide connectivity characteristics. Based on this feature, the industry can achieve a wide range of connection between objects and things, such as factory production under artificial intelligence control, artificial intelligence logistics, etc.
Finally, the low latency of 5G can also help the high-speed development of the car networking field, enable active safety defense, remotely control driving and driverlessness, and follow dreams into reality.
Regarding the immense value brought by 5G, Huawei’s consumer business CEO Yu Chengdong stated at the announcement: “5G is a brand-new and disruptive starting point that will bring human society into a new era of the Internet of Everything, which will bring people life. With the great convenience of production methods, the way users communicate and share will also have a revolutionary change.'
In Yu Chengdong's opinion, 5G will not only meet the needs of the communications industry, but will also enhance the global smart environment, bringing a new look to industrial manufacturing, and the lives of people including medical, home, and travel.
Although 5G has been talked about by the industry for many years, 5G seems to have a long way to go from commercial to large-scale. Because 5G commercials must satisfy both the network and terminal basic conditions. Currently, 5G networks are maturing, and 5G chip terminals seem to be slow.
5G terminals are the closest link to users. Its commercial use means that 5G is not far from commercial applications. This has attracted the capital and manpower of many chip and terminal manufacturers worldwide. Huawei released the first 3G commercial standard 5G chips and terminals. , is a key breakthrough in the global 5G industry, which means that the 5G era has arrived.
In fact, Huawei is accelerating 5G pre-commercial development and deploying forces from multiple levels of 'cloud, management, and end' to build a fully cloudized network with data center as the core and a digital operation and maintenance system for individuals, families, and enterprise users. Video, IoT, cloud communication and other extreme experience services help operators achieve new growth.
Development of 5G-oriented terminals will accelerate 5G commercial use
Of course, with the 5G standard still not fully established, there are still many uncertainties. Currently, 5G terminals must be commercially available, and a small transition period of 4.5G is needed. The future 5G commercial terminals will more likely support 2G at the same time. 3G, 4G, 5G multi-frequency multimode products.
It is understood that Huawei's Balong 5G01 released this time is the industry's first commercially available, 5G chip based on the 3GPP standard. The chip supports the global mainstream 5G frequency band, including Sub6GHz (low frequency) and mmWave (high frequency), theoretically the highest possible 2.3Gbps data download rate, support NSA (Non Standalone, 5G non-independent networking, that is, 5G network architecture in LTE) and SA (Standalone, 5G independent networking) two networking methods.
Therefore, the terminal 5G CPE based on Huawei's Balong 5G01 chip is also divided into low-frequency CPE and high-frequency CPE.
It is reported that the low-frequency CPE weighs 2kG and has a volume of only 3L. It can be placed indoors at random. Its measured peak downlink rate can reach 2Gbps, which is 20 times the peak rate of 100M fiber. In less than 1 second, a set of network dramas can be downloaded. Support future types of high-definition video and entertainment applications such as VR high-definition online video and VR network games based on 5G networks, providing consumers with an extremely enjoyable online entertainment experience and compatibility with 4G and 5G networks. Huawei 5G high-frequency CPE includes Outdoor ODU (Outdoor Unit, Digital Microwave Transceiver) and Indoor IDU (Indoor Unit, Interface Data Unit).
At the MWC conference, Huawei Consumer Business CEO Yu Chengdong also stated that in the fourth quarter of 2019, Huawei will launch a new 5G mobile phone for consumers. By then, the 5G terminal war will be officially launched.
In addition, Huawei has already cooperated with more than 30 top-tier operators such as Vodafone, SoftBank, T-Mobile, BT, Telefonica, China Mobile, and China Telecom on 5G. In 2017, Huawei took the lead in cooperating with partners to launch 5G pre-commercial cooperation. Network, 2018 will promote the industrial chain to complete 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 innovation, promote the 5G standardization and industrialization process, and build a better architecture. The Internet of Things era.